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So not even close. It would be hard to find an example to be fair.

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Yep. Better teams than this Ireland have lost to worse teams than this England Which match was that then? Ireland England 1993 England ireland 1994 That's so funny Ireland back then were at least as poor - yes But England 8 wins (including 2 against T2 opposition) and 5 losses get a grip 2004 (the ...

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We'll have a URC rivalry with SA but we don't play enough at international level. Our rivals are: Wales England France Scotland In that order People worry that when the sun dies that our light in this galaxy will end. The passion that I hate Wales with will burn so furious that that everyone will l...

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It’s a bit needy to create a rivalry that isn’t there However I kind of understand why because all the other old rivalries are fading England v France - dying because England are garbage Ireland v Wales - dying because Wales are garbage Wales v England - bit of a cripple fight Kiwi v Australia - dy...

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Ireland have won their last Test Series in NZ, Australia and Argentina.

They tour SA in 2024 which gives an opportunity for a clean sweep of series wins against RC teams,

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They need to take their rivalry* beyond the quarter-final stages for it to register in the Great Book of Ancient and Modern Rivalries. That's fair, but the Test series next year should be a cracker. It also gives Ireland a unique chance to hold ALL the silverware against Rugby Championship sides fo...

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Scotland have never even beaten NZ, they aren't a good team. Sorry Scots. Where as Argentina have beaten NZ home and away as well as South Africa, Australia and France and smashed a fancied Ireland out of the 2015 world cup...but not considered a good side by the OP. Hmmm Some day Arg will get a wi...

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Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:31 pm
iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:29 pm
Jensrsa wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:27 pm Connacht 22 FT 20 Ulster

Surprising result
Not really. I'd normally back Ulster against Connacht but westies are a pain in the hole to play in Galway
Well, you know more about that than I

Has any SA side ever won in Connacht apart from the Boks?

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Strong team, this is going to be a cracker of a test

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Thunderstorm and the game gets cancelled even. NZ didn't get any bonus points against France

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backrow wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 4:17 pm This particular match doesn’t matter in a way, lose and you play France in 1/4, win then you play Nz most likely.

We've talked about every other unlikely possibility, NZ might lose to Italy

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towny wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:43 pm It’s hard to see how any team can lose too many players of the standard of Marx/Om and still win a RWC.

You need luck to win a RWC - Saffers aren’t getting much.

Pollard-Esterhuizen-Am would be a whole lot different indeed

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There was also the all-round shambolic performance from Willemse, who is not a 10 in a month of Sundays. Totally different game in general with Pollard. Agreed, but that's their backline for you. Skilful and zippy but flakey and small Apart from the 12s they roll out there like tanks That's where I...

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Speaking of which, you can't go into another game with them kicking 50%. Would have won in Dublin if they landed most of the missed kicks. This is exactly the kind of game that needs Pollard. It would have been a draw if both sides kicked 100%. We left 4 points out there, they left 7. It wasn't thi...

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Another thread irished :yawn: This thread would have been on 25+ pages already if it had been one of their juiced players injured He's just an asshole who happens to be Irish, WT is just an asshole who happens to be South African and you're just an asshole who happens to be English, get over yourse...

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No. It is an Irishman ... Small wonder the Brits exported them as slaves to rhe Americas and the Carribean Isles, they can be insufferable... Speaking of which, you can't go into another game with them kicking 50%. Would have won in Dublin if they landed most of the missed kicks. This is exactly th...

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Real shame, would have loved to see him face-off against Sheehan

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Another thread irished :yawn: This thread would have been on 25+ pages already if it had been one of their juiced players injured He's just an asshole who happens to be Irish, WT is just an asshole who happens to be South African and you're just an asshole who happens to be English, get over yourse...

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https://www.thesouthafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Springbok-jersey-800x529.jpg CONFIRMED, Springboks to wear BLUE jersey against Ireland https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup-2023/springboks-to-wear-blue-jersey-against-ireland-confirmed-result-breaking-11-september-20...

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I am not travelling up to Bordeaux for this one as I am otherwise engaged on Saturday, going to the Scotland game on Sunday here in my backyard, but what do we want to see from this Irish match ?.. what will be a marker laid down and what will be a WTF was that result ? Just win by about 25 points ...

