Go jolly hockey sticks!!!!!

Duff

A great bunch of ladies.

cdeb

Has as Irish team ever made a World Cup final before? In any sport?

Have a notion an underage egg-chasing team did? And we got to the U20 semis in football in 1997.

Can't think of a final though?

Tipsy McSwagger

Clareman wrote: »

Fair play to them, first Irish team to get to a World Cup final

Nope we won the Quidditch WC 20 years ago.

NIMAN

Well done ladies.....

Strange penalties....looks like its advantage keeper on that.

Cork Boy 53

citytillidie wrote: »

Revenge for 2002

Not really a valid comparison.

riffmongous

cdeb wrote: »

Has as Irish team ever made a World Cup final before? In any sport?

Have a notion an underage egg-chasing team did? And we got to the U20 semis in football in 1997.

Can't think of a final though?

Elephant polo?

Turnipman

Bravo the hockeyettes!

The bad news is that Shane "the incredible walking arsehole" Ross will be representing the Irish Government at the final, as Minister for Sport - unless President Stumpy fancies another junket.

Yamanoto

cdeb wrote: »

Has as Irish team ever made a World Cup final before? In any sport?

Have a notion an underage egg-chasing team did? And we got to the U20 semis in football in 1997.

Can't think of a final though?

Irish U-19's with Brian O'Driscoll won the World Cup in France in 1997 iirc.

Hockey team are the first senior representative side to do it - an all-island team too

NIMAN

Yamanoto wrote: »

Irish U-19's with Brian O'Driscoll won the World Cup in France in 1997 iirc.

Hockey team are the first senior representative side to do it - an all-island team too

More prep work for the UI !!

Atlantic Dawn

Shane Ross can now defend his grant, money well spent...

https://twitter.com/Shane_RossTD/status/972174105456861185/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E972174105456861185&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzz.ie%2Fnews%2Ftwo-dublin-private-school-e150000-grant-hockey-pitch-276688

https://www.buzz.ie/news/two-dublin-private-school-e150000-grant-hockey-pitch-276688

Sycamore Tree

Yamanoto wrote: »

Irish U-19's with Brian O'Driscoll won the World Cup in France in 1997 iirc.

Hockey team are the first senior representative side to do it - an all-island team too

1998 and BOD took the kicks back then.

Won the final 18-0 against France the host nation.

Allinall

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

Great bravery.

Are all the coaches men?

Volvos I think

cdeb

Yamanoto wrote: »

Irish U-19's with Brian O'Driscoll won the World Cup in France in 1997 iirc.

Hockey team are the first senior representative side to do it - an all-island team too

Thought there was something like that alright.

We've also won the World Cup in snooker (1985, 86 and 87) and golf (1958 and 1997) actually. Though while those events were team events, they're not really team events and I suppose should be considered different. And technically I think the golf World Cup didn't have a final, which is the question here.

There is a quidditch world cup bizarrely, though it seems the first one was in 2012. (I've no idea what this is about though? Harry Potter in-reference? http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/1994_Quidditch_World_Cup)

Turnipman

NIMAN wrote: »

More prep work for the UI !!

But do we really want to re-join the United Kingdom?

The_Kew_Tour

We won 3 Snooker World Cups in 80s

Just saying

Fantastic achievement by Girls today. Hope they get the Gold

cdeb

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

We won 3 Snooker World Cups in 80s

Just saying

Just got it in ahead of you!

Harry Palmr

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Shane Ross can now defend his grant, money well spent...

https://twitter.com/Shane_RossTD/status/972174105456861185/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E972174105456861185&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzz.ie%2Fnews%2Ftwo-dublin-private-school-e150000-grant-hockey-pitch-276688

https://www.buzz.ie/news/two-dublin-private-school-e150000-grant-hockey-pitch-276688

The team basically paid their own way to compete in this tournie as the grants are very small. Maybe the gubberment would like to think about that. This sort of thing works well as soft power esp if they win.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/hockey-ireland-needs-major-investment-ahead-of-world-cups-1.3376999

The_Kew_Tour

cdeb wrote: »

Just got it in ahead of you!

Feck sake ha

The Princess Bride

Delighted for them.

Reeling in the Years 2018, hope you're watching!

statesaver

4 professionals in the squad, the rest amateurs. Amazing achievement.

blinding

Turnipman wrote: »

But do we really want to re-join the United Kingdom?

We do have a lot of Royalists !

mrpdap

Well done to team and coaches. Great performance. Goalie is fantastic.

Try_harder

This bandwagon is great COYGIG

KERSPLAT!

Fantastic stuff, well done them

whiskeyman

That keeper is something else!
She just oozes confidence in those shootouts.

Hoeofully all the many Irish living in London voice their support for the final tomorrow.

sjb25

Try_harder wrote: »

This bandwagon is great COYGIG

Where can we purchase a hockey jersey
I was shouting at the Telly like I knew what they should do

Ah no all messing aside it great achievement fair play to them and hopefully win or lose the final they get a homecoming they deserve

Clareman

First team to reach a senior world cup final in an Olympic team sport

Try_harder

sjb25 wrote: »

Where can we purchase a hockey jersey
I was shouting at the Telly like I knew what they should do

Ah no all messing aside it great achievement fair play to them and hopefully win or lose the final they get a homecoming they deserve

They wouldnt be very flattering on me! The Dutch will be very hard to beat

riffmongous

Considering we didn't make the last Olympics and are the lowest ranked team in the tournament this is an absolutely amazing achievement

Fair play to them, great achievement.

Try_harder

What turned their fortunes around?

