Rugby Loyalties...Make your Mark!

toomevara

Just wanted to get a picture of the provincial support demographic on the boards. Feel free to specify your club loyalties in the thread.

For me it's; Munster/London Irish/ Nenagh Ormond in Union. Leeds Rhinos in League.

MikeHoncho

Leinster fan and my club support is with Old Wesley.

Amz

Leinster, play with and support Old Belvedere and Barnhall. London Wasps and Stade Toulousain.

Tim Robbins

Amz wrote: »

Leinster, play with and support Old Belvedere and Barnhall. London Wasps and Stade Toulousain.

I support myself as a ref, then my local club, then Leinster.
I have a few issues with the way the game is run here, but things are never perfect -eh?

Danger_Dave

Support Leinster and London Irish. , Play for and support Clontarf .

P.S Always had a soft spot for Connacht

Podge_irl

Leinster, huzzah!

Not much bothered beyond that, though I like seeing the Scottish teams do well.

wixfjord

Leinster ftw! Also like the way the Hurricanes play rugby and like the whole Gloucester ethos too

zAbbo

Leinster, season ticket holder, but from Monaghan

Follow & support any Irish team, and keeping an eye out for Hurricanes in S14 after meeting a few people from Wellington.

Amz

Tim Robbins wrote: »

I support myself as a ref, then my local club, then Leinster.
I have a few issues with the way the game is run here, but things are never perfect -eh?

Well Barnhall are my local team so always keep an eye on them and my bro' plays for their U18s. I play with and support Old Belvo though as they've always been good to me in the 2 years I've been with them.

The other teams I mention I wouldn't be a staunch supporter of, but would always keep an eye on them and their results for various reasons.

psicic

Leinster, Connacht and London Irish - in that order.

Sometimes Sarries. (Still not sure of them sometimes....)



Though I'll watch any rugby when it comes on TV...

Phaetonman

Barnhall, Ireland, Leinster, Connacht in that order.

Living in Galway the last few years otherwise I wouldn't really support Connacht.

marco_polo

Shannon and Munster.

I must be a glory hunter :pac:

Blisterman

Leinster, as I'm from there.
then Munster, as my family's from there.
Then, in no particular order, Connaught and Ulster.

ekevosu

ireland obviously, munster, monkstown / ballincollig

dc69

Leinster,Connaught,London Irish,Leicester.

Stev_o

Barnhall, Leinster, Ireland. Ill always give my heart to the club that gave me the game before the province or national team i support.

Leon11

Leinster and another Barnhall head

puntosporting

Munster man born and bread in limerick city played for and support young munsters!

figs86

Clontarf - started playing there at 5/6 up through underage when not playing for school, which wasnt very often

Old Belvedere - for the school ties

Leinster, Connacht, Munster, Ulster in that order

London Irish, wasps

Stade Francais for the mad kits (i have the 3rd change kit, check it out!)

Toulouse cos having read Trevor Brennan's book and columns, they are a seriously passionate crew

And Absolutely LOVE the Lions - long may the tours continue

Four-Percent

Old Belvo and Leinster over here

Ginger

Munster through and through, but will support the blues as well (Dad is from Carlow but supports Munster)..

Play for Stavanger in Norway, played for Shannon in my younger days and trained with the parish in Dublin when i was there...

RuggieBear

Greystones and Leinster

toomevara

Will no one own up to supporting Ulster? Lads we've got to reach out to our Ulster brethren,it's clear they're sorely under-represented here...hands across the border and all that malarky...('cept for the bits in the south that is...)

Sangre

As is probably obvious to anyone who reads this forum I'm a Leinster man. Don't support any club.

gjim

Ireland.

Munster followed by Leinster.

Shannon.

St. Munchin's.

Besides that I'll always support an Irish team over a non-Irish one.

phog

1. Munster
2. Shannon - non member but try to get to all the home matches, didn't manage it much this year.

Followed by the other Irish provinces.

Because of the players playing with their relevant teams for the HEC Finals I attended in 2003 in LR and in Murryfield in 2005 I went with Toulouse (Trevor Brennan) and last year I went with Wasps (Eoin Reddan).

Crash

1. Leinster
2. Ireland
3. Connacht
4. Munster
5. Dublin University, I am a student there after all.

as for foreign clubs, Wasps and LI would be the ones i've kept an eye on mostly.

