The IRISH RUGBY thread

[weareros]

Twice in good positions Earls has lost the ball.

[seafoid]

Finally out of the Ireland half...

This is senior hurling

[Ambrose]

Fields of Athenry belting out around the stadium while NZ do the Haka...spine tingling

Pity they couldn't drown out Ireland's Call. Embarrassing

We've come for pay, we've come to cower,
Come to be dour and be boring.
We have come to fumble and drop the ball
From the four paid franchises of Ireland.

Ireland, Ireland, we've neither guts nor balls.
Shoulder to shoulder, we'll stumble, trip and fall.
We'll stumble trip and fall.

[Captain Obvious]

Need to recover quickly or this will be almighty trimming.

[armaghniac]

Jebus. I'm expecting the Armagh senior final tomorrow to be more competitive than this.

[Itchy]

Irish rugby is the greatest hype machine in the planet. This will be a serious hammering and you dont need to be an expert in rugby to see that.

[weareros]

No pace on that Irish team. One of the few with pace Lamour prevented a try in his cameo as replacement and when he went off Henshaw immediately lost ball that led to a try.

[trileacman]

Ireland defeats at quarter finals are almost a given at this stage but I must say the defeats were a lot more palatable when the players were Irish.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

 Cant catch a ball to save our lives pretty fundamental problem.

[screenexile]

Mistake after mistake can't hold on to the ball anything we've tried has been easily sniffed out just a horrific performance.

Aligned to that NZ have been phenomenal!!

[Ambrose]

Mistake after mistake can't hold on to the ball anything we've tried has been easily sniffed out just a horrific performance.

Aligned to that NZ have been phenomenal!!

New Zealand are just too good, Ireland have neither the time nor space to play, it looks like NZ have extra players on the field.

[gallsman]

Laughably shite.

That shoulder from O'Mahony just absolutely moronic stuff.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Irish rugby is the greatest hype machine in the planet. This will be a serious hammering and you dont need to be an expert in rugby to see that.

This

[weareros]

The only positive is they are saving us another hammering from England.

[Cunny Funt]

That half couldn't have gone much much. The irish lads like rabbits caught in headlights. Best hope for Ireland is for New Zealand to ease off 2nd half with a tougher semi final to come.