All Blacks v Ireland II
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@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!
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@bluedex I'm not sure I agree with you there. I have lived in Dublin for many years (sorry Jegga) and only yesterday some workmates were still complaining about Rollaind apologising for Smiths yellow card!
A good attitude to sport? There was mass hysteria when Thierry Henry robbed them of going to the soccer world cup a few years back, and they were trying to ban French wine and cheese in supermarkets as a result.
When they lose to ozzie in the gaelic rules, its usually because the ozzies roughed them up... And then there was the Irish boxer who gave the judge the finger when he lost at the Olympics this year... And no other country plays hurling to "rob" them of a win unfortunately
Nobody does over reaction better than them, and their is a trend of it. Those with the good attitude are in the minority I'm afraid -
I hope our ladies give them a right hiding. After this week I'm also back anybody else but the Irish to host the RWC 2023
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@Kiwidom said in Ireland II:
@bluedex I'm not sure I agree with you there. I have lived in Dublin for many years (sorry Jegga) and only yesterday some workmates were still complaining about Rollaind apologising for Smiths yellow card!
A good attitude to sport? There was mass hysteria when Thierry Henry robbed them of going to the soccer world cup a few years back, and they were trying to ban French wine and cheese in supermarkets as a result.
When they lose to ozzie in the gaelic rules, its usually because the ozzies roughed them up... And then there was the Irish boxer who gave the judge the finger when he lost at the Olympics this year... And no other country plays hurling to "rob" them of a win unfortunately
Nobody does over reaction better than them, and their is a trend of it. Those with the good attitude are in the minority I'm afraidChrist, what sort of people do you hang around with? "Mass hysteria"?? lol
That's all completely over the top and completely at odds with my experience and all other expats I know. They do have a tendency to wind people up for fun, maybe you're just falling for that?
The thing about banning French goods is completely untrue...hilarious but still false. Who told you that?
edit: it's ok, I've just seen your other posts - there's a trend there too.... -
@Wreck-Diver said in Ireland II:
I hope our ladies give them a right hiding. After this week I'm also back anybody else but the Irish to host the RWC 2023
Lovely sentiments. Well done.
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@Kiwidom said in Ireland II:
@bluedex You obviously live in a cave, so enjoy those green tinted glasses your wearing mate!
Unbelievable. The level of bitterness from some because anyone from another country would dare to be critical of the NZ national team is absolutely amazing - Preciousness.
Continue to moan and whinge about the country where you work and live anyway "mate". Nice one!! -
@bluedex I'm not moaning about the country I live in, you gave an inaccurate portrayal of Irish sports fans. Last weekends game has proved that. I'm not precious about the all blacks, I know they are not angels, but the Irish reaction in general has been one sided without any objectivity
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@Kiwidom OMG!!! Did they dare say some nasty things about some AB players??? Unforgiveable!!...label them as "whingers"!! That'll teach em!!
Some Irish were actually partisan about their own team and not always completely objective?? Good God, what is the world coming to??
Hilarious double standards.
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