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This Fawning Of Rugby

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    #32
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Someones not standing shoulder to shoulder! :eek:


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    #33
    questionmark?
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Take a look at the crowds that attend these rugby matches, middle class west brits who i bet never went to a Gaa match in there life.
    And then the media making out everyone will be glued to it, yeah maybe in D4 land but most of the country dont give a toss nor want to hearabout it everyday.

    I bet a lot of them have! Funnily enough one of he strong point of the Irish team is fielding i.e. Catching high balls due to their GAA backround.

    Walk into a pub in Clonmel, Tralee, Limerick, Cork etc... and I bet there is a huge number of people out to watch the match today. Your post like a bitter GAA fan with no love of sport or pride in your country doing well.


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    #34
    The Backwards Man
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Take a look at the crowds that attend these rugby matches, middle class west brits who i bet never went to a Gaa match in there life.
    And then the media making out everyone will be glued to it, yeah maybe in D4 land but most of the country dont give a toss nor want to hearabout it everyday.


    If only there were some way you could avoid this assault on your sensitivities.

    Does your telly not have a remote?


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    #35
    JONJO THE MISER
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    DanielODonnell wrote: »
    Very few Catholics from province of Ulster have played for the Ireland rugby team so it is mainly a Protestant sport in Ulster though I don't mind it as it is the N.Ireland soccer team who have the hooligan fan base.
    However there are Catholics who play for the Rainey old boys club team.

    Always was and is known as a protestant sport in the country.


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    #36
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    I know plenty of common people who are rugby fans, we have a club here in my small town and all classes are represented on the team.


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    #37
    kneemos
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    I think it's problem is its complexity.
    If it were simpler the lower class could understand and identify with it.


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    #38
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Not one person i know over the age of 40 in the countryside supports this sport, perhaps because they were brought up with the history of the english landlord class in this country.
    Seems a shame in the cities some people forget there history and turn into west brits.

    Oh Lord! Have we not grown up yet?

    Cities?? Rugby is watched and enjoyed by many rural people all around the country. It's a sport. There are many sports. And there is a reason why there are many sports: because different people enjoy different sports. Live with it. But, don't start the whole keyboard celtic warrior claptrap.


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    #39
    G_R
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Not one person i know over the age of 40 in the countryside supports this sport, perhaps because they were brought up with the history of the english landlord class in this country.

    It's not a political party
    Seems a shame in the cities some people forget there history and turn into west brits.

    Lets not even go there.


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    #40
    Menas
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    I will be watching both the rugby and soccer matches in my local GAA club bar today.
    Michael Cusack will be doing cartwheels in glasnevin!


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    #41
    endacl
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Always was and is known as a protestant sport in the country.
    I've a nephew playin for his school in Tallaght. Doing very well. He has no idea it was ever 'elitist' or 'Protestant'. He has his chips on a plate. Not on his shoulder.


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    #42
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Always was and is known as a protestant sport in the country.

    Again speak for yourself. Mostly RC playing around here and always was. Don't generalise about your own narrow experience.


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    #43
    The Backwards Man
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    DanielODonnell wrote: »
    Very few Catholics from province of Ulster have played for the Ireland rugby team so it is mainly a Protestant sport in Ulster though I don't mind it as it is the N.Ireland soccer team who have the hooligan fan base.
    However there are Catholics who play for the Rainey old boys club team.

    Take your silly agenda elsewhere. Thousands of Catholics play rugby here, sure the original All Black was from Ramelton. The real Daniel is a hundred times the man you are.


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    #44
    suicide_circus
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Always was and is known as a protestant sport in the country.
    NOT PROTESTANT?!!? :eek:


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    #45
    One eyed Jack
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    Rabo Karabekian wrote: »
    Things change. I'm sure those same ancestors would be turning in their graves at a lot of what we do.

    I still see rugby as an elitist sport, but I know that's based on what rugby was 20 years ago more than it is now. The popularity of the sport is based on the team not being as bad as we were previously: we're winning things (albeit the six nations, but we may get past the quarter finals of the world cup) which means more support and more people playing it. So it'll be less and less elitist which is a good thing.


    20 years ago the Irish rugby team had a bigger following than it has now!

    Club rugby was never elitist, not even 40 years ago, an absolutely ridiculous assertion, and I'm from the midlands btw, where my old man and all his brothers played rugby, where I played rugby.