Malmedicine

1. UCD
2. Ireland
3. Munster
4. Coolmine
5. Navan

Phaetonman

Malmedicine wrote: »

1. UCD
2. Ireland
3. Munster
4. Coolmine
5. Navan

4 leinster clubs and you support Munster, explain yourself.

suppafly

1. Cork transport (J2 team) - good bunch of lads. fun team to play with
2. Munster through and through
3. Old Blevo - been following them this last year as my bro started playing for their 1sts senior team.
4. also i would go and watch dolphin and Cork con home games

Erin Go Brath

Munster and Ireland. Not much of a supporter of the AIL these days tbh, used to go and see Shannon the odd time.

tHE vAGGABOND

1 Stillorgan RFC [J3 and J4 - I take part in the latter, I think play would be taking it too far!]
2 Leinster [Season Ticket]

Any other Irish team
Any other team with a random Irish connection

Steffano2002

1. Stade Toulousain
2. XV de France

I know this thread wasn't even aimed at me but I'm telling you regardless!

ALLEZ LE STADE NOM DE DIEU!!!

Ginger

Steffano2002 wrote: »

1. Stade Toulousain
2. XV de France

I know this thread wasn't even aimed at me but I'm telling you regardless!

ALLEZ LE STADE NOM DE DIEU!!!

Best of luck on Saturday.. unfortunately I dont have any of the French lads for the match about, they will all be in Copenhagen.. You need people to shout with!!!

Steffano2002

Ginger wrote: »

Best of luck on Saturday.. unfortunately I dont have any of the French lads for the match about, they will all be in Copenhagen.. You need people to shout with!!!

Or "people to shout AT"! lol

We're going to need luck on Saturday me thinks... LOTS of it!

onesocks

in order of playing career,

Naas,
UL Bohs,
Shannon, ( will always be my AIL team, it's in the family, i dont have a choice)
Crescent College Comprehnsive,
Clontarf.

Like to watch:

Munster,
Other three provinces,
Ireland,
Lions - got whitewashed in NZ but still the best summer I've ever had.
The Leprechauns, never laughed so hard when I saw the old fella play a game against them, and they do good gigs for charity.

Ginger

At, with whats the difference!!!

Pity because the French lads are great fun to watch rugby with.. oh well, cant wait for a decent match!

A-Train

Ireland, Leinster, Clontarf, Munster in that order.

Dont get to many AIL games but keep an eye out.

dub_skav

DLSP, Ireland, Leinster. In that order

louthandproud

Ireland, Munster, Shannon...

dc69

Steffano2002 wrote: »

Or "people to shout AT"! lol

We're going to need luck on Saturday me thinks... LOTS of it!

Tolouse will run away with it.I wouldnt worry tbh.

The Mighty Ken

Primarily Leinster and Ireland. Then Connacht, Munster and Ulster in no particularly order.

Beanmachine

dc69 wrote: »

Leinster,Connaught,London Irish,Leicester.

Leicester? My opinion of you has dropped severly

rockman15

(insert relevent club for next season), Leinster (got my season ticket!!), Ireland, Wasps, Sharks...although i do like the way fiji play 7's...

[Jackass]

In order of preference:

1/ Die hard Leinster
2/ Ireland
3/ Connacht
4/ Monkstown / Old Belvedere
5/ B&I Lions
6/ Munster / Ulster

dc69

Beanmachine wrote: »

Leicester? My opinion of you has dropped severly

JH,Tualangi is the man and you know it,Im not a fan of Andy Goode though.

escobar

Ireland, Leinster, Munster. My club team is D.L.S.P. |My mates play up there. I'm in early retirement
seeing as she's my other half and all that... my girlfriend is from Donegal and supports Munster. Only annoying for derby matches

remus808

Well, I support Irish rugby above anything in general but.. Avidly support Leinster, closely followed by Munster (I don't get the stupid rivalry thing.) Find both of them much better to watch than the national side this season. Keep a look out for both Connacht and Ulster too, though both have been in poor form this year. Have high hopes for Connacht for next year, but think Ulster could be set to face rock-bottom and the Challenge Cup.

Outside of provincial rugby, I don't support any senior irish clubs (I'm only 19, and relatively new to rugby), but I'm a Wicklow man and love to see the club do well. Unfortunatley I was a year above the current golden generation when I was playing with them (two successive all-ireland titles, U16 last year, U18 this year! animals they are)

Abroad, I dont watch any SANZAR clubs, follow Clermont in France and don't have any special preference in the GP, though I love to watch it.

Malmedicine

Phaetonman wrote: »

4 leinster clubs and you support Munster, explain yourself.

I think you'll find its 3 . Just stuff that happened ages ago personally, plus coming from Meath, not a great affinity towards Leinster felt anyway.

Sir

Ireland, Leinster and Barnhall.

Peter B

Munster,
Ireland,
Nenagh Ormond.
Sharks in the Super 14.
Llanelli out of the Welsh teams.
Like watching Leicester and Wasps in the GP.
Love watching Fiji play (were brilliant against Wales in the WC).