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Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Some amount of jealousy on here lads.

And most of ya probably love de Gah which is played by two countries in the World and we're second best.

Ironic.

That sh*te that was on this morning isn't Gaelic Football and its about time it was abolished.I doubt anyone would miss it bar the lads getting a few weeks holidays.Terrible concept.
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Originally posted by rossieman rossieman wrote:

Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Some amount of jealousy on here lads.

And most of ya probably love de Gah which is played by two countries in the World and we're second best.

Ironic.

That sh*te that was on this morning isn't Gaelic Football and its about time it was abolished.I doubt anyone would miss it bar the lads getting a few weeks holidays.Terrible concept.

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Originally posted by rossieman rossieman wrote:

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Originally posted by rossieman rossieman wrote:

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Originally posted by moatehoop moatehoop wrote:

The egg chasers put the football lads to shame LOL!!!! the egg chasers play in a small minority sport that in world terms is irrelevant. They win a friendly against a load of aussie tourists on the beer and now they are world beaters. This is a team that lets not forget has never got beyond a world cup quarter final. The football lads compete in a true world sport not some mickey mouse game that 99% of the world know nothing about.


A bit harsh. The game against Australia would be nearer to what we would call a competitive match in football, especially as northern and southern hemisphere sides can only meet in Cup competition every four years.....both teams were at absolute full strength today and went hell for leather at each other. It's true that our record in the RWC is poor, but if anyone is going to take an Irish team into a semi final, it's going to be Schmidt.


Its a friendly and it should be treated as one and cant be compared to a competitive game.

We have played Australia 18 times in the last 20 years.


Not exactly. The autumn internationals are usually played at a similar level of competiveness to any 6 Nations match. We haven't done a clean sweep of the autumn internationals since 2006 which tells us the southern hemisphere teams come here meaning business, not just for a friendly stroll in the park and an 80 minute work out. The games against New Zealand last year and Australia today were played with ferocious intensity....you couldn't possibly compare them to a typical ROI friendly at the Aviva.

Doesn't matter how you dress it up its still not a competitive game.There is nothing at stake .Ireland need to be proving themselves in the 6nation and the WC.
I'm not having a go at Rugby I always want Ireland to do well in any sports they take part in but people are going way over board about this result.

Yes but you only have to see how the players celebrated at the end of the match today to see what it meant to them. These type of test matches against the rugby heavyweights like NZ, Australia and SA can't really be compared to a bog standard ROI friendly against the likes of Serbia or Chile at the Aviva.
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Genuine great victory for the egg lads today, fair play to them, but the plaudits are coming a year early.  Ultimately, it was primarily a great victory for a team self belief point of view rather than anything that actually matters being achieved, but to be fair to them, the players will probably recognise that too & not rest on their laurels, whatever about the ever excitable egg chasing media bandwagon. 

I would be as sceptical as anyone out there as regard the merits of these autumn friendlies, but I think this time it could actually be different, Ireland do appear to have the best coach in world egg chasing at their disposal, and he could make all the difference when it comes to getting past the QF's of the RWC. 


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Ireland-Scotland and Ireland-Australia would have had similar tv reasons as each other. Both teams are very relevant but the Irish rugby team are the most loved sports team on the land.
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Originally posted by Landon Donovan Landon Donovan wrote:

the Irish rugby team are the most loved sports team on the land.


No they're not. Manchester United are!
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Originally posted by Landon Donovan Landon Donovan wrote:

Both teams are very relevant but the Irish rugby team are the most loved sports team on the land.

Rugby lads turn up for matches.
They dont feign injury.
They're grannies dont die on a regular basis.
They dont do Starsky and Hutch on Harcourt Street.
They dont beat up Elvis impersonators.
They're intelligent and articulate, even the Munster lads.
They dont have a prick for a CEO.
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Originally posted by rossieman rossieman wrote:

Originally posted by Strazdas Strazdas wrote:

Originally posted by rossieman rossieman wrote:

Originally posted by Strazdas Strazdas wrote:

Originally posted by moatehoop moatehoop wrote:

The egg chasers put the football lads to shame LOL!!!! the egg chasers play in a small minority sport that in world terms is irrelevant. They win a friendly against a load of aussie tourists on the beer and now they are world beaters. This is a team that lets not forget has never got beyond a world cup quarter final. The football lads compete in a true world sport not some mickey mouse game that 99% of the world know nothing about.


