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hell!
whats wrong with Sexton.
Needed to get a try there. Taking the drop goal is very negative
BOD needs to stop giving the ball to Sexton to kick penalties. Kick for touch instead and take the line out
Irish forwards are doing well
Irish forwards are doing well
backs are stationery though. We needed a try in the first half
gordon darcy =100%
take sexton off
r o gara on
nice
rain will sute Ireland
R o g !
Not sure about Sexton at 12 though
C. Flower
17-09-2011, 11:09 AM
Yess indeed !!!!!!!!!!!
fluffybiscuits
17-09-2011, 04:48 PM
Couldnt believe the result, I hate rugby as I think its elitist but made an exception for this morning ;)
goatstoe
17-09-2011, 05:18 PM
The result this morning could be a real turning point. They appeared to be in poor form on the run in to the tournament, losing all their recent warm up games. However now they could really get up a head of steam and if things click for them they'll be a dangerous team.
The Irish team has numerous leaders throughout the side, fellas who have experience of knowing how to win. Hopefully with a bit of luck they can go on and make a big impact in this tournament. They could be real darkhorses at this stage - here's hoping they follow through on todays result.
Couldnt believe the result, I hate rugby as I think its elitist but made an exception for this morning ;)
It was very elitist in Ireland years ago, but not now. You can see kids throwing rugby balls around and wearing Leinster jerseys in parts of Dublin that never knew what rugby was. There is a rugby club in Tallaght and Ballybrack to name two in working class Dublin, that I know of. There are Leinster flags on display in the Coombe before matches. A lot less than Dublin (GAA) flags, but they are there.
In the country there is a growing trend of GAA players also playing rugby, and people from all walks of life play and support the game.
One rugby playing son of mine, a tradesman, now plays abroad (thanks a lot ff/pd/green/gombeen electorate/banking bosses/developer shisters....AND THE REST.....!*!*!..GASP...ahen,... where was I...o yes) some of his club mates are builders of one sort or another and they help each other out. The elitist and snobbish clubs are now very few IMO.
Is it time to review your attitude to the game fluffy?
Ah Well
17-09-2011, 09:18 PM
http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/images/articles/Ireland_Shielas_Tee.jpg
It was very elitist in Ireland years ago, but not now. You can see kids throwing rugby balls around and wearing Leinster jerseys in parts of Dublin that never knew what rugby was. There is a rugby club in Tallaght and Ballybrack to name two in working class Dublin, that I know of. There are Leinster flags on display in the Coombe before matches. A lot less than Dublin (GAA) flags, but they are there.
In the country there is a growing trend of GAA players also playing rugby, and people from all walks of life play and support the game.
One rugby playing son of mine, a tradesman, now plays abroad (thanks a lot ff/pd/green/gombeen electorate/banking bosses/developer shisters....AND THE REST.....!*!*!..GASP...ahen,... where was I...o yes) some of his club mates are builders of one sort or another and they help each other out. The elitist and snobbish clubs are now very few IMO.
Is it time to review your attitude to the game fluffy?
Go down to Limerick where there are rugby clubs catering for all social classes. It has never been an elite sport there.
It has started to spread from the city out to the county in recent years (an Irish player from Patrickswell, and an Irish ref from Bruff in the World cup are proof of this)
Fermoy
17-09-2011, 09:27 PM
Congrats Ireland :)
hard cheese Aussie :p
Go down to Limerick where there are rugby clubs catering for all social classes. It has never been an elite sport there.
It has started to spread from the city out to the county in recent years (an Irish player from Patrickswell, and an Irish ref from Bruff in the World cup are proof of this)
Thats right, I had forgotten about Limerick where it is a real "peoples game" Same in Wales where doctors play on teams with miners I believe.
[That originally read ".....Wales where doctors play with miners" but luckily I read it before posting :o fluffy needs no encouraging:D]
Fermoy
17-09-2011, 10:55 PM
Whats with all this class bullshit ?
What century are you people living in :D
Lapsedmethodist
17-09-2011, 11:55 PM
Whats with all this class bullshit ?
What century are you people living in :D
Begrudgingly, very begrudgingly, I agree with you.:confused:
Fermoy
18-09-2011, 12:08 AM
Begrudgingly, very begrudgingly, I agree with you.:confused:
Are you reluctant to leave the joys of feudalism behind ? ;)
fluffybiscuits
18-09-2011, 01:07 AM
It was very elitist in Ireland years ago, but not now. You can see kids throwing rugby balls around and wearing Leinster jerseys in parts of Dublin that never knew what rugby was. There is a rugby club in Tallaght and Ballybrack to name two in working class Dublin, that I know of. There are Leinster flags on display in the Coombe before matches. A lot less than Dublin (GAA) flags, but they are there.
In the country there is a growing trend of GAA players also playing rugby, and people from all walks of life play and support the game.
One rugby playing son of mine, a tradesman, now plays abroad (thanks a lot ff/pd/green/gombeen electorate/banking bosses/developer shisters....AND THE REST.....!*!*!..GASP...ahen,... where was I...o yes) some of his club mates are builders of one sort or another and they help each other out. The elitist and snobbish clubs are now very few IMO.
Is it time to review your attitude to the game fluffy?
I have been to a few of the Leinster games in the last few years and tonight was no exception. Its perhaps making inroads into country areas and working class areas just now but that snobbish attitude still exists. Tonight I was in one of those well healed Dublin places filled to the brim with snotty D4 heads and some rugby players too. Perhaps this is changing slowly and for the better and I will I hope sincerely be proved wrong . The other reason I dont like them is they look down on us League of Ireland fans and are a bit sneery , the game itself while can be good is still too attached to the Dublin private schools. So over all based on tonight I wont be adjusting my attitude for the moment but perhaps based on your good word I think I might be changing it soon :)
Kev Bar
18-09-2011, 05:10 AM
I have been to a few of the Leinster games in the last few years and tonight was no exception. Its perhaps making inroads into country areas and working class areas just now but that snobbish attitude still exists. Tonight I was in one of those well healed Dublin places filled to the brim with snotty D4 heads and some rugby players too. Perhaps this is changing slowly and for the better and I will I hope sincerely be proved wrong . The other reason I dont like them is they look down on us League of Ireland fans and are a bit sneery , the game itself while can be good is still too attached to the Dublin private schools. So over all based on tonight I wont be adjusting my attitude for the moment but perhaps based on your good word I think I might be changing it soon :)
A player getting shot mistaken for a gangster...not very ross o carroll is it?
What is the league of ireland that's frowned upon?
PS Don't let Kid Ryder see you using post codes. Vervboten apparently.
fluffybiscuits
18-09-2011, 12:07 PM
The League is frowned upon for being amateuirish and looking amateurish and being run in an amateurish way which is true to a certain point but its also the working class aspect that I think some Leinster heads turn their noses up at it. If they took more of an interest instead of castigating it we might get somewhere in terms of the administrators of the game see people taking an interest and therefore they take more of an interest. Its like a vicious circle.
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