RTÉ to screen best-of All Ireland Finals, Champions League, Rugby and Hockey

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RTÉ Sport is set to re-show unforgettable games, goals and greatest sporting hits. Starting on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player at 9.30pm on Thursday 16 April, RTÉ Sport Classics will run every Thursday for 10 weeks. For the as-live experience, viewers will be able to follow the games online with live blogs on the RTÉ website and RTÉ News Now app and, over on RTÉ 2FM, Game On will feature interviews with the main protagonists to whet appetites.

In soccer, over the past two Sundays, RTÉ has shown every goal from the 2014 and 2018 World Cups and will continue this Sunday 19th April (RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, 4.05pm) to bring more goals and stories from the men’s and women’s World Cups; the highlights of the Republic of Ireland’s last EURO experience in 2016 and a look back at our journey to date in the 2020 campaign. From tonight, Tuesday 14th April, tune in for all of the best UEFA Champions League Classic games (see below).

As the 150th Irish Grand National did not take place last weekend, RTÉ Player went through the archive in an attempt to fill the void. The white flag was due to be raised on Easter Monday and the RTÉ Player relived three of the greatest Irish Grand Nationals of all time.

GAA fans are in for a treat as the RTÉ Player will showcase the ‘All-Ireland finals series’. From this Friday 17th April, viewers will get to relive their excitement around every single All-Ireland football, hurling and camogie final that was shown on RTÉ over the past decade. RTÉ2 will be bringing back the Sunday Game in the coming weeks with all best of the GAA archive across all men’s and women’s matches.

In June/July, it’s Euro 88, Italia 90 all over again, as we relive the great days of our World Cup and Euro experiences, with themed Sunday evenings across RTÉ Sport. Details to be announced.

Meanwhile, Game On continues Monday to Friday on RTÉ 2FM from 6-7pm with Marie Crowe, Donncha O’Callaghan and Ruby Walsh featuring a great mix of the latest news and feature interviews.

Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 is on Sundays from 2-4pm. There may be no live sport, but we’ll have the best live analysis and chat on the week’s developments.

HIGHLIGHTS APRIL – JUNE

**Please note that these matches and dates are only applicable in absence of live sport **

Thursday April 16th (2130-2230)  

•  GAA: Clare v Offaly All-Ireland Hurling Final 1995 
• Clare’s first All-Ireland win in 81 years.

Thursday 23rd April            

• GAA: Cork v Waterford, Munster Hurling Final, 2004   
• One of the most epic Munster Finals of all time with Waterford finally securing their 7th Munster title. 

Thursday 30th April             

• GAA:   Offaly v Kerry All- Ireland Football Final, 1982 
• Kerry’s 5 in a row ambitions finally halted by Seamus Darby’s dramatic late goal for Offaly. 

Thursday 7th May              

• Rugby: Italy v Ireland, Women’s Six Nations, 2013 (17.03.13)
• Ireland’s women battle Italy and the elements as they attempt to complete their first ever Six Nations Grand Slam. 

Thursday 14th May           

• Soccer: Qualifiers from 1974 & 2015 
• Rep. of Ireland 3-0 USSR ON 30TH Oct 1974 + Rep. of Ireland 1-0 Germany on 8th Oct 2015. A Euro qualifying double-header featuring a famous Don Givens hat-trick plus a win over the reigning world champions

Thursday 21st May           

• Rugby: Ireland v New Zealand, 2013 (24.11.13)
• Heartbreak for Ireland as an historic first home win against the All Blacks is snatched from them at the death in a classic clash

Thursday 28th May          

• Soccer: Qualifiers from 1981 & 2017
• 14/10/1981 WCQ Rep. of Ireland 3-2 France + 09/10/2017 WCQ Wales 0-1 Rep. of Ireland. A World Cup qualifying double – Platini’s France beaten at a packed Lansdowne Road plus a winner takes all encounter in Cardiff. 

Thursday 4th June            

• Soccer: Qualifier: Republic of Ireland v Netherlands, 2001 (01/09/2001)
• World Cup Qualifier from 1st September 2001: Rep. of Ireland 1-0 Netherlands. The most important international match in a generation saw the Republic take a major step towards Korea/Japan 2002

Thursday 11th June           

• Hockey - Spain v Ireland, Hockey World Cup Semi-Final, 2018 (04.08.18)

Thursday 18th June           

• Rugby - Ireland v New Zealand, 2018
• One of the nation’s greatest sporting nights as Ireland record their first ever home win against the mighty All Blacks

Thursday 25th June           

• GAA: Tipperary  v Kilkenny, All-Ireland Hurling Final, 2009
• Kilkenny win the four in a row under the guidance of the legendary Brian Cody. 

