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Women's World Cup 2014

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    #512
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,392 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    siobhan08 wrote: »
    would i be right in say the 3rd place get a medal?
    I nearly sure there was on in given in Brazil

    Yes, the Netherlands won a bronze medal at the World Cup


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    #513
    Hippo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭Hippo


    Incredibly blatant midfield obstruction there. Not that it matters!


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    #514
    Dave_The_Sheep
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    High tackles are allowed in this game, yeah? That's twice we've gotten away with it and I'm only catching the second half...


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    #515
    siobhan08
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    Yes, the Netherlands won a bronze medal at the World Cup
    anybody know if its the same in this tournament?


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    #516
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,392 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    siobhan08 wrote: »
    anybody know if its the same in this tournament?

    Yes, it would appear....the men's RWC has one


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    #517
    molloyjh
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    Ah crap. Cantwell gone now. She's pure class. Is she retiring after this?


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    #518
    siobhan08
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    molloyjh wrote: »
    Ah crap. Cantwell gone now. She's pure class. Is she retiring after this?

    I hope she is alrite. That was a very heavy hit


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    #519
    fryup
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    Just tuned in . . .any sexy women to look at?


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    #520
    HeidiHeidi
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    fryup wrote: »
    Just tuned in . . .any sexy women to look at?

    Is that you Niamh?


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    #521
    sullivlo
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    molloyjh wrote: »
    Ah crap. Cantwell gone now. She's pure class. Is she retiring after this?

    Yeah she is.


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    #522
    Rightwing
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    I hate when a team has a great shock result, and then falls flat on its face :(


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    #523
    molloyjh
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    Mauling....gutted.


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    #524
    Strazdas
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    Very disappointing stuff from Ireland : they've outscored us 40-0 in the last 50 minutes....as much to do with us playing really badly as them playing well (they're certainly not going to win the final by that margin, no matter who they play)


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    #525
    donfers
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    Rightwing wrote: »
    I hate when a team has a great shock result, and then falls flat on its face :(


    Typical with Irish teams though, we get too self-satisfied after one good result

    Not sure if this result is down to us just being happy to make the semifinals or England being light years ahead of us


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    #526
    ThisRegard
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    Pretty impressive by England all the same.


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    #527
    Strazdas
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    molloyjh wrote: »
    Mauling....gutted.

    As usual we choke in the knockout stages of the RWC.....following in the footsteps of our useless men's teams over the years :mad:


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    #528
    Rightwing
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    donfers wrote: »
    Typical with Irish teams though, we get too self-satisfied after one good result

    Not sure if this result is down to us just being happy to make the semifinals or England being light years ahead of us

    I agree with that.

    Usually happens though with underdogs, claim a scalp and then are rubbish.


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    #529
    ThisRegard
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    As usual we choke in the knockout stages of the RWC.....following in the footsteps of our useless men's teams over the years :mad:

    You don't usually follow rugby do you?


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    #530
    Strazdas
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Pretty impressive by England all the same.

    Easy to do against a team of chokers of course, but they've played well within themselves.


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    #531
    ThisRegard
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    Easy to do against a team of chokers of course, but they've played well within themselves.

    See my previous post.


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    #532
    molloyjh
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    As usual we choke in the knockout stages of the RWC.....following in the footsteps of our useless men's teams over the years :mad:

    Ah here that's way too harsh, on both sides.


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    #533
    vienne86
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    Dammit. Well and truly beaten. OK, go for the bronze medals now.


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    #534
    Strazdas
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    You don't usually follow rugby do you?

    I certainly do. I remember us going into the RWC quarter final in 2011 in great form and not even competing against the Welsh (we probably should have lost that one by 25 points). And then we had to read a load of rubbish about how we came up against a "wonderful" Welsh side, not that we absolutely bottled it on the day.


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    #535
    donfers
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    As usual we choke in the knockout stages of the RWC.....following in the footsteps of our useless men's teams over the years :mad:

    Harsh thing to say, if anything that men's team has done more than any other to remove the dreaded "ah sure we'll give it a lash/happy to be here" mentality that has been the scourge of Irish sports for ages


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    #536
    Rightwing
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    I certainly do. I remember us going into the RWC quarter final in 2011 in great form and not even competing against the Welsh (we probably should have lost that one by 25 points). And then we had to read a load of rubbish about how we came up against a "wonderful" Welsh side, not that we absolutely bottled it on the day.

    The Irish team have improved massively in fairness, led my Munster's exploits and then Leinsters.


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    #537
    ssaye2
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    Unlucky better team on the day won top tier teams need to be close to 100% to win in the knock outs


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    #538
    Zzippy
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    Mod: Strazdas do not post in this thread again


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    #539
    Strazdas
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    Rightwing wrote: »
    The Irish team have improved massively in fairness, led my Munster's exploits and then Leinsters.

    I would agree on that and Joe Schmidt has done a fantastic job. Our record is woeful in the RWC though.....good in the group stages, and then we always seem to be well below par once we get to the knockout rounds (hopefull that changes next year)


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    #540
    irishbucsfan
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    Very disappointing stuff from Ireland : they've outscored us 40-0 in the last 50 minutes....as much to do with us playing really badly as them playing well (they're certainly not going to win the final by that margin, no matter who they play)

    I don't really get the impression your ability to break down the game really extends much further than using words like "well" and "badly" to be honest! :pac:

    A real shame the game went the way it did. The English pack are just so quick to the ball and the girls just couldn't make any impact on the ground. The backs really can't do anything without that, and they weren't really set up to mitigate that sort of problem either, it made such a huge difference and we had no answer for it. Hopefully they can find an answer before the 6 Nations and we can get some revenge against these English girls next Spring.

    Fair play to England, they could really go on and win. Thanks to our girls for being so brilliant throughout the tournament and making us proud.


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    #541
    Absoluvely
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    Strazdas wrote: »
    I would agree on that and Joe Schmidt has done a fantastic job. Our record is woeful in the RWC though.....good in the group stages, and then we always seem to be well below par once we get to the knockout rounds (hopefull that changes next year)

    I wouldn't say we're good in the group stages. Remember 2007 :o


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