The IRISH RUGBY thread

[DuffleKing]

Is the USA match tonight and can it be seen on tv?

[Hardy]

TG4 sometime after 1 a.m.

[Aaron Boone]

15-12 to Ireland in the end, all Madigan penalties for Irl.
Zebo played but now on his way to the Lions.

[Capt Pat]

Canada are better than the USA. We might struggle to beat them next week.

[NAG1]

Are there going to be enough Australians left fit to make a team up to play the Lions?
Dropping like flies

[Canalman]

Are there going to be enough Australians left fit to make a team up to play the Lions?
Dropping like flies

One thing Australia is not short of is flies.

[deiseach]

Are there going to be enough Australians left fit to make a team up to play the Lions?
Dropping like flies

One thing Australia is not short of is flies.

Or cane toads.

[screenexile]

Great game here on TG4. Good performance against the All Blacks full of heart passion and no little skill. All Blacks down to 14 now with 10 mins left and Ireland only 5 pts down and they've bosses the last 10 mins.

[rory]

Looks like Ireland will miss out on points difference cos England had USA in their group and were able to rack up the score.  Really unfair considering the performances of the Irish team.  They were definitly worth a place in the semis.

[johnneycool]

Looks like Ireland will miss out on points difference cos England had USA in their group and were able to rack up the score.  Really unfair considering the performances of the Irish team.  They were definitly worth a place in the semis.

Tough luck considering England went through on a try count where they'd run over 17 trys alone against the USA. They ended up with 13 more trys than Ireland.

[screenexile]

What a shit system . . . Ireland should have qualified. I am still really surprised about how good they were. Surely the future's bright with some of those lads coming up through the ranks!!

[DuffleKing]

Only managed to catch a part of the first half of this game but they seemed to be hammering the baby blacks in the scrum, which surprised me.

[Walter Cronc]

Sad news with Leinsters Eoin O'Malley having to retire with a long term knee injury.

First saw him at the U19 World Cup back in Belfast. Super rugby footballer!!

[Capt Pat]

That is bad news about O Malley. He had the potential and talent to be a good replacement for O Driscoll or Darcy.

[Feckitt]

Some great pics on the BBC NI website of the redeveloped Ravenhill.  The old stand along one side of the pitch has been demolished and they havent started again yet, but they have new stands behind each goal, which go along with the fairly new terracing/prawn sandwich area along the other side of the field.  It actually looks great, first match is a pre season friendly soon v Leinster.