also at fault i thought was mike phillips' box kick after every restart that came to the lions, just gave the boks the ball back - have another go chaps i'm sure we'll defend heartily.
with you on the fact that the series has gone, feels very unfair. i've felt though in both tests that captain-wise o'connell wasn't quite there. he played his usual solid game but the leadership x-factor wasn't there. a martin johnson would have read the riot act at restarts and made sure that no one was in a position to make a mistake like o'gara did.
oh well. still a fantastic game to watch. sadly the boks are 2-0 up despite being made to look pretty ordinary since half time last week.
― whatever, Saturday, 27 June 2009 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah o'connell didn't play particularly well over the two games either. it's a bit of a catch 22 tho. for ireland before the grand slam everyone used to lambast bod's captaincy and say o'connell was the true leader. now after this season most people say the reverse.
I agree about the box kicks actually, I think in general they kicked too much in the second half, nerves I guess.
― Local Garda, Saturday, 27 June 2009 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
just remembered jones missed a penalty kick for touch with about 5 mins to go...
― whatever, Saturday, 27 June 2009 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah that was dire. you've got to also blame mcgeechan a bit for getting the forwards so wrong in first test. man...need to just go have a beer and forget about it!
― Local Garda, Saturday, 27 June 2009 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
nice to get the win even against a weakened boks side. great performance by them, they should have won this series. that lions backline is unreal. why only every four years, should be every two!
― Local Garda, Saturday, 4 July 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
just found this to be a pretty dope photo...
http://images.smh.com.au/2010/04/08/1300337/ind_berrick-barnes-400x267.jpg
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:22 (fourteen years ago) link
but yuh, the QUEENSLAND! back combo of Genia AND WHT THE FKKKKK Cooper IS ACTUALLY PROOVING TO BE DEADLY kudos, LINK
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:24 (fourteen years ago) link
he's...kind of massive http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2009/09/01/707886/420genia-420x0.jpg
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:26 (fourteen years ago) link
and has the dopest/silkiest skillz
and is wearing the ugliest uniform in the world.
― estela, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
bb-b-but it's for 'grip'. HEY E!
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:29 (fourteen years ago) link
but, yeah, you've gotta give it up 2 cooper for the break&enterz imo
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:30 (fourteen years ago) link
ka mate wilter!
― estela, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:32 (fourteen years ago) link
"The QRU and ARU agreed that collectively we need to impose on Quade an action plan that he must now adhere to as part of his ongoing employment, and Quade has agreed to make that commitment.
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link
has he been to trial yet?
― estela, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:48 (fourteen years ago) link
^LOL. Estela, I will give u mad QLD RUGBY UPDATES as juicy info is swung my way --- I can offer u no moar
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
ehhh
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci-yoF2eg-A
Oh christ, I <3 the Cult
― wilter, Friday, 9 April 2010 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
awww Reds lost :(
― wilter, Saturday, 1 May 2010 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
that is some
fucking
punch
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Monday, 16 May 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
god i know, totally crazy. can't stand ashton but credit to him for staying on his feet. bloke must have boxing experience.
i revived this thread to see if anyone cared about the heineken cup final this weekend. am heading to cardiff to see it with my brothers...should be a great day out.
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Friday, 20 May 2011 10:39 (thirteen years ago) link
This might be of interest to you:
http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2870%2C4048%2C4195&parent_directory_id=2865&id=11236
― nate woolls, Friday, 20 May 2011 11:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ah thanks for that...i'm going by train so hopefully should be easy enough. it cost a fortune so it better be...
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Friday, 20 May 2011 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link
amazing win from leinster yday...had a wild time. voice totally gone now.
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Sunday, 22 May 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
was waiting for a revive. Didn't catch hardly any of match, saw the five mins leading up to 1st leinster try
Awesome stuff
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 22 May 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link
never seen anything like it...it was quite like istanbul i guess except leinster were favourites. apparently johnny sexton spoke about istanbul at half-time. just the way they tore into them second half was incredible. and sexton...he was bodlike.
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Sunday, 22 May 2011 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
for those who know:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/644442_520183308913_82918267_n.jpg
also just make bod a saint already. what a fucking impressive athlete.
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Saturday, 2 February 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
zebo is such a superstar already. i thought it was a case of too good to be true in the second half. wales really came at us.
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, 2 February 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
anyone been following the lions?
poor bod.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 08:40 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForGatland?fref=ts
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, 6 July 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
kearney's done brilliantly there
― a horse divided cannot stand (darraghmac), Sunday, 2 February 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Wales destroying France at the mo'. That's good for us, I guess.
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Friday, 21 February 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
HON IRELAND
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Saturday, 15 March 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
ya imma break churlish provincial character for this tbh
― treeship's assailing (darraghmac), Saturday, 15 March 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link
You Irish cunts had better not make a bollocks of this
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Saturday, 15 March 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
Fair
― treeship's assailing (darraghmac), Saturday, 15 March 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
jesus, that was so nerve-wracking. beating the french in "we-give-a-fuck" mode in paris is quite an achievement in itself.
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Saturday, 15 March 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
that was real
― treeship's assailing (darraghmac), Saturday, 15 March 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
Johnny fucking Sexton
― Number None, Saturday, 3 February 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
shit game but some kick at the end there
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Saturday, 3 February 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
although not great conditions for flair tbh
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Saturday, 3 February 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
Few things are more satisfying in sport than watching an England rugby team losing.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 February 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
Hold on, that guy's a bit too w/c to be playing rugby for Scotland.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 February 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
w/c?
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 24 February 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
world cup
― Planck Blather (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
OTM Tom
― carrotless, turnip-pocketed (fionnland), Saturday, 24 February 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
i take it all back my god
― unproven (darraghmac), Sunday, 18 November 2018 11:50 (five years ago) link
Thank you, Wales, thank you, thank you, thank you...
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 February 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
You're welcome.Enjoyed that game.
― groovypanda, Sunday, 24 February 2019 14:47 (five years ago) link
I lolled
― See me in mi heels an' tinge (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
... yasssss, now three more.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 February 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
I've little interest in Rugby or in any team-sport but amazon prime pushed this documentary to my recommended list (I guess because they are pushing rugby more generally ahead of the 7 nations cup) and it is fascinating and infuriating. Incredible stats like: 20-25% of professional rugby players come from the pacific islands (fiji, Tonga, Samoa - combined population of 1.5m people) ; pacific island players were getting paid circa £80 per game while western players were getting payed upwards of £20,000 per game and that PI players were busking on the streets while on tour in Europe to earn cash. Some really horribly sad stories in here of the exploitation of PI players.
http://www.oceansapartfilm.com/
Some spin-off docs as well, you'll have to search for on amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Castaway-Romania-Tongan-national-foodbanks/dp/B08NRDHJFL/ref=pd_ys_iyr3
about a PI player who ended up on contract in Romania but got kidney failure and coudn't return to Tonga because they don't have any dialysis machines there. He's currently living on benefits in Romania.
and
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caucau-Greatest-Mystery-Rupeni-Caucaunibuca/dp/B08NK3L9PS/ref=pd_ys_iyr2
about another player who became lost in the system and is now penniless in Tonga.
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Monday, 30 November 2020 04:12 (three years ago) link
First win at Twickenham in 38 years. Get it right up ye's!
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
Enjoyed that yesterday. Congrats TomWe were absolutely awful today and would never have won if Ireland hadn't been down to 14
― groovypanda, Sunday, 7 February 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
First win at Twickenham in, er, 2 years. Get it right up ye's all the same!
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 February 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
France absolutely murdering England here.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 March 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
tragic
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 11 March 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link