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Glad I did this evening, desperate stuff to even watch on tv, imagine paying €160 for a ticket to watch that. Neil Diamond across the PA to entertain the crowd
Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2473 - 22/11/2025 20:00:28 2645678 Link 2 |
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Great game, great battle. SA just better than us at the minute. Better than everyone else.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17590 - 22/11/2025 20:10:46 2645682 Link 0 |
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I've never seen a gaa game that was more physical or brutal than that.pure class
Onion_Sack (Dublin) - Posts: 401 - 22/11/2025 20:14:31 2645683 Link 0 |
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You weren't missed....
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1596 - 23/11/2025 00:13:14 2645703 Link 0 |
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It wasn't a 'great game'. How much time out of the 80+ playing time was spent setting/resetting scrums? Not exactly an exhilarating watch that element, and it was a huge feature of SA's approach. Wasn't a 'great battle' either, due to the level of SA's physical domination. A total domination physically from start to finish, to the degree that it was an absolute certainty at all times that Ireland could never gain scoreboard parity in the circumstances.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4484 - 23/11/2025 10:45:35 2645722 Link 0 |
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There is an on/off button on the TV. No one is compelling you to watch...
Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 794 - 23/11/2025 11:25:21 2645726 Link 0 |
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Can't agree with that. I love watching rugby generally, but that was a poor spectacle last night. So many stoppages. It took an hour to play the first half, and not far off it for the second half. It was so stop-start, no flow at all to the game. All the TMO stuff taking an age, the constant scrums. Any game where the ref is the most visible person on the pitch isn't a good one. Even in terms of physicality, it was mainly just the scrums that South Africa dominated. In general play, they weren't dominating the breakdown much more than we were. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2639 - 23/11/2025 13:36:43 2645742 Link 0 |
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Jesus viking don't know what game you were looking at but how could you encourage any kids to take up that sport. It's just savagery.
Overthebar53 (Carlow) - Posts: 408 - 23/11/2025 15:19:38 2645762 Link 4 |
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Was it that bad?
Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2603 - 23/11/2025 15:25:40 2645764 Link 0 |
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It was a terrible game. And the escorting law has made rugby far worse to watch. South Africa miles ahead of us but chose to prove a point with repeated scrums rather than let their backs have it. Thankfully. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8646 - 23/11/2025 15:57:22 2645767 Link 0 |
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Some of our kids are just tougher than others. There's always soccer if they're afraid of the physical stuff.
ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 267 - 23/11/2025 16:13:36 2645769 Link 0 |
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I found it astonishing that RTÉ were on the air 70 minutes before the start of what was effectively a challenge match marketed as a "test match", considering they only went on air 75 minutes before the start of both All Ireland finals. Rebel2020 (Cork) - Posts: 96 - 23/11/2025 16:40:41 2645773 Link 0 |