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Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

DOB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 1:37 am

paddyor wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:04 am

DOB wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:47 pm The real question is where are all the other Welsh clubs within that map.

IIRC, Gwent has the most clubs and that's the Dragons(Newports) region. And you've guessed it, they all hate Newport.

Sounds about right.

I do remember back in the early days of it a Swansea fan here complaining that the whole board of the Ospreys directors would constantly refer to the team as, and only as, Neath.

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:26 am Lads tell me if I'm mad.

Spoke to the old man yesterday and my brother this morning doing the school run about the game. Both of them were of the opinion that because England had to make 240 odd tackles, they were shit and didn't show anything in attack, and that we had chances to win the match.

My rebuttal was that it has been evident for quite some time now that we are shite in attack so they obviously booted the ball away to us to let us sit in our own shit long enough until we f**ked up and then took advantage. My view is that we never looked like winning that game and that England were in 2nd gear because they simply didn't have to get out of it. The score-line massively flattered Ireland as that was not a 2-score game.

Then I got met by both of them with the old "Well you must have been watching a different game" response and they went on about England being shite in attack and it was only because we didn't take our chances that we didn't win.

Both are semi-knowledgeable rugby fellas. I was completely flabbergasted by their opinions.

Am I over-egging the situation? Did we actually have opportunities to win that game? I'm really second-guessing myself here!

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:01 am

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

Bummer

I was lucky enough to be there in Nov 2018 but as Rod the Prod said, The First Cut Is The Deepest. I have never forgiven NZ for it.

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:52 am I think an issue being missed is that the IRB have shat the bed, particularly at the very top level.

They went into conclave at the end of last year and everyone welcomed it because the initial noise was that they were going to tackle the defensive line being permanently offside.

Instead they have brought in variations that make it even easier to defend.

The mistakes they made in 2008 when the game turned into kick tennis.

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

camroc1 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:23 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

The half time scoreboard in that match, Ireland 22 New Zealand 7 is still the screensaver on my phone...

Regarding the match, we did have chances to score that we didn't take, and could have won the match. Whether or not we would have deserved to is a different question. They got away with murder at the breakdown, and considering the TMOs intervention on Roux's dismissal of one of their players wandering around our side of the ruck, his marked reluctance to do so when Healy got a shoulder to the head when we were camped on their line in the second half is puzzling. That particular play ended with a penalty to England for Ireland not releasing despite the English player having knees on the ground, and hands all over the ball.

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:26 am Lads tell me if I'm mad.

Spoke to the old man yesterday and my brother this morning doing the school run about the game. Both of them were of the opinion that because England had to make 240 odd tackles, they were shit and didn't show anything in attack, and that we had chances to win the match.

My rebuttal was that it has been evident for quite some time now that we are shite in attack so they obviously booted the ball away to us to let us sit in our own shit long enough until we f**ked up and then took advantage. My view is that we never looked like winning that game and that England were in 2nd gear because they simply didn't have to get out of it. The score-line massively flattered Ireland as that was not a 2-score game.

Then I got met by both of them with the old "Well you must have been watching a different game" response and they went on about England being shite in attack and it was only because we didn't take our chances that we didn't win.

Both are semi-knowledgeable rugby fellas. I was completely flabbergasted by their opinions.

Am I over-egging the situation? Did we actually have opportunities to win that game? I'm really second-guessing myself here!

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:44 am

SFBB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:25 am

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:19 am The mad stat for me is that in 7 games we've only attempted 5 penalties.

Thats one of the soft positives. They've clearly tried to create more, although the plan on how they create is missing. I'd have been telling my team to keep going for drop goals whenever you got within 40m of Englands goals, let alone be waiting for penalties. Scoreboard pressure is needed against them.

Was talking about Ulster tbf.

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:48 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:26 am Lads tell me if I'm mad.

Spoke to the old man yesterday and my brother this morning doing the school run about the game. Both of them were of the opinion that because England had to make 240 odd tackles, they were shit and didn't show anything in attack, and that we had chances to win the match.

