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Mick Wallace slams rugby bandwagon 'fans'

  • 18-07-2011 12:44pm
    #1
    sendit
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 499 ✭✭


    In an interview in today's Sunday Independent, Wexford TD Mick Wallace was asked why rugby had become more popular than soccer. Mick dismissed such a suggestion as being ridiculous, and said (I couldn't find a link to this article, so I'll just type the quote in):

    "Are you telling me that Gordon D'Arcy is more recognisable than Kevin Doyle? Soccer is a lot more popular than rugby. There are 450,000 registered to play soccer. Given that, in life, there are not many good things happening, people latch onto the least thing. Think of Leinster winning the Heineken Cup."

    Ouch. I'd hate to be a bandwagoner Leinster supporter hearing that. Or is it Munster who are the bigger bandwagon team at the moment? Just once, I'd like to meet a Connaght rugby fan, it's incredible that in rugby country you never see anyone supporting the least successful of the provinces. The World Cup is coming up, it's great to see that we qualified for this prestigious event involving all of the half dozen countries who play this sport to a high level.

    If Ireland do well, I'd say there will be people out dancing on the streets. And if Ireland play badly, it will be a repeat of 2007. All the rugby 'fans' will somehow disappear, before re-emerging in time for the next big win over England, where they will once more express how much they love the Ireland rugby team.


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  • #2
    justsomebloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,407 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    who's Kevin Doyle?

    edit. I initially edited this thinking that maybe it could go some where but on reflection I'm just going to lock it.

    sendit banned for 1 week for trolling


  • #3
    Shreddingblood
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    Who's Gordan D'arcy?


  • #4
    Riskymove
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    sendit wrote: »

    If Ireland do well, I'd say there will be people out dancing on the streets. And if Ireland play badly, it will be a repeat of 2007. All the rugby 'fans' will somehow disappear, before re-emerging in time for the next big win over England, where they will once more express how much they love the Ireland rugby team. Hypocrites.

    sounds like exaclty what happens with soccer too!!

    have you seen attendance figures at recent Ireland soccer games?


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