Following the er, tactical Connacht final between Galway and Roscommon ending in a draw, RTE decided to stream the replay online via RTE Player, the streaming platform that will come to attract the same types of gags as Lada cars have.
The great caprice of RTE Player struck again for many would-be viewers, with the stream inexplicably not working for many, including for some of the staff on this website. Not that we're ones to complain...
Well, it's better than last week's Connacht final anyway. pic.twitter.com/HByCWDLgAF
— Balls.ie (@ballsdotie) July 17, 2016
We were not the only affected:
Couldn't get coverage of second half at all on RTE Player- thank feck for @gbfmsports . Rare enough Galway win anything wud been nice to see
— Liam G (@wp_rathead) July 17, 2016
feck sake @RTEplayer , the one time #Galway are about to win something, your server crashes
— Edmund Harmon (@HarmonEd18) July 17, 2016
Shambles by @RTEplayer managing to prevent two counties watching their team in a provincial final #connachtfinal #GALROS
— Colin Ryan (@yoursaviour89) July 17, 2016
RTE player not working for the Connacht final.. Can't be seen anywhere else. Epic fail @RTEgaa... But hey, lets make sure the Dubs are on tv
— Enda Higgins (@endahiggins88) July 17, 2016
It should be pointed out that the issue did not affect everybody, with some viewers enjoying the coverage:
Yes unfortunately it was an error that was effecting a minority of people and we will be investigating this thoroughly
— RTÉ Player (@RTEplayer) July 17, 2016
Not that those fans who enjoyed it were from Roscommon, as Galway hammered them 3-16 to 0-14.
