egg chasing season is soon upon us

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience · 28-01-2014 02:22PM

OP obviously has massive bee in his bonnet over rugby. Perhaps wasn't picked as a child or something

Anyway if you don't like it don't watch it. Bit sad that you feel the need to start a thread on an internet forum about something you apparently care so little about

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:23PM

Nialler15 wrote: »

Really good argument about the local men. Because Irish socccer teams have been 100% Irish through the years.

No they haven't been 100% Irish but they all have had parents or grandparents born here.

Strauss, Mike McCarthy, Dan Touhy, Andy Ward etc just have to live here a few years to get a cap. There doesn't have to be an Irish parent or grandparent involved.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience · 28-01-2014 02:24PM

TheMza wrote: »

No I support Liverpool, nothing to do with supporting English or Irish teams, I just find rugby and all the fair weather fans of Leinster and the national team who have appeared over the last couple of years to be a bit of a joke!

As opposed to you supporting Liverpool, a city you more than likely have no ties to and probably have never been

Nothing really wrong with that but it's worth pointing out if you're going to be sneering at fans of other sports

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:24PM

Pudsy33 wrote: »

The New Zealamd match wasn't a "friendly", and anyone who describes it as such clearly hasn't a notion what they're talking about.

What was it for then? Can i have a game of tiddleywinks and call it a 'Test Match' to make it mean something?

DublinCJM · 28-01-2014 02:24PM

iDave wrote: »

All things considered Irish rugby fans and the provincial fans are much better fans than the clowns who will be staying up all night on Sunday to watch Hype-fest 2014 also known as the Superbowl.
Shouting 'Go Titans' for a franchise they have no attachment to. But hey they see it in movies so they feel obliged to try and replicate what Americans do.

Roll on 6 Nations 2013. Eire Abu.

That's so last year...

Nialler15 · 28-01-2014 02:25PM

Decobuzz wrote: »

No they haven't been 100% Irish but they all have had parents or grandparents born here.

Strauss, Mike McCarthy, Dan Touhy, Andy Ward etc just have to live here a few years to get a cap. There doesn't have to be an Irish parent or grandparent involved.

Its not like the IRFU make up the rules. That rule applies to all rugby countries. sure the All Blacks are the kings of it. All their Pacific Islanders werent born in NZ. And if it was the same rule for soccer you can be bloody sure they would be picked too.

Gambas · 28-01-2014 02:25PM

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Can't really understand how some people can get so passionate about a tournament featuring 6 teams, none of them particularly good.

Actually, there's only five teams in the Munster hurling championship, Kerry don't usually play.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience · 28-01-2014 02:26PM

Decobuzz wrote: »

What was it for then? Can i have a game of tiddleywinks and call it a 'Test Match' to make it mean something?

haha, just realised you're the guy who has started threads in the rugby forum about how crap the sport supposedly is

that went well didn't it

I do see that you like Pro Wrestling though

FTA69 · 28-01-2014 02:27PM

Pudsy33 wrote: »

The New Zealand match wasn't a "friendly", and anyone who describes it as such clearly hasn't a notion what they're talking about.

What was it out of curiosity?

(Not being snotty, genuine question.)

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:27PM

Approx 10 years ago I was at a Leinster match in Donnybrook. There was about 2,000 at it give or take. 5 years later and there's 30,000+ in Lansdowne for a similar fixture. Talk about a bandwagon. The fact that they have to give out free flags with 'Leinster Rugby' on it says it all.
I for one hope the European Cup goes and brings the Rabo Direct with it. It'll put an end to the insufferable rugby fans.

When BOD got dropped from the British Lions team last year I was embarrassed with the carry on of the Irish public. The British Lions hammered Australia without him. Says it all.

