Is rugby dead in Australia

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[quote=“mickee321, post: 714192”]

Not quite.

Why are they called lions ?, and why is going to play a few friendly, non competiive rugby games considered to be “going on a tour”?..is it just gang of lads going on a pubcrawl or something to oz?..

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Dont forget the soggy biscuits.

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Called Lions based on some lost tradition I suppose. Much the way Kilkenny are the cats or United are the red devils. It’s a name and it stuck.

It’s called going on tour, again in reference to times of old, when these things took about 3 months.

And calling the games friendly and non-competitive is harsh. They’re full test matches.

Thrawneen, never played firsts - never took it seriously enough.

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I made the Junior Ds with Miss Maguire. A wretched excuse for a sport. It ruined my soccer career.
I spent the next 5 years discussing Celtic and the Smiths with O’Shea, the tennis coach.

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Big Bird was the problem there, not the sport!

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Get fucked with yourself lumping us in with that eggball shite.
The tale of the fighting cats of Kilkenny is a few centuries old pal.

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Rugby shmugby. Rugby is shite, an absolute bollocks of a game and league is even worse.

Swans V Collingwood tonight, it’ll be epic. Cheer cheer the red and the white…

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[quote=“Fitzy, post: 714199”]Rugby shmugby. Rugby is shite, an absolute bollocks of a game and league is even worse.

Swans V Collingwood tonight, it’ll be epic. Cheer cheer the red and the white…[/quote]

Aussie Rules is an even more retarded game than rugby football.

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+1

GAYFL is shit

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+1

GAYFL is shit

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The Lions name comes from the three lions on the Royal Arms of England.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Royal_Arms_of_England_(1198-1340).svg/150px-Royal_Arms_of_England_(1198-1340).svg.png

The players who go on this tour are representing England really.

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+1

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ROGBEE is officially dead in Galway.

I was at a first birthday party for one of my nieces today, all the kids wanted to do was play hurling. The same collection of kids at a party this time last year and all they wanted was ROGBEE.

And the Connaught crew be wondering why the crowds are so low at games. NOONE GIVES A FUCK THATS WHY.

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[quote name=‘Kinvara’s Passion’ timestamp=‘1348341890’ post=‘676555’]ROGBEE is officially dead in Galway.

I was at a first birthday party for one of my nieces today, all the kids wanted to do was play hurling. The same collection of kids at a party this time last year and all they wanted was ROGBEE.

And the Connaught crew be wondering why the crowds are so low at games. NOONE GIVES A FUCK THATS WHY.[/quote]
KP I was in someone’s company last night singing the praises of your location. Is it worthy of a sneaky weekend away?

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Well its a great base to explore the Burren from. A few nice places to eat, a few decent pubs and a range of new enough budget accomodation.

There is plenty of other stuff to explore. SS** had an eventfull day trip to South Galway recently.

I’d go within the next few weeks though, its gets a bit tumbleweedy over winter.

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Apropos of @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy there is a Super Rugby Quarter Final on Sky now between the NSW Waratahs and some crowd from NZ. There are literally 2 men and a dog watching this knockout game in a prestigious competition in the Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

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Literally in the Jamie Redknapp sense of the word

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They should scrap it

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Some comeback from the Tahs…3 tries in 10 mins to turn a 23 6 deficit to a 4 pt lead

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Watching any of the sevens Dan? I see the Irish women got hammered by the Kiwis last night.

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Yeah saw a fair bit of it. Womens was on v late tho. They had beaten England earlier on was a huge shock