ireland A v tonga

johnnyboy4711

why isnt this on the box?
criminal!
slan
j

bigeasyeah

Its not on tv? I was hoping it would be

ScrubsfanChris

RTE are showing the France v. SA match insted.
They might have highlightd after.

P_1

Is it even being streamed on rte.ie?

What about the BBC?

buck65

Stringer and Horgan in an A International. Can someone explain why this is happening? Surely we should be trying to develop a new SH and wing, these guys are finished at International level.

old boy

one needs experience to protect and bring along inexperience.

Phrio

Any Tongan Boards regulars anyone know?? May know a channel we could find a stream from and get the A International that way.....

Was really looking forward to seeing how a few of the younger lads go and se if they could push for places against Fiji. Thinking BOD may be rested against Fiji so McFadden or Cave may have a chance of getting promoted with a performance

pappyodaniel

buck65 wrote: »

Stringer and Horgan in an A International. Can someone explain why this is happening? Surely we should be trying to develop a new SH and wing, these guys are finished at International level.

You need a mix of experience to bring on the young blood. A few older heads to calm those around them and that'll hopefully let the young guys flourish.

WeeBushy

pappyodaniel wrote: »

You need a mix of experience to bring on the young blood. A few older heads to calm those around them and that'll hopefully let the young guys flourish.

Good point, putting an inexperienced SH inside iHumph wouldn't be a good idea.

And buck, Horgan definitely isn't a spent force at international level, he's been playing some of the best rugby of his career and I wouldn't be surprised if he can force his way back into the full side. Great opportunity for him to put his hand up for the Fiji/SA matches.

Real pity it's not on TV, I love watching these kinds of games. Its kinda like looking into the future!

ScrubsfanChris

Phrio wrote: »

Any Tongan Boards regulars anyone know?? May know a channel we could find a stream from and get the A International that way.....

If its not on TV then where exactly do you think the stream will come from?

colman1212

Is there anywhere I can track the score for this game even? threw a few quid on Ireland A -12.

WeeBushy

colman1212 wrote: »

Is there anywhere I can track the score for this game even? threw a few quid on Ireland A -12.

RTE teletext. Rugby is page 240 and there'll have it there. Usually a few mins behind the live score though.

Just checked, page 247 will have it.

bigeasyeah

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

If its not on TV then where exactly do you think the stream will come from?

Not really.They might record it for highlights later.

ScrubsfanChris

bigeasyeah wrote: »

Not really.They might record it for highlights later.

Thats what I said earllier:

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

RTE are showing the France v. SA match insted.
They might have highlightd after.

What I meant was that it wont be on tv live.

colman1212

WeeBushy wrote: »

RTE teletext. Rugby is page 240 and there'll have it there. Usually a few mins behind the live score though.

Just checked, page 247 will have it.

nothing coming up on text yet anyway

P_1

http://www.munsterfans.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22493&PN=1

Match tracker courtesy of mf.com

Better then nowt I guess.

chris_c

score updates

http://www.irishrugby.ie/283_18881.php

Phrio

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Thats what I said earllier:


What I meant was that it wont be on tv live.

It isn't live on Irish TV as RTE think France SA will get more viewers but there are cameras at the game so if Tonga's local carrier wanted to pay for it live I promise you RTE would give it to them. Quite simple really

zAbbo

I'd much rather be watching this than Fra v SA

Phrio

me too

Macsimus

johnnyboy4711 wrote: »

why isnt this on the box?
criminal!
slan
j

Not even highlights after the France game, have to wait till the Scotland game tomorrow for highlights. What a joke?

delta_bravo

Macsimus wrote: »

What a joke?

Highlights do require editing and commentary work etc so thats probably why they didnt show them straight after the SA game

anonymous_joe

Was gutted they didn't show highlights after the France game, only the score.

Is there anything anywhere to watch? I want to find out how we did, score aside. (Which I've now forgotten)

ozt9vdujny3srf

More likely there aren't highlights because there weren't cameras at the game. RTE do highlights of matches that have just been played all the time in their champions league coverage.