OldRio · 28-01-2014 02:28PM

Decobuzz wrote: »

Approx 10 years ago I was at a Leinster match in Donnybrook. There was about 2,000 at it give or take. 5 years later and there's 30,000+ in Lansdowne for a similar fixture. Talk about a bandwagon. The fact that they have to give out free flags with 'Leinster Rugby' on it says it all.
I for one hope the European Cup goes and brings the Rabo Direct with it. It'll put an end to the insufferable rugby fans.

When BOD got dropped from the British Lions team last year I was embarrassed with the carry on of the Irish public. The British Lions hammered Australia without him. Says it all.

Complex issues. Bless.

Pudsy33 · 28-01-2014 02:29PM

Dzz wrote: »

What was it for then? Can i have a game of tiddleywinks and call it a 'Test Match' to make it mean something?

It was a competitice game to see who won. Why does it have to be for anything? You can't compare it to football as it's not like for like. Go get it sanctioned by the gobal body for tiddlywinks and I'm sure you can call it whatever you like.

recylingbin · 28-01-2014 02:30PM

Tugboats wrote: »

With the start of the 6 nations. Any advice on surviving this most horrible time?

Just remember that if any of them had any discernible talent, they'd be playing a proper sport.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience · 28-01-2014 02:30PM

Decobuzz wrote: »

Approx 10 years ago I was at a Leinster match in Donnybrook. There was about 2,000 at it give or take. 5 years later and there's 30,000+ in Lansdowne for a similar fixture. Talk about a bandwagon. The fact that they have to give out free flags with 'Leinster Rugby' on it says it all.
I for one hope the European Cup goes and brings the Rabo Direct with it. It'll put an end to the insufferable rugby fans.

When BOD got dropped from the British Lions team last year I was embarrassed with the carry on of the Irish public. The British Lions hammered Australia without him. Says it all.

you have 108 posts on boards, the vast majority are you giving out about rugby and the rest are posts about Pro Wrestling

issues I reckon. At least rugby is real

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:31PM

The rugby goys have discovered this thread. They won't be happy.

FTA69 · 28-01-2014 02:31PM

Pudsy33 wrote: »

It was a competitice game to see who won.

That's a friendly mate.

Frank Lee Midere · 28-01-2014 02:31PM

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

As opposed to you supporting Liverpool, a city you more than likely have no ties to and probably have never been

Nothing really wrong with that but it's worth pointing out if you're going to be sneering at fans of other sports

Actually supporting Liverpool makes no f*cking sense whatsoever. I grew up as a football fan, now I couldn't be arsed. The greatest bores I meet are the fans of some successful club ( it's never Bristol) arguing with some other idiot about the other famous football club the other guy has no reason to support either. It's all "we" and "us". Total nonsense. Entertaining that they now talk about "bandwagons".

I also watched the 6 nations growing up, which was the amateur era. And I played hurling a bit. I am definitely not private schooled.

To this day I still love the 6N - guys who play with passion for their country rather than millionaires who wouldn't put on a good performance if you put an actual fire under their ass. The 6N always has great games.

Jimmy Two Times · 28-01-2014 02:33PM

Would love to go off on a rant about that horrible contrived competition called the Heiniken Cup where Irish representative provinces who are guaranteed entry each year have to play against English and French club teams who have to burst their bolli*es in seriously competitive leagues to even qualify for the thing.

But I won't.

Would love to point out that it's no wonder our provinces have such a great record in it. Week before a big game they have a Rabo ( Mickey Mouse ) League game against some Italian or Scottish team and can rest all their " stars " while their opposition have a serious Top 14 or Premiership game that may or may not mean qualification into the following years gig.

But I won't.

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:33PM

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

you have 108 posts on boards, the vast majority are you giving out about rugby and the rest are posts about Pro Wrestling

issues I reckon. At least rugby is real

Rugby is real you're right. Smart lad you are. Are movies you watch in the cinema or tv series you might watch real? I don't think pro wrestling is real so don't get your point. I treat it as a show they same way I treat The Wire or Breaking Bad

Pudsy33 · 28-01-2014 02:33PM

Decobuzz wrote: »

Approx 10 years ago I was at a Leinster match in Donnybrook. There was about 2,000 at it give or take. 5 years later and there's 30,000+ in Lansdowne for a similar fixture. Talk about a bandwagon. The fact that they have to give out free flags with 'Leinster Rugby' on it says it all.
I for one hope the European Cup goes and brings the Rabo Direct with it. It'll put an end to the insufferable rugby fans.