A bit harsh. The game against Australia would be nearer to what we would call a competitive match in football, especially as northern and southern hemisphere sides can only meet in Cup competition every four years.....both teams were at absolute full strength today and went hell for leather at each other. It's true that our record in the RWC is poor, but if anyone is going to take an Irish team into a semi final, it's going to be Schmidt.


Its a friendly and it should be treated as one and cant be compared to a competitive game.

We have played Australia 18 times in the last 20 years.


Not exactly. The autumn internationals are usually played at a similar level of competiveness to any 6 Nations match. We haven't done a clean sweep of the autumn internationals since 2006 which tells us the southern hemisphere teams come here meaning business, not just for a friendly stroll in the park and an 80 minute work out. The games against New Zealand last year and Australia today were played with ferocious intensity....you couldn't possibly compare them to a typical ROI friendly at the Aviva.

Doesn't matter how you dress it up its still not a competitive game.There is nothing at stake .Ireland need to be proving themselves in the 6nation and the WC.
I'm not having a go at Rugby I always want Ireland to do well in any sports they take part in but people are going way over board about this result.


Yes but you only have to see how the players celebrated at the end of the match today to see what it meant to them. These type of test matches against the rugby heavyweights like NZ, Australia and SA can't really be compared to a bog standard ROI friendly against the likes of Serbia or Chile at the Aviva.


What about a friendly v England? Or Brazil or Argentina? Australia are a world heavyweight team in rugby, you can't compare it to Serbia or Chile in soccer, it's still a friendly though. And a friendly in a niche sport in world terms where there's only about 8 decent teams.
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Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by Landon Donovan Landon Donovan wrote:

Both teams are very relevant but the Irish rugby team are the most loved sports team on the land.

Rugby lads turn up for matches.
They dont feign injury.
They're grannies dont die on a regular basis.
They dont do Starsky and Hutch on Harcourt Street.
They dont beat up Elvis impersonators.
They're intelligent and articulate, even the Munster lads.
They dont have a prick for a CEO.


even the munster lads if ya dont have admiration for the way the lads put there bodies on the line yesterday yas havent got a baldy, look at the state of murray and sexton when they where hauled off against there will then look at james mc carthy against scotland. the people care about the team because the players do you could argue some of the footballers dont
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Originally posted by armahibee armahibee wrote:

Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by Landon Donovan Landon Donovan wrote:

Both teams are very relevant but the Irish rugby team are the most loved sports team on the land.

Rugby lads turn up for matches.
They dont feign injury.
They're grannies dont die on a regular basis.
They dont do Starsky and Hutch on Harcourt Street.
They dont beat up Elvis impersonators.
They're intelligent and articulate, even the Munster lads.
They dont have a prick for a CEO.


even the munster lads if ya dont have admiration for the way the lads put there bodies on the line yesterday yas havent got a baldy, look at the state of murray and sexton when they where hauled off against there will then look at james mc carthy against scotland. the people care about the team because the players do you could argue some of the footballers dont


Am I wrong in saying that the rugby lads' main source of income is the IRFU?? Complete opposite to the FAI. Not comparing like with like.

Anyway, this is another cringey thread on this topic.

People like rugby, people don't like rugby. Who cares
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Strange thread. Nobody really cares about rugby in this country, playing numbers are well below football as well. Rugby is just bandwagoning and catches the public's attention through a few well commericialised "events" throughout the year. The recent growth of rugby was jumped on by people who previously had little or no interest in sport and used it as a commerical activity basically. The players are largely made up of lads who can't play a decent sport. About 7 countries in the world play it but thankfully we are still sh*t at it no matter what the Indo or Ryle Nugent tell us. Fcuk Rugby
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That's not an Irish teams Irish teams play the Anthem home and away
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Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Strange thread. Nobody really cares about rugby in this country, playing numbers are well below football as well. Rugby is just bandwagoning and catches the public's attention through a few well commericialised "events" throughout the year. The recent growth of rugby was jumped on by people who previously had little or no interest in sport and used it as a commerical activity basically. The players are largely made up of lads who can't play a decent sport. About 7 countries in the world play it but thankfully we are still sh*t at it no matter what the Indo or Ryle Nugent tell us. Fcuk Rugby




3rd in the world rankings and just beaten SA and The Ozzies, Joe Schmidt probably the best manager around too.

