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16th Oct 2016

WATCH: This BBC presenter tried out Gaelic Football, and he loved it

Alan Loughnane

“The hardest thing is remembering what to do.”

The GAA is spreading its way across the world as more clubs are set up with each passing year with there currently being over 100 clubs in Britain alone.

As more and more Irish venture abroad, we’ve brought the game with us in what one player describes as “a little slice of home.”

As our great sport gains traction in the UK with 20,000 children sampling it through clubs and schools, BBC Breakfast’s Mike Bushell decided to go and see what all the fuss was about.

We’re not saying he’ll ever make it to inter-county level, but he could make a half decent junior corner forward if he works a bit at sharpening his skills… then again maybe not.

But he was very enthusiastic about the whole thing…