My rebuttal was that it has been evident for quite some time now that we are shite in attack so they obviously booted the ball away to us to let us sit in our own shit long enough until we f**ked up and then took advantage. My view is that we never looked like winning that game and that England were in 2nd gear because they simply didn't have to get out of it. The score-line massively flattered Ireland as that was not a 2-score game.

Then I got met by both of them with the old "Well you must have been watching a different game" response and they went on about England being shite in attack and it was only because we didn't take our chances that we didn't win.

Both are semi-knowledgeable rugby fellas. I was completely flabbergasted by their opinions.

Am I over-egging the situation? Did we actually have opportunities to win that game? I'm really second-guessing myself here!

I had a my uncle say the same.

The big issue for me is the lineout fluffing our two chances to build some pressure.

CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:49 am Apart from the times we did.

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:41 am

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:48 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:26 am Lads tell me if I'm mad.

Spoke to the old man yesterday and my brother this morning doing the school run about the game. Both of them were of the opinion that because England had to make 240 odd tackles, they were shit and didn't show anything in attack, and that we had chances to win the match.

My rebuttal was that it has been evident for quite some time now that we are shite in attack so they obviously booted the ball away to us to let us sit in our own shit long enough until we f**ked up and then took advantage. My view is that we never looked like winning that game and that England were in 2nd gear because they simply didn't have to get out of it. The score-line massively flattered Ireland as that was not a 2-score game.

Then I got met by both of them with the old "Well you must have been watching a different game" response and they went on about England being shite in attack and it was only because we didn't take our chances that we didn't win.

Both are semi-knowledgeable rugby fellas. I was completely flabbergasted by their opinions.

Am I over-egging the situation? Did we actually have opportunities to win that game? I'm really second-guessing myself here!

I had a my uncle say the same.

The big issue for me is the lineout fluffing our two chances to build some pressure.

There's that (where one of those attacking lineouts leads to 7 points for England) but there's also how comfortable England were in defence.

We could have had all the possession in the world but until Burns did that kick over the top we never really broke the line.

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:54 am

CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:49 am Apart from the times we did.

We had a couple of offloads leading to Earls' break and we had POM's nudge down the line. After both we got turned over/penalised after going back to static runners off 10 behind the gainline. When did we build pressure and genuinely make a break that led to a clear cut opportunity?

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:54 am

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:41 am

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:48 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:26 am Lads tell me if I'm mad.

Spoke to the old man yesterday and my brother this morning doing the school run about the game. Both of them were of the opinion that because England had to make 240 odd tackles, they were shit and didn't show anything in attack, and that we had chances to win the match.

My rebuttal was that it has been evident for quite some time now that we are shite in attack so they obviously booted the ball away to us to let us sit in our own shit long enough until we f**ked up and then took advantage. My view is that we never looked like winning that game and that England were in 2nd gear because they simply didn't have to get out of it. The score-line massively flattered Ireland as that was not a 2-score game.

Then I got met by both of them with the old "Well you must have been watching a different game" response and they went on about England being shite in attack and it was only because we didn't take our chances that we didn't win.

Both are semi-knowledgeable rugby fellas. I was completely flabbergasted by their opinions.

Am I over-egging the situation? Did we actually have opportunities to win that game? I'm really second-guessing myself here!

I had a my uncle say the same.

The big issue for me is the lineout fluffing our two chances to build some pressure.

There's that (where one of those attacking lineouts leads to 7 points for England) but there's also how comfortable England were in defence.

We could have had all the possession in the world but until Burns did that kick over the top we never really broke the line.

I've no idea what Catt and Easterby are doing tbh ...... but I suspect the real blame lays with Farrell who seems to think Ireland are going to win rugby league style collision games against stronger packs

Watching Harry Byrne yesterday evening, he's playing a different game than the rest of our out halves .... he didn't even play that well last night but he still bamboozled the cardiff defence on numerous occasions with grubbers, out the back passes, skip passes, standing flat and punching holes, bringing frawley into the game and sharing playmaking/kicking responsibilities with him etc etc.

Bosh isn't going to beat England, SA, NZ or France these days .... Farrell needs to evolve and fast

CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:58 am

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:54 am

CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:49 am Apart from the times we did.

We had a couple of offloads leading to Earls' break and we had POM's nudge down the line. After both we got turned over/penalised after going back to static runners off 10 behind the gainline. When did we build pressure and genuinely make a break that led to a clear cut opportunity?

