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Zakar wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:Would there have been the ticket demand to play the third test in one of the bigger stadia in Sydney?

There is one stadium bigger in sydney, and it's nearly double the size, and it's shit, and it's in a shit location and it sounds empty unless there are 60k people as it was designed for 110k

The Olympic stadium?

45K is a little too small for a city the size of Sydney.

Nolanator wrote:

hermie wrote:Has this been done?
http://www.the42.ie/david-pocock-offsid ... 7-Jun2018/

I haven't watched it back, but I do remember thinking that that penalty against Pocock was slightly soft.

I actually thought the penalty was against Jesus boy for the Toner interference....

That's brilliant.

I thought it was a stupid penalty due to him taking a sabbatical and not being up to speed on the new laws at the time, more fool me.

Sad that a once great rugby nation's supporters are reduced to cringey 5th rate trolling against Ireland. Yes dear readers, you read that correctly - Ireland.

It is not even funny. It is actually heartbreaking for rugby. Heartbreaking for the game. Even the Australian members of the forum must read each others posts and ask themselves "How f**king embarrassing is this?"

The Sun God wrote:

Nolanator wrote:

hermie wrote:Has this been done?
http://www.the42.ie/david-pocock-offsid ... 7-Jun2018/

I haven't watched it back, but I do remember thinking that that penalty against Pocock was slightly soft.

I actually thought the penalty was against Jesus boy for the Toner interference....

The king hit?

Sissyfuss wrote:Sad that a once great rugby nation's supporters are reduced to cringey 5th rate trolling against Ireland. Yes dear readers, you read that correctly - Ireland.

It is not even funny. It is actually heartbreaking for rugby. Heartbreaking for the game. Even the Australian members of the forum must read each others posts and ask themselves "How f**king embarrassing is this?"

What’s ‘embarrassing’, is how hard you’re trying with this bait.

What’s that now, attempt no.4?

I’ll chuck you a sympathy nibble though, buddy.

Liathroidigloine wrote:

Zakar wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:Would there have been the ticket demand to play the third test in one of the bigger stadia in Sydney?

There is one stadium bigger in sydney, and it's nearly double the size, and it's shit, and it's in a shit location and it sounds empty unless there are 60k people as it was designed for 110k

The Olympic stadium?

45K is a little too small for a city the size of Sydney.

Yep it's garbage.

Zakar wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:

Zakar wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:Would there have been the ticket demand to play the third test in one of the bigger stadia in Sydney?

There is one stadium bigger in sydney, and it's nearly double the size, and it's shit, and it's in a shit location and it sounds empty unless there are 60k people as it was designed for 110k

The Olympic stadium?

45K is a little too small for a city the size of Sydney.

Yep it's garbage.

I remember when Concord Oval was the rugby stadium.

Have we won yet?

redderneck wrote:Have we won yet?

I heard a rumour that the Aussies were discussing actually turning up.

I was fully sure that we would lose the first test and didn't place a bet. I won on Ireland on Saturday. We are marginal favourites this week but have yet to decide whether to place a bet. The team will decide it. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe goes fairly experimental.

Liathroidigloine wrote:I was fully sure that we would lose the first test and didn't place a bet. I won on Ireland on Saturday. We are marginal favourites this week but have yet to decide whether to place a bet. The team will decide it. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe goes fairly experimental.

I doubt it. He will want to win the series as much as Cheika.

O'Driscoll called the first two results correctly. He's backing us to win the decider already.

Olo wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:I was fully sure that we would lose the first test and didn't place a bet. I won on Ireland on Saturday. We are marginal favourites this week but have yet to decide whether to place a bet. The team will decide it. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe goes fairly experimental.

I doubt it. He will want to win the series as much as Cheika.

There is zero pressure on JS, grandslam and winning game 2 leaves him in a very comfortable place. He can afford to experiment if he so wishes and there will be little/no negative reaction to a loss.

Had a quick look at green and gold forum and can't be bothered logging in but a few Oz guys were lamenting that Ireland's population was only 4.8 million.
Does anyone here post there and want to tell them that's only southern Ireland it's actually over 6 million

lorcanoworms wrote:Had a quick look at green and gold forum and can't be bothered logging in but a few Oz guys were lamenting that Ireland's population was only 4.8 million.
Does anyone here post there and want to tell them that's only southern Ireland it's actually over 6 million

Better things to be doing with my time , like most others I’d imagine. Anyway, even with a population over 6 million we’re doing far better per head of population. Is that what they’re lamenting ?

Liathroidigloine wrote:

Olo wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:I was fully sure that we would lose the first test and didn't place a bet. I won on Ireland on Saturday. We are marginal favourites this week but have yet to decide whether to place a bet. The team will decide it. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe goes fairly experimental.

I doubt it. He will want to win the series as much as Cheika.

There is zero pressure on JS, grandslam and winning game 2 leaves him in a very comfortable place. He can afford to experiment if he so wishes and there will be little/no negative reaction to a loss.

