Your provincial team Leinster won. You have bragging rights over any of your friends/workmates from Munster, Ulster and Connacht.
When you were a soccer/Shamrock Rovers man, were you cheering for Bohemians and Shelbourne as well and getting all down in the dumps when they lost?
Joe Schmidt shortened their lifespans.
I canât say that but the bottom line is they are off color .
I can. Heâs flogged them to a closer death.
Thatâs one of the nice aspects of rubby fan culture which is sadly lacking in other pursuits. Everyone pulls together and supports all the teams. Thatâs why you have Connacht native and Leinster resident @Horsebox passionately defending Munsterâs exploits at the weekend.
Exactly. Racing were much better than them in the game and Thomond and Munster were blessed to get a draw there. If Saracens hadnât sent a weakened team the result in that game wouldâve been the same as every other time Saracens have played Munster in recent years which is a comprehensive Saracens win.
The team of us.
It doesnât really happen in soccer a lot. Maybe, every now and again if the boosting of a UEFA Coefficeint ranking is at stake.
I always admire the way Irish soccer supporters can let bygones be bygones and support British clubs in European competitions .
It happened quite a lot in GGA. Mainly with counties in Ulster and to a lesser extent Connacht getting behind their provincial representatives in the All Ireland series. Often due to a sense of being neglected and disrespected by the traditional powers and by GGA HQ. It was like success for them was striking a blow for the province as a whole. Perhaps now diluted in the qualifier era though. You still have Michael Duignan and Tom Dempsey cheering on Kilkenny so it hasnât completely fallen away.
It happens all the way down the line in the GAA. You see fellows from success starved counties cheering on neighbouring counties, even if the neighbours are only a moderately successful county. Kildavin and Carlow native @Fitzy cheering on the neighbouring county of Wexford would be a case in point on this forum.
Arenât you only a few months on the forum?
Can I clearly state for the record that I fucking loathe munster rugby and all who sail in her, I donât like orange men, so usually cheer for whoever is playing ulster, and enjoy seeing leinster lose though Iâm fairly indifferent to them.
Would you consider yourself a rubby fan, flatty?
I wouldnât cross the road to watch a professional âclubâ game mate.
Iâd go to an international for a piss up if friends are going, but the game is fairly irrelevant in that.
You need to mature as a person.
Then your post was unnecessary.
As opposed to?
I know that. And time is running short.
This year will be the low point of the curve. Munster will be back strong next year with the two additional South Africans and the son of a Former All Black. A true Team of Us (and everyone else).