Rugby, Do we need it?

mikethecop · 04-04-2022 11:33PM

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Aw i see we can add geography to the list of things you know very little about :-)

Actually there is Ladies AIL and the Lady's sex nations on at the min , not that macho , bu can be as complex and intricate as mens games

What sports would you consider cerebral enough to be on tv then ?

Because the professionalism of rugby it puts it streets ahead of the Gaa in player protections and welfare

All sports are dangerous ,team sports ore so but its part of why we play them

that's an awful and nonsensible reason to hate rugby blaz

mikethecop · 04-04-2022 11:50PM

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why dont you head up to your local club some night for training and see if you can manage some catch and throw yourself ?

05-04-2022 12:10AM

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Rugby is so professional and safe,they were still introducing new protocols around the scrum this years 6 nations to try make it safer🤷‍♂️🤣🤣

I dont see how its safe to induce kids to play a game,still being modified to make it safe,people still retire from it with concussion injuries,with a massive drinking culture attached to it,and many will need steroids to make the gains necessary to be bulky enough to play it at top level

mikethecop · 05-04-2022 12:36AM

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Continuous ongoing efforts to improve player safety ? da bastards lol shame other sports arent as progressive

again you have no idea about rugby , head up to a club and find out, its easier for you to just trot out every weak stereotype to your hatred of something you dont understand

Induce kids? to play to exercise have fun make friends become part of a team develop as people , ya now being a kid. shocking stuff altogether .

I ll ask again what sports you approve of blaz or do you only talk about things you hate

KieferFan69 · 05-04-2022 11:23AM

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It’s much harder to do well in rugby. You don’t have Titans like New Zealand or South Africa. Everyone just cancels each other out into like dull boring games where nothing happens. Ireland have no achievements in beautiful games compared to rugby where you have crushed New Zealand and produced world class players. And I think most of the footballers are English? Anyway if you enjoy that stuff flake away no need to disparage union

Man Vs ManUre · 05-04-2022 11:30AM

Just when you think it’s all over, suddenly there is womens rugby on tv.

CreadanLady · 05-04-2022 11:39AM

it is an elitist sport. A foreign sport. An imported sport. A sport associated with privilege, colonialism and oppression. It is how it came to be an international sport - it was imposed on nations that were under the jackboot of the British. Same could be said of cricket.

Yeah_Right · 05-04-2022 12:23PM

I see people saying theres a lot of rugby coverage on TV. Is there really? I have the Sky Sports extra package I don't think there is enough rugby on it. How much coverage is there on free to air tv? Seriously? The 6 Nations and then 1 provincial game a week on RTE and 1 on TG4. Or is there more?

KieferFan69 · 05-04-2022 01:07PM

I think most of this jealousy arises out of fact that rugby is a much more exciting game to watch than footie m. More spectacular, greater variety of hulks, tactics and skills . It brings out the dormant primordial warrior in all of us, footie brings out the thug

Man Vs ManUre · 05-04-2022 01:19PM

Why do rugby jocks like to drink beer through the used sock of their bros?? That is very overly chummy behavior.

DeanAustin · 05-04-2022 01:23PM

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LOL, behave yourself.

golondrinas · 05-04-2022 01:31PM

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Being advertised to death all this week. Tried to watch it on tv some years ago. it was a cold misty day. Some of the women were shivering during play. Not a good watch. Hope it has improved some.

KieferFan69 · 05-04-2022 01:33PM

Women shivering where do I tube in

El_Duderino 09 · 05-04-2022 02:54PM

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As a rugby fan, that's exactly how I feel about GAA. I don't enjoy it, but lots of other people get great enjoyment from it, and sport is good for the players and the communities who support them.

There's lots of GAA coverage about but I just don't really pay any attention. It's nothing for me to get cross about.

I've no idea why someone would want to turn sports supporting into a competition. If people enjoy it and it doesn'tcause harm, let them at it. We should encourage each other to take any enjoyment we can get in life.

05-04-2022 10:05PM

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Mate people die from this game,lads getting dementia in their 40s,isnt what people should be promoting on national tv

Its a simple game,repeating dogma and screaming ya dont understand it ,but unable to elaborate further only serves to suggest yous are blowing smoke about it

,but its the never ending BS and buzzwords attached,its a victory for mindless marketing,but not for skill level/entertainment value,

Indeed,rugby deos develop youth into fine upstanding citizens such as paddy jackson and co🤮,

05-04-2022 10:09PM

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It simply never ends.....at one time during 6 nations,between matches,club games etc and highlights,there was something like 21 hours rugby on free-to-air tv

Such saturation can only be described as excessive imo

mikethecop · 05-04-2022 10:19PM

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No people dont die from playing rugby , nor is any one forced to take part

again no one is making you watch it , pointing out your lack on information on many issues isnt screaming just because it makes you look and feel stupid

do you want me to list the professional soccer players convicted or accused of crimes ? boxers perhaps , golfers ?

again i ll ask (3rd time now ) what sports do you propose are better for us all ?

