Ladies Rugby World Cup: will you be watching?

Cantremember

This competition is underway and I wonder am I in the minority looking at the occasional match? Would you settle in with a pint in your local to watch the competition? Feet up at home even?

Fr_Dougal

Cheers for the heads up. TG4, Ireland vs NZ is on now.

kneemos

I are they on the same size pitch?
Women always look lost on full size pitches,particularly Croke Park.

Ficheall

But... the Chess Olympiad is on...

Strazdas

14-14 at the moment between Ireland and New Zealand....the Irish women are putting up a great performance

The Highwayman

Cantremember wrote: »

This competition is underway and I wonder am I in the minority looking at the occasional match? Would you settle in with a pint in your local to watch the competition? Feet up at home even?

God no.

wendell borton

I'm wathimg it right now.

Strazdas

wendell borton wrote: »

I'm wathimg it right now.

Ireland take the lead again against the All Blacks.....they're doing superbly here

Sir Osis of Liver.

Unless they're bollock naked,no.

Aubrey loves Joe

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Unless they're bollock naked,no.

You wouldn't want to see these women naked

suicide_circus

Up the women!!!!
What a win

Strazdas

Irish women defeat the All Blacks. That's a huge result for them....NZ are apparently even more dominant in the women's game than in the men's.

eviltwin

Can people not just congratulate them on a job well done even if they are "just" women? Its a great achievement, well done.

Strazdas

eviltwin wrote: »

Can people not just congratulate them on a job well done even if they are "just" women? Its a great achievement, well done.

They're clearly a hell of a good side too.....that was a massive upset

Glock Lesnar

The level of athleticism and skill is just too low to bother watching and this is coming from someone who watches women's MMA.

lab man

well done girls

P_1

Great result and a fantastic performance!

Glock Lesnar

I also have a problem with the fact you can't call the women's players 'big' player X like you could say 'big' John Hayes.

Duff

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

I also have a problem with the fact you can't call the women's players 'big' player X like you could say 'big' John Hayes.

What, like "big rug munchers"?

Inspector Coptoor

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

The level of athleticism and skill is just too low to bother watching and this is coming from someone who watches women's MMA.

Niamh Briggs' touch line conversion was a fantastic piece of skill.
Some of the handling, kicking & tackling was to a very high standard

Rough Sleeper

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

The level of athleticism and skill is just too low to bother watching and this is coming from someone who watches women's MMA.

Women's sports can be reasonably entertaining when the area of engagement is quite small so it works alright for the likes of MMA and tennis. Unfortunately, over larger playing fields the lack of acceleration becomes very apparent. In soccer and GAA it takes women a longer time to get to the ball and the game appears very loose as a result.

I've never watched women's rugby but I'd imagine it'd suffer a good deal from the lack of explosiveness. I'll still try to give it a go for the next match all the same.

P_1

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

The level of athleticism and skill is just too low to bother watching and this is coming from someone who watches women's MMA.

Ah here, take one look at Ireland's second try and Niamh Briggs' touchline conversion and tell me there was no skill involved. You'd be doing well to see much better in the RDS in May.

mickydoomsux

In answer to the OP, no because Rugby is a **** sport only beloved by this nation as we are sort of good at it and the women playing in aren't even worth a second glance.

Lapin

mickydoomsux wrote: »

In answer to the OP, no because Rugby is a **** sport only beloved by this nation as we are sort of good at it and the women playing in aren't even worth a second glance.

Bollox.

Well done the women.

Bring on Kazakhstan !

fleet_admiral

Is it on comedy central?

Strazdas

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

The level of athleticism and skill is just too low to bother watching and this is coming from someone who watches women's MMA.

Sure, but they have to start somewhere and the sport is in it's infancy. I bet people would have said the same thing in the early days of women's boxing before Katie Taylor came along.

Glock Lesnar

Strazdas wrote: »

Sure, but they have to start somewhere and the sport is in it's infancy. I bet people would have said the same thing in the early days of women's boxing before Katie Taylor came along.

Women's boxing only really emerged in the 1990s around the same time as the Irish women's rugby team, and like the poster above said some sports like boxing, MMA and tennis do a better job of hiding the limitations of women athletes, Katie Taylor is a 1 in a million athlete her skill set and athletic ability are in the highest percentile for her gender.

Strazdas

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Women's boxing only really emerged in the 1990s around the same time as the Irish women's rugby team, and like the poster above said some sports like boxing, MMA and tennis do a better job of hiding the limitations of women athletes, Katie Taylor is a 1 in a million athlete her skill set and athletic ability are in the highest percentile for her gender.

Yes, but a lot of women's sports (outside the mainstream athletics, swimming, tennis etc) are in their infancy meaning the potential for fitness levels and skills to improve dramatically is there. If you could somehow unearth films of men's football and rugby matches from the 19th century, I bet the modern viewer would be dismayed by the poor levels of fitness and skill.

Trying to compare women's rugby to what the men's teams in the Six Nations are doing is a bit pointless. I'm sure many men's amateur rugby teams wouldn't compare favourably either.

