Rugby World Cup 2019 - Ireland shit the pot all over again

[LionelRitchie]

@Tank

The closest to a truth-teller would be Neil Francis or at a push George Hook.

O’Gara is both forthright and honest with his views anytime Ive seen or heard him asked his thoughts. It’s refreshing to hear him forgo the massaged PR bullshit and just call it as he sees it.

[Sidney]

@Batigol

Jean-Marie Stander would get “it”

Is he Stander’s cousin who plays on the wing for France?

[Sidney]

@mikehunt

If your sending your wife out with excuses for losing what chance have you got “fronting up” to the All BlaCks pack in the first place. None, as we found out a couple of days ago. You had Sexton coming out saying “apart from the 60 minutes against Japan” things had gone to plan and he couldn’t understand the criticism. We’ll excuse him as he was drooling uncontrollably so something could have been lost in translation.

I don’t think that was the reason they lost heavily

[Sidney]

@LionelRitchie

O’Gara is both forthright and honest with his views anytime Ive seen or heard him asked his thoughts. It’s refreshing to hear him forgo the massaged PR bullshit and just call it as he sees it.

PR bullshit is part of all sports, though

That’s just the way it’s gone, I suppose

[LionelRitchie]

You never delete on the INTERNET

[tallback]

@mikehunt

If your sending your wife out with excuses for losing what chance have you got “fronting up” to the All BlaCks pack in the first place. None, as we found out a couple of days ago. You had Sexton coming out saying “apart from the 60 minutes against Japan” things had gone to plan and he couldn’t understand the criticism. We’ll excuse him as he was drooling uncontrollably so something could have been lost in translation.

I’d imagine this will come as a bit of surprise - but most people don’t control their wife’s every utterance or action.

[anon61878697]

misogynists like Mike and @glasagusban do… They don’t believe that women are able to think for themselves.

[Sidney]

@tallback

I’d imagine this will come as a bit of surprise - but most people don’t control their wife’s every utterance or action.

Mike Pence does

Is @mikehunt = Mike Pence?

[Cicero_Dandi]

@carryharry

Bus top parades for losing teams, WC songs and the like.

Association football is a global game, the most popular sport in the world by a country mile, Ireland making the last 8 of the WC was them punching way above their weight.

The rubby team making the last 8 is the bare minimum given about 8 countries taking it half seriously and only about or 3 or 4 take with relatively seriously with it only being the main sport in 1 country. Sure they have already qualified for the next world cup by default before the current one has finished.

[Cicero_Dandi]

@tallback

Are you saying any criticism of a commentator is not allowed solely because she’s a woman. I think that you’re the misogynist here.

Inverted misogyny.

[Cicero_Dandi]

@tallback

I’d imagine this will come as a bit of surprise - but most people don’t control their wife’s every utterance or action.

The days of keeping a leash on your wife are well and truly gone, unfortunately.

[carryharry]

Parades for not winning…

[Cicero_Dandi]

@carryharry

Parades for not winning…

@carryharry

The population whether in their 20’s or not will follow winners.

The association team qualifying for a major tournament is a bigger achievement than the rugby side reaching a WC semi final or winning the 6 nations, relatively.

[anon61878697]

That’s exactly who he is.

[Julio_Geordio]

Is that a threat of violence?

[mikehunt]

The optics of it all reveal a lot.

[ChairmanDan]

@anon61878697

Geoff is an imperialist and as such, the old colonial values of a Lions tour does most to satisfy he lust filled needs of superiority.

@Sidney

Ireland’s best performance in nine World Cups is playing to their limit in one quarter-final they lost, in 1991

There was a wonderful colonial feel to that Ireland back line that faced Australia in the 1991 quarter final. Ralph Keyes the only back born in Ireland with Israel, Zimbabwe and Kenya all represented.

[mikehunt]

@Cicero_Dandi

The association team qualifying for a major tournament is a bigger achievement than the rugby side reaching a WC semi final or winning the 6 nations, relatively.

The semi finals of the rugby have a very Commonwealth feel about it. No wonder Irish rugby fans are seething about missing out.

[ChairmanDan]

@Cicero_Dandi

The association team qualifying for a major tournament is a bigger achievement than the rugby side reaching a WC semi final or winning the 6 nations, relatively.

I believe after winning just 3 of their 11 qualifying matches against 91st ranked Georgia and 197th ranked Gibraltar (twice) Eire are on the cusp of a big achievement of qualifying for what the soccer crew classify as a major tournament - that’s if they can finally beat Denmark at the fourth time of asking in this qualifying campaign, or even if there’s a fourth failure against Denmark, there’s still seemingly a fallback position of qualifying possibly via a third crack at beating Wales who they’ve already lost to twice, including a 4-1 hammering.

[Copper_pipe]

@myboyblue

Dan is rattled. Using the rankings when it suits his argument