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DmanDmythDledge
30/07/2007, 3:21 PM
can someone post a picture?!
http://www.irishrugby.ie/283_8415.php
OneRedArmy
30/07/2007, 3:24 PM
hey folks im a kiwi livin in your country past 2 years.. i gotta admit folks.. i admire ye guys for havin such optimism... guys its going to be an all southern hemisphere final again sorry folks but yer rated as no hopers down belowThere have been 5 World Cup finals and one (1995) has been all Southern hemisphere. And you didn't win that one either.
So at what stage do you reckon you'll choke this year booster?
paul_oshea
30/07/2007, 3:32 PM
why are the players looking like wrestlers from wwe in that picture?
paul_oshea
30/07/2007, 3:44 PM
nah i meant more so the pose than the actual build, as well as the actual photoshop job on expanding there bodies in the picture.
Torn-Ado
30/07/2007, 3:56 PM
http://www.irishrugby.ie/283_8415.php
I like it
:)
SligoBrewer
30/07/2007, 8:41 PM
I like it
:)
the cheapy (but not really!)non skintight version in most sports shops is vile...
the skintight one though is fine..like it actually.. think i might invest:)
9/1 for England not to make it out of their group - South Africa & Samoa played in France - any takers? ;)
SligoBrewer
30/07/2007, 10:01 PM
9/1 for England not to make it out of their group - South Africa & Samoa played in France - any takers? ;)
who is it with?
DmanDmythDledge
30/07/2007, 10:06 PM
who is it with?
Paddy Power. It's 10/1 with skybet. Good price but I don't think it will happen.
shakermaker1982
31/07/2007, 7:50 AM
is anybody waiting on tickets from Ticketmaster? I booked two tickets (had to do it separately) for Arg-Ireland but only one has turned up. The seats are supposed to be next to each other...... rang ticketmaster and they have told me both tickets have not been printed yet. Despite my insistance that I had one in my hand.
Stuttgart88
31/07/2007, 7:53 AM
What price Ireland not to get out of the group?
Rugby shirts are getting like soccer shirts: the next one has to be very different from the last one to make everyone go out and buy it. Design for the sake of design. Call me a traditionalist but what's wrong with a plain green jersey? At least our soccer kit has lost all the stupid spkeckles and patterns they had in the 90s (eircom logo excepted). I suppose that's what happens now all the skangers are on the rugby bandwagon :)
DmanDmythDledge
01/08/2007, 12:24 AM
What price Ireland not to get out of the group?
7/2.
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CollegeTillIDie
03/08/2007, 9:13 AM
This is the best Ireland squad in terms of strength in depth (potentially) at the disposal of the IRFU before a World Cup competition. And given how difficult the group is we could go out before the knock-out stages. By the same token we could win the whole damn thing especially if the All-Blacks choke as they traditionally do in this competition. They will probably win their next one on home soil in the next tournament :D
shakermaker1982
08/08/2007, 10:11 AM
Strettle has just broken his foot......
I'll have my fingers crossed for BOD this Saturday. I thought we'd wrap him in cotton wool but he needs game time. The Scots have lined up a strong looking side so our experimental line up will be in for a game that's for sure.
beautifulrock
08/08/2007, 11:20 AM
Agree BOD needs game time, last game was in Rome on Paddy Day so a considerable amount of down time.
Scotland have Jason White back and boy can that man tackle. He would rattle Jerry Collins.
NZ are 1/2 for the title. Can anyone really see past them honestly? I think I'll have a go with South Africa at 11/2 in Paddy Power. Bryan Habana should do well, 17 tries in 25 games
shakermaker1982
11/08/2007, 6:35 PM
geez we were bad today. Boss was slow to the breakdown every time we had the ball.
Murphy had a good game and will do the world of good for his confidence but I have to say I was disappointed with our lot on thw whole.
We weren't great but Murphy showed a lot, I think Murphy is a really good player, and gets over criticised at times. It showed today and in Argentina the last time that we are thin. Its good O'Connell and Bod didnt get injured anyways, I wonder what is the situation with Horgan? He injured his knee during the warm up.
NeilMcD
13/08/2007, 12:35 AM
Down time, game time, Bod, has the world gone mad.
beautifulrock
13/08/2007, 9:16 AM
Down time, game time, Bod, has the world gone mad.
:confused:what bit is mad Neil??
joeSoap
13/08/2007, 9:29 AM
The main thing was that they got a run out and bar Shaggy, no serious injuries to key players. Nothing can be read into the result. although Reddan is now the clear choice scrum-half (on haircut alone) and Quinny is being seen as cover for the second row. Murhy had a big game, he needed one.
OneRedArmy
13/08/2007, 9:39 AM
The main thing was that they got a run out and bar Shaggy, no serious injuries to key players. Nothing can be read into the result. although Reddan is now the clear choice scrum-half (on haircut alone) and Quinny is being seen as cover for the second row. Murhy had a big game, he needed one.Redden needs to play against Italy before he can be judged at international level.
Very glad O'Driscoll (M) isn't going. Poor lock and a worse backrower. If one of the second rows gets injured can fly Trevor Hogan or Leo Cullen in at short notice rather than waste a place on someone who isn't good enough.
Hard to disagree with the rest of the squad, Ferris edges Heaslip on his ability to play across the back row.
paul_oshea
13/08/2007, 10:12 AM
eh, a lot can be read into it, without ogara moreso we are very poor and will really struggle. Hope he doesnt get injured in any game or we are screwed.
shakermaker1982
13/08/2007, 10:28 AM
Do you think they'll risk any of the first 15 against Italy? It's surely too much of a risk?
