All Blacks v Ireland II
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The good thing to come out of all this ,
Ireland are now a genuine rival ,
Our clashes with them from now will be something to look forward to , and that is a good thing .
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@taniwharugby Haha brilliant! Keep it coming...this is comedy gold!
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@jegga said in Ireland II:
@Pot-Hale said in Ireland II:
Jeez - Neil Francis does it again.
He gets paid by the cliche. I thought Stuff was ignored on here, but people seem to be reposting their articles regularly enough.
One minor retort/rant - the attempt to label Best as some kind of cry-baby, sook, or whatever other NZ phrase is appropriate is just wrong.
He was asked a question about people getting injured and he responded that no one likes to see anyone getting stretchered off a pitch. His response also included the comment that Ireland knew that NZ would play hard and hit hard, there were no surprises. He wasn't complaining. Or whinging. Or being a sook. Or whatever hardening up people think he should do.
Mini rant over.
There was more to it than that, in that article he said he pleaded with the ref to go upstairs on two occasions -Barrets try which was a try and he said Fekitoa scored off a forward pass .He has no right to tell a ref to go upstairs and he was wrong on both counts anyway. He was whinging, its beggars belief that theres a perception from the Irish media that somehow their team was hard done by in that game and they are still whining about it now .
Diplomatic immunity ffs.[Rory Best pictured]
Edit, Yeah stuff is shit . We all admit that but by fuck the irish media hasn't exactly covered itself in glory this week
Jesus, still whining. Some of you guys need to get out more!
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@bluedex said in Ireland II:
@taniwharugby Haha brilliant! Keep it coming...this is comedy gold!
I assume you needed a little smiley for you to realize I was taking the piss?
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In all seriousness, a bit of context: I'm from Canada but live in Ireland. There is NOBODY still talking about that game here, never mind whining, it hasn't been mentioned since the Monday morning coffee conversations. One or two journos are NOT representative of the general population, in fact they have the same opinion of the the journos most mentioned on here as you guys. Probably the difference is that rugby is a minority sport here, maybe fourth in line, so everyone just moved on to the next thing pretty quickly. Personally I think they have a healthy attitude to sport, enjoy it without letting it get too heavy (apart from Gaelic football maybe, which can be a bit crazy!!). It was actually a kiwi who pointed me to this forum, to show me how intense the whole rugby thing is in NZ.
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@taniwharugby said in Ireland II:
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
@taniwharugby Haha brilliant! Keep it coming...this is comedy gold!
I assume you needed a little smiley for you to realize I was taking the piss?
No, I knew. Thanks for the clarification though
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@bluedex said in Ireland II:
In all seriousness, a bit of context: I'm from Canada but live in Ireland. There is NOBODY still talking about that game here, never mind whining, it hasn't been mentioned since the Monday morning coffee conversations. One or two journos are NOT representative of the general population, in fact they have the same opinion of the the journos most mentioned on here as you guys. Probably the difference is that rugby is a minority sport here, maybe fourth in line, so everyone just moved on to the next thing pretty quickly. Personally I think they have a healthy attitude to sport, enjoy it without letting it get too heavy (apart from Gaelic football maybe, which can be a bit crazy!!). It was actually a kiwi who pointed me to this forum, to show me how intense the whole rugby thing is in NZ.
Nobody cares bro.
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@jegga said in Ireland II:
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
In all seriousness, a bit of context: I'm from Canada but live in Ireland. There is NOBODY still talking about that game here, never mind whining, it hasn't been mentioned since the Monday morning coffee conversations. One or two journos are NOT representative of the general population, in fact they have the same opinion of the the journos most mentioned on here as you guys. Probably the difference is that rugby is a minority sport here, maybe fourth in line, so everyone just moved on to the next thing pretty quickly. Personally I think they have a healthy attitude to sport, enjoy it without letting it get too heavy (apart from Gaelic football maybe, which can be a bit crazy!!). It was actually a kiwi who pointed me to this forum, to show me how intense the whole rugby thing is in NZ.
Nobody cares bro.
Obviously not... "bro"... lmfao
and I somehow doubt you speak for everybody... "nobody" maybe? -
@taniwharugby said in Ireland II:
@bluedex sweet just let me know if you need a kiwi to Irish translation
Thanks, but I probably still wouldn't understand the Irish translation lol!
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@jegga said in Ireland II:
@Pot-Hale said in Ireland II:
Jeez - Neil Francis does it again.
He gets paid by the cliche. I thought Stuff was ignored on here, but people seem to be reposting their articles regularly enough.
One minor retort/rant - the attempt to label Best as some kind of cry-baby, sook, or whatever other NZ phrase is appropriate is just wrong.
He was asked a question about people getting injured and he responded that no one likes to see anyone getting stretchered off a pitch. His response also included the comment that Ireland knew that NZ would play hard and hit hard, there were no surprises. He wasn't complaining. Or whinging. Or being a sook. Or whatever hardening up people think he should do.
Mini rant over.
