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Is football the only sport drawn up on partitionist lines?
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Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Is football the only sport drawn up on partitionist lines?
Doesn’t the GAA have an Ulster championship?
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Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Is football the only sport drawn up on partitionist lines?
Doesn’t the GAA have an Ulster championship?

Before becoming the All Ireland series, and Donegal/Cavan and Monaghan all play in Ulster.
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Plenty of Northern Irish athletes, with no connection to Britain, have competed for the misnamed "Team GB" in the Olympics.
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It’s not to appease anybody! That’s our flag in rugby, it’s hardly the end of the world. If you want a UI you will have to get used to not having a tricolour.

Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
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The Heineken RWC ad, with Keith Wood in it. ''You don't have to understand it all, to enjoy it all'' it says at the end. 

They nearly got it right, although ''You don't have to understand any of it'' would probably alienate the true rugby fans to an extent. 





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Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

It’s not to appease anybody! That’s our flag in rugby, it’s hardly the end of the world. If you want a UI you will have to get used to not having a tricolour.

Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
A very partitionist attitude.
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Very surprised by articles I've read in the past few weeks. Every one of the Irish rugger journalists talking about Ireland needing to peak for that huge QF clash against NZ or SA. Now I wouldn't be backing the Scots to beat anyone as they are flakey as f*ck, but they have some good players and the potential to beat an Irish side with little to no form. If the Scots do it, there will be incredible pressure on Ireland against Japan and even a win in that one wouldn't guarantee top 2 (quite easily be a 3 way tie at the top of the group then). 

It's like the Irish rugby side haven't been here before! The talk about QF matches before playing a match. Setting themselves up for a fall. Japan as hosts will give this an almighty rattle. It's one of only 2 groups with 3 teams vying for 2 QF spots imo. I reckon the Japanese will make the QF.
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I'm no Rugby expert but surely Ireland will beat Japan easily enough. Scotland are fairly sh*te also I'd say.
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Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

I'm no Rugby expert but surely Ireland will beat Japan easily enough. Scotland are fairly sh*te also I'd say.
Scotland have a very good first fifteen, if a little unpredictable. Having them first was the worst possible time to get them. They will be fully fit and up for it. They also have little to lose, unless they get yanked. However, it seems the weather out there will be less suited to their entertaining approach. They have been the most entertaining team to watch over the past few years.
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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

It’s not to appease anybody! That’s our flag in rugby, it’s hardly the end of the world. If you want a UI you will have to get used to not having a tricolour.

Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
A very partitionist attitude.
 
Well that's a very appeaser attitude.
 
The only other example I can think of where a country has a different flag for sport is Taiwan, who are called Chinese Taipei in order not to upset China.  Hardly a positive example
 
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Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

It’s not to appease anybody! That’s our flag in rugby, it’s hardly the end of the world. If you want a UI you will have to get used to not having a tricolour.

Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
A very partitionist attitude.
 
Well that's a very appeaser attitude.
 
The only other example I can think of where a country has a different flag for sport is Taiwan, who are called Chinese Taipei in order not to upset China.  Hardly a positive example
 
Ireland is split in two, you might not like that and I can understand it, but telling people how they should be represented is part of the problem. You either try and empathise with the community that doesn’t share your outlook or accept the status quo. 
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Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

It’s not to appease anybody! That’s our flag in rugby, it’s hardly the end of the world. If you want a UI you will have to get used to not having a tricolour.

Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
A very partitionist attitude.
 
Well that's a very appeaser attitude.
 
The only other example I can think of where a country has a different flag for sport is Taiwan, who are called Chinese Taipei in order not to upset China.  Hardly a positive example
 

I struggle to be lectured by somebody on a forum dedicated to a sport which is inherently partitionist. One might say the rugby community are well ahead of soccer in terms of the goal of a United Ireland.
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Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

It’s not to appease anybody! That’s our flag in rugby, it’s hardly the end of the world. If you want a UI you will have to get used to not having a tricolour.

Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
They're different countries.

The tricolour represents 26 counties.
The Northern Ireland flag represents 6 counties.
Ireland Rugby Flag represents 26 counties plus 6 counties.

Surely "newrynyuk" can understand that. Wink
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Originally posted by Hans Moleman Hans Moleman wrote:

Very surprised by articles I've read in the past few weeks. Every one of the Irish rugger journalists talking about Ireland needing to peak for that huge QF clash against NZ or SA. Now I wouldn't be backing the Scots to beat anyone as they are flakey as f*ck, but they have some good players and the potential to beat an Irish side with little to no form. If the Scots do it, there will be incredible pressure on Ireland against Japan and even a win in that one wouldn't guarantee top 2 (quite easily be a 3 way tie at the top of the group then). 

It's like the Irish rugby side haven't been here before! The talk about QF matches before playing a match. Setting themselves up for a fall. Japan as hosts will give this an almighty rattle. It's one of only 2 groups with 3 teams vying for 2 QF spots imo. I reckon the Japanese will make the QF.
 
The problem for Scotland is their pack - they have some exciting backs alright but if Ireland starve them of possession up front, as they have done successfully on many an occasion already under Schmidt, then it's not a whole lot of use to them. Like many of Ireland's games it won't be particularly aesthetically pleasing, but they should have too much for them upfront.
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Originally posted by Het-field Het-field wrote:

Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

It’s not to appease anybody! That’s our flag in rugby, it’s hardly the end of the world. If you want a UI you will have to get used to not having a tricolour.

Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
A very partitionist attitude.
 
Well that's a very appeaser attitude.
 
The only other example I can think of where a country has a different flag for sport is Taiwan, who are called Chinese Taipei in order not to upset China.  Hardly a positive example
 
I struggle to be lectured by somebody on a forum dedicated to a sport which is inherently partitionist. One might say the rugby community are well ahead of soccer in terms of the goal of a United Ireland.
 
Okay then.  Who here thinks dropping the tricolour for a flag and Amhrán na bhFiann for a national anthem is a price worth paying for a united Ireland soccer team?
 
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