fans in premium watch rugby

**Paddy Garcia** · 17/10/2007, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

did ye hear this on the radio the fans in the premium seats stayed inside and drank and watched the bloody rugby. why do irish people have an obsession with watching england. i cant imagine any other nation doing the same. For those who didnt hear it was on ray foley.

They sound like good judges to me.

**John83** · 18/10/2007, 1:04 PM

Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy

Did anyone notice that when the Ireland rugby team ran out against Argentina the captain was carrying a flag that certainly wasn't the tricolour? Some sorted of banner with four provincial symbols on it. I'm sick to the teeth of this new Ireland and the corporate toss that riddles it.
But I'll still be cheering on my team tonight. I wonder where all the one-off posters have gone now that we're not going to qualify.
They sicken me to the pit of my stomach, but there are plenty on here who defend them.

Er, it's a 32 county team. Why should it play under a 26 county flag?

**paul_oshea** · 18/10/2007, 4:22 PM

good man tuff paddy, no reasoning in yer post just pure belief but i still love it.

If we could get rid of these southsiders/ucd type folk we would be a proper country again

**John83** · 18/10/2007, 5:37 PM

Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy

I knew there would be someone on here who would suggest that Ireland shouldn't play under the tricolour. Bet you like singing Phil Coulter tunes as well? Don't know about you but I'm proud to be Irish.

Yeah, well I don't know about you, but I'm proud not to be a paedophile. Like your strawman, and indeed the bizarre reference to 'corporate toss' in your previous post, that has little to do with the question of what flag an all-Ireland team plays under.

**citizenerased** · 19/10/2007, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by John83

Er, it's a 32 county team. Why should it play under a 26 county flag?

so is the irish olympic team for that matter, and it plays under the tricolour..why shouldnt it...rugby is a rancid sport

**bigmac** · 19/10/2007, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by citizenerased

so is the irish olympic team for that matter, and it plays under the tricolour..why shouldnt it...rugby is a rancid sport

Not exactly - athletes from the North have a choice about whether they want to compete for Ireland (eg Paul McKee) or the UK (James McIlroy). Rugby players don't. McKee amongst others has also competed at the Commonwealth games for Northern Ireland.

**citizenerased** · 19/10/2007, 1:59 PM

they do have a choice...the can foockk right off, thats what they can do, let form their own team...first our national anthem then our flag...if you know anything about the tricolour, the orange represents the orange faction in the north....so in essence it does represent them

**Paddy Garcia** · 19/10/2007, 9:56 PM

Originally Posted by citizenerased

rugby is a rancid sport

O yeah, not like the beautiful game we have been playing. My great regret is that I was distracted from the rugby to watch the dross we serve up.

**bennocelt** · 20/10/2007, 2:44 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Er, it's a 32 county team. Why should it play under a 26 county flag?

what are you on about

ireland playing to an irish flag and to an irish anthem................my god who would believe it

**gilberto_eire** · 21/10/2007, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by londonred

Kind of related to this thread but I noticed something that made me annoyed , not one of the pubs I passed on route to croker had an Ireland flag up outside on saturday, the big tree had loads of GAA flags but not one Ireland flag.

you just reminded me about that place they have about 7 county flags outside and they dont have a Galway onE.... but they have a LEITRIM flag