Changing the goalposts?

We had Earls break and Farrell held up as chances. Overall we made 7 linebreaks.

Burns chip was the first thing that came off, we were actually trying stuff but executing badly, before that.

anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:00 pm

CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:58 am

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:54 am

CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:49 am Apart from the times we did.

We had a couple of offloads leading to Earls' break and we had POM's nudge down the line. After both we got turned over/penalised after going back to static runners off 10 behind the gainline. When did we build pressure and genuinely make a break that led to a clear cut opportunity?

Changing the goalposts?

We had Earls break and Farrell held up as chances. Overall we made 7 linebreaks.

Burns chip was the first thing that came off, we were actually trying stuff but executing badly, before that.

Is the point not that if we make two or three offloads in one attack, it's still only one attack?

Saying Ireland's attack is weak is hardly revelatory.

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:54 am

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:41 am

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:48 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:26 am Lads tell me if I'm mad.

Spoke to the old man yesterday and my brother this morning doing the school run about the game. Both of them were of the opinion that because England had to make 240 odd tackles, they were shit and didn't show anything in attack, and that we had chances to win the match.

My rebuttal was that it has been evident for quite some time now that we are shite in attack so they obviously booted the ball away to us to let us sit in our own shit long enough until we f**ked up and then took advantage. My view is that we never looked like winning that game and that England were in 2nd gear because they simply didn't have to get out of it. The score-line massively flattered Ireland as that was not a 2-score game.

Then I got met by both of them with the old "Well you must have been watching a different game" response and they went on about England being shite in attack and it was only because we didn't take our chances that we didn't win.

Both are semi-knowledgeable rugby fellas. I was completely flabbergasted by their opinions.

Am I over-egging the situation? Did we actually have opportunities to win that game? I'm really second-guessing myself here!

I had a my uncle say the same.

The big issue for me is the lineout fluffing our two chances to build some pressure.

There's that (where one of those attacking lineouts leads to 7 points for England) but there's also how comfortable England were in defence.

We could have had all the possession in the world but until Burns did that kick over the top we never really broke the line.

I've no idea what Catt and Easterby are doing tbh ...... but I suspect the real blame lays with Farrell who seems to think Ireland are going to win rugby league style collision games against stronger packs

Watching Harry Byrne yesterday evening, he's playing a different game than the rest of our out halves .... he didn't even play that well last night but he still bamboozled the cardiff defence on numerous occasions with grubbers, out the back passes, skip passes, standing flat and punching holes, bringing frawley into the game and sharing playmaking/kicking responsibilities with him etc etc.

Bosh isn't going to beat England, SA, NZ or France these days .... Farrell needs to evolve and fast

Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 am

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

What everyone forgets is that Sexton had a chance to put us two scores clear but spent about an hour thinking about the kick that he could have knocked over with his cap that he completely shit the bed

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:24 pm The other thing is that the ruck change across the bored seem to have made it very hard to retain possession after a line break.

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:24 pm The other thing is that the ruck change across the bored seem to have made it very hard to retain possession after a line break.

anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:13 pm I mean, we scored a try late in the game having done f all else.

It's not a sign our attack works.

Both of Stockdale's (excellent) recent tries come after the other team has us comfortably beaten. They're consolation tries, nothing more.

Years of ignoring the value of attack are damaging us.

camroc1 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:42 pm

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:32 pm

Bogbunny wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:18 pm

Winnie wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:16 pm The welsh are still loyal to their clubs
They never really bought into it
The fact they lose every week doesn’t help

Thought the Scarlets were basically Llanelli??

They are all basically clubs, that line doesnt wash.

Llanelli and Cardiff remained as sole clubs.
Ospreys were an amalgamation of Neath and Swansea
Dragons of Newport, and Ebbw Vale, and
The Celtic Warriors (remember them ?) Bridgend, and Pontypridd

SFBB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:28 pm

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:24 pm The other thing is that the ruck change across the bored seem to have made it very hard to retain possession after a line break.

