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Het-field
Roy Keane By Appointment to His Majesty The King Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Status: Online Points: 10648 |
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Is football the only sport drawn up on partitionist lines?
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Doesn’t the GAA have an Ulster championship?
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Het-field
Roy Keane By Appointment to His Majesty The King Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Status: Online Points: 10648 |
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Before becoming the All Ireland series, and Donegal/Cavan and Monaghan all play in Ulster.
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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SuperDave84
Robbie Keane ooh Thomas, how could you do this to me! Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Location: Far Fungannon Status: Offline Points: 21384 |
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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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newrynyuk
Liam Brady Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1556 |
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Strange that no other country feels the need for a separate ‘rugby’ flag and anthem
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deise316
Moderator Group Don't ask me about car warranty Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: The Déise Status: Offline Points: 10921 |
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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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Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.....
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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A very partitionist attitude.
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Hans Moleman
Roy Keane Muff: That is a lie and you are a liar Joined: 09 Aug 2012 Status: Offline Points: 10199 |
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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 called him an embarrassment to FIFA and to himself," .... He said 'No-one speaks to me like that'.... and I said, "well I do' and that was that."
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FrankosHereNow
Roy Keane I like Klopp Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Location: El Sadar Status: Offline Points: 12165 |
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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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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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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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newrynyuk
Liam Brady Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1556 |
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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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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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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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Het-field
Roy Keane By Appointment to His Majesty The King Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Status: Online Points: 10648 |
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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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Shedite
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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. |
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39826 |
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On behalf of the moderators of YBIG I have been instructed to deliver the following good luck message to the EIRE Rugby Team: ''YBIG and all its contributors and kin would like to express our deepest wishes of fortune to the EIRE Rugby Team at the World Cup. We may not be at the stadiums to cheer you on but are with you in spirit and our support strong as anyone in Japan. Bring it home guys!'' Signed: Lord Trap Junior Esquire IV (Founder of YBIG) Deise 'Dessie' 316 (Moderator and rugby journalist)
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Devrozex
Jack Charlton Joined: 23 Oct 2010 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 7676 |
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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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newrynyuk
Liam Brady Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1556 |
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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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