    I remember interviewing Tony Ward 20 years ago for the school newspaper, nothing elitist about him, one of the most professional sports people I have ever had the privilege to meet. I've met many top class Irish rugby players and former Irish rugby players since, and I've never been given the impression by any of them that they see themselves as elitist.

    Some fair-weather fans shouldn't be taken as a reflection or representation of people who play rugby or follow rugby as a whole.


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    #46
    DanielODonnell
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Take your silly agenda elsewhere. Thousands of Catholics play rugby here, sure the original All Black was from Ramelton. The real Daniel is a hundred times the man you are.

    and Dave Gallaher was Presbyterian and a member of the British crowns military.


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    #47
    endacl
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    I hear there's lads playing hockey these days. Feckin' west chicks.

    :mad:


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    #48
    RayM
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    I dislike rugby as much as most other Irish people disliked it before the Ireland rugby team became successful. It must be a bit annoying to be an actual rugby fan (i.e. someone who didn't just latch onto it when the Ireland rugby team started winning and the soccer team went a bit crap) and having to pay more to go to matches, for the privilege of being surrounded by people who don't know the rules, but YAY COYBIG!!1


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    #49
    NachoBusiness
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    If someone falls over in Dundrum Shopping Centre when there's a rugby match on, does anyone hear it?


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    #50
    Auldloon
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    When did this start.
    Years ago you never had such a love in by the media for rugby.
    To me it has been and always will be a elitest sport, does in no way represent the common man in this country.
    The ancestors of many people supporting it today would turn in there graves if they saw there offspring supporting it.

    Will you go away to fek. My ould lad a farmer from back west who was born in the 1920's loved rugby though he only ever seen it on TV. Farm work was always suspended for televised internationals.


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    #51
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    And for what it's worth there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a Protestant, we're all Christians here so just cut out that nonsense.


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    #52
    ThisRegard
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    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    I can't tell if this is meant to be an unpopular opinion intended to stir shyte, or if it really is evidence of someone who is simply ill-informed.

    Either way, the whole thing is just wrong, on so many levels.

    He's just trolling for thanks.

    It's his modus operandi. If he doesn't get the reaction he wants he never comes back to comment in his own thread.


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    #53
    The Backwards Man
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    DanielODonnell wrote: »
    and Dave Gallaher was Presbyterian and a member of the British crowns military.

    And what? Never heard anybody around here disowning him.


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    #54
    suicide_circus
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    RayM wrote: »
    I dislike rugby as much as most other Irish people disliked it before the Ireland rugby team became successful. It must be a bit annoying to be an actual rugby fan (i.e. someone who didn't just latch onto it when the Ireland rugby team started winning and the soccer team went a bit crap) and having to pay more to go to matches, for the privilege of being surrounded by people who don't know the rules, but YAY COYBIG!!1

    When was the cut-off point? I'd like to know if I made it as a real fan or I'm just a bandwagoner


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    #55
    RayM
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Always was and is known as a protestant sport in the country.

    In fairness, this is true. Listen carefully during today's match and all you'll hear is "Down with rosary beads!" and "Shove your transubstantiation up your arse!"


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    #56
    Stheno
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Take a look at the crowds that attend these rugby matches, middle class west brits who i bet never went to a Gaa match in there life.
    And then the media making out everyone will be glued to it, yeah maybe in D4 land but most of the country dont give a toss nor want to hearabout it everyday.

    You do know that:

    1.viewing figures for last week's match against Italy are higher than the GAA final and,
    2. The biggest ever crowd to attend a rugby wc game was our match in Wembley?


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    #57
    BBDBB
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    RayM wrote: »
    In fairness, this is true. Listen carefully during today's match and all you'll hear is "Down with rosary beads!" and "Shove your transubstantiation up your arse!"

    That would be an ecumenical matter


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    DanielODonnell
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    And what? Never heard anybody around here disowning him.

    That is because Donegals conflict ended in the 1920s and there is no serious religious/cultural segregation.


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    #59
    BoJack Horseman
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    Stheno wrote: »
    You do know that:

    1.viewing figures for last week's match against Italy are higher than the GAA final and,
    2. The biggest ever crowd to attend a rugby game was our match in Twickenham?

    Wembley.

    Biggest WC attendance


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    endacl
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    RayM wrote: »
    In fairness, this is true. Listen carefully during today's match and all you'll hear is "Down with rosary beads!" and "Shove your transubstantiation up your arse!"

    Other way round, dude.


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    #61
    The Backwards Man
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    I was going to watch the North's last game (I'm more a soccer man) but I'm turning on TV 3 now to spite you :p


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