Go jolly hockey sticks!!!!!

citytillidie

If it is the Netherlands, Ireland would need their version on miracle on Ice like USA V USSR back in the 80's in a winter olympics

somesoldiers

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.

My Da won the World Cup Trout Fly Fishing Competituon in the 90s

Hector Bellend

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

We won 3 Snooker World Cups in 80s

Just saying

Fantastic achievement by Girls today. Hope they get the Gold

And the golf world cup

Yamanoto

Try_harder wrote: »

What turned their fortunes around?

Probably knowing they had my support

washman3

There won't be a cow milked for a week in Sandymount...:):)

blinding

Any ideas of how we can sink the Dutch ?

Remove fingers from Dykes , I suppose .

whiskeyman

blinding wrote: »

Any ideas of how we can sink the Dutch ?

Remove fingers from Dykes , I suppose .

Dammed if I know...

cdeb

Franz Von Peppercorn

blinding wrote: »

Any ideas of how we can sink the Dutch ?

Remove fingers from Dykes , I suppose .

That’s surely something that happens before every game.

josip

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Written by Phil Coulter. Hardly a winner of a school contest. Who would you suggest writes a new song to replace it?

Thomas Davis

Clareman

NIMAN wrote: »

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.

I'd imagine there'd be a few letters into Mailbag if they showed that on RTE on a Sunday afternoon :pac::pac::pac:

flazio

They seem determined to go after goals. For the final they should just take their points and let the goals look after themselves.

Try_harder

flazio wrote: »

They seem determined to go after goals. For the final they should just take their points and let the goals look after themselves.

ball can't go above the knee

Kermit.de.frog

https://twitter.com/BBC_Joe_Lynam/status/1025756635950665729


woot!?

ConnyMcDavid

How many of the team will be playing for England next year?

Pentecost

Chloe Watkins is a fine looking young lady. She'll be advertising supermarkets in no time.

Atlantic Dawn

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BBC_Joe_Lynam/status/1025756635950665729


woot!?

Some sponsors need to come onboard and sort them out, should be no problems after this.

fryup

Isn't it great to see an all Ireland team, catholic & protestant nationalist & unionist...getting to a World Cup final

savour it folks it may never happen again

best of luck Girls

washman3

fryup wrote: »

Isn't great to see an all Ireland team, catholic & protestant nationalist & unionist...getting to a World Cup final

savour it folks it may never happen again

best of luck Girls

It is indeed and congrats to all involved.
I know little about the game bar watching it during the Olympics which I thoroughly enjoy. I've never actually seen a game live but would like to.
It looks a damn tough sport and this is a tough competition, 1/4 final on Thursday, semi on Saturday and final on Sunday. That's some going.
Whatever happens tomorrow this squad should be guaranteed RTE's team of the year come December.
Good luck to all tomorrow.

citytillidie

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BBC_Joe_Lynam/status/1025756635950665729


woot!?

Underfunded sport achieving lots men also need to pay and need sponsorship for their World Cup in December

citytillidie

ConnyMcDavid wrote: »

How many of the team will be playing for England next year?

Why would they play for England?

Míshásta

Comhghairdeachas Lassies. Well done.

Great achievement.

Pay no heed to the begrudgers.

From a fundamentalist GAA follower.

blinding

Try_harder wrote: »

ball can't go above the knee

Very Lesbian-ish . Same rule for the men I suppose .

Drifter50

citytillidie wrote: »

Underfunded sport achieving lots men also need to pay and need sponsorship for their World Cup in December

Too true, hopefully this will persuade a sponsor to come in and help. Its not going to be cheap sending the squad to India for a month.

The men have a tough group mind you, China, Australia and England.

Anyway thats for another day, for today lets all get behind the girls and join the Green Army. Hopefully we can put some pressure on the Oranje girls

Speedsie

Clareman wrote: »

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

Ireland won the Croquet World Cup in 2014.

Tier 2, but at least we won!

Alun

Really hope that they beat the Dutch, they're always such sore losers.

flazio

Try_harder wrote: »

ball can't go above the knee

I think my joke went over your head a little. Still though I wonder how many of those girls ever tried picking up a camogie stick before a hockey stick.
Also, if that's the case (and yes I am a band wagon wheeler) how was that Spanish lob over the keeper in the shoot out legal?

awec

flazio wrote: »

I think my joke went over your head a little. Still though I wonder how many of those girls ever tried picking up a camogie stick before a hockey stick.
Also, if that's the case (and yes I am a band wagon wheeler) how was that Spanish lob over the keeper in the shoot out legal?

