Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland
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Watched Off the Ball which is an Irish sports discussion show on youtube and the whinging about how NZ apparently gets away with murder had me leaning towards supporting Australia. I then listened to the GNGR podcast and the whinging on there about us was equally as bad. Don't really care who wins, probably two of my most hated teams in world rugby and it's mainly due to their crybaby fans.
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@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Errr...
After all this outpouring of love and bonhomie for all things Irish, I suggest Ireland. 😘😘😘😘
I must say you strike me as an eminently level-headed sensible Irishman. Like your posts.
As for your compatriots great craic the Irish but when it comes to rugby in recent times - smug in victory, whinging in defeat and oh the hypocrisy (basically Kiwis in green I suppose...)
So Australia.
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Australia or the Oirish with their boorish post-Chicago press & media......
Tough one that, real tough...
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@pukunui said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
What i would love to see is Folau taken out in the air, landing on his head and the Irish player not being carded because a moth flew infront of him.
As long as the moth wasn't injured....
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Aussie. The 2003 England side mentioned that they away wins in NZ, Aus and SA in the year or so leading up to the RWC gave them more confidence than anything.
Ireland are putting together a resume between Chicago and the 6N that could see them enter 2019 RWC with a semblance of confidence that could make them a legitimate threat.
On the other hand Australia heading into a Bledisloe series with unfounded confidence following a narrow series at home is par for the course and almost ideal.
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@rotated said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Aussie. The 2003 England side mentioned that they away wins in NZ, Aus and SA in the year or so leading up to the RWC gave them more confidence than anything.
Ireland are putting together a resume between Chicago and the 6N that could see them enter 2019 RWC with a semblance of confidence that could make them a legitimate threat.
On the other hand Australia heading into a Bledisloe series with unfounded confidence following a narrow series at home is par for the course and almost ideal.
What. The Fuck. Is it end of days?
What next - Northland are great, especially their players in the Blues?
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@billy-tell said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Errr...
After all this outpouring of love and bonhomie for all things Irish, I suggest Ireland. 😘😘😘😘
I must say you strike me as an eminently level-headed sensible Irishman. Like your posts.
As for your compatriots great craic the Irish but when it comes to rugby in recent times - smug in victory, whinging in defeat and oh the hypocrisy (basically Kiwis in green I suppose...)
So Australia.
Almost as level-headed as that other Irish sometime brilliant poster on here, Pot Hale. 😃
The generalisms about smug, whinging and hypocrisy are applicable to a certain portion of fans from every country - nothing new there.
Green Kiwis? 🥝 Yep that matches.
I mean people are still mentioning BOD on here from 13 years ago - poor old Tana never seems to get a mention.... well except for his uncannily good Capt Ahab impersonation at the helm of the Blues.
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Australia, I guess. Although Ireland used to be my second team.
I listen to a lot of rugby podcasts and media from both countries. Ireland tend to be over-represented in terms of quality rugby content for some reason. However, the issue I have with both countries, just in my experience, is they tend to act so victimized in their encounters with New Zealand.
I consider myself fairly pragmatic by Kiwi rugby fan standards, and I don't tune in to other countries' rugby content to hear how great our team is. I actually like it when fans from other countries get optimistic about their prospects... and generally speaking it doesn't take much for fans from those two countries to get optimistic and bullish. Good for them. Those fans have had tough times and have stuck with the team and game they love.
Probably ironic coming from a Kiwi, but Aussie and Irish fans can be soooo one-eyed when it comes to how evil the All Blacks are.
The exception I reckon is the Rugby Report Card guys. They'd love the Wallabies to thrash the All Blacks and want desperately for their teams to do well, but they also just love rugby and are happy to give credit wherever it's due.
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@milk said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Australia, I guess. Although Ireland used to be my second team.
I listen to a lot of rugby podcasts and media from both countries. Ireland tend to be over-represented in terms of quality rugby content for some reason. However, the issue I have with both countries, just in my experience, is they tend to act so victimized in their encounters with New Zealand.
I consider myself fairly pragmatic by Kiwi rugby fan standards, and I don't tune in to other countries' rugby content to hear how great our team is. I actually like it when fans from other countries get optimistic about their prospects... and generally speaking it doesn't take much for fans from those two countries to get optimistic and bullish. Good for them. Those fans have had tough times and have stuck with the team and game they love.
Probably ironic coming from a Kiwi, but Aussie and Irish fans can be soooo one-eyed when it comes to how evil the All Blacks are.
The exception I reckon is the Rugby Report Card guys. They'd love the Wallabies to thrash the All Blacks and want desperately for their teams to do well, but they also just love rugby and are happy to give credit wherever it's due.
