Imagine being so insecure about rugby that you would crowd watch the Late Late, let alone tune in.
There’s a real strain of insecurity about the rugby haters. Is it because all of the plump soccer fans hear their partners say how lovely Conor Murray is?
Commentators eye
Not been an issue since he has gone on a leave of absence. The nature of which remains unspecified.
If only we had some way of communicating to him.
Schmidt had won two European Cups and Two Six Nations, as well as a couple of other trophies, in the 5 years up to then.
Do you think Jack Charlton would have got a negative reception after failing to qualify for Euro ‘96?
What interesting in all these claims of “double standards” is the just general ignorance.
How was Eddie O’Sullivan treated in the aftermath of the 2007 World Cup? Iirc, he was asked whether he would resign in the post match interview, was derided in the media and then forced from the job a few months later.
Unfair as that was, the reason was that O’Sullivan had not delivered what Schmidt had and there was significant criticisms of his approach coming out of the squad.
What was Ewan’s reaction to Leinster being called Ladyboys for all those years?
Yeah that would be weird.
I think you missed the point though…I didn’t “crowd watch” because of some sort of insecurity 
It was a comment I heard this morning and I found it an interesting / funny / weird. I had thought the overwhelming feeling after the last Rugby WC was that the team failed yet again. So for a small sample of Irish people (e.g. a LLS audience) to feel this warranted a standing ovation…well…it just didn’t make sense to me.
Actually it was specified.
This of course after weeks of media speculation and questioning. Apparently Irish rugby doesn’t get difficult questions though?
It’s funny how Ewan will go mental at a place like this over some personal shite, but will happily indulge in baseless insinuations on Twitter. If he wants to be a proper journalist then go out and work the story. Not only is he a journalist incapable of doing his job, but a hypocrite to boot.
Go way ta fuck … there’s no way he got a standing ovation for the last World Cup?
I thought that too and hence why I sought clarification here. Only for a bully like Tim to start attacking me about insecurities or something.
As I said, what do you think the reaction would have been to Jack Charlton?
Eddie O’Suillivan got a cold atmosphere after his 07 WC, rightly or wrongly.
Overall, Schmidt was still an outstanding success at that point. Losing a game after the spine of your team is injured doesn’t turn you into the devil in most people’s books.
Why did Ireland lose so many players to injury? Did other nations suffer this to the same level?
Certainly not New Zealand.
They had their key men all lined out for the finals.
Carter, McCaw, Read, Moody, Ratalick, Smith.
Ireland lost O’Connell, Sexton, O’Mahoney, Payne as well as no O’Brien.
These things happen, you lose players in sport.
It’s was seen as an upset at the time, much like say Italy v Ireland at Euro 2016. The difference was though that those were enforced absences, Italy simply rotated to their second team when playing Ireland in 2016.
Ireland apparently play a very attritional, physical game and invite collisions. Big boys running straight for the most part rather than trying to swerve and find gaps.This naturally increases the likelihood of injuries occurring, at least relative to the opposition anyway.
Did it have anything to do with Smith’s game of attrition, no?
Ah no…these things just happen apparently.
Hamstring and knee ligament injuries?
They happen in sport. Have you ever played sport aside from a few 5 a sides?
With who?
Multiple sports.
Your deflecting is great — your man lays out a game plan that invites injury more than others … he failed to prepare or adapt his game to the challenge he was facing… that’s a failure on his part.
Have a look at Wikipedia there.
Can you narrow it down a bit? What decade did he win them?
Edit
Don’t see European Cups listed Tim but he had a fantastic year in 2018.
Triple Crown
Grand Slam
Six Nations Championship
Millennium Trophy
Centenary Quaich.
Winning 5 competitions in the one year is some going.