That post was a wee bit complex for you, wasnāt it? 
Correct.
On St Patrickās Day 1984 Scotland beat France at Murrayfield in a grand slam decider .
How many Heineken/European cups have Welsh clubs won? Zero. Irish teams have won 6. Wales have won 4 six nation championships and so have we.
Clubs vs provinces
Heās right. Very right.
Irelandās main advantage in the next World Cup is their fixture schedule. They have to hit the ground running and make sure they win their first two matches against Scotland and Japan to make sure they then avoid New Zealand, but they can coast through their final two group matches before the quarter-finals, which is what you want to be able to do.
Compare that to the toll they endured beating France in 2015 in the final group match, which meant they were sitting ducks for Argentina a week later.
However their likely quarter-final opponents South Africa will also be able to coast to that stage as they play New Zealand in their first group match with pretty much nothing in the way of formidable opposition in their remaining three group matches.
Even with an advantageous fixture schedule, I wouldnāt be putting much on Ireland beating South Africa in that likely quarter-final.
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Christ there is some sad people in this world
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The BBC came up with an interesting st a few years ago. I donāt remember the exact numbers but they remarked that there were around 250,000 men playing senior rugby in England compared to around 25,000 in Ireland.
I know fek all worth talking about when it comes to rugby but does this sound about right, and if so does it negate your āluckā observation to some degree?
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For sure. Its fucking gas. We win the six nations at half speed and the long list of excuses come out
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We treat our players better than the other countries by allowing them sufficient rest the dirty bastards that we are. How fucking dare we take advantage of this
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History gave us 4 provinces and some countries werenāt divided up. Again, how dare we maximize a competitive advantage.
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We didnt do great in one competition and we mightnt do great in it again so lets piss on sucess in a different competition
You couldnāt actually make it up 
The same lads would be here rubbing themselves raw over a 1/4 final win for their ālocalā premier league side beating the Chelsea thirds in the Caribou cup 
Its gas.
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Hang on il take this oneā¦no we are lucky to have a small playing population it means we can more easily identify the talent 
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Nostradamus stuff predicting Ireland getting beat in RWC Q/f.
Good man yourself. I know a little more now.
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Yes : the 1984 Scottish grand slam I think captained by hooker Colin Deans ??
One team I would put money on to reach the semi-finals of the next World Cup is Wales. As I said earlier, Gatty can be trusted to extract the maximum from them when it really matters.
While Australia will probably beat them as usual, and Fiji are always tricky opponents, the Welsh should secure at least second spot in Pool D, where they will meet the winners of the England/France/Argentina pool of death.
England play France in the final group match on October 12th and that could decide the winners of that group.
Whoever comes through that will be sitting ducks for the crafty Welsh seven days later. Nobody is better at getting one over on the English than Gatty.
There are two or three lads flaking the keyboard i can see.
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Iāve posted arguments based on facts, which for some reason appear to be hurting your feelings.
Why does this happen so often with Irish rugby supporters?
Who was also the 1986 British Loins captain.
No his front row colleague Jim Aitken was captain in 1984.
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Hurt my feelings? Im on top of the wuddled. Ireland won the 6n im off to cheltenham monday and half the board here is fucking seething over the rubby. The more lads sickened by it the better
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