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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Ya Dodge, he aint playing for Ireland is he....;)

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PLaying the other rugby now, and was in the last Irish world cup squad

Same qualifying rules as any other sport. Interesting to see the same people who would see the football team trawl for Grannies having a pop though.

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Originally Posted by Dodge

PLaying the other rugby now, and was in the last Irish world cup squad

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I know that.

So why ask the question? ;)

I didn't I thought you'd know what I was getting at.

What are you getting at?

That he doesn't play rugby league anymore for Great BRITAIN!

Nor was he good enough to play for Ireland in RU either, even if 30 was too late.

He never played for great britain. he played for Great britain and Ireland

And that wasn't even the point of your previous illadvised outburst

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Originally Posted by Dodge

He never played for great britain. he played for Great britain and Ireland

And that wasn't even the point of your previous illadvised outburst

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Huh, what are ye going on about now? It wasn't an outburst, nor was it "illadvised" -whatever that means! Get up the yard ye pup ye :D

They were well beaten yesterday.:(

Does anyone know if it's an all Ireland team and if so, do they have a silly song like Ireland's Call?

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Does anyone know if it's an all Ireland team

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Yes.

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

and if so, do they have a silly song like Ireland's Call?

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No.

New Zealand has shocked the world!

In possibly the biggest upset in the history of the game, New Zealand has won its first ever Rugby League World Cup. They beat Australia 34-20 in Brisbane this morning, ending the Aussies 33 year reign as World Champions.

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Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu

New Zealand has shocked the world!

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Well the rugby league world anyway.

Don't know what the odds for the final were but Australia were 1/100 to win the tournament before their semi final.

Did the bookies get stung by this? Will there be an investigation? :p:

Martin Offiah in the Sky studio was something else. Having been on the wrong end of numerous Ashes series and one of the closer World Cup finals over the last 3 decades, he was clearly ecstatic that someone had finally put the Aussies to the sword. He even did an homage to Bjorge Lillelien's famous "Your boys took one hell of a beating" commentary, replacing famous Britons with Aussie RL legends.

I'm not a big league fan but this is truly a feat to applaud.