FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[laoislad]

https://vimeo.com/145924358

[Il Bomber Destro]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

[From the Bunker]

This has a little more detail!

We look to be a 4th seeds which means no derby games v NI or Wales!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016#Final_draw

[An Watcher]

Brady undoubtedly motm. Walters excellent too.

[ashman]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

This was the equivalent of the rugby crowd beating Italy .  The soccerball mob qualified beating a poor Bosnia  team for a dumbed down tournament . 

[Captain Obvious]

[From the Bunker]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

This was the equivalent of the rugby crowd beating Italy .  The soccerball mob qualified beating a poor Bosnia  team for a dumbed down tournament .

And what would be the Rugby equivalent of beating Germany?

[laoislad]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

This was the equivalent of the rugby crowd beating Italy .  The soccerball mob qualified beating a poor Bosnia  team for a dumbed down tournament .

And what would be the Rugby equivalent of beating Germany?

Who cares really.
At the end of the day rugby will never bring the same level of excitement to the whole country like the soccer can.

[T Fearon]

Irish rugby can't fulfil its potential on the World stage,whereas Irish soccer over achieves.

[From the Bunker]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

This was the equivalent of the rugby crowd beating Italy .  The soccerball mob qualified beating a poor Bosnia  team for a dumbed down tournament .

And what would be the Rugby equivalent of beating Germany?

Who cares really.
At the end of the day rugby will never bring the same level of excitement to the whole country like the soccer can.

In Fairness Rugby has given us some good days over the last couple of years and got the country going in it's own right. Just the way our Soccer lads get a rough deal on their results in a more competitive sport, bugs me!

[ashman]

Irish rugby can't fulfil its potential on the World stage,whereas Irish soccer over achieves.

Irish rugby punches its weight .  It is a minority sport here and in the world in general .  The irish soccer team was decent from 1988 to 2004 and has been mediocre ever since bar a "blip " .

Both sports are over reported by a jokeshop media .

The ROI have reached a 24 team euro championship . Wow !!!

Bosnia were shite and ROi looked marginally better . 

[Pub Bore]

Hats off to O'Neill, Keane and the players. We looked dead in the water three quarters of the way through the group.

[Nigel White]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

What in God's name is the relevance of that comment?

[Il Bomber Destro]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

This was the equivalent of the rugby crowd beating Italy .  The soccerball mob qualified beating a poor Bosnia  team for a dumbed down tournament .

8 countries play rugby.

Ireland knocked out a team that was ranked 25 places above us tonight. Bosnia have many players involved in European club competitions. Dzeko, Pjanic and Begovic play in the Champions League. Lulic, Zukanovic and Kolasinac all play in the Europa League. Ireland don't have a single player in their entire squad playing European club football.

Being one of the best 24 teams in football in Europe is a far greater achievement than being top 2 in the world in rugby, it's the numbers game and once again Ireland have punched way above their weight in football.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Fantastic results.

Really shames those rugby meats along with it to make it all the sweeter.

What in God's name is the relevance of that comment?

Football is real sport, it requires actual skill - not taking steroids and running into overweight freaks.

Rugby is a contrived, soulless, unskilled social outing with a team of privately schooled bottle merchants who shit their pants when the pressure is on.