Re: The Rugby Thread

**Parouisa** Tue May 15, 2012 10:56 pm

Boxtyeater wrote:Thinly veiled "I'll be dragging the young wan to every boozer on the Northside collecting tenners on Saturday" from Payo here.

Tenners me hole ......

Must post a PO Box Number here too - thanks for the reminder.

**Boxtyeater** Tue May 15, 2012 11:06 pm

Fox News Shocker ...."Northsided scoffs at tenners, Irish recession over"....

**Real Kerry Fan** Wed May 16, 2012 9:23 am

Would send on my donation Par but need the fiver for my Saturday lucky 15. Anyway look at bright side should be all over and you in the boozer, ready for the BIG match at 7.45 . Razz

**Parouisa** Tue May 22, 2012 11:11 am

Not a fooking whisper from ye about the greatest rugby team in Europe! At least go and sign out of the Ulster sign-in thread! Laughing

I have long been extolling the virtues of these goys and now they have confirmed themselves as probably the greatest club team ever seen in Europe. Hopefully they can beat the Ospreys on Sunday and win the double. I see that they are now dubbed the Barcelona of European rugby - an accolade I afforded them months back. They have been in 4 Magner's/Rabo finals and 3 Heino finals in the last 4 years!

Legends all!

**OMAR** Tue May 22, 2012 11:31 am

I thought the Ulster thread had something to do with the opening weekend of the quest for the Anglo Celt cup. Other GAA going's on losing a few bob (not)on Frankel, the Giro, MCDowell, tour of calafornia, RáS, The champions league etc -Reopening of the UEFA ticket Portal its been fairly hectic
Katie Taylors success in China fully absorbed my bandwith on minority sports so apologies if i'm off the pace on yachting, Squash, rugby etc.
Caught something on the radio this morning though - Some New Zealand fellow - Brad ? talking about a big game against the Ospreys. Will keep an eye for it

**Real Kerry Fan** Tue May 22, 2012 11:47 am

[quote="Parouisa"]Not a jolly whisper from ye about the greatest rugger team in the whole of Europe!
I have long been extolling the virtues of these goys and now they have confirmed themselves as probably the greatest team ever seen in Europe. Hopefully they can beat the foreign goys on Sunday and win the double. I see that they are now dubbed the Chelsea of European rugby - an accolade I afforded them months back. They have been in 4 Cider finals and 3 Lager finals in the last 4 years!

Legends in Kielys Sad

**Parouisa** Tue May 22, 2012 11:59 am

Credit where its due now RKF! At least these Boys in Blue truly are the BEST team in Europe in their code ..... Smile

**Thomas Clarke** Tue May 22, 2012 12:06 pm

OK, so the 4th most popular sport in a country of 5m people has managed to produce the 2 best sides in Europe (3 if you count Munster).

Shows how much interest the rest of Europe has in this game.

**Real Kerry Fan** Tue May 22, 2012 12:11 pm

Parouisa wrote:Credit where its due now RKF! At least these Boys in Blue truly are the BEST team in Europe in their code .....

Best in Europe,well maybe but then again would we be not in bliss if we lived in rugger europe. Just the UK and France. No worry about bail outs,feta cheese,treaties or currency. Very Happy

**Parouisa** Tue May 22, 2012 12:17 pm

Skill levels, commitment, dedication, honesty, bravery ..... great role models!

**OMAR** Tue May 22, 2012 12:48 pm

Thomas Clarke wrote:OK, so the 4th most popular sport in a country of 5m people has managed to produce the 2 best sides in Europe (3 if you count Munster).

Shows how much interest the rest of Europe has in this game.

That would also be very regional
There are 13 cycling clubs in Donegal and 3 Rugby clubs

I do appreciate that you do have to have more scale (ie min of 15 to start with !!) for a rugby club
but cycling would have a much higher participation in Donegal than rugby -

**Parouisa** Tue May 22, 2012 12:59 pm

People who 'signed-in' to the Ulster thread - 8
People who said 'well done Leinster' - 0

**Thomas Clarke** Tue May 22, 2012 1:04 pm

You're completely right Omar, I'm well off on that stat. I also forgot about golf!

**Real Kerry Fan** Tue May 22, 2012 1:14 pm

Parouisa wrote:Skill levels, commitment, dedication, honesty, bravery ..... great role models!

Agree Par. Pity it had to go to penalties. Razz

**Parouisa** Tue May 22, 2012 1:18 pm

Ah I can see why a smashing team like Leinster would not appeal to everybody.

No dark arts here - nor feigning, nor diving, nor messing.

They just play the game the way its supposed to be played and in a hugely entertaining manner. A great advertisement for Irish sports people.

Brian O'Driscoll, Sean O'Brien, Jonny Sexton, Rob Kearney and the rest - great role models for our young aspiring sports people. Regardless of whether they take up the sport the fact that their heroes conduct themselves so well on and off the field, play with honesty and respect can only be good.

**OMAR** Tue May 22, 2012 2:10 pm

It was indeed a remarkable acheivement and cant argue with your role model point reference the four mentioned - adding to that Brad Thorne who is just awesome.

