Ireland Team Talk XII: Farrell's First Fifteen

Good idea but I was thinking of going to a rugby match. Suppose I could just watch it in the pub instead 😆

I sometimes forget how explicit you need to be on boards. The Williams sisters are famous RELATIVE to other tennis players, it is an EXAMPLE of how some athletes transcend their own sports. Rugby is a tiny niche sport in a small number of countries, you don’t need to be Taylor swift to be a superstar RELATVE to the sport. Literally no one in China or the USA has ever heard of Lomu. Anyone who enjoys name recognition beyond the sport is a superstar in rugby terms, and there are very few of them. Wilko is one of there are any. I don’t think Holland is speaking about plays who are in the top few in their position as Ireland undoubtedly have several of those. If he means that then he’s trolling.

Senz radio in NZ aren't holding back on their hatred for Ireland. Said the SA rivalry is one of respect but one of hatred with Ireland. Said Irish fans, media and team are all cocky and arrogant. The presenter from the breakdown doesn't hold back on radio she can't stand the Irish lol they even start mocking the accent which is racist if you do it to other but not the Irish for some reason. Scott Robinson will really want to win this.it's probably the most important game for kiwis so will have a huge factor in how his first season is judged.

maybe you’re right and Goodman is referring to a particularly influential player like sexton but why would he use ‘superstar’. It’s a very unrugby term to use to describe a player like that. I can’t actually think of any test team currently that relies on any one player in that way.

It 100% is the biggest show of respect how rattled the Kiwi radio presenters etc are.

We actually have the temerity to be good at rugby now and to be a regular challenge to NZ rather than putting it slightly up to them for 60 mins and then rolling over like they expect us to do.

Predicting a score line of Ire 28 Nz 24

Tries from kelleher, VDF, Lowe and JGP.

Its the same radio station that made global news when isarel dagg insulted sextons mother. If Irish times are reporting about one of the biggest radio stations in the Pacific we can talk about it here. They have hours of pre game coverage uploaded onto Spotify etc and tictok coverage. It's not like they are some nobody in NZ no one can hear or excess. They are global

There's so much content out there now that you'll find a podcast or blog or tweet to support pretty much anything you want to think.

You can post one link and say "look at how arrogant these <Irish><Kiwi> bastards are, I can't wait until <Ireland><New Zealand> ram it down their throats", and you don't need to worry about the fact that 95% of comment on both sides is pretty balanced and respectful.

In fairness, the Irish media has been incredibly cocky at times. Remember when no English players would make our squad before we were thumped at home? They gave NZ plenty of ammo leading up to the QF loss last year. Lots of writing off the ABs this week also. We like to have a go at Scotland for getting ahead of themselves despite winning nothing and the SH look at us the same way.

NZ will win tonight, post Sexton Ireland have switched off for periods of every game, we've still been good enough to win more often than not but the opposition hasn't been clinical enough to punish us. NZ will be.