Richie Benaud RIP |
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Location: Ath Cliath Status: Offline Points: 37957 |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2015 at 12:14am |
Passed away aged 84
One of the great sports commentators made cricket that bit more bearable |
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Landon Donovan
Paul McGrath Sheldon Cooper Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Location: Neutral Zone Status: Offline Points: 15708 |
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sh*t, I absolutely loved Richie Benaud. He always maintained a no PPV tv stance. A great commentor, probably my favourite.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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doesn't that go against your beliefs? |
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sid waddell
Roy Keane On a dark desert highway Joined: 20 Nov 2009 Status: Offline Points: 12173 |
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Cricket should never be borne, only enjoyed. I cycled past the pitch in Trinity College this evening where the great man captained Australia against Ireland in 1961. And how splendid the place looked.
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Claret Murph
Paul McGrath Hmmm, Goodness, I must say Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Location: Tibet Status: Offline Points: 15758 |
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Jeeezzzzz sad news . i just recall years ago himself and Jim Laker were fantastic together talking about cricket .
I remember Richie talked when he was captain of Australia and he had a spin bolwer that wasn't doing what he wanted ( not putting it in the right areas ) he said to him one day as he walked the the other end of the strip and put a Coke can on the spot where he wanted the player to hit and said " i will give you $50,000 if you can hit the can with just one throw and if you can then why can't you do it in the test match every time as well " Classic Man
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Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days .
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FREEWHEELER
Robbie Keane sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 24595 |
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Another childhood voice gone. Great commentator RIP
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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ShamtheRam
Paul McGrath Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 18155 |
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The cream of the crop of old school commentators. |
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YBIG NPF founder and CEO
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Newryrep
Paul McGrath Just can't get enough of lists Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Status: Offline Points: 15259 |
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Manys a daytime spent watching test match cricket on the BBC TV with Richie commentating, the rain delays were sometime the more entertaining as they would just sit around and reminince
RIP indeed |
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'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te
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lexie_2005
Ronnie Whelan Joined: 17 Mar 2015 Location: Oileán na hÉire Status: Offline Points: 94 |
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Yeah,an absolute shame,RIP.
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