Joe prim

Hector Bellend wrote: »

RTE couldnt get someone who knows about hockey to commentate so they wheeled out George Hamilton.

But ye'd still miss Ronnie Whelan who, I'm told, knows quite a bit about th'oul Protestant Camogie. Nevermind, c'mon ye girrrils in green, remember the Boyne and murder them Orange wagons!

Try_harder

Brian Kerr would be interesting

Tellyium

Magnificent achievement, well done to all concerned!!

Kermit.de.frog

Congratulations on the hockey ball.


*Daft sport though - hitting a ball with a stick.

kooga

Second semi just started

Del.Monte

Great game to watch especially the nail biting penalty shoot-out - could almost be spun off as a sport in itself like T20 Cricket.

Cork Boy 53

cdeb wrote: »

Thought there was something like that alright.

We've also won the World Cup in snooker (1985, 86 and 87) and golf (1958 and 1997) actually. Though while those events were team events, they're not really team events and I suppose should be considered different. And technically I think the golf World Cup didn't have a final, which is the question here.

There is a quidditch world cup bizarrely, though it seems the first one was in 2012. (I've no idea what this is about though? Harry Potter in-reference? http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/1994_Quidditch_World_Cup)

Also, while not officially a World Cup, an Irish team of Eamonn Darcy, Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth won the Dunhill Cup golf tournament in 1988 which really was a World Cup in all but name with the top players of the time all involved.

Cork Boy 53

Joe prim wrote: »

But ye'd still miss Ronnie Whelan who, I'm told, knows quite a bit about th'oul Protestant Camogie. Nevermind, c'mon ye girrrils in green, remember the Boyne and murder them Orange wagons!

But what if they end up playing the Aussies instead?

cdeb

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Also, while not officially a World Cup, an Irish team of Eamonn Darcy, Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth won the Dunhill Cup golf tournament in 1988 which really was a World Cup in all but name with the top players of the time all involved.

Won it in 1990 too apparently.

I guess that gets an asterisk. There was a final, but it was a World Cup rather than the World Cup, cos there was already a golf World Cup.

Strange sport.

Deusexmachina

Well done Ireland. Just great to see.
Really hope they can beat the cloghoppers in the final.

Jimbob1977

It's a great achievement for players who have regular day jobs and play during their Annual Leave.

While receiving almost nothing in grants, compared to other nations.

The coach Graham Shaw is a brilliant interviewee. So convincing and articulate. He's passionate about developing the sport.

The football analogy would be the 1988 FA Cup final between Liverpool and Wimbledon. The wealthy club against a shoestring club with little resources and a lot of heart.

citytillidie

All good well done the girls hopefully this press coverage might get more people playing it already seeing more people on fb talk about it other than the hockey ones i know

Mushy

cdeb wrote: »

Won it in 1990 too apparently.

I guess that gets an asterisk. There was a final, but it was a World Cup rather than the World Cup, cos there was already a golf World Cup.

Strange sport.

Won the actual world cup in 97 alright. But it's not a knockout comp either.

Great achievement, doesn't matter what's gone on with other sports before. Huge support now

Cork Boy 53

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Congratulations on the hockey ball.


*Daft sport though - hitting a ball with a stick.

Daft sports that involve hitting a ball or puck with some form of stick;

Hockey
Hurling
Golf
Ice Hockey
Cricket
Baseball
Polo

Any other daft sports?

Omackeral

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Daft sports that involve hitting a ball or puck with some form of stick;

Hockey
Hurling
Golf
Ice Hockey
Cricket
Baseball
Polo

Any other daft sports?

Tennis maybe

highgiant1985

anywhere that I can watch a repeat of the penalty shoot out?

citytillidie

A wee bit of reading material ahead of tomorrow

http://www.fih.ch/media/12236728/fih-rules-of-hockey-2017.pdf

12 Penalties

12.1 Advantage: a penalty is awarded only when a player or team has been disadvantaged by an opponent breaking the Rules.

12.2 A free hit is awarded to the opposing team:
a for an offence by any player between the 23 metres areas
b for an offence by an attacker within the 23 metres area their opponents are defending
c for an unintentional offence by a defender outside the

12.3 A penalty corner is awarded:
a for an offence by a defender in the circle which does not prevent the probable scoring of a goal
b for an intentional offence in the circle by a defender against an opponent who does not have possession of the ball or an opportunity to play the ball
c for an intentional offence by a defender outside the circle but within the 23 metres area they are defending
d for intentionally playing the ball over the back-line by a defender Goalkeepers or players with goalkeeping privileges are permitted to deflect the ball with their stick, protective equipment or any part of their body in any direction including over the back-line.
e when the ball becomes lodged in a player’s clothing or equipment while in the circle they are defending.

12.4 A penalty stroke is awarded:
a for an offence by a defender in the circle which prevents the probable scoring of a goal
b for an intentional offence in the circle by a defender against an opponent who has possession of the ball or an opportunity to play the ball

12.5 If there is another offence or misconduct before the awarded penalty has been taken:
a a more severe penalty may be awarded
b a personal penalty may be awarded
c the penalty may be reversed if the subsequent offence was committed by the team first awarded the penalty

NIMAN

We'll all be cheering on the Aussies apparently (which is something I could never see myself doing), cos supposedly we could beat them, whereas the Dutch would spank us in the final.

cdeb

20 minutes to go and it's 1-0 Holland.

In the groups, Holland beat South Korea 7-0 (having been 7-0 up after 25 minutes), China 7-1 and Italy 12-1.

Given we're the second lowest seed, I think it's fair to say we would very much like Australia in the final!