Ireland Beat England

**adamcarr** · 06/03/2004, 4:45 PM

Ireland 19 - 13 England
First win in ten years in Twickenham ans we are the only ones who can win the triple crown.
This Proves England Are useless without johnnie wilkinson

**Footie_Fan** · 06/03/2004, 5:03 PM

The chariot has been silenced. A mammoth performance from everyone. Choke on that Clive!

One of the greatest days in Irish sporting history!

**adamcarr** · 06/03/2004, 5:06 PM

Originally posted by davros
No sour grapes from the English rugby pundits

Maybe not the pundits but i say the english will complain about their two dissallowed tries. Great day In Irish History

**4tothefloor** · 06/03/2004, 5:13 PM

Sweet as a nut! That was the most satisfying 80 minutes of rugby that I have ever seen. O'Gara was unbelievable, he gave a masterclass in kicking, as were O'Kelly, O'Connell, Darcy, Foley and Byrne. Its wide open now, we'll probably win the triple crown, and hopefully the Welsh will upset the French tomorrow and give us a chance of the championship.

**Plastic Paddy** · 06/03/2004, 11:05 PM

England who?

**** 'em. Now, who's gracious in victory?!? F**k right off. How dare you even think you can tell us how to feel. Get to f**k. End of.

PP - I ****ING LOVE IT!

**petef** · 07/03/2004, 8:49 AM

Classic stuff, I was absolutley hammered in Waxys in Glasgow.

**sylvo** · 07/03/2004, 8:57 AM

I'm sure the tan's did'nt think that result was in the scrpit, great stuff , stick yer ****ing chariot's up yer ****, as the song went in the pub last night.

**lopez** · 07/03/2004, 10:47 AM

Originally posted by sylvo
I'm sure the tan's did'nt think that result was in the scrpit, great stuff , stick yer ****ing chariot's up yer ****, as the song went in the pub last night.

Don't s'pose Mr. Olympics man from the bus was in there last night, Sylvo? Watched it but expected we'd f*ck it up in the last minute. Expecting the mandatory 10 mins injury time. Then after the initial screaming from Conchita and me had died down rang up the few English mates we still have left. Also left a message of comiserations to my work colleagues.

As for Johnny W, he wouldn't have made a difference IMO. Ireland hardly conceded a penalty in the second half while Larry Grayson kicked all his throughout the game. I think England missed Martin Johnson more. Forget the championship: France would batter that England side. Still Triple crown's a consolation: Does it mean anything anymore?

Swiiiiiiinnngg lllooooowwww, sweeeeeet chhhaaaarrriooooottttt!!!!!

**Duncan Gardner** · 07/03/2004, 10:52 AM

Actually Lopez I thought your compadres and Davros's were quite gracious in defeat

Spare a thought for Matt Dawson. He's taking his Irish mother-in-law to lunch today.

**patsh** · 07/03/2004, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by Footie_Fan
One of the greatest days in Irish sporting history!

**lopez** · 07/03/2004, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by patsh

Sorry I've missed something here.

Can anyone remember the last time we beat the World Champions of a sport, in a competive game, on their own ground? One of the greatest days it is then!

**Footie_Fan** · 07/03/2004, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by lopez
Sorry I've missed something here.

Can anyone remember the last time we beat the World Champions of a sport, in a competive game, on their own ground? One of the greatest days it is then!

Exactly! Care to explain patsh?

**patsh** · 07/03/2004, 11:37 AM

The claim should read
One of the greatest days in the Irish history of a minority sport.

**brendy_�ire** · 07/03/2004, 12:01 PM

Feckin class result! Definately up there with some great Irish sporting moments. Beating the world champions at Twickenham, probably stopping them from winning the 6 Nations. Cracker altogether hi!

Triple Crown here we come!

**Footie_Fan** · 07/03/2004, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by patsh
The claim should read
One of the greatest days in the Irish history of a minority sport.

I disagree. Yesterday was one of the greatest days in the history of Irish sport period. After football, rugby is our next most popular international sport. That doesn't seem like a minority to me.

And even if it was a minority sport it wouldn't matter because the achievement of beating the best team in the world in their own backyard in any sport is an amazing achievement.

**lopez** · 07/03/2004, 3:55 PM

Originally posted by Conor74
You weren't always so enthusiastic Senor Lopez... What a difference a win makes!!

Exactly. Can't say I thought we'd win before the game; as stated thought we'd lose to a try in the final minutes; and did say that I don't think that Ireland will win the 6 Nations. But still I reckon that the result is highly signficant and not just because it was against England. As for a minority sport, this is the case worldwide, but I wouldn't say it is in Ireland. I still reckon rugby's played by, and certainly watched by, more people in Ireland than basketball, which is a far more popular and professional sport across the world than rugby.

Originally posted by Conor74
Don't even think about doing a search on me to find times when I've held contradicting views, because you'd be writing for the day!!

Originally posted by Conor74
Dunno about it being one of the greatest days, but despite it being a mite petty guess most Irish people would greet a victory against the English in u13 left handed squash...and to that extent it was certainly welcome.

Bitter bigots the lot of yer!!!!

**tiktok** · 07/03/2004, 4:14 PM

Beat the world champions in their back yard on their first game at home after being crowned.

sweet as....

as good as it gets in Irish international sport, one to treasure. first triple crown since '85 on the way?

**�anna** · 07/03/2004, 5:14 PM

magnificent performance, we outplayed them all over the park. ironic that brian o'driscoll was probably our worst player and we still whipped them!

**patsh** · 07/03/2004, 5:42 PM

Originally posted by Footie_Fan
I disagree. Yesterday was one of the greatest days in the history of Irish sport period. After football, rugby is our next most popular international sport.

Ever heard of Horse Racing?

Originally posted by Footie_Fan
That doesn't seem like a minority to me.

Rugby is a minority sport in this country. The national league attracts 3 men and a dog to games, and is such a joke, that it has been virtually scrapped.
The European Cup is made up of "fake" Irish provinces, and with the backing of all the ex-feepaying college boys in RTE, has been hyped out of all proportion to it's following.
"Munster" may get a big crowd when they are winning, but it's easy to get a crowd drawn from a population of about a million, for about 10 games a year.
But I suppose you should enjoy your day in the sun, they don't come around very often, do they?

**NigeSausagepump** · 07/03/2004, 6:14 PM

I wonder what odds you'd get on an Italy or Scotland win in either of the next two games.

We all know what happens when you pair Irish teams and raging favouritism!