Rugby now more popular than football AND GAA?!

**Crosby87** · 14/09/2023, 5:58 PM

Originally Posted by ontheotherhand

Back to the important stuff - hurling is wildly overrated.

Ah you've never had a bad meal? It can really be helpful.

**SkStu** · 14/09/2023, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by ontheotherhand

Back to the important stuff - hurling is wildly overrated.

I think you are wildly overrated.

**ontheotherhand** · 14/09/2023, 6:17 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

I think you are wildly overrated.

Where? I need a lift.

**ontheotherhand** · 14/09/2023, 6:18 PM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

Incorrect. Prob the most difficult field game to play in the world

It's difficult to solve a Rubik's cube. Doesn't make it enjoyable to watch even though a certain type of person seems to enjoy it.

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**Fixer82** · 14/09/2023, 6:36 PM

Originally Posted by ontheotherhand

It's difficult to solve a Rubik's cube. Doesn't make it enjoyable to watch even though a certain type of person seems to enjoy it.

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Yep. Perfect analogy

**tetsujin1979** · 14/09/2023, 9:10 PM

I practised with a Rubik's cube a bit during lockdown
Can solve it in under two minutes now
The documentary on Netflix is pretty good too

**ontheotherhand** · 14/09/2023, 9:42 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

I practised with a Rubik's cube a bit during lockdown
Can solve it in under two minutes now
The documentary on Netflix is pretty good too

Like I said tets....a certain type....the same type that would be a fan of online forums etc. Strange bunch.

**Stuttgart88** · 15/09/2023, 1:21 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

I practised with a Rubik's cube a bit during lockdown
Can solve it in under two minutes now
The documentary on Netflix is pretty good too

I did it in under a minute around 1980 I think. I entered the Evening Herald championships.

**ontheotherhand** · 15/09/2023, 1:36 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

I did it in under a minute around 1980 I think. I entered the Evening Herald championships.

THE 1980 Evening Herald Rubik's Cube Championships?! The Rumble of Fumble? The Click Heard Round the World?

**Crosby87** · 15/09/2023, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

I did it in under a minute around 1980 I think. I entered the Evening Herald championships.

In your autobiography you write you were in a Turkish prison in 1980. ?

**John83** · 17/09/2023, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

In your autobiography you write you were in a Turkish prison in 1980. ?

I guess he got a lot of practice in while waiting for the opportune moment to break out.

**SkStu** · 08/10/2023, 6:05 PM

As exciting as it is to watch Ireland have a chance for a big moment in an international tournament and as great a game as rugby is to watch in my opinion, the World Cup is a really sh!t tournament in all honesty. The knock out rounds will be mostly good fare but the group stages are a bit of a pox. So many nothing games.

**tetsujin1979** · 08/10/2023, 6:21 PM

The tournament's been running for five weeks now and the group stages are only just ending.
I know it's because of tv audiences, and players can't play more than one game in five days, but still.

**Diggs246** · 08/10/2023, 6:45 PM

I honestly think we are going to win this world cup and it will be our country's Greatest ever sporting achievement.

**Razors left peg** · 08/10/2023, 7:32 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

As exciting as it is to watch Ireland have a chance for a big moment in an international tournament and as great a game as rugby is to watch in my opinion, the World Cup is a really sh!t tournament in all honesty. The knock out rounds will be mostly good fare but the group stages are a bit of a pox. So many nothing games.

It's a bit like Champions League, the odd exciting group game only gets good in knockout stages

**SkStu** · 08/10/2023, 8:04 PM

Definitely. A once great competition that has lost a lot of its luster in the chase for money!

For all my earlier ranting, this Fiji Portugal game has been great!!

**Razors left peg** · 08/10/2023, 8:58 PM

Portugal have been great all tournament, delighted they got a result they deserved. Shows that if world rugby is serious about growing the game there are possibilities out there

**tommy_c12000** · 08/10/2023, 9:10 PM

Great ending to that game, there must be wild celebrations in your household!

**Razors left peg** · 08/10/2023, 9:49 PM

Originally Posted by tommy_c12000

Great ending to that game, there must be wild celebrations in your household!

It was brilliant Tommy, few tears flowing by herself at the end

**nr637** · 09/10/2023, 2:51 PM

When will the Rugby boys realise they will have to have a Shield competition in World Rugby!

The current World Cup is fooling nobody, even rugby fans. Some of the results are quiet embarrassing too be honest, NZ 73 V Uruguay 0, France 60 v Italy 3, Scotland 84 v Romania 0 and so on.........!

I know the argument of fewer countries in the world play the game, but............?

There are unfortunately only about 8 or 9 countries that can play the game at a top level and from these maybe 3 are in the elite category.

That's why the second and third class countries should have a 2nd competition to compete in and give them some hope!

And the Rugby Officials want a 24 team World Cup next time! What will results be then New Zealand 200 v Portugal 0 !