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The original Sunday Game programme, aired on Sunday nights, began in 1978 and contained coverage of one or more main championship matches, followed by extended highlights of the others. This programme continues, but since the mid-1990s, RTÉ also airs live coverage of GAA matches under "The Sunday Game Live" banner. Previously, only the All-Ireland Semi-Finals and Finals had been shown live by RTÉ . On the night of the respective All-Ireland Finals, the programme is broadcast from the hotel of the winning team. The Sunday Game programme only covers the championship season from May to September. During the GAA National League season, Sunday Sport is screened instead. Michael Lyster has been the presenter of the programme since the early days. He now presents the live games, with the Sunday night highlights slot now presented by the former Kerry Gaelic Football er, Pat Spillane . The shows commentary team consists of the lead commentator, Ger Canning , as well as Marty Morrissey , Dara Maloney and Micheál Ó Sé . Regular panellists on the show include Colm O'Rourke , Joe Brolly , Tony Davis , Ger Loughnane and Tomás Mulcahy . When a game is shown on Saturday, the title The Saturday Game is used. Previously ''The Game on Monday'', a second selection of highlights, had also been aired. For the 2004 season of the programme, RTÉ replaced the long-standing theme tune of the Sunday Game, composed by James Last , with a completely different composition. This was met with much comment (RTÉ had previously re-arranged the theme, then reverted back to the original), and likened to the famous Match Of The Day or Grandstand themes being replaced. This new theme continues to be used in 2005. |
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