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by Trostan
Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: QF 4 - France vs South Africa - Sunday 15 October 23
Replies: 1384
Views: 23950

Re: QF 4 - France vs South Africa - Sunday 15 October 23

We prefer to do our talking on the field. You lot can spend your time complaining about your coach and captain while the Irish tell each other how brilliant they are. :lol: Have you ever actually been on the Irish rugby thread? If when we win games, we find a way to have an argument with each other...
by Trostan
Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: QF - cocks on the block - your picks
Replies: 126
Views: 5016

Re: QF - cocks on the block - your picks

Frogs' leg eaters
The Swarm
Leek munchers
People who dance around poles
by Trostan
Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Stfu about Barnes ffs. He's a great ref and being a NH ref, we've had more exposure to him than the AB's do. No excuses- just go out and win the thing. This! We had one bad game with Barnes in Cardiff - and something over 80% win rate since then. We've learned to play him well. Barnes has stated hi...
by Trostan
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

Scotland shafted by the draw. I think they would have qualified from Group C or D. There is a big big gap between (1) Ireland, South Africa and (2) Scotland It is a disgrace that 2 of the QF are France v South Africa and Ireland v New Zealand. Best 4 teams by a country mile. Should be the SF World ...
by Trostan
Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

Cicero wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:05 pm new zealander bundee aki must be player of the tournament so far surely. been in terrific form this WC.
Learned his rugby when he got to Ireland 9 years ago.
by Trostan
Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

To conclude, I’d like an apology from the James Ryan Cartel on here. :) In fact in the presser Farrell confirmed that Henderson earned his starting position. What else did you expect him to say? Everyone can have their own view on whether it was a straight up selection or other factors came in to p...
by Trostan
Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 Ryder Cup: Rome
Replies: 699
Views: 12210

Re: 2023 Ryder Cup: Rome

I didn't mean specifically golf, more as a nation. But with golf, value to the team, outside raw stats, will be considered on the European side but they'd probably look at you weird in the States if you said you were going to pick a statistically worse player just for the craic. Is there an interna...
by Trostan
Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sexton gooooooone
Replies: 10
Views: 984

Re: Sexton gooooooone

A brave teenager battling a debilitating skin disease has thanked big-hearted TV viewers after more than €325,000 was raised for ‘Butterfly skin’ charity, DEBRA Ireland. Claudia Scanlon (19) and DEBRA Ireland ambassador Johnny Sexton generated the huge public donation as they appeared on RTÉ’s Late ...
by Trostan
Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

ruggers85 wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:00 pm
ticketlessinseattle wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:41 pm really ?! :lol: well,,,,,find replace scenario - Ireland xx Scotland xx - Ireland and Scotland go through
Sco 42 - 20 Ire
That scoreline could be worth a lot of money
(Check if Townsend and Farrell are wearing same brand earphones).
by Trostan
Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

We absolutely don't need both Ringrose and Henshaw out.
Get a lead and get Ringer off.
So it has to be JOB on the bench for wing and centre cover.
by Trostan
Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

feckwanker wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:54 pm
danny_fitz wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:53 pm
Da iawn diolch wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:44 pm
Same here. I stopped reading them a long time ago after looking at the prices.
I would not be surprised if the rugby expert was someone from here
What do you think Willie ACTUALLY does.....?
And, indeed his tall cousin
Big Willie
by Trostan
Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

Not sure how you are aiming that at Uk when it was a kiwi player & a doctor called Brennan that you mention. As for the shell companies, we’ll that’s just wishful thinking on your part if you think that’s an England only thing Amusing that you should get so worked up, about a theoretical match coll...
by Trostan
Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

Sexton isn’t English ?! He didn't bite a juice capsule, wink at the coach on the way off the pitch, have his gum sliced by a complicit team doctor and hear the coach tell lies about it. Nor has any player in Ireland, Scotland or Wales connived with their clubs to set up dummy companies to disguise ...
by Trostan
Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

Always stuns me when the bloodgate, salary cap cheating, referee abusing little Englanders call other nations cheats Sexton isn’t English ?! He didn't bite a juice capsule, wink at the coach on the way off the pitch, have his gum sliced by a complicit team doctor and hear the coach tell lies about ...
by Trostan
Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

I’m not sure there is anything the ref or world rugby could do to stop that happening, rules-wise. Would be worth it on so many levels: The saffa outrage The lolz from everyone else Proof that celts are plums cheats It would be bodyline, that underarm rolled Aussie bowl , bloodgate , Bruce Grobella...
by Trostan
Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

