Could rugby provinces look to play derbies at GAA grounds?

Could big BKT URC inter-provincial rugby games potentially be hosted at some of the country's bigger GAA venues?

That was up for discussion on Monday night's Against The Head programme.

In October, Ulster played Glasgow Warriors in a friendly at the Kingspan Breffni, the home of Cavan GAA, to allow for the installation of a 3G pitch at their own Kingspan Stadium.

This weekend Connacht face Leinster at a sold-out 8,000-capacity Sportsground, a fixture that undoubtedly could have shifted a lot more tickets.

It led to debate about the possibility of more switches to GAA venues for the big derbies.

"I haven't actually heard any rumours about it but when you see Munster playing at Páirc Uí Chaoimh [against Super Rugby Pacific champions Crusaders in July], the impact that had, why not?" said Bernard Jackman.

"I think it'd be brilliant. In fairness, when I've been to the Sportsground, you meet fans who are big GAA [fans]... so yeah I think if they moved it elsewhere it could tap into a totally new audience."

Darren Cave concurred, adding: "Ulster have taken the first step with the friendly but I do think, it's not a big island, there's not a phenomenal amount of people and the sports are - particularly in the north - very segregated.

"The sooner they start to try and weave them together... I look back on my career, we had a home final in the Pro12 it would've been about ten years ago. Kingspan was getting done up so we nominated our home ground as the RDS and went and played Leinster and lost.

"I hope it's something that Connacht are looking at in the future, particularly [for games against] Leinster."