Jack Conan is OUT of the tournament
Jordi Murphy replaces him
We want Zeeeeebbbbbssss
Itâs the Irish who will be feeling raw today
I feel the squad is missing a prankster
I wonder are Donners or Rala out there, even Mick Byrne would do
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If there was bonus points for losing in soccer weâd have been at every world cup.
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Without Bundee Aki we were Teppanyakiâd.
Bundee must be feeling pretty miserable out in Japan
He needs to go on the sauce with his brother Terry Aki
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Hard luck rubby men. Dust yourselves off and go again next week.
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Donners is out their japing around with powers. Japes with the Japs
Very impressive here from the Springboks in the big local derby.
Will Ewan delete this you think?
Big meh from me
noted, thanks
Sorry, Iâm just scanning through the past 500 posts
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Irish rugbyâs great selling point in the amateur era, one that we could all admire, was its raw honesty
If Mick Doyle, God rest him, was still here, heâd be currently penning a column for tomorrowâs Sindo which would have their lawyers scrambling
It would still get printed
And then heâd repeat the dose on Rugby After Dark tomorrow night with Ned van Esbeck with Bill OâHerlihy stirring the pot nicely
Instead weâll now be treated to a whitewash with the narrative determined by the IRFUâs media managers and embedded journalists soft soaping the players and management like the Scotch did with their training balls, for fear of losing access
Thatâs the very antithesis of the native Irish rugby culture of telling it like it is
I retain hope that Frano might deliver a good one tomorrow
The early kick-off means he has a good few hours now to sit down with the typewriter and a few bottles of stout or something stronger, let the cloak descend, and let fucking rip
Is that Irelandâs most humiliating ever RWC defeat? Worse than Lens?
Rugby is a global sport with huge participation across the world.
93 participants I believe it is the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Weâre all but guaranteed quarter finalists from four continents - Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Could be five continents yet with Argentina semi finalists in two of the last three World Cups still very much in contention for a quarter final slot.
Nothing very global about the competitiveness of a soccer World Cup. All 8 quarter finalists at the 2018 Soccer World Cup were from Europe and South America, as it has been in most World Cups. Of the 84 soccer World Cup semi finalists in 21 World Cups, I believe its a mere two who have come from outside Europe and South America - USA at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and hosts South Korea in 2002.
What an absolute unbelievable cunt. What a despicable prick.
Alright, I donât care about rugby and I didnât bother getting up to watch this game, so sure was I of victory, but hereâs all you need to know:-
- Even if I hate rugby I take no pleasure whatsoever in seeing Ireland lose;
- Well done Japan;
- The number 1 in the world lost to number 9 in the world, rugby is very competitive and itâs not that big a shock;
- Weâve been arrogant cunts and we deserve this;
- Japan beat South Africa last time around and South Africa still went on to the quarter finals and lose very narrowly to NZ (from a group that also contained Scotland, like us);
- If Scotland do their job this might do Ireland some good;
- Climate change had a big effect on Irelandâs poor performance in the ruck;
- Anything less than semi-final is still a failure;
- If Ireland are going to win the World Cup theyâll have to beat the best teams anyway so if we had a real winnerâs attitude this doesnât really change that much.
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There is no soccer World Cup. There is the World Cup.
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Schalk Brits is ageless.
Is Geoff going on about the global game again in here? Obsessed