So ireland get 4 tries and then concede 100, would that get SA out? Cause that could happen :) Where there’s a will there’s a way I’m not sure there is anything the ref or world rugby could do to stop that happening, rules-wise. Would be worth it on so many levels: The saffa outrage The lolz from e...
by Trostan
Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT
Replies: 966
Views: 19305

Re: RWC Rd. 4 - Ireland v Scotland. Sat Oct 7th, KO 8pm GMT

Hope Ireland also remember that Scotland didn’t vote for Ireland to get a RWC, unlike the English who did vote for their fellow British Islanders More subtle than your usual efforts, I'll give you that. Rapier and bludgeon , every good team mixes their tactics. Sadly, 99% of the forum only deserves...
by Trostan
Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 Ryder Cup: Rome
Replies: 699
Views: 12210

Re: 2023 Ryder Cup: Rome

McIlroy shouting and waving his finger. Not a good look. :lol: How dare someone get annoyed by an act of utter cùntishness from someone who should have been out of sight out of mind that could have potentially cost the cup. The fact he shows emotion is what makes him so much more watchable than nea...
by Trostan
Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Analysing Ireland tactics before the All Black game
Replies: 55
Views: 1448

Re: Analysing Ireland tactics before the All Black game

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQhxY6Z56MePL6Xi-oj0SLIylK0IhDGGiCRA&usqp=CAU The feast of St Francis is actually October 4. Good timing. I am honored and humbled by the comparison. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there ...
by Trostan
Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Analysing Ireland tactics before the All Black game
Replies: 55
Views: 1448

Re: Analysing Ireland tactics before the All Black game

Has Squidge noticed that Ireland had the lowest penalty count in the 6N and just one yellow card in 12 months.
It is obvious we get only the stupidest referees.
by Trostan
Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Analysing Ireland tactics before the All Black game
Replies: 55
Views: 1448

Re: Analysing Ireland tactics before the All Black game

Interesting watch all the same, Aki's entry in that last maul is definitely questionable and Porter's bind was amazingly obvious during the game the way his elbow was bent and the pull on the jersey. Otherwise just standard sh-t that refs consider immaterial or just miss in any game of Rugby. He is...
by Trostan
Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Stockdale was outstanding at 13 in senior school He can do the role no problem He won’t be called up however Diarm and Trostan know as much about stockdales ability as I know about interpretive dance He is a reasonable full back and is a sort of Lomu lite as a winger. Plus factors reasonable speed,...
by Trostan
Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

You don't get to go burrowing in a maul that has gone to ground for the ball, it has to be available immediately or else. You are incorrect. It was no longer a maul, ref had called ruck. You are correct, you can't go into a ruck off your feet and produce the ball. He was on one knee. Off your feet,...
by Trostan
Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Virimi Vakatawa forced to retire
Replies: 35
Views: 1596

Re: Virimi Vakatawa forced to retire

Enzedder wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:44 pm Northern Hemisphere rugby.

Thanks for coming, sorry you're all f**ked up.

Neeeext.
I get heart palpitations every time I realize you are a moderator on this forum
by Trostan
Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

You don't get to go burrowing in a maul that has gone to ground for the ball, it has to be available immediately or else. You are incorrect. It was no longer a maul, ref had called ruck. You are correct, you can't go into a ruck off your feet and produce the ball. He was on one knee. Off your feet,...
by Trostan
Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Plus if that decision at the end on the maul was against Ireland I would be fuming personally. Ball was available No, it wasn't. If anything the ref gave them longer than usual, he was scrambling around trying to see the ball, asking where it was, for a few seconds. The ball has to be immediately a...
by Trostan
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Stockdale back training this week. Wonder if a centre goes down will they bring Stockdale or Frawley? They’re were the last two backs to get cut, so you’d assume they are next in line. With Hume injured and having a poor season for ulster last time, there is a distinct lack of 13’s in Irish rugby b...
by Trostan
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Anyone keeping up with the latest drama at GB News?
Replies: 95
Views: 3720

Re: Anyone keeping up with the latest drama at GB News?

