Go jolly hockey sticks!!!!!

Harry Palmr

I'm sure we're all fans and experts now

Donald Trump

Chicks with sticks

And skirts


They all have lovely bottoms too I'm sure

Mr.Crinklewood

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I'm sure we're all fans and experts now

Time for a semi.

SeaFields

Great result this evening. Fair play to them.

Yer Da sells Avon

Hurlin' for prods.

Lisha

It was great, well done to them. Fantastic achievement. Penalties in hockey are great fun to watch!

riffmongous

I feel like hockey used to get a lot more media attention years ago, I thought I remember the international games even being on rte a few times

Strabanimal

Gf is a prod and plays high level in the 1s in Belfast. Most of them do not go for men, and from watching their games also do not have big asses.

Charlie19

Sad that the players had to fund their own travel costs.

This is after some players had to take leave from work to take part.

Donald Trump

Strabanimal wrote: »

Gf is a prod and plays high level in the 1s in Belfast. Most of them do not go for men, and from watching their games also do not have big asses.

If yiz had kids, would the poor kid be unable to procreate?


You know like when you mix a horse and a donkey. That kind of thing. The mule/jennet is grand, just biologically can't reproduce further

riffmongous

It needs to be said too, charging down a penalty corner is one of life's great thrills

Breaston Plants

Yer wan doing the punditry on RTE has the strangest eyes I have ever seen.

SEPT 23 1989

Charlie19 wrote: »

Sad that the players had to fund their own travel costs.

This is after some players had to take leave from work to take part.

I wouldn't say any of them are cleaning jacks for a living and need the few quid

statesaver

Breaston Plants wrote: »

Yer wan doing the punditry on RTE has the strangest eyes I have ever seen.

Were RTE showing it live ?

Breaston Plants

statesaver wrote: »

Were RTE showing it live ?

They were.

Lisha

statesaver wrote: »

Were RTE showing it live ?

RTÉ 2

branie2

Boarding school sport, in my opinion.

Hector Bellend

There's nothing like a sporting bandwagon for the Irish armchair quarterbacks to jump on.

Berserker

Played it for years, great sport. Delighted to see the team doing so well.

Hector Bellend

branie2 wrote: »

Boarding school sport, in my opinion.

So is Rugby and the whole country is jerking off to it at the moment.

razorblunt

I hope they use the flying V in the semi.

Wait that sounds for ladies hockey.



QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!

major bill

When you beat the Indians at their National Sport then you have to make room for Major Bill on the Bandwagon!!

Sam Hain

What a boring match against India, yawnfest and the penalities are comical. Not much skill involved in the game either. These ladies represent an elitest Ireland that has no connection to the majority of Irish sports fans. I actually hope they get hockeyed by Spain and then they can be quickly forgotten.

PokeHerKing

major bill wrote:

When you beat the Indians at their National Sport then you have to make room for Major Bill on the Bandwagon!!

Cricket would be their national sport, No?

And what's wrong with getting on a band wagon? We're just congratulating our fellow country women on a job well done.

P_1

Ah lads.

This is the pinnacle of their sporting careers and all I see is people putting them down.

Yes it's a minority sport but did none of your mothers ever teach you what to do if you've got nothing nice to say

Hector Bellend

Sam Hain wrote: »

What a boring match against India, yawnfest and the penalities are comical. Not much skill involved in the game either. These ladies represent an elitest Ireland that has no connection to the majority of Irish sports fans. I actually hope they get hockeyed by Spain and then they can be quickly forgotten.

Do you actually know how much skill is involved?

PowerToWait

Sam Hain wrote: »

What a boring match against India, yawnfest and the penalities are comical. Not much skill involved in the game either. These ladies represent an elitest Ireland that has no connection to the majority of Irish sports fans. I actually hope they get hockeyed by Spain and then they can be quickly forgotten.

Young men from wealthy families play rugby in exclusive schools for the Irish elite.

Young women from wealthy backgrounds play hockey in exclusive schools for the Irish elite.

So what?

major bill

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Cricket would be their national sport, No?

And what's wrong with getting on a band wagon? We're just congratulating our fellow country women on a job well done.

Cricket is their most popular sport but Field Hockey is their National Sport believe it or not.

Nothing wrong with a Bandwagon It great to see an Irish team doing well on the international stage.

major bill

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Do you actually know how much skill is involved?

For starters my back would be in a heap from playing it!!

Hector Bellend

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Cricket would be their national sport, No?

And what's wrong with getting on a band wagon? We're just congratulating our fellow country women on a job well done.

Officially India doesnt have a national sport.

Hockey is though to be the national sport but i dont think it's officially recognised as such. Hockey has been declining since the late 50's early 60's. India won 6 consecutive mens olympic hockey titles but that run ended in 1956. They havent won an olympic title since 1980 or even a medal since

It's considered but cricket is probably the most popular sport

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/heres-why-india-doesnt-have-a-national-sport/

The_Kew_Tour

Fair play to them. A sport where at least you have beat decent countries to win it.

Turnipman

riffmongous wrote: »

It needs to be said too, charging down a penalty corner is one of life's great thrills

Back in the days of the gravel pitches in Belfield, one of my mates had his nose demolished by a deflection (courtesy of the first runner's stick!) - he was second runner! Collecting the fragments of bone on the pitch delayed play for quite a while!

Hector Bellend

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Fair play to them. A sport where at least you have beat decent countries to win it.

Its not really about the countries.

Surely its about the standard of the opposition rather than their nationality.