Pherekydes

Never watch Rugby: too boring, but these women are playing a better brand of Rugby. They field a garryowen and then counter-attack. This tactic set up the Irish try for the lead and the touchline conversion was superb. Assuming they beat Kazakhstan what might be their seeding for the semis? 3 and a possible semi against Australia or France? And then on to the final and a rematch with the Kiwi hens...

:pac:

Cookie_Monster

Strazdas wrote: »

Irish women defeat the All Blacks. That's a huge result for them....NZ are apparently even more dominant in the women's game than in the men's.

Black Ferns, not the All Blacks...

The Wild Bunch

Do they all have liquor license' ?

The Lost Sheep

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Black Ferns, not the All Blacks...

So what. Still a win over a senior NZ side an All Blacks side. Hopefully we can see wins against NZ at mens u20, senior mens etc soon enough

biko

No I don't watch any rugby. Hope they do well and all though.

EoghanIRL

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Is it on comedy central?

Want to hear a joke ?

Women's sports.

_Redzer_

It's pretty sad that they've come so far, had a massive match and won against the all blacks, yet it looks like they're playing in my shītty local GAA pitch. Whereas the lads get massive stadiums and crowds in the 100 thousand and major international coverage.

The disparity is gigantic. I don't really get why it's so big, though I can understand why it might not be as popular.

Macavity.

Haven't watched any of it and probably won't as am busy, but good luck to them.

calfmuscle

Yup I was down the pub with a group to watch the match. Brilliant match and delighted they won. They work their arses off, training and working full time to get where they are! So proud!

tritium

_Redzer_ wrote: »

It's pretty sad that they've come so far, had a massive match and won against the all blacks, yet it looks like they're playing in my shītty local GAA pitch. Whereas the lads get massive stadiums and crowds in the 100 thousand and major international coverage.

The disparity is gigantic. I don't really get why it's so big, though I can understand why it might not be as popular.

Same could be said for many minority sports in both genders. its actually frustrating how good Ireland is at some sports yet get very little coverage or support.

Well done to the team on an terrific result. In spite of the begrudgers you've done your country proud. Not many sides at any level of rugby union can boast a 100% record against New Zealand!

LeinsterDub

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Want to hear a joke ?

Women's sports.

P. Breathnach

Dissing women's achievements in sport is typically the behaviour of males who have no success with either women or sport.

pickarooney

Aubrey loves Joe wrote: »

You wouldn't want to see these women naked

I'm not sure whether this is sexist or anti-sexist, but I'm sure someone is wrong! :pac:

Dravokivich

So far the Ireland matches have been on at a bad time for me. So I have only really kept up with results.

Arthur Beesley

Pass.

LuckyLloyd

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Dissing women's achievements in sport is typically the behaviour of males who have no success with either women or sport.

Spot on.

Tremendous achievement from a very committed bunch of sportspeople.

Sundy

Yep because my friends are playing for Australia. Unfortunately the standard of rugby can be average at times.

Can't take away from the effort the girls have put in to get there though. I doubt any of these girls get paid, so consider they have to take loads of time off work, much of it unpaid.

Dravokivich

_Redzer_ wrote: »

It's pretty sad that they've come so far, had a massive match and won against the all blacks, yet it looks like they're playing in my shītty local GAA pitch. Whereas the lads get massive stadiums and crowds in the 100 thousand and major international coverage.

The disparity is gigantic. I don't really get why it's so big, though I can understand why it might not be as popular.

It all comes down to the commercialisation of it. Most people expect major sports brands to have men performing. A lot of UK football clubs have Women's teams and they tend to play in stadiums too big for the support they get.

S'pose for women's sports (as in the sports typically seen as male dominated) needs to find a way to captivate the target audience. I recall of a Lengerie League being promoted somewhere before. Not sure if it took off, although when product is meant to be sport, it really shouldn't need to be sexualised in such a way.

Also, a lot of the issue with it, is that these sports teams are generally amateur or semi-pro. Don't think I've seen a fully professional league setup for women.

c_man

Fair play to them, but no I won't be watching. Not because it's women (hey! I was watching bits of the recent Galway minor ladies success, and the U-19 national soccer success) but because it's rugby and I don't particularly enjoy it.

Dissing a sport because of the gender of those playing is moronic. And I'm not a fan of the instant sex jokes that usually accompany it.

As an aside I saw on the news, that the NZ women even do the hakka. Jesus Christ.

chamaid

Some achievement. What time is the next match at?

calfmuscle

chamaid wrote: »

Some achievement. What time is the next match at?

12 on Saturday

LiveIsLife

eviltwin wrote: »

Can people not just congratulate them on a job well done even if they are "just" women? Its a great achievement, well done.

What exactly are you on about? Everybody has congratulated them on a job well done, nobody has they're 'just' women. I honestly don't understand this mentality of trying to find negatives when there are none.

eviltwin

LiveIsLife wrote: »

What exactly are you on about? Everybody has congratulated them on a job well done, nobody has they're 'just' women. I honestly don't understand this mentality of trying to find negatives when there are none.

Your new round here aren't you?