So you're upset that a sporting organization gained more fans as it became successful? Do you not realise that trend follows in pretty much every sport you can think of? Look at McGregor's recent UFC success, Irish people who wouldn't normally be fans have rallied around him. Same with Bernard Dunne a few years back. And every year the Olympics come around we have the entire nation cheering on sportspeople they wouldn't watch one end of the year to the other. Do you have an issue with all these "bandwagoners"? Or does your complex only extended to rugby?

Too Tough To Die · 28-01-2014 02:34PM

Pudsy33 wrote: »

It was a competitice game to see who won. Why does it have to be for anything? You can't compare it to football as it's not like for like. Go get it sanctioned by the gobal body for tiddlywinks and I'm sure you can call it whatever you like.

That's a friendly, mate.

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:34PM

Jimmy Two Times wrote: »

Would love to go off on a rant about that horrible contrived competition called the Heiniken Cup where Irish representative provinces who are guaranteed entry each year have to play against English and French club teams who have to burst their bolli*es in seriously competitive leagues to even qualify for the thing.

But I won't.

Would love to point out that it's no wonder our provinces have such a great record in it. Week before a big game they have a Rabo ( Mickey Mouse ) League game against some Italian or Scottish team and can rest all their " stars " while their opposition have a serious Top 14 or Premiership game that may or may not mean qualification into the following years gig.

But I won't.

What a post. Hit the nail on the head.

Karl Stein · 28-01-2014 02:34PM

Calling an international Rugby game a friendly is about as stupid as describing a boxing or MMA fight a 'friendly'.

Lots of ignorance, bitterness and reverse snobbery in this thread.

Royale with Cheese · 28-01-2014 02:35PM

I've liked rugby since I was very little, since just before it turned professional. My interest in it has waned massively over the past decade though.

Rugby: good
Rugby fans (particularly Irish ones): bad

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:35PM

Pudsy33 wrote: »

So you're upset that a sporting organization gained more fans as it became successful? Do you not realise that trend follows in pretty much every sport you can think of? Look at McGregor's recent UFC success, Irish people who wouldn't normally be fans have rallied around him. Same with Bernard Dunne a few years back. And every year the Olympics come around we have the entire nation cheering on sportspeople they wouldn't watch one end of the year to the other. Do you have an issue with all these "bandwagoners"? Or does your complex only extended to rugby?

Only extends to rugby as the people who support it are insufferable gob****es.

Pudsy33 · 28-01-2014 02:35PM

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

That's a friendly, mate.

That would be a friendly in soccer, there's nothing friendly about a test match in rugby. Anyway this is just semantics.

recylingbin · 28-01-2014 02:35PM

Imagine a game where being able to throw the ball two yards is considered a skill.

drumswan · 28-01-2014 02:35PM

Pudsy33 wrote: »

It was a competitice game to see who won.

Yeah, a friendly.

Decobuzz · 28-01-2014 02:36PM

Charles Rocher wrote: »

Calling an international Rugby game a friendly is about as stupid as describing a boxing or MMA fight a 'friendly'.

Lots of ignorance, bitterness and reverse snobbery in this thread.

Can you explain what the match was for though?
Was it for World Cup qualification?
Was it for a trophy?
What was it for?

Too Tough To Die · 28-01-2014 02:36PM

Charles Rocher wrote: »

Calling an international Rugby game a friendly is about as stupid as describing a boxing or MMA fight a 'friendly'.

Lots of ignorance, bitterness and reverse snobbery in this thread.

How do you figure?

egg chasing season is soon upon us

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