I disagree. I think he desperately wants a series win to give the team the belief they can win the World Cup . He did his experimenting in the first test and he’ll go with what he knows and trusts for this

paddyor wrote:

The Sun God wrote:

Nolanator wrote:

hermie wrote:Has this been done?
http://www.the42.ie/david-pocock-offsid ... 7-Jun2018/

I haven't watched it back, but I do remember thinking that that penalty against Pocock was slightly soft.

I actually thought the penalty was against Jesus boy for the Toner interference....

The king hit?

Well it wouldn't be a Queen hit, thats for sure...!!

The Sun God wrote:

paddyor wrote:

The Sun God wrote:

Nolanator wrote:

hermie wrote:Has this been done?
http://www.the42.ie/david-pocock-offsid ... 7-Jun2018/

I haven't watched it back, but I do remember thinking that that penalty against Pocock was slightly soft.

I actually thought the penalty was against Jesus boy for the Toner interference....

The king hit?

Well it wouldn't be a Queen hit, thats for sure...!!

A little high, little low. Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter ...

Conspicuous wrote:

lorcanoworms wrote:Had a quick look at green and gold forum and can't be bothered logging in but a few Oz guys were lamenting that Ireland's population was only 4.8 million.
Does anyone here post there and want to tell them that's only southern Ireland it's actually over 6 million

Better things to be doing with my time , like most others I’d imagine. Anyway, even with a population over 6 million we’re doing far better per head of population. Is that what they’re lamenting ?

Yeah, talking about structures, admin growing the game, facing up to competition from other sports if I recall.

Liathroidigloine wrote:I was fully sure that we would lose the first test and didn't place a bet. I won on Ireland on Saturday. We are marginal favourites this week but have yet to decide whether to place a bet. The team will decide it. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe goes fairly experimental.

Don't think Joe will go crazy, he'll want to win it. I have my doubts we will though.

First game: Aus dominated collisions, won aerial battle, converted try scoring chances. Oz win

Second game: Ireland dominated collisions, won aerial battle, didn't convert all try scoring chances. Ire win.

Third test: Collision area will be very hotly contested. Both teams will vary their territorial game. Oz have better ability to finish but need to correct poor discipline. Ireland will have less front foot ball and fewer attacking chances to try to score from. If Oz indiscipline gives them a foothold, they have a chance. If not, I think Oz' better attack game wins out

Joe is not going to experiment like he did in the first test, FFS.

They'll be all-in to win the series. This opportunity is massive and not to be passed up.

The Sun God wrote:

Diego wrote:Really looking forward to this one, should be a cracker.

Let's just hope that jetlag and fatigue after a long season don't hit the Irish boys too hard.

The pressure is off after last week. I think Joe might try a few different combinations and give some more game time to a few of the underused guys... This is a learning curve for many on the team with a clear goal in mind. I still think we will win but won't be too bothered if we don't.

When was the last time Ireland won a series against one of the big 3 SH teams

TheBouncer wrote:Will our pre match welcome ritual this week pay homage to towny?

His passing has hit both sides hard i think

It’s funny that his sidekick/multi Mog has also disappeared

Duff Paddy wrote:

TheBouncer wrote:Will our pre match welcome ritual this week pay homage to towny?

His passing has hit both sides hard i think

It’s funny that his sidekick/multi Mog has also disappeared

Mog is lost in his little world. Doesn't seem to understand that penalties are worth 3 points.

jezzer wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:I was fully sure that we would lose the first test and didn't place a bet. I won on Ireland on Saturday. We are marginal favourites this week but have yet to decide whether to place a bet. The team will decide it. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe goes fairly experimental.

Don't think Joe will go crazy, he'll want to win it. I have my doubts we will though.

First game: Aus dominated collisions, won aerial battle, converted try scoring chances. Oz win

Second game: Ireland dominated collisions, won aerial battle, didn't convert all try scoring chances. Ire win.

Third test: Collision area will be very hotly contested. Both teams will vary their territorial game. Oz have better ability to finish but need to correct poor discipline. Ireland will have less front foot ball and fewer attacking chances to try to score from. If Oz indiscipline gives them a foothold, they have a chance. If not, I think Oz' better attack game wins out

Looking at Timu's attempt to "intercept" he was off balance and just flapped at the ball, he must have thought we were going to score.
Or maybe he is just thick.

Duff Paddy wrote:

The Sun God wrote:

Diego wrote:Really looking forward to this one, should be a cracker.

Let's just hope that jetlag and fatigue after a long season don't hit the Irish boys too hard.

The pressure is off after last week. I think Joe might try a few different combinations and give some more game time to a few of the underused guys... This is a learning curve for many on the team with a clear goal in mind. I still think we will win but won't be too bothered if we don't.

