Irish Rugby and Sevens

D14Rugby · 14-07-2019 6:34pm

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

did they? If they did they must have changed deleted a tweet as only aide out of contention was women which they said. They didn't say men were out of contention.

They certainly did

Clareman · 15-07-2019 11:13am

https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/1150674904582414338

arsebiscuits1 · 17-07-2019 10:19am

D14Rugby wrote: »

I grow to dislike whoever runs the Irish rugby social media more by the day. They lack any knowledge about rugby or the competitions the teams play in and its infuriating, obviously some "social media expert" with no rugby knowledge.

That's a small bit harsh no?

There was an instagram post that had since been deleted stating the men were out of contention. Mistakes happen.

Other than that I have seen no obvious indications that there is a stark lack of rugby knowledge on their social media platforms.

The bolded point is just unnecessarily antagonistic. Do you feel you're above this because you post here a lot and follow the club game?

Would you rather that a few users from these forums ran it instead? I can't think of many faster ways to lose followers :pac:

D14Rugby · 17-07-2019 11:56am

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

That's a small bit harsh no?

There was an instagram post that had since been deleted stating the men were out of contention. Mistakes happen.

Other than that I have seen no obvious indications that there is a stark lack of rugby knowledge on their social media platforms.

The bolded point is just unnecessarily antagonistic. Do you feel you're above this because you post here a lot and follow the club game?

Would you rather that a few users from these forums ran it instead? I can't think of many faster ways to lose followers :pac:

Maybe it is a bit harsh but it's the 5th or 6th time I've seen similar mistakes are they're really annoying. The national and provincial sides social media is seriously lacking though, all so targeted at mums it seems to me. Like we opened a brand new state of the art training complex at the NSC and there hasn't been anything about it, our national team are in world cup camp and compare the publicity to England and its seriously lacking. I get that they're trying to get to parents and play up the whole family friendly sport bit to get kids involved and play up the women's rugby bit to get women and girls involved but a bit of preaching to the choir is still needed, give us something meaty, get whoever runs the Bristol Bears account involved or someone that will do similar.

Squidgy Black · 17-07-2019 11:59am

D14Rugby wrote: »

Maybe it is a bit harsh but it's the 5th or 6th time I've seen similar mistakes are they're really annoying. The national and provincial sides social media is seriously lacking though, all so targeted at mums it seems to me. Like we opened a brand new state of the art training complex at the NSC and there hasn't been anything about it, our national team are in world cup camp and compare the publicity to England and its seriously lacking. I get that they're trying to get to parents and play up the whole family friendly sport bit to get kids involved and play up the women's rugby bit to get women and girls involved but a bit of preaching to the choir is still needed, give us something meaty, get whoever runs the Bristol Bears account involved or someone that will do similar.

English social media/comms actually have a great YouTube series they're doing called "Rising Sons" like a behind the scenes of the training camps.

D14Rugby · 17-07-2019 12:11pm

Squidgy Black wrote: »

English social media/comms actually have a great YouTube series they're doing called "Rising Sons" like a behind the scenes of the training camps.

Yeah that's sort of what I was alluding to, give me stuff like that but our social media is all so focused on the middle aged match goer and parents it seems.

connemara man · 22-07-2019 10:11am

The Irish men and women finished 3rd and 4th in their grand Prix tournaments over the weekend meaning both got bronze overall

The highlight is the IRFU no knowing what country the women were playing in

The Lost Sheep · 22-07-2019 10:32am

connemara man wrote: »

The Irish men and women finished 3rd and 4th in their grand Prix tournaments over the weekend meaning both got bronze overall

The highlight is the IRFU no knowing what country the women were playing in

men played in Poland and women in Ukraine. Easy mistake to make shouldn't have happened though....
very sloppy from irfu

connemara man · 29-07-2019 11:42pm

Ireland's own Greg O'Shea of Munster won love island

arsebiscuits1 · 30-07-2019 9:29am

connemara man wrote: »

Ireland's own Greg O'Shea of Munster won love island

I do not, nor will I ever care about Love Island.

But one can't help but say fair play to the lad.

Goes off into a Villa in the sun for 2 weeks, gets himself a smashing looking girl, 25k pounds and 600k followers on Insta which will be much more valuable than the prize money.

Good on him. An unexpected feel good summer story in the rugby world ha.

The Lost Sheep · 08-08-2019 3:44pm

Dates, venues for world series announced today by world rugby
https://twitter.com/WorldRugby7s/status/1159457598338478081?s=19

foxyladyxx · 08-08-2019 4:08pm

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

I do not, nor will I ever care about Love Island.

But one can't help but say fair play to the lad.

