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IT SEEMS TO be the case that every other person is talking about the Six Nations this weekend.
Yesterday, Ireland’s rugby team beat France 32-19 to take a big step towards winning the tournament.
This morning we want to know: Are you watching the Six Nations?
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Brilliant game yesterday and great atmosphere in city centre. Hopefully Irelands year win 6 Nations and World Cup we can only dream.
That first half was as good a game of rugby as you’ll ever see.
Great game yesterday ! Out of all the games that’s left i feel the Scotland game in Murryfield is a potential banana skin !
@Paul Power: I wouldn’t call it a banana skin. Scotland are a top side on their day so Ireland will have to be on their game.
@John Fagan: that’s why he said “potential”…
@Willie Murphy: i reckon we’ll have the bonus point by the 35th minute then Scotland will go hell for leather and score 2 tries and a peno or 2 but we’ll score another try after the 70th to seal it and ultimately we’ll win by more than a dozen points. But it’ll get dodgy for about 20-25 mins. Or they’ll be too fired up, have someone red carded in the first 15 and it won’t really be a competition then. But I can’t see us losing it.
One of my favourite times of the year.
@Cian Nolan: The best thing about Christmas, is knowing the Six Nations is only four weeks away :)
@Cian Nolan: Sixmas
Just cant get into rugby. Great to see them doing well though!
@Brian Dunne: was a GAA fan. Rugby and soccer off limits at home. Now find rugby a much better game altogether. Great to see the team doing so well. Cracking game yesterday.
@alan: great to hear that Alan. Wouldn’t be bothered with GAA and can’t handle Soccer at all. You won’t beat a one score rugby game or a game that everything rests on.
@Thomas Meaney: I agree with your soccer comment but hurling is never boring.
One of the best games of rugby i have ever seen. Great result but Scotland will test us. Bring it on.
I’m just as likely to watch the Superbowl tonight. I’ve tried, no interest in either.
Best tournament in the world !! And the toughest !!! Its a Real Game !!
Quick, all aboard the bandwagon!
@JustBEERbarry: You say that like it’s a bad thing… What’s wrong with a bandwagon to get new people interested in the game? The more, the merrier!
@JustBEERbarry: Loads of room and very comfortable, bring the kids.
@Ajax Penumbra: so where were you when Ireland rugby wasn’t good? Where will you be when they aren’t good in the future? Not on the bandwagon I guess.
@JustBEERbarry: That’s the nature of sport though. Some of us care about it deeply and could talk about a match for hours. That’s not for everybody though. Some of my best friends will have kept an eye on the game yesterday because they know I love it but it’s no big deal to them. Nothing wrong with people who watch sporadically (and I watch it religiously lol).
@Cian Nolan: but sure that’s a great example for kids that’s always used when the B word is used, support them when they are winning, as an actual supporter there is unbelievable satisfaction when they succeed after being tripe for so long, applies to all sports. You can be sure if Ireland didn’t win their two opening games this year the next one would be about 33% fill the pubs. You can’t be a supporter of good times only, you’re either in it for good and bad or a bandwagoner, there’s no in-between, and I wish you, a real supporter lots of success.
@JustBEERbarry: I’ve been here since going to my first game back in 1994; a 6-6 draw between Ireland and Scotland. If that didn’t warn me off the game, nothing would have! So as an almost thirty-year veteran of supporting Irish rugby on every level I say stuff you and your gatekeeping and leave whomever jump on and off the bandwagon as they so please!
@Ajax Penumbra: the yearly rugby bandwagon is Irelands version of it’s coming home. Enjoy it.
@JustBEERbarry: So, you don’t or wouldn’t support your fellow country when doing well. You are sick.
@Alan Wright: TBF I don’t think that’s what the poster said. They were just saying that they don’t have time for fair weather or bandwagon fans. I disagree with them.
Feel obliged to watch the one sport where Ireland will actually not consistently let you down
Where’s the “Chance would be a fine thing” option
@⚡ Seánie ⚡: that would be “No”?!
Why was the atmosphere completely diluted by the constant nattering of the commentators (particularly the co-commentator) on RTE? An option is needed to mute the commentary while retaining the stadium noise.
Love the game but it’s becoming increasingly hard to watch because of the physicality.
@2thFairy: Exactly. That’s why I only watch highlights. I haven’t watched a full international live in 5 years (it was Wales V France). The hits are too violent. See Herring yesterday. Some if these players WILL have early onset dementia. Reduce the teams to 7 forwards and 6 backs to create more space.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: Well, you then stick to your “fall-over” football. Where someone has a sneeze and the other player falls over like they got shot. I suspected you were a woke baby from your previous posts, but now you’ve confirmed it, “too violent”, jesus you’re weak.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: it’s an alpha game for both sexes. Not for wussies
@Alan Wright: I played for years. Shoulder injury stopped that. But the game has changed. 110kg of muscle sprinting 100m in 12 seconds. Your brain rattles inside your skull and your brain stem just cannot withstand the torsion.
Does a bearsh height in the woods?
Live…. No. Highlights……. yes.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: Just keep your head in the sand. Like, how can you not appreciate that our country is the best in the world at something. Why do you hate Ireland so much. You’re a dirty Troll on this platform. I double-dare to move & live in somewhere like Saudi.
@Alan Wright: Hate Ireland? Where did THAT come from??
@Alan Wright: But a double-dare! Wonderful!! And I will take it as a sideways compliment that you think I may be a troll!! My opinions must annoy you.
Not a Rugby fan , more of a Golf fan but fair play to the Irish team , hope they do well .
Every single match and I’ve never seen a sneakier, dirtier player than Itoje. He causes so many injuries and manages to get away with it. 15 minutes into match with Italy, he’s already put a player down and no consequences whatsoever. Grrrrr……
@Anna Carr: The English Rugby team know every dirty, sneaky trick in the book and I’m expecting them to use everyone one of them when we play them. I’m betting both Lowe and Sexton will be stretchered off the pitch.
Watch every game. I’ve been a fan since the 90s.
About the controversy about Lowe’s try. Nice revenge for the “hand of Henry” in 2009!
Love to see the likes of Neymar or Ronaldo out there, I’d say they wouldn’t last 60 seconds.
@Brian O’Grady: Pointless comparison! Different Sport! How much use would Finlay Bealham be in long jump?
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