Quislings like you should hang your head in shame, you Coulterphile.
You were destroyed on every level, mate…
Rugby football won. POC, Sexton, SOB, Bowe, POM - these are martyrs in the spirit of the men of 1916 and will be remembered as such by a generation of children. The narrative is being worked, we lost because of unfortunate injuries.
England v Wales rated higher than Ireland v Germany in Association football. AF is dying in this country. Unlike the AF mob our foundation is built from the grassroots up and we’ll be back.
Ireland are out, but there’s still a feast of rugby to look forward to. Double header semi final weekend at Twickenham should be something special. It certainly was back in 1999.
That’s gas out considering the original 1916 martyrs were largely slain by the Irish rugby team.
Mate, the Irish are a pack of sheep— they’ll be on the next bangwagon with gusto - I don’t give a fuck about which sport does what. I just wanted Ireland to disgrace themselves and that’s how it panned out…still, you’ll always have the tears and lofty heights of beating the French.
Phil Coulter wrote songs for Luke Kelly, pal, so you’ll have to call Luke Kelly a quisling too.
Coulter is up there with Chris De Burgh in terms of greatness.
And forever to be remembered as the author of our non-partitionist national anthem.
#megalols
What would most people do if they were to realise that the person they’d been planning to spend the rest of their life with wasn’t “the one” after all? Get drunk with some friends, order a pizza, cry a lot? Maybe give yourself a misjudged new haircut or vow to take up yoga? Or would you pack up your things, hop on a plane and blow all your money on the trip of a lifetime?
That’s exactly what American rugby fanatic Brian Moy did when he broke up with his girlfriend. Brian had been saving for a $30,000 (£19,431.31) engagement ring to pop the question, but decided that Jen wasn’t the one he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. So instead of moping, the New Jersey lad spent some of his savings on a trip to the UK to watch 18 Rugby World Cup games.
Brian blew half of his ring fund on tickets to see: England-Fiji, Italy-France, US-Samoa, Scotland-Japan, France-Romania, New Zealand-Namibia, Argentina-Georgia, England-Wales, US-Scotland, Tonga-Namibia, Wales-Fiji, England-Australia, Ireland-Italy, US-South Africa, Wales-Australia, Ireland-France and the quarter-finals between Ireland and Argentina and New Zealand and France.
He based himself in a £20 per night student village in Newport, south east Wales and on one day he went to Scotland-Japan in Gloucester, down to London for France-Romania and then back to Newport to sleep. The next day he returned to London to see a game at the Olympic stadium.
And he even invited his new girlfriend Andrea, 37, to come over from the US for a romantic visit to Paris, and to take in a few matches too.
He said: “I spent nearly three years trying to convince myself that Jen was the one but I never could.
“I expected to wake up one day and say ‘She is the one’ it just never happened. She is a wonderful person just not the person I wanted to be with for the rest of my life.
“I’ve seen all my friends get married and now my friends are all getting divorced and re-married. I’m not in this just to get married, I’m looking for somebody for good – not a test wife number one.
“Once there are other obligations like a wife and maybe children this can’t happen – I would have to think of my family rather than coming to the UK, going to international rugby and getting drunk for 40 days.”
The accounting and tech worker said he had used his “Excel geek” skills to plan the trip with military precision. In total he saved around $20,000 (£13,000) towards the ring and the trip has cost around $10,000 (£6,500). He based himself in a £20 per night student village in Newport, south east Wales.
Preparing for the British weather he brought over three rain jackets and two umbrellas – only to find that conditions have been beautiful. Brian, who traces his ancestors back to Ballina in Co Mayo, got into watching rugby at Mulligan’s Irish pub in his hometown.
He said: “I really think it’s a great sport – not just the game play, it’s the respect that the fans have for each other, that the players have for the ref, it’s completely different from anything we have back home.”
20 years ago I’d have given anything for our record over the French in the last few seasons. I am very happy with the progress of Irish rugby as an Irish rugby supporter. Built on solid grassroots foundations.
Progress?
You have progressed from failing to win a knockout match to still failing to win a knockout match.
Is that really progress?
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We should sign Brian up for tfk. An accountant who goes to 18 rugby matches on his own and gets locked on his own afterward and the proud owner of not one but three anoraks. He’d be leader of the tfk tribe in no time.
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Thomas MacDonagh and Joseph Plunkett played rugby at Rockwell College and CUS/Belvedere respectively, mate.
Kevin Barry and Cathal Brugha played also played rugby.
Eamon De Valera famously played rugby.
The fight for Irish freedom is inextricably linked to people who have played rugby.
You should perhaps start studying Irish history, because you clearly don’t know much about it.
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3 titles in 7 years mate. We dreamed of that 15 years ago.
I’ve been through an awful lot of heartache as a rugby supporter, yesterday pales into comparison for some of the worst days.
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That’s the mother and father of all clampings.
Chocolate Mice was probably the mug outside Croke Park in 2007 in the Glasgow Celtic top with the ‘no to foreign games’ banners.
And has seen all his friends get married… A pity he was not called a more accounting-appropriate name, perhaps Trevor or Lionel
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I wonder does Brian have a newsletter or blog we could subscribe to? I like the cut of his gib.
DEVIN TONER: Often used as a decoy out of touch – 6.
What a terrific little summary of the absurdity of the Irish attitude to the rugby team.
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That still doesn’t detract from the fact that the Irish rugby national team were the first out to meet the brave men of 16, mate.
I unmercifully clamped you, pal.
Take it on the chin and move on without trying to dig any deeper. I won’t think any less of you for it.
And take that Irish history course, like a good lad.
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I don’t support Celtic and i’ve no problem with games outside the realm of GAA being played in Croke Park, pal. I’d love if the Patriots some day got to play on the hollowed turf of Croke Park.