Digifriendly

Cassidy Deep Limousine wrote: »

More likely there aren't highlights because there weren't cameras at the game. RTE do highlights of matches that have just been played all the time in their champions league coverage.

I was at the game and there were cameras but not a proper OB unit. Last night's BBCNI news showed a couple of the tries. RTE will show some of the highlights before/after Scotland vs Fiji today and BBC NI's 'Final score' will also show some highlights.
BTW generally a good performance by Ireland who had to much 'nous' for the ever physical South Sea Islanders. Very impressed with Sean O'Brien - a great link between forwards and backs. Ian Humphreys had a reasonable game but missed a stack of conversions though to be fair most were from near the touchline. Thought crowd was a bit low - stand not near full. Maybe partly due to price of stand ticket - £22 no less! I paid £12 for promenade.

PhatPiggins

Digifriendly wrote: »

I was at the game and there were cameras but not a proper OB unit. Last night's BBCNI news showed a couple of the tries. RTE will show some of the highlights before/after Scotland vs Fiji today and BBC NI's 'Final score' will also show some highlights.
BTW generally a good performance by Ireland who had to much 'nous' for the ever physical South Sea Islanders. Very impressed with Sean O'Brien - a great link between forwards and backs. Ian Humphreys had a reasonable game but missed a stack of conversions though to be fair most were from near the touchline. Thought crowd was a bit low - stand not near full. Maybe partly due to price of stand ticket - £22 no less! I paid £12 for promenade.

The IRFU and the FAI dont seem to realise there's a recession on. Thomond was empty for both the soccer friendlies and Croker wont be full tomorrow. Surely a full stadium at reduced prices is better, never mind doing it out of decency to all those on reduced incomes.

bigeasyeah

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Thats what I said earllier:


What I meant was that it wont be on tv live.

Right,it wasnt put clearly.

OldJay

PhatPiggins wrote: »

The IRFU and the FAI dont seem to realise there's a recession on

FYI, €20 was knocked off the price of the normal stand ticket and premium ticket for these tests.

mink_man

who won?

48-19 Ireland A.Good evening for the 3 connacht lads all getting on the scoreboard.I'm hoping Brett Wilkinson will be pushing for a starting place against Fiji.

danthefan

Digifriendly wrote: »

I was at the game and there were cameras but not a proper OB unit. Last night's BBCNI news showed a couple of the tries. RTE will show some of the highlights before/after Scotland vs Fiji today and BBC NI's 'Final score' will also show some highlights.
BTW generally a good performance by Ireland who had to much 'nous' for the ever physical South Sea Islanders. Very impressed with Sean O'Brien - a great link between forwards and backs. Ian Humphreys had a reasonable game but missed a stack of conversions though to be fair most were from near the touchline. Thought crowd was a bit low - stand not near full. Maybe partly due to price of stand ticket - £22 no less! I paid £12 for promenade.

Really? Handling definitely isn't the strongest point of his game at the moment.

danthefan

All the tries:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8360722.stm

Stev_o

danthefan wrote: »

All the tries:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8360722.stm

Commentator calls Tonga Fiji :rolleyes: muted him straight away.

Digifriendly

Stev_o wrote: »

Commentator calls Tonga Fiji :rolleyes: muted him straight away.

Noticed this too. Unusual for Jim Neilly to get this wrong as he is a very experienced commentator.

smurphy29

I went up to the game and really enjoyed it. It lacked intensity but was very entertaining. Ireland were very enterprising, running the ball from everywhere and looked generally pretty good. Sean O'Brien, as the poster above said, was excellent, and his hands were great. He put in a barnstorming performance. Stringer ran the show superbly and the two centres were also impressive. Trimble looked good too. Couple of soft tries conceded was the major blight. All in all a good evening.

DonkeyPokerTour

danthefan wrote: »

All the tries:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8360722.stm

Is it Bryan Young the final interview at the end? Don't recognize him, but comparing him to the profiles on the Ulster Rugby site it looks most like him.

OldJay

DonkeyPokerTour wrote: »

Is it Bryan Young the final interview at the end? Don't recognize him, but comparing him to the profiles on the Ulster Rugby site it looks most like him.

Darren Cave