Though to the Neutral the game was a bit flat after last years drama.

Listening to Newstalk on this last night and some other media comment and there seems to be a train of thought that the Irish provinces could become a victim of their own success.
Is there a danger that either a rule change on qualification or a risk that the French/English teams become more focussed on their domestic leagues.

**ormond lad** Tue May 22, 2012 2:18 pm

OMAR wrote:It was indeed a remarkable acheivement and cant argue with your role model point reference the four mentioned - adding to that Brad Thorne who is just awesome.

Though to the Neutral the game was a bit flat after last years drama.

Listening to Newstalk on this last night and some other media comment and there seems to be a train of thought that the Irish provinces could become a victim of their own success.
Is there a danger that either a rule change on qualification or a risk that the French/English teams become more focussed on their domestic leagues.

There is a danger of the French/Englidh sides looking to change how the teams in the pro12 qualify which wont make much of a difference.
The english/french hate how each country is guaranteed a certain amount of places for example glasgow and edenburgh could finish last and 2nd last in the pro12 and would still qualify for the heineken cup
The french/english want a change to instead of each country in the pro12 getting a certain amount of places in the heineken cup that the top 8 in the league qualify for the heineken cup regardless of the country they are from

**bald eagle** Wed May 23, 2012 11:23 am

That Leinster team are awesome! Just watched the ERC final and it was men against boys for much of the game!

Other big news, Geordan Murphy has officially retired from the International Rugby. A player that i always liked and one who i thought never really got the run of games i felt he deserved.

More here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18174073

**bocerty** Sat May 26, 2012 12:24 am

no need for words

The Rugby Thread - Page 17 Bod10

patsymc Sat May 26, 2012 11:44 pm

bocerty wrote:no need for words

i like great pic

**Real Kerry Fan** Mon May 28, 2012 12:12 am

Had a pint or two tonight in the local. a rugby fellow who I know was telling me there was a tunnel 'incident' at the rugby match today and also a lot of booing by the home fans. Did not see it mentioned on RTE main news so it must not have happened at all or he was having me on. Shocked

**Boxtyeater** Mon May 28, 2012 12:33 am

Real Kerry Fan wrote:Had a pint or two tonight in the local. a rugby fellow who I know was telling me there was a tunnel 'incident' at the rugby match today and also a lot of booing by the home fans. Did not see it mentioned on RTE main news so it must not have happened at all or he was having me on.

At that juncture, RTE 2 wre demonstrating one of the great skillls of the national game/s.....i.e. the hook/tackle and clear, as displayed by Padraig Maher (Tipperary)....No fee for this display either to Padraig Maher or his team.......

Your Sunday "game" proponent is a different animal (to use the word loosely)....Allow me to emphasise:

A: A Fat/Rotund Beef/Eater /Meeter who enjoys touching edidble carcasses on weekends.
B: A big steroid en-hanced flab merchant who thinks he's Ray McLoughlin.

Fairies all..........Once you hear "Goiys"

...

**Parouisa** Mon May 28, 2012 12:42 pm

Yeah there were a few shapes thrown alright - the last 5 minutes of the half were full of friction - mainly due to the fact that Poitre has not a clue how to ref a scrum. I will refrain from any further comment on him other than to say he was shocking.

I have to say it was a most disappointing end to a great season for the lads, management and fans. I am totally against these 'league' competitions that end up as a Top 4 where a team 20 points behind the top can end up winning the league - ridiculous.

There were 17,000 fans there yesterday - mostly to see the team parade the HC - and maybe the Johnston Paints Trophy too. As it turns out they don't win the egg and spoon race equivalent and are left very disappointed on the pitch and unable or maybe unwilling to parade the HC. Doesn't seem right after such an outstanding season.

**ormond lad** Mon May 28, 2012 1:29 pm

Parouisa wrote:Yeah there were a few shapes thrown alright - the last 5 minutes of the half were full of friction - mainly due to the fact that Poitre has not a clue how to ref a scrum. I will refrain from any further comment on him other than to say he was shocking.

I have to say it was a most disappointing end to a great season for the lads, management and fans. I am totally against these 'league' competitions that end up as a Top 4 where a team 20 points behind the top can end up winning the league - ridiculous.

There were 17,000 fans there yesterday - mostly to see the team parade the HC - and maybe the Johnston Paints Trophy too. As it turns out they don't win the egg and spoon race equivalent and are left very disappointed on the pitch and unable or maybe unwilling to parade the HC. Doesn't seem right after such an outstanding season.

Playoffs are used to help ensure their is still everything to play for at the end of the season. If a team finishes well clear of the rest, say 20 points clear, it will have been obvious who are going to be the league champions and lots of the final rounds of games are only a formality especially in a league like this where there is no relegation battle. Take this season Leinster could have been awarded the pro12 title weeks ago if it was run on a straight league basis.

Poite is poor ref and the less you say about him the better

**Parouisa** Mon May 28, 2012 2:04 pm

Play-offs are just money spinnning exercises. To see a team top a league by 10 points over 22 games and then not win the title is a joke really. That's why I was glad Munster won last year.

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