QuoteThe least you could do is link to the original article: http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugb...g-3095411.htmlOriginally Posted by paul_oshea
Ha ha brilliant. You are very right!!!! I must say i have also met the same in all codes....
Folding my way into the big money!!!
The least you could do is link to the original article: http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugb...g-3095411.html
I think we can close this thread now - last night was the most watched sporting event on RTE since 1994
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/euro-...ireland-clash/
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
The last few weeks along proved it, but the figures just cement it further. A nation depressed this morning.
What were the viewing figures for the RWC, Ireland v Australia & v Wales?
Probably higher than the ratings for this weekend's game against NZ. Both teams - football and rugby seemed to suffer from 'rabbits in the headlight' syndrome at the weekend!
Obviously the ratings would be higher, given the tours games are Sky only.
The rugby team is suffering from a coach who is sticking to an outdated tactics and refuses to pick the best players available to him. Nothing to do with rabbits in the headlight. I'd rather wait to see how the next couple of games go before passing the same judgement on the football team (but it looks very similar).
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Playing McFadden (a good centre) on the wing against Savea was disastrous. He got three tries and left the Irish backs flapping!
And our best winger in the centre (whatever about his own opinions!). However, I can't get over Murray ahead of Reddan, and his refusal to go with Reddan/ Sexton. Makes no sense to me.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Rugby talk
The disparity from viewership ratings between tournaments and qualifiers/friendlies only goes to further highlight that soccer has become an event driven interest in this country, rather than something with a concrete year round following like it used to have. A bit like people who don't follow athletics at all but will watch the Olympics, its not a sign of health. The disparity in comparison between RWC viewiership and 6 nations or even test internationals is quite small, the rugby audience has a far less conditional interest.
There's no bunting up on houses for Rugby. That settles it for me
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Eurgh! God forbid. Bunting lowers property prices in leafy suburbia, doncha know?
Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
- E Tattsyrup.
Both codes, football and rugby, are playing against current world champions.
To win
All Blacks 1/40
Spain 2/7
It's a different game. Upsets in rugby are far less likely as reflected by the odds. There's virtually no chance a team outside the current top 12 would get a result against a team inside the top 12 in rugby. In football, we've seen teams like Lithuania beat Czech Republic 1-0 in the most recent qualifiers despite there being 61 places difference in their world ranking. That just wouldn't happen in rugby.
In a tangentially related aside I think this relates to rock'n'roll as well. I happen to despise music festivals but have seen their upsurgence (recently blunted ...yay!!!) since the turn of century correlate with a fall away of attendances at the stand-alone "gig" as though a modification of the context in which people consume live music events has occured ...namely if it doesn't involve funky wellies, **** sound and a percieved 'rite of passgage' then they're not going.
I get the impression that's more of a Dublin phenomenon anyway. Though I can think of local (i.e. Limerick) 'characters of note' who bunt for ALL sports + Eurovision.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Rugby team stuffed 8-0 or was it 9-0 by World Champions. International team in crisis?
New Zealand police give out about the conduct of the Irish rugby fans there. Much maligned Irish soccer fans praised by local police. Castigated at home though especially by Dion Fanning who says as he disclaims the rugby fans "loike these skobes working on building sites in NZ with no interest in rugby and who couldn't tell Drico from Darce, in loike dayloight".
Joking aside not a good few weeks for both codes despite the "nearly one" a couple weeks ago. Hopefully the Olympics might bring us something to shout about.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Surely you mean "something to sing about"??
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
What was the issue with Irish fans in NZ? I didn't hear about that.
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