05-04-2022 10:27PM

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Literally a politocal advisor for scottish parliment died playing last week

Except you havnt provided any info on lack of info,just repeated dogma i dont understand it over and over (which is evidently untrue) and are unable to elaborate further upon it.....which given yous cheerlead a sport where people cheer when ball is kicked out of play by their own team,should be of concern to yous

mikethecop · 05-04-2022 10:33PM

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Died while playing rugby vs died from playing rugby , I don't want to embarrass you by having to point out the difference.

What info do you want ? i ve suggested you try it out for your self , dont you think that might help you understand, as for cheerleading an dogma i think you have some other unresolved issues there blaz .

One more time blaz , if you can bring your self to pause your hatred what sport would you like to see people playing,?

05-04-2022 10:40PM

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Splitting hairs....next yous be out to proclaim.all those early dementia and lads retiring early due to concussion injuries is just coincidene and 'high jinx'

Havnt said yous cheerlead om dogma,comprehension skills not a strong point?,

perhaps best to leave it there,as this was 4th post in which yous have attempted to make it personal and adbandon the use of facts and logic in the never-ending blind defence of nonsense,over self importance game of throw and catch.....

whereas i have been entirely courteous and polite,i have no issue with your conduct believing you adore the goys

Ha Long Bay · 05-04-2022 10:44PM

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Did you play rugby for long yourself? Trying to read your posts it appears that you took a few bangs to the head so I can see why this is an issue close to your heart.

Stoolie · 05-04-2022 10:59PM

As far as I know, there's only about 7 teams who plays this rubgy. ( Britain's Lions , Australia, New Zealand , South Africa , Italy and I think America , Germany and Japan , maybe )

To say we "are competitive on an international scale" in this game is a bit of a laugh

Stoolie · 05-04-2022 11:01PM

As far as I know, there's only about 7 teams who plays this rubgy. ( Britain's Lions , Australia, New Zealand , South Africa ,

Mimon · 05-04-2022 11:06PM

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Cén teanga a bhfuil tú ag labhairt mo cara?

El_Duderino 09 · 06-04-2022 07:05AM

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Yep. Only 7 teams in the world play this rugby. Britain's Lyons is one of the teams...

Lads, ye could try harder, but do any of you know where the bitterness comes from? Is it a perceived class complex, or a sporting complex or do you just see other people enjoying a sport and get cross?

Tom Mann Centuria · 06-04-2022 07:21AM

Born in an English town where it was all about rugby. Zero interest in Rugby Union, in fact the one sport I don't mind seeing England lose in, to anybody. Probably actively dislike it tbh, but it is incredibly easy to avoid coverage if you want to. If people enjoy it, good luck to them it, doesn't adversely effect me, and each to their own.

Firminos · 06-04-2022 07:37AM

We are decent at rugby , but its a bit fake as shag all countrys play it. And have never been to even a world cup semi

sydthebeat · 06-04-2022 07:50AM

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Its not all that unusual that come world cup time we're not one of the best four countries in the world.

Even next year, when we should have a good chance, the top 4, ranked teams are on one side of the draw with the highest ranked team on the other side 5th in the world. So immediately we're at a disadvantage

Firminos · 06-04-2022 07:53AM

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Yeah tbf its probably not to shocking we havent gotten to a semi. I think a big world cup run is probably whats missing taking the popularity of rugby to next level. Id be a casual fan and am bored of 6 nations at this stage. Format is crap as well if you lose the first match its over

Fr Tod Umptious · 06-04-2022 08:27AM

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It's not bitterness, it's just wondering why such a niche sport gets such a high profile.

Any what the media and rugby fans are actually thinking when they buy into this idea that it's on a par with GAA and soccer when it comes to public interest.

Core rugby support is primarily a narrow selection of people in Dublin, a narrow selection of people in Limerick, and a narrow selection of one community in NI.

After that you have marginal support, people who like to watch the big games on TV, or young people who make it an excuse to go to the pub.

The former will go to and have internet in games outside the big ones, but the latter won't.

And as for it's reach globally there may be 20 teams in a RWC but you know as well as I do that only 8 are really competitive, the rest are filler.

Rugby, Do we need it?

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