I've never encountered a Brit that admits to watching GB News, do they exist? I assume UKIP/BNP types that drive white vans, read The Sun, have soccer tattoos and are proud Brexit supporters despite the complete shame and embarrassment it has brought to their nation? So glad that demographic doesn'...
by Trostan
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Thanks, Irish and South African players and coaches
Replies: 36
Views: 1170

Re: Thanks, Irish and South African players and coaches

Tuivasa wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:36 pm All cool but would have been better if it was a good game.
Awful game of Rugby to watch and bad for the game
Wonderful wonderful event, f you weren't an outsider.
Hundreds of millions of people watched the ultimate thrill of elite rugby
by Trostan
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Thanks, Irish and South African players and coaches
Replies: 36
Views: 1170

Thanks, Irish and South African players and coaches

There was amazingly intense months long, build up to Saturday night's match. The pressure on both teams and their coaches and staff was huge. But when it was over, we saw, that even at the ultimate level of physical challenge, there was huge respect No cheap shots, no constructed foul play or cheati...
by Trostan
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18094
Views: 819618

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

https://media4.giphy.com/media/Swg5HWdAEmc56RLFYk/giphy.gif They are both far too feeble to be serious candidates, and yet Oh Trump too old, but he’s leaps and bounds in better condition than Biden now. Biden won’t run. bar the dementia, obesity, hopefully cancer and heart disease And the hair tran...
by Trostan
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last maul.
Replies: 392
Views: 9128

Re: Bin O’Keefe and that last maul.

Irrespective of these laws disputes, if I were a Springboks fan and the teams meet again. I would balancing how worried I would be about the Irish getting their lineout right or Pollard having the nation's weight on his shoulders to get his kicks right.
by Trostan
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Great setup for an All Blacks V France final...
Replies: 122
Views: 2980

Re: Great setup for an All Blacks V France final...

Is this rant here because we have already beaten England twice in this Irish Grand Slam year or are you just paranoid about that becoming three in the same year? What rant , you bell end ? Was clean craig bantz with iamharmsn If it’s paranoia you want, check your mirror I just checked my mirror and...
by Trostan
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Great setup for an All Blacks V France final...
Replies: 122
Views: 2980

Re: Great setup for an All Blacks V France final...

Sheesh, it’s always gimme gimme gimme with you micks , slim thanks for us bringing fire , the wheel and law and order to you, as well as a proper language and some decent food. Ok, you can have Rockall as well then if you win, anything to stop your small man syndrome yapping Is this rant here becau...
by Trostan
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Great setup for an All Blacks V France final...
Replies: 122
Views: 2980

Re: Great setup for an All Blacks V France final...

Mate, have some balls will ye - you won’t lose v Scotland and even if you do, you are still in the 1/4 versus NZ, another 50:50 match Get past the all blacks and I’m not sure who you will have as can’t find a clear chart on which quarter is which , think it’s Aus / wales / fiji, and then perhaps En...
by Trostan
Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525358
Views: 28516809

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Druid wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:44 pm
Cabbage wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:50 pm Is there any way we can engineer coming 2nd in this group? A France & England route to the final appeals more than NZ & Wales. God imagine crashing out to Wales once again x(
Nah! We will just bully our way right to the final
Hardy lads!
by Trostan
Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Quarter Final Predictions
Replies: 84
Views: 3308

Re: Quarter Final Predictions

SA vs NZ France vs Ireland Australia vs England Argentina vs Fiji Now looking like France vs SA Ireland vs NZ Wales vs Argentina England vs Fiji Semi finals France vs England Ireland vs Wales Final England vs Wales :thumbup: Once upon a time in the land of Nod, a donkey walked into a tree. This and...
by Trostan
Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Van Der Flier hand stamp
Replies: 130
Views: 3817

Re: Van Der Flier hand stamp

Can we at least agree its not judged in the same category as Stampy (no-bitey) Healy? Was that the time Coles gouged him and he showed his eyes to an unresponsive ref and then took his vengeance? Strange, he never offended again unlike your English captain, Hartley who in an 8 year English career s...
by Trostan
Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wales are going to win the World Cup
Replies: 80
Views: 3545

Re: Wales are going to win the World Cup

Would that be the underwater basket-weaving World Cup?
by Trostan
Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Van Der Flier hand stamp
Replies: 130
Views: 3817

Re: Van Der Flier hand stamp

Playing on the ground, tackling player without the ball, off-ball stuff. Yellow card the Irishman. Complaining snitch, is Aki. Card him, too. These modern "footy" players.... yuk. Well, proof you never played. Of course if you are on the ground, you hang on to an oppo in the ruck as long as you can...