I couldnât give a fuck really, pal ⌠I just find it funny that girls can walk into the national team having never played the game is all - I suppose the menâs game isnât too dissimilar - The best of luck to the ladies over the coming weeks.
Why were you wailing about her turning her back on ladies football earlier so kid? Answers on a postcard paulie
Iâve gotten my answer about 15 times already mate âŚ
Isnt it great to see the Irish U18âs basketball side doing so well of late?
The Ireland Under 18 womenâs basketball team recorded their fifth consecutive victory of the FIBA U18 Womenâs European Championship Division B this evening, finishing out 20-point victors over Ukraine (77-57) to remain top of Group D and march on to the quarter-finals unbeaten.
The tournament hosts became the first ever underage Irish squad to come through these group phases unbeaten and now advance to Fridayâs quarter-final clash where their likely opponents will be Israel.
The side will enjoy a well-earned rest day tomorrow before the big game, and Coach Tommy OâMahony is looking forward to the break after an extremely tough test against Ukraine.
âThat was the toughest game weâve had in the tournament so far,â he said. âIt was certainly the first time they were really tested. They hit seven shots in a row to really dig themselves out of a hole and itâs not something weâve done so far. Itâll serve us well heading into the quarter-finals.â
Indeed, Ireland struggled early on to get to grips with a physical Ukraine side, with 6â5 centre Tetiana Havrylchyk causing them a lot of problems inside. Foul trouble gave Ukraine 11 points from the free-throw line and they drew level at 15-15 with a determined drive from Viktoriia Kovalevska after seven minutes in the first â the closet any team has got to Ireland so far in this championships.
Cool heads prevailed for the girls in green, and one of the stand out stars of the game, Meathâs Rachel Huijsdens, kept her calm under the boards and pulled down some huge rebounds to send Ireland back into the lead by the first buzzer, 24-17. A controlled second quarter followed, with Ireland dictating the pace of the game and Huijsdens, Maeve Phelan, Louise Scannell and Bronagh Power Cassidy delivering on both ends of the court and shooting well from the perimeter to see Ireland lead 47-30 at the half.
Ukraine were determined not to go down without a fight though, and soon had the game closed back to seven points. Huge scores from Sorcha Tiernan and Louise Scannell settled Ireland once more, and a Dayna Finn steal proved crucial to keep momentum with the girls in green to drive on home to a 20-point victory in the end, 77-57.
Ireland now face Israel in the quarter-finals on Friday, August 11th.
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Exactly. Fat lads like John Hayes who took it up in his mid teens. Not like soccer or hurling where it would be rare that an elite player didnât start playing the game as a young child and developing the skills. When you donât have a skilful game, you can take it up at any stage, especially if youâre too fat and slow for other sports
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Just nice to see girls out doing what they love pal
I havent though. Why were you so upset about her turning her back on ladies football.
They literally couldnt give away tickets to the other games in UCD yesterday. Foreign journalists trying to find the stadiums were bemused to find more signage to a horsey show than this global tournament.
Just stop digging now, pal â Youâre dancing all morning.
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Dancing? Im juat asking one simple question. Why were you so upset about this lassie leaving ladies football? Only you can answer it so thats why i keep asking
Matt cooper banging on last night about the games being sold out. The way he was going on youâd swear it was the Aviva, so I just presumed it was the RDS but they canât even sell out a college pitch. Iâd say youâd get more at a group stage Fitzgibbon cup game in Carlow on a wet winters night
Who was upset? ffs 
Iâve already told you I donât give a shit one way or the other, pal -
Any slight on rugby and your internet skills go out the window - I wonder if I had had a pop at ladies GAA would you be in with 500 posts trying to justify it?
Calm down, bro - itâs only womenâs rugby.
Ah look, best of luck to them, its an International tournament, but playing it in the bubble of UCD shows the interest really. If they couldnât even be brave enough to bring it to Thomond or the likes, then they really had no confidence in it getting any decent shape of a crowd. As for playing the final in Ravenhill, well, shur, where would you be going.
but you dont believe this really, you are only spouting it to suit your pro rubby agenda
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Theyâve picked up the error in the online version.
This was a slight on women pal i have zero interest in womens rugby. Fagan is your man for that
Seriously, I have nothing against lesbians playing sports. More power to them.
George Hook was on the breakfast show on Newstalk talking about Corkerys rant/opinion. George was wondering what all the tackling would do to a womanâs breasts.
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