Wasnt a sinner at it. Few came in after the penalties.
There were 24,000 people inside St. Tiernachās Park by half time, by which time the penalty shoot out in Korea was over.
Clones has very roomy pubs.
The 1994 Ulster final is the only time I have ever attended a GAA provincial final on the same day as a World Cup final.
I have softened my stance on Rugby Football since Faz took over.
Heās a good man.
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Iām not so sure but Iām absolutely buzzing tbh. Weāve so many options all over the field itās unreal.
Away to France is probably the acid test on the planet and imo they are a good bit ahead of us.
We sort out the half backs Iād be very happy. Thatās the weak link imo.
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8,000 was the overall attendance. Only 16,000 out.
26,476 was the official attendance. There were a few stragglers didnāt get in until early in the second half.
Was there only 800 there for throw in or something like that? Must have been a huge surge in the turnstiles once the penalty shootout reached its conclusion so.
Canāt wait for it.
Iāll be cheering hard for Ireland hereā¦ A few six Nations wins before the next world cup will have the hype in over drive again in good time for more WC embarrassment.
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Huge. Along with Dublin v Galway 1983 itās commonly cited as the closest the GAA came to a crowd disaster at one of its matches.
There was a crowd disaster of a different nature the same day when just 948 turned up for the Leinster football semi-final between Kildare and Offaly.
I think we are in for an incredible 18 months. The stars are aligning this time around we just need to sort the 9 and 10.
Sexton is barely there anymore. Youāve six other candidates all of varying promise.
Ross byrne and Billy burns seem too have zero chance with Farrell.
Iām told Ben Healy is well liked but you could put a blanket over Healy, carberry and Crowley.
Then youāve Harry byrne who has fallen a little out of favour.
My own opinion is jack Crowley is a little special. Heās that bit cocky and looks a tough nut. Physically heās very impressive and seems to have what all good players have and thatās time on the ball.
I really liked what I saw last Friday night.
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I really like Gavin Coombes too. Bit of a vibe of the early 00ās where we have a huge number of younger players just waiting for their break. I think the World Cup draw for the knockouts isnāt the most promising though. Likely to run into France in a Quarter-Final?
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New Zealand or France in the QF if we manage to overcome South Africa/Scotland in the pool. I think weāve seen how this pans out a few times beforeš³
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I actually think for the First time we will be badly hampered by having only four provincial teams. Thereās so many good players about the place.
Outside of Furlong and Porter thereās very many starters where the next Option isnāt very close in ability.
Thomas ahern and Ryan Baird will be pushing beirne, Ryan and Henderson.
Thereās 10 or 12 exciting back rowers about.
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All the rubby supporting bandwagoning steamers are looking forward to games of soggy biscuit and sticking phallic shaped objects up each others holes in the bars of Dublin 4 over the next few weeks
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Rat.
18 months is a long time in any sport but ireland are on an upward curve. This is very different to 2018 when we were a very good side but had many players in their late 20s and early 30s.
Our team now is incredibly exciting.
I think New Zealand are very poor. We should have hammered them in the autumn truth be told. Now they can probably quicker than anybody but Iām not sold on their manager.
South Africa are the world Champions but the lions tour can some times hinder a teams redevelopment. They stick together for too long post World Cup for the lions serious.
The boks werenāt upto much in 2011 after the 09 lions win.
New Zealandās last two World Cup defeats came in 07 after the 05 tour and 2019 after the 2017 tour.
Itās hard to know where theyāll be at but a bit like Kerry in football they can probably transition the quickest.
I think the French are the clear best. Itās probably South Africa then with ourselves, nz and England in the next group.
I donāt see the Welsh or the Aussies winning it out.
Carty is ridiculously underappreciated. Iād probably start him ahead of sexton at this stage. Farrell started that plank Burns last year who canāt even take the kicks for his club team and is generally shit, Carty is far better than him. Carty is also a better option than Carbery who has never yet had a consistent run of good games at 10, heās clearly a quality player but heās not done much at 10.
I like to watch Carthy too to watch but he just isnāt good enough. Heās good but not top class. At the real top end heāll fall short.