NeilMcD
13/08/2007, 11:00 AM
:confused:what bit is mad Neil??
Its all Ross O Carroll Kelly knob head speak to be honest.
joeSoap
13/08/2007, 11:16 AM
I wonder what is the situation with Horgan? He injured his knee during the warm up.Out for 4 weeks. He'll miss the opener.
OneRedArmy
13/08/2007, 11:33 AM
Do you think they'll risk any of the first 15 against Italy? It's surely too much of a risk?
We can't wrap them in cotton wool as they need game time. Injuries happen, its rare these days to
I would expect at least a handful to start.
shakermaker1982
13/08/2007, 12:24 PM
We can't wrap them in cotton wool as they need game time. Injuries happen, its rare these days to
I would expect at least a handful to start.
I'd be in a depressed state if D'Arcy, BOD, POC or O'Gara get injured. We also have a warm up game out in France against one of the local teams......that better be the 2nd 15 that day!!!
beautifulrock
13/08/2007, 12:38 PM
Its all Ross O Carroll Kelly knob head speak to be honest.
right I will have a heino then :p,
If you dont like rugby skip the thread.
geysir
13/08/2007, 3:05 PM
How can a team have pride for that jersey?
OneRedArmy
13/08/2007, 3:27 PM
I'd be in a depressed state if D'Arcy, BOD, POC or O'Gara get injured. We also have a warm up game out in France against one of the local teams......that better be the 2nd 15 that day!!!We all would, its clear our success depends on those key players staying fit. Our squad isn't as deep as we thought it was outside the backrow and back 3.
But it also depends on the bigname players playing well, and Drico's lack of rugby showed on Saturday. He needed that game.
I'd be very surprised if Ireland don't call up at least 2 replacements due to injuries during the tournament itself.
NeilMcD
13/08/2007, 3:36 PM
right I will have a heino then :p,
If you dont like rugby skip the thread.
Its not the sport thats the problem here. Its quite a good game to wach in my view and Ireland have a very entertaining team to watch that could do something for once. Expressions like game time and down time and BOD do the game no favours in my view. Good game though.
paul_oshea
13/08/2007, 4:14 PM
i sorta see where you are coming from, though eddie osullivan has lived in the most non posh place in ireland for quite a long time, moylough or as the locals call it moylohhhhhhhh
Jerry The Saint
13/08/2007, 5:42 PM
I'm just hoping that Ogara Moreso will be fit for the start of the tournament.
without ogara moreso we are very poor and will really struggle. Hope he doesnt get injured in any game or we are screwed.
Torn-Ado
13/08/2007, 7:40 PM
I'm just hoping that Ogara Moreso will be fit for the start of the tournament.
I hope Ogara Moreso isn't fit.
He's an Argentinian centre isn't he?
;)
paul_oshea
14/08/2007, 8:56 AM
No hes namibian :D
shows how much you know about rugby :)
joeSoap
14/08/2007, 9:32 AM
Its not the sport thats the problem here.
Expressions like game time and down time and BOD do the game no favours in my view. Good game though.
So, expressions like "Watch yer house", "Aaawwww Jesus Ref", "Show for it" and Becks, Giggsy, Aldo, Trigger do football favours do they>
I think not. :p
shakermaker1982
15/08/2007, 1:56 PM
nothing wrong writing BOD - Saves me a few seconds when typing!!!
Its not the sport thats the problem here. Its quite a good game to wach in my view and Ireland have a very entertaining team to watch that could do something for once. Expressions like game time and down time and BOD do the game no favours in my view. Good game though.
game time and down time are american terms that creep into some of the more methodical managers/coaches in all sports in europe. Far from rugby expressions
Nearly every person I know that as an O'name has it typed as his/her initials.
paul_oshea
15/08/2007, 2:26 PM
thats cos they are all dubs :P
paul_oshea
15/08/2007, 4:23 PM
who all your friends aren't :p
im only jokin.
geysir
16/08/2007, 10:35 PM
If BOD's parents had a bit of foresight they might have named him Sean, for all the things than can go wrong they surely do for him when it matters.
It's an ugly game at times.
Dodge
16/08/2007, 11:48 PM
http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2007/0816/ireland1.html
I reckon thats our first team lads...
DmanDmythDledge
16/08/2007, 11:53 PM
We're ****ed if he's out...
shakermaker1982
17/08/2007, 7:31 AM
a stupid game to arrange anyway, players who aren't involved in the world cup see big names infront of em and pound away.
How long woud you be out with a broken cheekbone if that is what the x rays show?
shakermaker1982
17/08/2007, 7:32 AM
http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2007/0817/odriscollb.html
good news the scan shows a fracture to his sinus. He still misses the Namibia game though.
paul_oshea
17/08/2007, 8:01 AM
whats our team? i didnt see any lineup there?!?!
btw agree with ye shaker, was the fella that hit him french by any chance? sounds like again just targeted odriscoll knowning he is our main man, and i am serious about that. Playing a club team 3 weeks before the world cup is a joke, of course they are going to just pound away and hit cheap shots, paying a club team from the same country as our pool opponents is just stupid.
BrayUnknowns
17/08/2007, 8:33 AM
Ireland: Girvan Dempsey; Andrew Trimble, Brian O'Driscoll (capt), Gordon D'Arcy, Denis Hickie; Ronan O'Gara, Peter Stringer; Marcus Horan, Rory Best, John Hayes, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell, Simon Easterby, Neil Best, Denis Leamy.
Replacements: Frankie Sheahan, Bryan Young, Malcolm O'Kelly, Alan Quinlan, Eoin Reddan, Paddy Wallace, Geordan Murphy.
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