Goes off into a Villa in the sun for 2 weeks, gets himself a smashing looking girl, 25k pounds and 600k followers on Insta which will be much more valuable than the prize money.

Good on him. An unexpected feel good summer story in the rugby world ha.

1.5million instagram followers I believe. Not that I was watching it.

Faugheen · 08-08-2019 6:19pm

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

I do not, nor will I ever care about Love Island.

But one can't help but say fair play to the lad.

Goes off into a Villa in the sun for 2 weeks, gets himself a smashing looking girl, 25k pounds and 600k followers on Insta which will be much more valuable than the prize money.

Good on him. An unexpected feel good summer story in the rugby world ha.

Coming back to play and finish his FE1s as well. Nice to see a calm head on ones shoulders off the back of overnight fame.

The Lost Sheep · 22-09-2019 7:28pm

Womens world series starts in two weeks time in the US while Men dont start until December

The draw for the RugbyX tournament, to be staged at The O2 in London on 29th October has been made.
RugbyX will be played on a 55m x 32m artificial grass pitch
England, Ireland and the Barbarians are in Group A. France, USA and Argentina comprise Group B. The Women’s competition features England vs France in Semi Final 1 and USA vs Ireland in Semi Final 2.
Games are in two stages. 4-6pm for semi finals in womens comp and group games for the men while womens final/3rd 4th playoff and mens quarters,semis and final are in 8.30pm-10.30pm session

The Lost Sheep · 23-10-2019 6:13pm

Squads named for rugby x tournament

https://www.the42.ie/men-women-ireland-7s-rugbyx-4864181-Oct2019/

S.M.B. · 23-10-2019 10:52pm

Got tickets for the evening session so hopefully the mens team will still be competing at that stage.

Niallof9 · 24-10-2019 11:21am

In light of the World Cup can we really afford having a secondary system that perhaps sucks talent away (if we are going to ringfence our talent so tightly) Like surely Conroy is worth a shout in Connacht? Look at Keenan.

realhorrorshow · 24-10-2019 11:52am

Niallof9 wrote: »

In light of the World Cup can we really afford having a secondary system that perhaps sucks talent away (if we are going to ringfence our talent so tightly) Like surely Conroy is worth a shout in Connacht? Look at Keenan.

Conroy was given a shot in the Connacht academy, didn’t impress.

arsebiscuits1 · 24-10-2019 12:30pm

Niallof9 wrote: »

In light of the World Cup can we really afford having a secondary system that perhaps sucks talent away (if we are going to ringfence our talent so tightly) Like surely Conroy is worth a shout in Connacht? Look at Keenan.

Conroy didn't make it past the sub academy. And based on his tackling technique I'm not too surprised. Absolutely box office going forwards mind you.

I'm fairly sure the provinces can manage a 2 month spell without a handful of sevens players.

Niallof9 · 25-10-2019 3:37pm

I disagree. Its nothing to do with whether the provinces can do without anybody, its whether we are utilising our resources properly and i suggest we aren't given the disaster of a season we have had. An example of the small net of 4 provinces being a hindrance. He was barely given a shot. Anyway at least Leinster are progressive enough to recognize the benefits. Conroy is good enough for a squad place in my book. Its Connacht, like, hardly the Harlem globetrotters. They took shots on loads of lads.

Kennedy and Dardis also will be wasting their time for a bit till 15 calls again. Too talented for this nonsense.

We have too small a pool to be taking academy players. Take AIL guys or unmapped players.

Thud · 27-10-2019 9:50am

Sevens adds depth to our system, it keeps more players on a professional track outside the limited number of provincial contracts

S.M.B. · 29-10-2019 6:16pm

RugbyX has started and Ireland men's won their opening game against the barbarians.

Women's team just lost to USA so will play for 3rd later.

Edit: Mens beat England to qualify for semi finals.

errlloyd · 29-10-2019 7:57pm

Is this being streamed?

S.M.B. · 29-10-2019 8:07pm

Looks like it's being streamed on RugbyX.com if outside the UK and NZ.

It's on ITV 4 too. Not sure if that's available in Ireland.

It looks very full on in terms of spectacle.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 8:14pm

England vs the BaaBaas was decided by a one v one sudden death, looks like a mental format but definitely entertaining.

https://streamable.com/kq80g

First Up · 29-10-2019 9:25pm

ITV 4 available on Sky (Manual tuning)

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 9:29pm

Stream on rugbyx.com can be put on Chromecast too, brilliant stuff.

