Go to a soccer thread and discuss soccer, you dirty loutish bastard.
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Number of Registered Players from most recent World Rugby Census of Playing Numbers
South Africa 342,316
England 340,347
France 291,202
Australia 230,663
New Zealand 148,483
USA 110,385
Japan 107,673
Ireland 96,880
Wales 73,444
Argentina 56,998
Scotland 49,305
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Ireland nearly double the numbers of the argies and they can’t bate em in a competitive fixture… I’ve a bit more respect for the Scots after seeing that.
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Would you not put them in order, ffs.
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Interesting. Where were you the night it burned down?
I wonder does that include all the kiwis playing all over the world?
Do they have lads with a clipboard going around high streets getting names on a sheet of paper to include in their numbers?
the sites hardcore loyalists TSG and Nembo kid can’t stand seeing a 32 county team doing well. Utter sectarian partitionist bigot . Enemies of Ireland who utterly hate the sentiment of our national flag. They should be ignored .
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Talking to a kiwi at malahide lawn tennis club.he said it was a 2nd string team
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I haven’t been on the forum much recently but how did I miss this?
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Easy to miss things that haven’t happened, bro.
Ten of the New Zealand starting team on Saturday started the rugby championship clinching game against their greatest rivals South Africa back in September - Ben Smith, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith, Joe Moody, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Jerome Kaino and Kieran Reed. Ireland were probably down a comparable number from their strongest side - Iain Henderson, Peter O’Mahony, Sean O’Brien, Keith Earls for sure and Tadhg Furlong having his first big start locking the scrum.
We were told to “be vewy, vewy quiet”.
cheers for the answer mate but iwhen it comes to rogbee d trust somebody from the north shore in Auckland over some working class fud from ballybough such as yourself
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Sounds like sour grapes from you tennis buddy from North Harbour. The personnel on the New Zealand team on Saturday speaks for itself…
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I heard a NZ sports broadcaster apoplectic with rage saying the All Blacks were an embarrassment and they should be ashamed of themselves being the first team to lose to a country that has little interest in the game. Thought it a bit ott myself, it was only a friendly after all. Be different if they lost to a pub team in the World Cup.
Ireland NEVER feared NZ on an American football field in Chicago. …NEVER…this is one of those great victories like the time Galway hurlers bet dubs in Fenway park…people are right to go crazy…a momentous occasion…bursting with pride to be Irish. .
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The amount of bloviators on this thread has reached peak levels.