The IRISH RUGBY thread

tyroneboi · June 08, 2012, 06:34:01 PM

Quote from: Crete Boom on June 08, 2012, 06:17:33 PM
U 20 World Cup , Ireland 12 England 3 with half an hour gone. Marmion and Hanrahan with trys for Ireland and Hanrahan with a conversion. Good start for Ireland with the pack and Henderson in paticular taking the game to England. Ireland playing some great rugby in terrible conditions.

Holy ghost that pitch is in seriously awful condition!!

Capt Pat · June 08, 2012, 06:40:50 PM

15-3 at the half but Irealnd have lost Gilsenan their openside flanker. He is out of the tournament I assume. We have outclassed the English in the first half but the declining conditions are making a mess of the game.

shark · June 08, 2012, 06:47:00 PM

Gilsenan is going to be a huge loss. Big second half ahead if them.

Hardy · June 08, 2012, 06:58:16 PM

It seems they're only using two stadiums to accommodate 30 matches over two and a half weeks. That's never going to work. Look at the state of this pitch after four and a half matches.

Capt Pat · June 08, 2012, 08:32:27 PM

That was downhill all the way in the second half. 20-15 to England in the end. We missed our openside and made a few too many errors and misseed kicks.

Wales beat the All Blacks as well the other day.

Main Street · June 09, 2012, 08:56:16 AM

There's a decent quality stream here for the game against NZ (Dan Carter +14)
http://fancystreems.com/default.asp@pageId=59.php

The 3rd link is the one, I think.

Hardy · June 09, 2012, 09:16:26 AM

Oh My God time.

Donnellys Hollow · June 09, 2012, 09:39:05 AM

They might be in a different stratosphere when it comes to rugby football but their level of wit is pitiful:

Main Street · June 09, 2012, 09:41:41 AM

A player can head the ball forward and it's not a knock on?

Hardy · June 09, 2012, 09:46:52 AM

You should never annoy the NZers by scoring a try.

screenexile · June 09, 2012, 09:57:19 AM

Quote from: Main Street on June 09, 2012, 09:41:41 AM
A player can head the ball forward and it's not a knock on?

T'is only a knock on if your hand knocks the ball forward!

Hardy · June 09, 2012, 09:59:06 AM

The iconic image of the Irish rugby team - player receiving the ball standing still and standing with his legs a yard apart, swaying from one side to the other as he wonders what to do next while the opposition gobbles him up.

New Zealand seem to have momentum even when they're going backwards.

gallsman · June 09, 2012, 10:20:12 AM

Bit of a baptism of fire for some of the new bunch. Will hopefully stand to them but that, as always, was an utter demolition job.

Main Street · June 09, 2012, 10:20:28 AM

My stream has dropped out, or has the Irish coach thrown in the towel?

CorkMan · June 09, 2012, 12:25:12 PM

Didn't see it. Was Zebo any good?