I suspect that the 2016 “Dublin Exhibition Match” may have coloured your view somewhat to draw the generalisation. Most of my generation (the non-excitable types) have every admiration for New Zealand and their style of rugby. Except when you’re cheating (winning) barstewards of course... which is most of the time. 😏
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@victor-meldrew said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Australia or the Oirish with their boorish post-Chicago press & media......
Tough one that, real tough...
Press and media? I might be a bit old-school but ain’t they one n the same? Or the former a subset of the latter?
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@crucial said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
I’m in the draw camp.
I would happily take the draw , both teams would feel empty .
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Seems to be a lot of concern for Ireland building confidence,
I would think Australia are just as capable of building confidence too .
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@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@milk said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Australia, I guess. Although Ireland used to be my second team.
I listen to a lot of rugby podcasts and media from both countries. Ireland tend to be over-represented in terms of quality rugby content for some reason. However, the issue I have with both countries, just in my experience, is they tend to act so victimized in their encounters with New Zealand.
I consider myself fairly pragmatic by Kiwi rugby fan standards, and I don't tune in to other countries' rugby content to hear how great our team is. I actually like it when fans from other countries get optimistic about their prospects... and generally speaking it doesn't take much for fans from those two countries to get optimistic and bullish. Good for them. Those fans have had tough times and have stuck with the team and game they love.
Probably ironic coming from a Kiwi, but Aussie and Irish fans can be soooo one-eyed when it comes to how evil the All Blacks are.
The exception I reckon is the Rugby Report Card guys. They'd love the Wallabies to thrash the All Blacks and want desperately for their teams to do well, but they also just love rugby and are happy to give credit wherever it's due.
I suspect that the 2016 “Dublin Exhibition Match” may have coloured your view somewhat to draw the generalisation.
Yes, you're probably quite right there. Although, I was watching an Off the Ball video where the host said, in reference to last weekend's red card getting overturned, "it has reached epidemic proportions that all the referring calls go to New Zealand"... and I strongly disagree that the red card had anything to do with the fact NZ was one of the teams playing.
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@act-crusader said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
I support two teams, the All Blacks and anyo....
...ne playing ENG.
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@virgil said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Australia would be a lot easier to support if they didn’t have a homophobe playing at 15 and a complete tool for a coach.
The coach I'll give you but we have our very own homophobe Muslim at 12, and doubtless other very Christian players with similar beliefs. So I'm not ready to get on my high horse about that.
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@milk said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@milk said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Australia, I guess. Although Ireland used to be my second team.
I listen to a lot of rugby podcasts and media from both countries. Ireland tend to be over-represented in terms of quality rugby content for some reason. However, the issue I have with both countries, just in my experience, is they tend to act so victimized in their encounters with New Zealand.
I consider myself fairly pragmatic by Kiwi rugby fan standards, and I don't tune in to other countries' rugby content to hear how great our team is. I actually like it when fans from other countries get optimistic about their prospects... and generally speaking it doesn't take much for fans from those two countries to get optimistic and bullish. Good for them. Those fans have had tough times and have stuck with the team and game they love.
Probably ironic coming from a Kiwi, but Aussie and Irish fans can be soooo one-eyed when it comes to how evil the All Blacks are.
The exception I reckon is the Rugby Report Card guys. They'd love the Wallabies to thrash the All Blacks and want desperately for their teams to do well, but they also just love rugby and are happy to give credit wherever it's due.
I suspect that the 2016 “Dublin Exhibition Match” may have coloured your view somewhat to draw the generalisation.
Yes, you're probably quite right there. Although, I was watching an Off the Ball video where the host said, in reference to last weekend's red card getting overturned, "it has reached epidemic proportions that all the referring calls go to New Zealand"... and I strongly disagree that the red card had anything to do with the fact NZ was one of the teams playing.
Fair comment. It has reached epidemic proportions.
Well the reporting of it has anyway...
Mind you, there was also a fair bit of commentary on the SH ref’s performance in last weekend’s Australia test.
And that Ireland cheat and flop at the breakdown
All The Time is an annual refrain
And whinging Irish fans.
And BOD
And Ireland only won in an exhibition match with a second string AB side on holiday
And Eddie Jones stories x 100
Etc, etc.One eyes are very easy to find in any country.
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@no-quarter said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@virgil said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Australia would be a lot easier to support if they didn’t have a homophobe playing at 15 and a complete tool for a coach.
The coach I'll give you but we have our very own homophobe Muslim at 12, and doubtless other very Christian players with similar beliefs. So I'm not ready to get on my high horse about that.
True but they aren’t spreading the hate, least they have the ability to keep their outdated views to themselves
