The IRISH RUGBY thread

[JPGJOHNNYG]

The soccer team has won more knockout games? They compete against the whole world.

Have they? In world Cups? I can't think of any? (I'd have Soccer ahead of Rugby as a sport preference, by the way!)

Second round v Romania 1990

Didn't win the match it was a draw

[RedHand88]

The soccer team has won more knockout games? They compete against the whole world.

Have they? In world Cups? I can't think of any? (I'd have Soccer ahead of Rugby as a sport preference, by the way!)

Second round v Romania 1990

Didn't win the match it was a draw

Who went through?

[jcpen]

The soccer team has won more knockout games? They compete against the whole world.

Have they? In world Cups? I can't think of any? (I'd have Soccer ahead of Rugby as a sport preference, by the way!)

Second round v Romania 1990

Didn't win the match it was a draw

So Argentina aren't World Champions then?

[Armagh18]

The soccer team has won more knockout games? They compete against the whole world.

Have they? In world Cups? I can't think of any? (I'd have Soccer ahead of Rugby as a sport preference, by the way!)

Second round v Romania 1990

Didn't win the match it was a draw

So Argentina aren't World Champions then?

And Derry didn't win Ulster

[seafoid]

If you get wiped at scrum and under big pressure on your line out you'll struggle to beat the best. Only themselves to blame and the if only/hard luck bullshit doesn't cut it and I'd say it's same for the players. They blew it.

They weren't accurate enough. Decision making at key moments also let them down.
They have to learn from this.

[Armagh18]

Shame for Sexton, deserved to get further on once in his career. Bundee Aki is an animal of a man.

No expert but one of NZ's tries looked to have forward pass just before it, first one I think?

[Nanderson]

Shame for Sexton, deserved to get further on once in his career. Bundee Aki is an animal of a man.

No expert but one of NZ's tries looked to have forward pass just before it, first one I think?

Yea I was surprised it wasn't checked because he passed if from his chest rather than a traditional rugby pass

[gallsman]

Those passes happen twenty times a game at this world cup. Scrutinise some of Ireland's short offloads more closely and you'll find plenty of them.

[RedHand88]

If you get wiped at scrum and under big pressure on your line out you'll struggle to beat the best. Only themselves to blame and the if only/hard luck bullshit doesn't cut it and I'd say it's same for the players. They blew it.

They weren't accurate enough. Decision making at key moments also let them down.
They have to learn from this.

They won't.

[Wildweasel74]

Some of you lads need go back to the soccer thread which I notice some comment regularly on, not that we any great shakes there at the minute.

[Shamrock Shore]

Well, that's that.

Our Princess Di moment - without any deaths.

Move on. Nothing to see here.

[tyssam5]

Too many lads glad Ireland lost, can't understand that attitude. Better u stick on the GAA thread.

Have to agree. I'm far from a rugby fan, but just find it bizarre to not be cheering for your country in a sport. Even worse again to be gloating like a kid in the playground when they get beat. Takes all sorts I suppose.

Ill tell you why. There is no sporting team on planet earth whos fans blow as much smoke up their own holes as Ireland rugby - The DVD of the friendly win over NZ, the god awful anthem, being told to shush in a pub because the man on the TV is kicking a ball and I might put him off from 500mile away, the list goes on.
I can already see tomorrows headline in the Sindo about how a gang of jolly green giants from a distant galaxy put up a heroic effort. New Zealand will be laughing at Ireland fans and media talking up their chances of winning the whole thing.
Closer to home, I doubt its even in the top 10 sports played/followed at a local level in Ireland yet its consistently marketed as "rugby country".

Yeah they should be more like GAA fans and moan and berate everything about the sport. Call for more rule changes at every turn about because it's becoming an abomination to watch. That'll help things.
Fans of a sport team, big up their team. Can't be at that, we'll have to drag the back to earth here.
It's easily avoided ffs unless you actually go get the Sindo and check out their headlines tomorrow to make sure. Also pop your head into a thread about the sport as well, just so you can make sure they've all been brought down with a bump!!

😂 Barely watch it myself but ffs it's not hard to avoid.

Vincent Hogan the sports journalist has just tweeted that they are "one of the greatest teams Irish sport has ever produced".

Do people really not see how silly this sounds?

Throw up a list of your Irish teams that seriously challenged in a major tournament.

did this team 'seriously challenge'? they talked about it.

[bannside]

Yes, they seriously challenged. How on earth can you disagree with that.

Inches from an almost certain world cup final, and inches from a new record of 18 test wins in a row.

Begrudgers will begrudge, as a rule I do my best to avoid people like that.

Hard luck Ireland Rugby, you have given us some memories these last few years. No doubt you will be back.

[rodney trotter]

South Africa would have beaten Ireland in the group stages had they a reliable kicker. Pollard is back now.
Playing the French instead of nz wouldn't have been any easier though

Terrible start last night to be 13 pts behind. The 2 kiwi's Aki and Gibson Park brought Ireland back into the game. Hugh turnover by Barret in the second half for what looked a certain try.
Argentina while they had a kinder draw, into their 3rd world cup semi

[AustinPowers]

Well, that's that.

Our Princess Di moment - without any deaths.

Move on. Nothing to see here.

Do you think  Prince Charles had something to do  with last night then?