When was the last time Ireland won a series against one of the big 3 SH teams

Aus '79

hermie wrote:

Duff Paddy wrote:

The Sun God wrote:

Diego wrote:Really looking forward to this one, should be a cracker.

Let's just hope that jetlag and fatigue after a long season don't hit the Irish boys too hard.

The pressure is off after last week. I think Joe might try a few different combinations and give some more game time to a few of the underused guys... This is a learning curve for many on the team with a clear goal in mind. I still think we will win but won't be too bothered if we don't.

When was the last time Ireland won a series against one of the big 3 SH teams

Aus '79

Feel like that might have been mentioned once or twice......

shanky wrote:

Sissyfuss wrote:Sad that a once great rugby nation's supporters are reduced to cringey 5th rate trolling against Ireland. Yes dear readers, you read that correctly - Ireland.

It is not even funny. It is actually heartbreaking for rugby. Heartbreaking for the game. Even the Australian members of the forum must read each others posts and ask themselves "How f**king embarrassing is this?"

What’s ‘embarrassing’, is how hard you’re trying with this bait.

What’s that now, attempt no.4?

I’ll chuck you a sympathy nibble though, buddy.

Its not bait. I genuinely 100% mean what I posted. Australia were always my second team. A source of joy. Wonderful to watch. And then you have the contributions on this thread. Take a step back and ask yourself "What the fudge?".

Duff Paddy wrote:

TheBouncer wrote:Will our pre match welcome ritual this week pay homage to towny?

His passing has hit both sides hard i think

It’s funny that his sidekick/multi Mog has also disappeared

What in the f--ck are you on, potato man? I was here refuting your nonsense early this morning:

Mog The Almighty wrote:

Duff Paddy wrote:Watching the highlights on Irish rugby Australia were played off the park. Earls has a try disallowed for grounding that was complete bollox. Australia pull down our maul before the given Earls try and no YC. Ireland do the same to Australia and it’s a PT with a YC. Two deliberate Australian knock ons and no YC. Australia were blessed that wasn’t a 20 point hammering they barely touched the ball in the second half until the game was well won.

The game plan was to suffocate The Wallabies of ball, which was aided by The Wallabies own discipline. And it worked congratulations. But scoring less tries with three times the possession and territory and coming a bee's dick off losing the game in the last five minutes ain't playing shit off the park. It's almost losing.

I just hope the Wallabies sort out their discipline and get something in the range of 40-50% possession this weekend.

If Earl's try was awarded it would have been the worst call of the series. He dropped it and was not in control, clear as f'n daylight.

Apologies if I disappear for a page or two here or there. Unlike most of you lot, I am actively employed and have more important things to do than hang out on a nerd forum pointing out your dribbling shit for the undeserved, self-congratulatory verbal diarrhea that it is.

To think this board used to be known for its acerbic wit. Now we have Mog calling people potato.

Liathroidigloine wrote:

Olo wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:I was fully sure that we would lose the first test and didn't place a bet. I won on Ireland on Saturday. We are marginal favourites this week but have yet to decide whether to place a bet. The team will decide it. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe goes fairly experimental.

I doubt it. He will want to win the series as much as Cheika.

There is zero pressure on JS, grandslam and winning game 2 leaves him in a very comfortable place. He can afford to experiment if he so wishes and there will be little/no negative reaction to a loss.

I don't think so. If we win the series it will place a serious question over Irelands ability to perform in Japan next year. Some may see it as the beginning of the downturn a la EJs England, peaking in-between RWCs and all.

JS will very much want to win.

Duff Paddy wrote:To think this board used to be known for its acerbic wit. Now we have Mog calling people potato.

He's got more important things to do though

Leinsterman wrote:

Duff Paddy wrote:To think this board used to be known for its acerbic wit. Now we have Mog calling people potato.

He's got more important things to do though

Joe Rogan podcasts don't just listen to themselves

Zakar wrote:

Leinsterman wrote:

Duff Paddy wrote:To think this board used to be known for its acerbic wit. Now we have Mog calling people potato.

He's got more important things to do though

Joe Rogan podcasts don't just listen to themselves

Haha. This Firas Zahabi bloke is interesting though. Kudos to you, sir

Zakar wrote:

Leinsterman wrote:

Duff Paddy wrote:To think this board used to be known for its acerbic wit. Now we have Mog calling people potato.

He's got more important things to do though

Joe Rogan podcasts don't just listen to themselves

This country is a kip lads.

It never stops raining, the beers are 13 dollars & nobody knows how to play knifey spooney.

Mullet 2 wrote:This country is a kip lads.

It never stops raining, the beers are 13 dollars & nobody knows how to play knifey spooney.

Watch out for the chazzwazzas.

Mullet 2 wrote:This country is a kip lads.

It never stops raining, the beers are 13 dollars & nobody knows how to play knifey spooney.

Where are you? Eastern suburbs of Sydney?
Knifey spoony is played extensively in the more working class suburbs.

Down in the Gong mate.