The IRISH RUGBY thread

[Tubberman]

The Prendergast haircut sums Ireland up really, embarrassing

You know you're Irish when......

You know you're an ould man when you start giving out about young lads haircuts!

[Tony Baloney]

The Prendergast haircut sums Ireland up really, embarrassing

You know you're Irish when......

You know you're an ould man when you start giving out about young lads haircuts!

100%! The mullet is a fairly common cut over the last few years. Fairly sure it doesn't affect his ability.

[tiempo]

Christ is that a mullet, serious Robocop vibes

[trileacman]

France have 5 times the players registered playing rugby

Ireland for a numbers of years has punched way above its station and now we are back on that developing a new team stage

There was nothing wrong with milking players while we were winning and the cries for bringing along lads to bleed them into the team would have been met with Ireland are shite.

It's up to the IRFU to reset and go again, expect it to be rough, but there are a lot more lads playing rugby now because of the success of the recent teams.

 For France and England they should be at the top tree every year based on pure numbers playing and money.. Ireland need that dream team coming through every now and then

There's no evidence for that. Whilst international rugby as a spectator sport is more popular and provincial is strong, club rugby at the roots is struggling much as rural GAA is. Perhaps even more so. Provincial development squads are still stacked with the products of schools rugby and the traditional Protestant playing pool. It's nearly 20 years of peace and reconciliation in NI and yet Northern Catholics still aren't in playing rugby or making international squads in any number.

[JoG2]

The Prendergast haircut sums Ireland up really, embarrassing

You know you're Irish when......

You know you're an ould man when you start giving out about young lads haircuts!

😆

[Tony Baloney]

France have 5 times the players registered playing rugby

Ireland for a numbers of years has punched way above its station and now we are back on that developing a new team stage

There was nothing wrong with milking players while we were winning and the cries for bringing along lads to bleed them into the team would have been met with Ireland are shite.

It's up to the IRFU to reset and go again, expect it to be rough, but there are a lot more lads playing rugby now because of the success of the recent teams.

 For France and England they should be at the top tree every year based on pure numbers playing and money.. Ireland need that dream team coming through every now and then

There's no evidence for that. Whilst international rugby as a spectator sport is more popular and provincial is strong, club rugby at the roots is struggling much as rural GAA is. Perhaps even more so. Provincial development squads are still stacked with the products of schools rugby and the traditional Protestant playing pool. It's nearly 20 years of peace and reconciliation in NI and yet Northern Catholics still aren't in playing rugby or making international squads in any number.

Ulster Schools and Ulster Clubs are separate teams for the best players up to u19 and only after do they merge. There are very few progressing from the clubs beyond that point. I'm sure there is a lot of snobbery from the "blazers" in that setup when a more sensible approach may be to get the best players into an academy earlier regardless of where they play their rugby.

[screenexile]

Scotland 🤦

[Tony Baloney]

Scotland 🤦

If they don't go on and beat one of the big teams Townsend is gone. If they had got the draw or a win at the end it would have been very tough on Italy.

[screenexile]

Keep hearing the last few years about this being the most talented Scotland team ever but they've consistently shit the nest at different times.

Flaky!

[Tony Baloney]

Keep hearing the last few years about this being the most talented Scotland team ever but they've consistently shit the nest at different times.

Flaky!

Their game needs a dry sod but every team needs a Plan B.

[screenexile]

England look to have got their act together while Ireland look to be on the slide!

[gallsman]

England have been coming for a couple of years. Twickenham could be worse than Paris for us. Wales are shit though.

Although the ref here appears to think he's reffing a springboks game.

[johnnycool]

Ireland team v Italy:
15 Jamie Osborne, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Craig Casey; 1 Jeremy Loughman, 2 Dan Sheehan, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 4 Joe McCarthy, 5 James Ryan, 6 Cormac Izuchukwu, 7 Caelan Doris (capt.), 8 Jack Conan

Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Tom O'Toole, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Tadhg Beirne, 21 Nick Timoney, 22 Jamison Gibson-Park, 23 Jack Crowley

A few changes in the Ireland team and panel from the trimming at the hands of the French.

Italy are a decent team and it will be tight enough on Saturday, but not to win will leave Ireland in a bit of a dead season, might mean more new blood which wouldn't be a bad thing long term.

[Orior]

I know f all squared about rubgy, but should Prendergast be able to tackle?

[Wildweasel74]

Yes he should, he bigger than most previous flyhalfs for Ireland.at about 6ft 2in, but a basic of rugby is knowing how to tackle. The fact that its common knowledge he missed so many, means he actually invites more players to run down his channel trying to force breaks.