Definitive difference between how they are reffing in NZ/Oz and how the NH refs are interpreting it. A lot of those England turnovers would have been penalties the other way.

hermie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:56 pm Catt's record so far:

1 try against Scotland
4 against Wales
2 against England
7 against Italy
3 against France
2 against Wales
1 against England

20 tries in 7 games or, discounting Italy, 13 in 6 (2.1 per game). It's not appalling but it's pretty poor and already trending downwards. To have gotten 4+2 against Wales/England earlier in the year but only 2+1 more recently is worrying.

Flametop wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:42 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:26 am Lads tell me if I'm mad.

Spoke to the old man yesterday and my brother this morning doing the school run about the game. Both of them were of the opinion that because England had to make 240 odd tackles, they were shit and didn't show anything in attack, and that we had chances to win the match.

My rebuttal was that it has been evident for quite some time now that we are shite in attack so they obviously booted the ball away to us to let us sit in our own shit long enough until we f**ked up and then took advantage. My view is that we never looked like winning that game and that England were in 2nd gear because they simply didn't have to get out of it. The score-line massively flattered Ireland as that was not a 2-score game.

Then I got met by both of them with the old "Well you must have been watching a different game" response and they went on about England being shite in attack and it was only because we didn't take our chances that we didn't win.

Both are semi-knowledgeable rugby fellas. I was completely flabbergasted by their opinions.

Am I over-egging the situation? Did we actually have opportunities to win that game? I'm really second-guessing myself here!

You’re all right.
England were shit with the ball but we were shitter.

hermie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:38 pm

anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:13 pm I mean, we scored a try late in the game having done f all else.

It's not a sign our attack works.

Both of Stockdale's (excellent) recent tries come after the other team has us comfortably beaten. They're consolation tries, nothing more.

Years of ignoring the value of attack are damaging us.

The question is how to improve the attack with what we have. Can we play an offloading game like the French? I would say probably we don't win enough collisions to actually play that game. The evidence of Saturday backs that up. Would we be better emulating NZ, do we have the personnel to play that type of game? At the moment I would say no but some of the youngsters coming through with the right training maybe that's the best way to go.

To play that way you need to play with variety and have guys who can kick/pass/run equally well. To be fair, I think that's why Gibson-Park was selected (the choice of wings as well). He had a mixed bag but it was better than selecting Murray. Byrne unfortunately kicked poorly for a lot of the match and we already know he's not a running threat. Other guys that could have given us something of that, Ringrose & Addison, were injured. As well as Johnny of course.

That's the mitigation for Catt. But there aren't a lot of positives. It's a bit too similar to Schmidt without the accuracy or strike plays.

Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 am

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

What everyone forgets is that Sexton had a chance to put us two scores clear but spent about an hour thinking about the kick that he could have knocked over with his cap that he completely shit the bed

DOB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 1:29 pm

Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 am

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

What everyone forgets is that Sexton had a chance to put us two scores clear but spent about an hour thinking about the kick that he could have knocked over with his cap that he completely shit the bed

If should’ve been put into the corner and smash over for the try.

Wasn’t Rory Best playing that day?

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:20 pm

Winnie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 am

rfurlong wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:56 am

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am Also 7 years since that game that never happened. Just got a FB reminder of me looking devastated in the pub afterwards.

I was hanging from the night before and Balcony Bob's intercept singlehandedly cured my hangover enough so that I could get back on the pints of Guinness. Then those kunts Nigel Owens and Ryan Crotty conspired to turn it into probably my worst rugby experience

I was at the game with my two lads aged 10 and 8 at the time

I steadfastly refused to believe we were going to win the match at any stage, just in order to keep some semblance of calm. The missus had also told me not to be shouting and roaring at everything with the two impressionable young fellas in tow

I turned around with about 40 seconds left and hugged them both and told them they were witnessing history. I told them I was so happy to have shared the moment with them and that it would be one of my abiding memories in life.

I told them that I hoped it would be a special memory for them also, that they could recall over the duration of their lives and maybe share with their kids.

And then Nigel kicked me and everyone else in the balls

What everyone forgets is that Sexton had a chance to put us two scores clear but spent about an hour thinking about the kick that he could have knocked over with his cap that he completely shit the bed

Leinster huh.

Even when it was the bears I knew it was them