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Originally posted by Kerrzy Kerrzy wrote:

Originally posted by armahibee armahibee wrote:

Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

[QUOTE=Landon Donovan]Both teams are very relevant but the Irish rugby team are the most loved sports team on the land.
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Rugby lads turn up for matches.
They dont feign injury.
They're grannies dont die on a regular basis.
They dont do Starsky and Hutch on Harcourt Street.
They dont beat up Elvis impersonators.
They're intelligent and articulate, even the Munster lads.
They dont have a prick for a CEO.


even the munster lads if ya dont have admiration for the way the lads put there bodies on the line yesterday yas havent got a baldy, look at the state of murray and sexton when they where hauled off against there will then look at james mc carthy against scotland. the people care about the team because the players do you could argue some of the footballers dont


Am I wrong in saying that the rugby lads' main source of income is the IRFU?? Complete opposite to the FAI. Not comparing like with like.

Anyway, this is another cringey thread on this topic.
People like rugby, people don't like rugby. Who cares[/QUO
TE] No thats fair enough its not a like for like comparsion considering the irfus central contracts, I was just using james mc carthy as the most recent example. the reason rugby garners so much support is the obvious physical commitment the players make, everyone understands this and admires it, laying down your body for your country, blood sacirfices etc etc. compare with the cry offs and supposed injuries from footballers, exceptionally rich ones, its a massive detractor to game
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Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Strange thread. Nobody really cares about rugby in this country, playing numbers are well below football as well. Rugby is just bandwagoning and catches the public's attention through a few well commericialised "events" throughout the year. The recent growth of rugby was jumped on by people who previously had little or no interest in sport and used it as a commerical activity basically. The players are largely made up of lads who can't play a decent sport. About 7 countries in the world play it but thankfully we are still sh*t at it no matter what the Indo or Ryle Nugent tell us. Fcuk Rugby



Absolute horsesh*t...rugby in munster anyway has far greater numbers to the soccer. And my son goes to both.
No comparison between facilities and coaching rugby wins out Everytime.
I'm into both sports but facts are facts.
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Originally posted by Locke Locke wrote:

Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Strange thread. Nobody really cares about rugby in this country, playing numbers are well below football as well. Rugby is just bandwagoning and catches the public's attention through a few well commericialised "events" throughout the year. The recent growth of rugby was jumped on by people who previously had little or no interest in sport and used it as a commerical activity basically. The players are largely made up of lads who can't play a decent sport. About 7 countries in the world play it but thankfully we are still sh*t at it no matter what the Indo or Ryle Nugent tell us. Fcuk Rugby



Absolute horsesh*t...rugby in munster anyway has far greater numbers to the soccer. And my son goes to both.
No comparison between facilities and coaching rugby wins out Everytime.
I'm into both sports but facts are facts.


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Originally posted by Sono Sono wrote:

Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Strange thread. Nobody really cares about rugby in this country, playing numbers are well below football as well. Rugby is just bandwagoning and catches the public's attention through a few well commericialised "events" throughout the year. The recent growth of rugby was jumped on by people who previously had little or no interest in sport and used it as a commerical activity basically. The players are largely made up of lads who can't play a decent sport. About 7 countries in the world play it but thankfully we are still sh*t at it no matter what the Indo or Ryle Nugent tell us. Fcuk Rugby




3rd in the world rankings and just beaten SA and The Ozzies, Joe Schmidt probably the best manager around too.

But yeah you're right



So beat 2 of the other 6 teams that play it at any sort of high level? Well done, it will be the usual collapse whenever their WC comes around. Probably even crap themselves in the annual six nations friendlies actually before that Clap
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Originally posted by Locke Locke wrote:

Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Strange thread. Nobody really cares about rugby in this country, playing numbers are well below football as well. Rugby is just bandwagoning and catches the public's attention through a few well commericialised "events" throughout the year. The recent growth of rugby was jumped on by people who previously had little or no interest in sport and used it as a commerical activity basically. The players are largely made up of lads who can't play a decent sport. About 7 countries in the world play it but thankfully we are still sh*t at it no matter what the Indo or Ryle Nugent tell us. Fcuk Rugby



Absolute horsesh*t...rugby in munster anyway has far greater numbers to the soccer. And my son goes to both.
No comparison between facilities and coaching rugby wins out Everytime.
I'm into both sports but facts are facts.


I'd like to see figures for that statement, it goes against the rest of the country thats for sure. Aren't Munster Rugby losing loads of money year on year?
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