The IRISH RUGBY thread

[GetOverTheBar]

Keith Earls has 17 tries against Canada/Fiji/Russia/Romania/Japan/Italy.

You can only play what is in front of you of course, but it's fair to say he's a bit of a stat padder against the weaker tiers.

He had great potential - going on the 2009 Lions tour was an example of that but as an International Rugby finisher, he wouldn't get into most of the Tier 1 squads, let alone teams these days.

He's escaped criticism over the years for being 'steady'. He is a good player...we are similar to Wales I suppose, is he near George North or Josh Adams? Light years away for me and the new kid on the block Rees-Zammit looks the real deal too (with time to tell).

[sid waddell]

Simon Geoghegan is still easily the best winger Ireland have had in my time watching and the only genuine world class one

Hickie and Horgan next best

[johnnycool]

Simon Geoghegan is still easily the best winger Ireland have had in my time watching and the only genuine world class one

Hickie and Horgan next best

And what an accent too!

P.S. I loved him too, he was brilliant on a shíte Irish team

[Baile Brigín 2]

Simon Geoghegan is still easily the best winger Ireland have had in my time watching and the only genuine world class one

Hickie and Horgan next best

And what an accent too!

P.S. I loved him too, he was brilliant on a shíte Irish team

Imagine he was 10 years later. The goys might have won a WC knockout game

[dublin7]

Simon Geoghegan is still easily the best winger Ireland have had in my time watching and the only genuine world class one

Hickie and Horgan next best

And what an accent too!

P.S. I loved him too, he was brilliant on a shíte Irish team

Imagine he was 10 years later. The goys might have won a WC knockout game

Indeed. The Irish football team wouldn't embarrass themselves or the fans with their performances in the Euros

[sid waddell]

Simon Geoghegan is still easily the best winger Ireland have had in my time watching and the only genuine world class one

Hickie and Horgan next best

And what an accent too!

P.S. I loved him too, he was brilliant on a shíte Irish team

Imagine he was 10 years later. The goys might have won a WC knockout game

Indeed. The Irish football team wouldn't embarrass themselves or the fans with their performances in the Euros

The Ireland soccer team have won the same amount of knockout matches at major finals as the rugby team

[tonto1888]

Simon Geoghegan is still easily the best winger Ireland have had in my time watching and the only genuine world class one

Hickie and Horgan next best

And what an accent too!

P.S. I loved him too, he was brilliant on a shíte Irish team

Imagine he was 10 years later. The goys might have won a WC knockout game

Indeed. The Irish football team wouldn't embarrass themselves or the fans with their performances in the Euros

The Ireland soccer team have won the same amount of knockout matches at major finals as the rugby team

That number being?

[Estimator]

How could the TMO not award that try to Henderson?

[sid waddell]

Maybe the referee did a Paul Carberry and thought the try line was the half way line

[screenexile]

I know it's only Italy but those are 2 very well worked tries! A bit of invention and not just smashing over the line from 5m out.

[Estimator]

Earls gets his annual try against Italy!!

[Milltown Row2]

Earls obviously reading the GAA board today!

[Helix.]

Win is a win Italy are woeful. You'd wonder would Georgia put up a better fight in Six Nations.

[seafoid]

Win is a win Italy are woeful. You'd wonder would Georgia put up a better fight in Six Nations.

It's very like the Leinster hurling.  The gap between Kk, Galway, Dublin , Wexford and Laois/Westmeath etc is very wide. Hurling chose promotion and relegation. Rugby didn't.

Italty was much stronger in 2007 as well but didn't kick on

[Capt Pat]

I see the refs are helping Wales out again today. It might not be enough, England are fighting back.