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Emotionally : Springboks Pragmatically : France They so deserve it How exactly do 'they so deserve it' ? No doubt it will be a great RWC, but they bought it out from under SA and Ireland Not a single game of this RWC has been played, and Ireland are the only team to have done anything exceptional i...

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NZ have played 25 knockout games, lost 7 - 1 QF, 3 SF, 1 F, 1 3rd place playoff. SA have played 17 knockout games, lost 4 - 2QF, 2 SF So it's just under a quarter for SA and just over for NZ. 3rd place playoff is not a knockout. Neither is a final then! So SA have played 13 knockouts and lost 4. NZ...

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Reminds me of Schalk Burger; lost every one of the 5 tests home and away against Ireland

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In Auckland, just last month, the Boks turned up underdone and were beaten well up front and out wide. Last weekend NZ were underdone and faced the backlash. I wouldn't be writing off Ireland at all. The Irish draw would suggest you're right, it would have been foolish to be firing on all cylinders...

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It would help Scotland's case if they weren't

1 win in 15 against South Africa

1 win in 13 against Ireland

and never having won against New Zealand

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This game should be a cracker, expect Connacht to have the edge at the set-piece but Ulster the edge at the breakdown, both backlines can be lethal. I think you’ve it the wrong way around. Ulster have a good set piece but can struggle at the breakdown. We'll see, should be a great battle in the mid...

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This game should be a cracker, expect Connacht to have the edge at the set-piece but Ulster the edge at the breakdown, both backlines can be lethal.

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Foot Up wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:06 pm Would I need to watch picard s1 & 2 to follow s3? Id be pretty familiar with trek from childhood but never watched the newer stuff

I'd recommend you don't watch the previous seasons, they are complete sh1te whereas season 3 is the best Star Trek for decades.

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Full house from all four teams this weekend. Fantastic effort by those in Safferland. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: And Connacht are in the knockouts as well, though it would be really shite if they miss out on the HEC due to a Welsh team sympathy f*ck. Plenty of permutations but looking at the mos...

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Fun fact: Where Joe is going to make his 'Mayo for Sam' speech later today and the cathedral behind him were in Sligo until 1898

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Rugbynut2 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:09 pm
lhass wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 3:45 pm Craig Breen, the rally driver from Waterford killed in a crash in Croatia.....
Perhaps a transition year driving module would have helped.

RIP Craig

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The fact i see is that you don't seem to be able to admit that there would be no queues in Dover if there were properly manned passport control by France. This single post explains Brexit. Modern day British (English and Welsh mainly) failings are best summed up by the Father Ted sketch with the bi...

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Poor losers I can understand - disappoint can fuel bad feelings. Poor winners are the worst though - especially ones that start threads about poor losers In the 20 years I've seen of the forum, there has always been a congrats thread for the winners. Maybe you guys dont have away fans but the Engli...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:19 pm
Hawk97 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:14 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:04 pm

lol!

Losers blame ref. We are shit
Cheers

yep that's decent, now for pints

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Contrast this lack of sportmanship from the English boredies to the Kiwis last july, its pathetic.

Simple rule, if you are good enough to win which you're not, you take the ref out of eqution, otherwise you are just bad losers

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If Ireland win next years test series in SA, they will hold all the relevant trophies against RC teams in series in their lands simultaneously. That would be ace!

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Italy are in the NZ Fra group too, excellent stuff

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I can't remember the last time we won a competition/series we were tipped to win. Possibly the 2015 6N but that's about it. Maybe the 2018 Aus tour? 2019 6N; we were favourites going in to it. We didn't win the 2019 6N :? That would be an example of proving my point! lol, don't know how I missed th...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:56 pm I can't remember the last time we won a competition/series we were tipped to win. Possibly the 2015 6N but that's about it. Maybe the 2018 Aus tour?

2019 6N; we were favourites going in to it.

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Whoever takes over is already on a winner because they are guaranteed to reach the SFs because of the fudge up with seedings for the WC, where one of the Boks, ABs or the Frogs will go out in the SFs I could just as easily see this Ireland team clicking, look what happened to the ABs in the 3rd Tes...

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