First Up · 29-10-2019 9:39pm

Argentina giving England a serious hiding. 10 tries to 2

First Up · 29-10-2019 9:40pm

55-15 final.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 9:42pm

English just couldn't get a grip of the tactics needed, kept trying to chip and chase and no real offloading because the Pumas were constantly in their face. Some performance.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 10:23pm

Izuchukwu grabs the winner for Ireland on the final play against USA

First Up · 29-10-2019 10:25pm

Playing France or Argentina in the final. Argentina were scarey good against England.

A-Train · 29-10-2019 10:28pm

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Izuchukwu grabs the winner for Ireland on the final play against USA

Just turned it to see the last 2 minutes of that match. It looks crazy.

TheAnalyst_ · 29-10-2019 10:28pm

Loving this more than sevens tbh. The energy and speed of the game is massive.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 10:32pm

A-Train wrote: »

Just turned it to see the last 2 minutes of that match. It looks crazy.

It's absolutely mental, but it's so entertaining. It's just pure end to end, and it never stops. Other than the scrums which are uncontested, there's no lineouts (subs throw the ball in), there's no restarts (just starts again from the 5 metre line) and there's not many rucks really due to being 5v5.

A-Train · 29-10-2019 10:40pm

Squidgy Black wrote: »

It's absolutely mental, but it's so entertaining. It's just pure end to end, and it never stops. Other than the scrums which are uncontested, there's no lineouts (subs throw the ball in), there's no restarts (just starts again from the 5 metre line) and there's not many rucks really due to being 5v5.

It’s relentless. Some fitness levels required.

TheAnalyst_ · 29-10-2019 10:42pm

Sneaky from the argies. Everyone wanted the 1v1

S.M.B. · 29-10-2019 11:06pm

Seems an odd way to win a final.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 11:08pm

S.M.B. wrote: »

Seems an odd way to win a final.

It's hilarious that none of the players really know the rules. Perry Baker said in his interview that the US team didn't even really want to be there at the start, Izuchukwu said they had only really started training for it two weeks ago and even then it was just sort of casual.

First Up · 29-10-2019 11:09pm

Some funny rules. Don't understand what happened at the end of France-Argentina and the "first to 3" rule for the one on one is ridiculous. England won because they got first go! USA never given a third attempt.

S.M.B. · 29-10-2019 11:13pm

France - Argentina ended with a penalty that led to no advantage but the French assumed it was over.

Apparently with the one on ones whoever scores last in normal time goes first.

ScrubsfanChris · 29-10-2019 11:19pm

Scoring seems far too easy, especially from scrums. Think 5 person rugby might not be enough.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 11:21pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Scoring seems far too easy, especially from scrums. Think 5 person rugby might not be enough.

That's the whole appeal of it though. Rapid fire, end to end.

It's more for the mainstream than the actual rugby fans to be honest.

A-Train · 29-10-2019 11:21pm

Was the last try not a forward pass?

A-Train · 29-10-2019 11:23pm

That’s that

First Up · 29-10-2019 11:30pm

All a bit chaotic but something different. Teams will adapt - are any other such events planned anywhere else?

Respectable effort by the Irish lads; would like to see how Jordan Conroy get on.

Squidgy Black · 29-10-2019 11:35pm

First Up wrote: »

All a bit chaotic but something different. Teams will adapt - are any other such events planned anywhere else?

Respectable effort by the Irish lads; would like to see how Jordan Conroy get on.

Nothing's been announced yet but I know Ben Ryan was talking about it as a long term regular thing, saying it'll provide a regular income stream for players in between World Series events and Olympic Qualifiers etc.

This was the pilot really, so I guess it's depending on the viewership/attendance for this one as to whether it's financially feasible or not.

Hands Like Flippers · 11-11-2019 8:47pm

Were Ireland men in a sevens competition this weekend? If so, how did they do?

Squidgy Black · 11-11-2019 9:06pm

Hands Like Flippers wrote: »

Were Ireland men in a sevens competition this weekend? If so, how did they do?

Yeah they played in Elche 7s, they topped the group with wins over Portugal, Scotland and Viator 7s, beat Spanish Barbarians in the quarters, Spain in the semis then lost to France 14-5 in the final.

Foster Horan (Lansdowne)
Adam Leavy (Lansdowne)
Harry McNulty (UCD)
John O’Donnell (Lansdowne)
Aaron O’Sullivan (Blackrock/Leinster)
Cormac Izuchukwu (Old Wesley)
Mark Roche (Lansdowne)
Billy Dardis (Terenure College) (capt)
Greg O’Shea (Shannon)
Iwan Hughes (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Terry Kennedy (St. Mary’s College)
Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers)
Aaron Sexton (Malone/Ulster)
Peter Maher (Old Belvedere)
Hugo Lennox (Clontarf)

guapos · 13-11-2019 4:40pm

How did Aaron Sexton get on? It will interesting to see how he goes at 7s with all that pace

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