Sam Hain

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Do you actually know how much skill is involved?

I'd say any fit athletic individual could give it a decent go. And throw any mobile tank of a young wan in goal. In comparison to most sports it's a bit ****e.

Hector Bellend

Sam Hain wrote: »

I'd say any fit athletic individual could give it a decent go. And throw any mobile tank of a young wan in goal. In comparison to most sports it's a bit ****e.

Have you played the sport?

How would you know otherwise?

You could say that about most sports without understanding it.

Berserker

Sam Hain wrote: »

What a boring match against India, yawnfest and the penalities are comical. Not much skill involved in the game either. These ladies represent an elitest Ireland that has no connection to the majority of Irish sports fans. I actually hope they get hockeyed by Spain and then they can be quickly forgotten.

You've never played the game, obviously.

riffmongous wrote: »

It needs to be said too, charging down a penalty corner is one of life's great thrills

Taking a hit from a shot is one of the most painful.

Omackeral

P_1 wrote: »

Yes it's a minority sport but did none of your mothers ever teach you what to do if you've got nothing nice to say

Boards would cease to exist if that was true.

citytillidie

Sam Hain wrote: »

I'd say any fit athletic individual could give it a decent go. And throw any mobile tank of a young wan in goal. In comparison to most sports it's a bit ****e.

I dare you to go give it a go, stand on the goal line ready to close down a short corner.

citytillidie

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

Hurlin' for prods.

Generalisation much

citytillidie

Berserker wrote: »

You've never played the game, obviously.

bet he would not even be able to trap a ball

LuckyLloyd

Sam Hain wrote: »

What a boring match against India, yawnfest and the penalities are comical. Not much skill involved in the game either. These ladies represent an elitest Ireland that has no connection to the majority of Irish sports fans. I actually hope they get hockeyed by Spain and then they can be quickly forgotten.

Well you sound lovely.

I'd say - as someone who played the game in the past - the skill and athleticism required at the elite level is pretty significant. The fact that our national teams have clawed their way up the standings over the years and benefited from the structures in place to more regularly qualify for major tournaments (the men will also take place in this year's world cup) is a testament to years of hard graft and dedication at all levels of the game. I don't really know how they did it tbh - when I was playing the sport was very much amateur and limited in its ambition at a national level. Great strides have been made and I can only imagine the hard work that went into it in all sorts of ways.

The players aren't full time in most cases but train and play like they are. Just as we laud our GAA stars (and rightly so), we should laud the level of dedication involved here.

Ultimately some achievement by Graham Shaw - this Irish team are ranked bottom of all the teams in the competition. To be in the semis is a ridiculous upset of expectations. Hopefully they give Spain a right lash tomorrow afternoon.

riffmongous

Turnipman wrote: »

Back in the days of the gravel pitches in Belfield, one of my mates had his nose demolished by a deflection (courtesy of the first runner's stick!) - he was second runner! Collecting the fragments of bone on the pitch delayed play for quite a while!

Berserker wrote: »

Taking a hit from a shot is one of the most painful.

It's up there with any extreme sport

riffmongous

Sam Hain wrote: »

I'd say any fit athletic individual could give it a decent go. And throw any mobile tank of a young wan in goal. In comparison to most sports it's a bit ****e.

Sam Hain

riffmongous wrote: »

It's up there with any extreme sport

Up there with any extreme sport, now that's the biggest load of bull ever.

riffmongous

Sam Hain wrote: »

Up there with any extreme sport, now that's the biggest load of bull ever.

You wouldn't understand Sam, wouldn't have the balls to face down a penalty corner either I'd bet

citytillidie

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Well you sound lovely.

I'd say - as someone who played the game in the past - the skill and athleticism required at the elite level is pretty significant. The fact that our national teams have clawed their way up the standings over the years and benefited from the structures in place to more regularly qualify for major tournaments (the men will also take place in this year's world cup) is a testament to years of hard graft and dedication at all levels of the game. I don't really know how they did it tbh - when I was playing the sport was very much amateur and limited in its ambition at a national level. Great strides have been made and I can only imagine the hard work that went into it in all sorts of ways.

The players aren't full time in most cases but train and play like they are. Just as we laud our GAA stars (and rightly so), we should laud the level of dedication involved here.

Ultimately some achievement by Graham Shaw - this Irish team are ranked bottom of all the teams in the competition. To be in the semis is a ridiculous upset of expectations. Hopefully they give Spain a right lash tomorrow afternoon.

Ireland have caused such upsets that the event schedule has been changed as expected teams were not in expected scheduled spots before a ball was hit

Sam Hain

citytillidie wrote: »

bet he would not even be able to trap a ball

You're getting a bit childish now.

The Pheasant2

Sam Hain wrote: »

These ladies represent an elitest Ireland that has no connection to the majority of Irish sports fans. I actually hope they get hockeyed by Spain and then they can be quickly forgotten.

Are you serious? That's so bitter and petty I can't believe it.
No interest in hockey myself but I'd always lend my support to an Irish team regardless of my perceptions of their background - do you know any of these women?
You have no idea of them; you're as bad as the people you perceive yourself to be spiting.

Sam Hain

riffmongous wrote: »

You wouldn't understand Sam, wouldn't have the balls to face down a penalty corner either I'd bet

Don't think it would cause me too much hardship.

Turnipman

Hector Bellend wrote: »

So is Rugby and the whole country is jerking off to it at the moment.

In the middle of the off season? Evidently a shower of stupid tossers!

citytillidie