UEFA Champions League Classic Matches

Tuesdays, from Tuesday April 14th at 2000-2100

#1

• Barcelona 6-1 PSG 8/3/17, Round of 16, 2nd leg
• Ajax 2-3 Tottenham 8/5/19, S-F 2nd Leg
• Manchester United 4-3 Real Madrid 23/4/03, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg

#2

• Inter Milan 4-3 Tottenham 20/10/10, Group Stage
• Juventus 0-3 Real Madrid 3/4/18, Quarter-Final, 1st Leg
• Dortmund 8-4 Legia Warsaw 22/11/16, Group Stage

#3

• Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal 6/4/10, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg
• Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid 29/4/14, Semi-Final, 2nd Leg
• Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon 7/12/11, Group Stage

#4

• Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona 7/3/05, Round of 16, 2nd Leg
• Bayern Munich 4-2 Juventus 16/3/16, Round of 16, 2nd Leg
• Dortmund 4-1 Real Madrid 24/4/13, Semi-Final, 1st Leg

#5

• Liverpool 3-1 Olympiacos 8/12/04, Group Stage
• Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona 27/4/11, Semi-Final, 1st Leg
• Dortmund 3-2 Malaga 9/4/13, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg

#6

• Tottenham 4-3 Manchester City 17/4/19, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg
• Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea 24/4/12, Semi-Final, 2nd Leg
• Inter Milan 2-5 Schalke 6/4/11, Quarter-Final, 1st Leg

#7

• Manchester City 5-3 Monaco 21/2/17, Round of 16, 1st Leg
• Deportivo 4-0 AC Milan 7/4/04, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg
• Barcelona 3-0 Bayern Munich 6/5/15, Semi-Final, 1st Leg

#8

• Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool 14/4/09, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg
• Roma 3-0 Barcelona 10/4/18, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg
• Real Madrid 1-4 Ajax 5/3/19, Round of 16, 2nd Leg

#9

• Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona 7/5/19, Semi-Final, 2nd Leg
• Juventus 2-3 Manchester United 21/4/99, Semi-Final, 2nd Leg
• Monaco 3-1 Real Madrid 6/4/04, Quarter-Final, 2nd Leg

#10

• AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool 25/5/05, Final
• Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United 28/5/11, Final
• Real Madrid 4-1 Atlético 24/05/14, Final

RTÉ PLAYER: All-Ireland Finals Series (every All-Ireland final shown on RTE over the past decade)

2010

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Tipperary V Kilkenny
• The All Ireland Football Final – Cork V Down
• All-Ireland Camogie Final – Wexford v Galway

2011

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Kilkenny V Tipperary
• The All Ireland Football Final – Dublin V Kerry
• All-Ireland Camogie Final – Wexford v Galway

2012

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Kilkenny V Galway
• The All Ireland Football Final – Donegal V Mayo
• All-Ireland Camogie Final – Wexford v Cork

2013

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Clare V Cork
• The All Ireland Football Final – Dublin V Mayo
• Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Final – Galway v Kilkenny

2014

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Kilkenny V Tipperary
• The All Ireland Football Final – Kerry V Donegal
• Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Final – Cork v Kilkenny

2015

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Kilkenny V Galway
• The All Ireland Football Final – Dublin V Kerry
• Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Final – Cork v Galway

2016

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Tipperary V Kilkenny
• The All Ireland Football Final – Dublin V Mayo
• Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Final – Kilkenny v Cork

2017

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Galway V Waterford
• The All Ireland Football Final – Dublin V Mayo
• Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Final – Cork v Kilkenny

2018

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Limerick V Galway
• The All Ireland Football Final – Dublin V Tyrone
• Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Final – Cork v Kilkenny

2019

• The All Ireland Hurling Final – Tipperary V Kilkenny
• The All Ireland Football Final – Dublin V Kerry
• Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Final – Galway v Kilkenny

DOCS: And some sports documentaries to play over the coming months

• Giles
• Micko
• Shane Lowry
• All-Ireland Day – Hurling
• All-Ireland Day – Football
• Blues Sisters
• Apres Match – The Wonder Years 1 & 2
• Players of the Faithful
• Boys in Green x 2
• The Game x 4
• Mondello
• Division – The Irish Soccer Split
• In League with Gadaffi
• Irish Rugby – Four days in November
• Shoulder to Shoulder with Brian O’Driscoll
• 40 years of the Sunday Game