dissapointing Irish rugby defeats.

teednab-el

Here are a few going back through the years that stand out.

2000:

Getting hammered by England in the 6 Nations.

2001:

Loosing to Scotland 32-10 at Murrayfield. A GS Ireland left after them.

2002:

France destroying us in Paris 44 - 5.


2003:

Getting hammered in the 6Nations GS decider against England.

2007:
Loosing to France at Croke Park. Vincent Clerk last minute try to seal victory for France. Nightmare.

2010:

Loosing to Scotland at Croke Park.

ozt9vdujny3srf

Forever
Never Beating the All Blacks

teednab-el

may i add

2001

almost beating the All Blacks but still lost in the end.

delta_bravo

1999: The Lens Incident

ScrubsfanChris

Don't think this thread is going to last long, but...

2008
Ireland v. Wales in Croker

2003
Losing by 1 point to Australia in WC pool decider

thomond2006

2008 AIs defeat to the All Blacks - We never fired a shot that day.

Superbus

teednab-el wrote: »

2003:

Getting hammered in the 6Nations GS decider against England.

That one would stand out. First loss that I remember watching, and that I cared about. I was devastated, to say the least.

Today was pretty bleak, but not a patch on that.

Fits Morris

In terms of Six Nations defeats the first game at Croke Park against France is the obvious one.

The 1992 Five Nations campaign was a terrible letdown after the promise that had been shown in the 1991 World Cup and the previous year's championship. Ralph Keyes suffered a serious fall from grace that year and Brendan Mullin retired from International rugby, although he did come back for the 1995 season.

The 18-16 defeat at the Stade de France in 1998 was also a big disappointment, I think it was Warren Gatland's first game in charge. Ireland led for most of the match but were caught late on. That was a superb French team and it would have been one of the all-time great shocks as Ireland were at a particularly low ebb beforehand.

But the daddy of them all has to be the 2007 World Cup. A team and squad that should have been at it's absolute peak was spectacularly mis-prepared by Eddie O'Sullivan and his coaching team.

thomond2006

Who can forget the whole 2007 Rugby World Cup?

The games we won were more disappointing than the ones we lost.

Co45

2007 WC without doubt, embarassed on the world stage.
anytime we have ever played NZ also.

hinault

Lens :


Grand Slam decider in 1982 - when we were destroyed in Paris.

hinault

2007 WC was appalling.

That game against Georgia was abysmal (we deserved to lose that game)

corny

The Argie game in the 07 WC.

England 03. In fairness they dismantled us that day.

Diamondmaker

My 1st experience as a kid of the agony and ecstasy of sport and rugby personally in particular:

Australia in the RWC 87 in Dublin. Hamiltons near end game try cancelled at the death by Lynagh.

It was a new and strange feeling to experience such emotions....such a feeling we are now so used and addicted to I guess !

gcgirl

Diamondmaker wrote: »

My 1st experience as a kid of the agony and ecstasy of sport and rugby personally in particular:

Australia in the RWC 87 in Dublin. Hamiltons near end game try cancelled at the death by Lynagh.

It was a new and strange feeling to experience such emotions....such a feeling we are now so used and addicted to I guess !

it was actually the 1991 World Cup !

Diamondmaker

gcgirl wrote: »

it was actually the 1991 World Cup !

Ha ha true, I did not even know what a rugby ball was in 87.

gcgirl

Diamondmaker wrote: »

Ha ha true, I did not even know what a rugby ball was in 87.

I'm the same 91 world cup was my first proper look at rugby and i thought it was brill Ireland were so unlucky V The Aussies !