Dublin looms large in the start of Sky Sports’ third year of coverage of the GAA season.
The All Ireland Champions’ take to the road for the first time in ten years on Saturday June 4th and their Leinster Championship clash against laois will be live exclusively on Sky.
That will be followed up the following weekend when the Capital’s hurlers take on All Ireland champions Kilkenny having brushed aside Wexford this weekend.
Sky Sports’ GAA coverage gets off to its best ever start this summer, with current All-Ireland SFC champions Dublin beginning their title defence against Laois from Nowlan Park on Saturday 4th June.
A Connacht football semi final between Mayo and Galway the following week completes a strong start for the broadcaster who has retained a star studded line up of analysts for its coverage this season as well.
Former Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, Tyrone legend Peter Canavan, Kilkenny’s nine time All-Ireland SHC champion JJ Delaney and Clare’s All-Ireland two-time SHC star James O’Connor will be in the booth with the latest technology to bring the game to life and strong opinions on the players they are watching.
“Our partnership with the GAA is going from strength to strength as we enter the third year of Sky Sports coverage of GAA,” said JD Buckley, Sky Ireland Managing Director.
“This season, we’ll be making our coverage even better with our experienced analysts offering insights that gets the viewer closer to what is happening on the pitch”
The 2016 Sky Sports marketing campaign “Experience that gets you closer” gets under way today across TV, outdoor, press, digital and social.
The campaign will be supported by a 6 months half price Sky Sports offer for new and existing customers.
Join us tomorrow for an exclusive interview with Sky Sports Senior Producer Steve Smith on what the year ahead holds, how important GAA is to the broadcaster and what his own favourite moments have been from the first two seasons…
