ThistleWhistle Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Mon Fiji! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 45 minutes ago, ThistleWhistle said: We’re ranked higher than England yet they won't play anyone with a realistic chance of winning it until the semis. We'd have had to beat 3 potential winners probably to even get there. I can see England winning it to be honest- they're skint and this tournament has the credibility of WWE. I’ve got bored of all the moans about the draw. At the end of the day - if you want to be the best, you go and beat the best. Otherwise, what are we complaining about? Annoyed that we’ve been denied an easy route to a QF to fluff up our egos and then get knocked out? Even the commentary toward the end saying some shite about Scotland needing to make a go of the 6nations since the WC was always gonna be difficult. Well, why should we expect to be any better in 6N considering Ireland have just horsed us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 41 minutes ago, Orraloon said: And Ireland have their QF hoodoo to think about. Ireland are a great team and they have shown that they can beat NZ, but the All Blacks can, and often do, win games that they don't deserve to. I think whoever wins that one will win the WC. Hope so anyway because they will probably be playing against England in the final. Surely SA would be favourites to make the final on that side. Hopefully an Ireland v SA final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThistleWhistle Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Just now, AlfieMoon said: I’ve got bored of all the moans about the draw. At the end of the day - if you want to be the best, you go and beat the best. Otherwise, what are we complaining about? Annoyed that we’ve been denied an easy route to a QF to fluff up our egos and then get knocked out? Even the commentary toward the end saying some shite about Scotland needing to make a go of the 6nations since the WC was always gonna be difficult. Well, why should we expect to be any better in 6N considering Ireland have just horsed us. Swap us with England and I'd be gutted not making the semis. Once we've made the semis we've two games to win the fucking thing against teams who'd had to beat England South Africa, NZ, France to get there whereas we'd be relatively fresh by comparison. England so far have beat Argentina, Dog n Duck and next up Fiji. Its a farce. The draw for the group stages was December 2020 ffs - that's mental! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, ThistleWhistle said: Swap us with England and I'd be gutted not making the semis. Once we've made the semis we've two games to win the fucking thing against teams who'd had to beat England South Africa, NZ, France to get there whereas we'd be relatively fresh by comparison. England so far have beat Argentina, Dog n Duck and next up Fiji. Its a farce. The draw for the group stages was December 2020 ffs - that's mental! You’re kidding yourself with envy if you think we could’ve done any damage. We got trounced by Japan 4 years ago and have lost 2 of the last 4 against Argentina. Being envious of England’s draw just reeks of a lack of acceptance that we’re just not good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Hertsscot said: Really stupid lack of discipline. Schoemann in particular is a lucky boy. If it's the one over hordings I think he was well within his rights. The Irish guy went for him 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 My Irish neebors had a BBQ (20 degrees here) for the big game. I stopped watching at 17-0 to go the the kitchen and drink a few beers with a couple of Irish lads who weren't interested. My (ignorant) take is that Scotland just don't have the mentality. They might talk a good game, but the Irish have called them out on their big-talk shite, and they're not wrong. Get Townsend TF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Dave78 said: My Irish neebors had a BBQ (20 degrees here) for the big game. I stopped watching at 17-0 to go the the kitchen and drink a few beers with a couple of Irish lads who weren't interested. My (ignorant) take is that Scotland just don't have the mentality. They might talk a good game, but the Irish have called them out on their big-talk shite, and they're not wrong. Get Townsend TF I don’t know the specifics about the structures of Scottish rugby but I know there’s a lot of debate and criticisms. Posh boys sport, private school centric, and so on. One thing to note is that Ireland with a smaller population has 2.5x as many registered players participating in rugby across the country compared to Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 2 hours ago, AlfieMoon said: I don’t know the specifics about the structures of Scottish rugby but I know there’s a lot of debate and criticisms. Posh boys sport, private school centric, and so on. One thing to note is that Ireland with a smaller population has 2.5x as many registered players participating in rugby across the country compared to Scotland. That might have been true a couple of decades ago but I don't think it is now. I think they are up to about 7 million now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 2 hours ago, AlfieMoon said: I don’t know the specifics about the structures of Scottish rugby but I know there’s a lot of debate and criticisms. Posh boys sport, private school centric, and so on. One thing to note is that Ireland with a smaller population has 2.5x as many registered players participating in rugby across the country compared to Scotland. Aye, the player pool disparity is huge... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rugby_union_playing_countries 26 minutes ago, Orraloon said: That might have been true a couple of decades ago but I don't think it is now. I think they are up to about 7 million now? That's right. RoI population is booming, Scotland stagnating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Dave78 said: Aye, the player pool disparity is huge... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rugby_union_playing_countries That's right. RoI population is booming, Scotland stagnating. Some of the young lads coming through in the football especially of Nigerian descent look very promising for Ireland. Not a huge rugby fan, but no complaints, Ireland the better team (and country even) I hope they go on and win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 Really enjoying this Argentina v Japan match ; very exciting and end to end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Dave78 said: Aye, the player pool disparity is huge... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rugby_union_playing_countries That's right. RoI population is booming, Scotland stagnating. Historically rugby has never been that popular a sport throughout Scotland. It used to be quite big in the Borders, but not really anywhere else. Football has always been the big sport in Scotland. More recently folk seem to be moving more towards watching it rather than playing it. Outside of football, I think Scottish folk seem to be keener on more sedentary "sports" like golf, fishing, bowls, darts, watching TV, moaning like fuk on the internet. We are quite a slob of a nation really. I think there is a huge difference in participation levels in sport in general between young Irish folk and Scots. In Ireland a lot of youngsters play two or three (or even more) different sports until they find one they really enjoy or are good at. In Scotland loads of youngsters do almost nothing at all. I blame Thatcher for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Historically rugby has never been that popular a sport throughout Scotland. It used to be quite big in the Borders, but not really anywhere else. Football has always been the big sport in Scotland. More recently folk seem to be moving more towards watching it rather than playing it. Outside of football, I think Scottish folk seem to be keener on more sedentary "sports" like golf, fishing, bowls, darts, watching TV, moaning like fuk on the internet. We are quite a slob of a nation really. I think there is a huge difference in participation levels in sport in general between young Irish folk and Scots. In Ireland a lot of youngsters play two or three (or even more) different sports until they find one they really enjoy or are good at. In Scotland loads of youngsters do almost nothing at all. I blame Thatcher for that. Good post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I don't care if I sound bitter 😆 but I hope new Zealand beat Ireland in Saturday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 I'd love to see Ireland win it. Always had a ball over in Ireland, love their trad music too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) On 10/7/2023 at 7:57 PM, Ally Bongo said: These things come in 3s - Politics, Rugby and then Football later this week It's possible that Lisa Cameron is the number 3 taking the pressure off the football team Edited October 12, 2023 by Ally Bongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrie21 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 I did a path to the final prediction article as my Editor at SportsLook asked for it. I have a northern hemisphere clean sweep this weekend and my prediction journey ends with Ireland narrowly defeating France in the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Ireland the better and higher ranked side but get assistance from the ref anyway Spain the better and higher ranked side but get assistance from the ref anyway Shit week for scottish sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Wales in a real ding dong with the Argies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Wales in a real ding dong with the Argies. That last try save tackle by the argies WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Great game, can't say I'm unhappy to see Wales go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 1 minute ago, bonzo said: Great game, can't say I'm unhappy to see Wales go out. Argentinas 3rd world cup semi final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 5:24 PM, morrie21 said: I did a path to the final prediction article as my Editor at SportsLook asked for it. I have a northern hemisphere clean sweep this weekend and my prediction journey ends with Ireland narrowly defeating France in the final. 1 game down.,.... 1 northern hemisphere down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 What a game this is. Could still go either way. This is what the WC is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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