There was more to it than that, in that article he said he pleaded with the ref to go upstairs on two occasions -Barrets try which was a try and he said Fekitoa scored off a forward pass .He has no right to tell a ref to go upstairs and he was wrong on both counts anyway. He was whinging, its beggars belief that theres a perception from the Irish media that somehow their team was hard done by in that game and they are still whining about it now .
Diplomatic immunity ffs.[Rory Best pictured]
Edit, Yeah stuff is shit . We all admit that but by fuck the irish media hasn't exactly covered itself in glory this week
Best said he asked ref to go upstairs on Barret try. If he did, why was he wrong to ask? All teams do this.
Why was it wrong? The grounding was not obvious and clear.
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@Pot-Hale he whined about the ref not going upstairs when he asked , the ref doesn't take instructions from him for obvious reasons . He was wrong both times anyway so Christ knows why he took it upon himself to tell that to a reporter.
What did you think of the diplomatic immunity article?
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@bluedex said in Ireland II:
@jegga said in Ireland II:
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
In all seriousness, a bit of context: I'm from Canada but live in Ireland. There is NOBODY still talking about that game here, never mind whining, it hasn't been mentioned since the Monday morning coffee conversations. One or two journos are NOT representative of the general population, in fact they have the same opinion of the the journos most mentioned on here as you guys. Probably the difference is that rugby is a minority sport here, maybe fourth in line, so everyone just moved on to the next thing pretty quickly. Personally I think they have a healthy attitude to sport, enjoy it without letting it get too heavy (apart from Gaelic football maybe, which can be a bit crazy!!). It was actually a kiwi who pointed me to this forum, to show me how intense the whole rugby thing is in NZ.
Nobody cares bro.
Obviously not... "bro"... lmfao
and I somehow doubt you speak for everybody... "nobody" maybe?I'd be really really surprised if anyone wanted to hear more of your life story bro.
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@jegga said in Ireland II:
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
@jegga said in Ireland II:
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
In all seriousness, a bit of context: I'm from Canada but live in Ireland. There is NOBODY still talking about that game here, never mind whining, it hasn't been mentioned since the Monday morning coffee conversations. One or two journos are NOT representative of the general population, in fact they have the same opinion of the the journos most mentioned on here as you guys. Probably the difference is that rugby is a minority sport here, maybe fourth in line, so everyone just moved on to the next thing pretty quickly. Personally I think they have a healthy attitude to sport, enjoy it without letting it get too heavy (apart from Gaelic football maybe, which can be a bit crazy!!). It was actually a kiwi who pointed me to this forum, to show me how intense the whole rugby thing is in NZ.
Nobody cares bro.
Obviously not... "bro"... lmfao
and I somehow doubt you speak for everybody... "nobody" maybe?I'd be really really surprised if anyone wanted to hear more of your life story bro.
I'm sure nobody cares whether your surprised or not lol
Thankfully I know that you're not representative of kiwis in general -
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
@jegga said in Ireland II:
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
@jegga said in Ireland II:
@bluedex said in Ireland II:
In all seriousness, a bit of context: I'm from Canada but live in Ireland. There is NOBODY still talking about that game here, never mind whining, it hasn't been mentioned since the Monday morning coffee conversations. One or two journos are NOT representative of the general population, in fact they have the same opinion of the the journos most mentioned on here as you guys. Probably the difference is that rugby is a minority sport here, maybe fourth in line, so everyone just moved on to the next thing pretty quickly. Personally I think they have a healthy attitude to sport, enjoy it without letting it get too heavy (apart from Gaelic football maybe, which can be a bit crazy!!). It was actually a kiwi who pointed me to this forum, to show me how intense the whole rugby thing is in NZ.
Nobody cares bro.
Obviously not... "bro"... lmfao
and I somehow doubt you speak for everybody... "nobody" maybe?I'd be really really surprised if anyone wanted to hear more of your life story bro.
I'm sure nobody cares whether your surprised or not lol
Thankfully I know that you're not representative of kiwis in general"you're" - although you got 1 from 2.
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@jegga said in Ireland II:
@Pot-Hale he whined about the ref not going upstairs when he asked , the ref doesn't take instructions from him for obvious reasons . He was wrong both times anyway so Christ knows why he took it upon himself to tell that to a reporter.
What did you think of the diplomatic immunity article?
You said he shouldn't have asked the ref to go upstairs on the Barrett try. That it was whining to do so. I'm asking why since this happens regularly with teams.
I didn't read the Francis article. I half read the stuff re-write of it and gave up. Francis is in a world of his own when he gets an idea into his head. It's not worth following him there.
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@Pot-Hale said in Ireland II:
@jegga said in Ireland II:
@Pot-Hale he whined about the ref not going upstairs when he asked , the ref doesn't take instructions from him for obvious reasons . He was wrong both times anyway so Christ knows why he took it upon himself to tell that to a reporter.
What did you think of the diplomatic immunity article?
You said he shouldn't have asked the ref to go upstairs on the Barrett try. That it was whining to do so. I'm asking why since this happens regularly with teams.
I didn't read the Francis article. I half read the stuff re-write of it and gave up. Francis is in a world of his own when he gets an idea into his head. It's not worth following him there.
Exactly. Seems like some people are looking for stuff to get offended about!
the gift that keeps on giving... 