You can lift the ball in some circumstances, but only with a push, not a strike as far as I remember, and there are rules about how much space you have to be in to do it.

Usually means you can only do it when there's nobody close to you or the person receiving the ball.

You can also be penalised for dangerous play even if you keep the ball low, e.g. if you smash the ball in the direction of an opponent at close range. I can tell you from personal experience that even with shin guards it hurts like hell when the ball strikes your shins.

fryup

Alun wrote: »

Really hope that they beat the Dutch, they're always such sore losers.

yes, but they're gorgeous

so they can pout all they want

OldMrBrennan83

fryup wrote: »

Isn't it great to see an all Ireland team, catholic & protestant nationalist & unionist...getting to a World Cup final

savour it folks it may never happen again

best of luck Girls

It's not great at all, and those are big reasons it's not.

Turnipman

awec wrote: »

I can tell you from personal experience that even with shin guards it hurts like hell when the ball strikes your shins.

It hurts far more when you get hit a bit higher up. And the resulting bruise lasts for a very long time. :eek:

Turnipman

Patww79 wrote: »

It's not great at all, and those are big reasons it's not.

Not enough Muslims and/or Travellers on the team?

Melodeon

awec wrote: »

I can tell you from personal experience that even with shin guards it hurts like hell when the ball strikes your shins.

I seem to remember being strongly of the opinion that they must make hockey balls by taking a piece of granite and whittling away all the soft parts...

Atlantic Dawn

Anyone decked out their house in bunting?

OldMrBrennan83

Turnipman wrote: »

Not enough Muslims and/or Travellers on the team?

Too many northies and not a real Irish team. Don't know why we always need to lump in with that lot for these fake national teams. Any win by one of them is hollow.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

give over with your SF begrudgery

vicwatson

"Irelands Call" is our national anthem :mad::mad:

TheValeyard

vicwatson wrote: »

"Irelands Call" is our national anthem :mad::mad:

Is it a 32 county team?

salmocab

Patww79 wrote: »

Too many northies and not a real Irish team. Don't know why we always need to lump in with that lot for these fake national teams. Any win by one of them is hollow.

Like most sports here it’s based on an island wide participation and ran as such

Fann Linn

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

give over with your SF begrudgery

Id say the Shinners would be only too happy with a 32 county team.

Cork Boy 53

Patww79 wrote: »

It's not great at all, and those are big reasons it's not.

You might want to remember its 2018 not 1968 which is where your attitude belongs in a bygone era.

OldMrBrennan83

salmocab wrote: »

Like most sports in here it’s based on an island wide participation and ran as such

Wrongly, which is why we end up stuck with fake flags and **** anthems to appease our orange overlords.

Turnipman

Patww79 wrote: »

Wrongly, which is why we end up stuck with fake flags and **** anthems to appease our orange overlords.

You mean like the West Indies cricket team?

Shocking altogether and shouldn't be allowed.

Cork Boy 53

salmocab wrote: »

Like most sports here it’s based on an island wide participation and ran as such

Which is the way all of them should be IMO.

fryup

Patww79 wrote: »

Wrongly, which is why we end up stuck with fake flags and **** anthems to appease our orange overlords.

plenty of tricolors flown yesterday..not one NI flag to be seen.i think they're appeasing us more like

cdeb

Turnipman wrote: »

It hurts far more when you get hit a bit higher up. And the resulting bruise lasts for a very long time. :eek:

Try being hit on the head. (By your own goalkeeper!!)

Still have the bump 20 years on

Cork Boy 53

washman3 wrote: »

It is indeed and congrats to all involved.
I know little about the game bar watching it during the Olympics which I thoroughly enjoy. I've never actually seen a game live but would like to.
It looks a damn tough sport and this is a tough competition, 1/4 final on Thursday, semi on Saturday and final on Sunday. That's some going.
Whatever happens tomorrow this squad should be guaranteed RTE's team of the year come December.
Good luck to all tomorrow.

I would think that, regardless of the result today, the Irish Rugby Grand Slam winning squad will win that award.

fryup

Fann Linn wrote: »

Id say the Shinners would be only too happy with a 32 county team.

yes, but made up of irish catholic nationalists only...who would eventually be forced to take up camogie :cool:

Edgware

Patww79 wrote: »

Too many northies and not a real Irish team. Don't know why we always need to lump in with that lot for these fake national teams. Any win by one of them is hollow.

Typical pathetic response. We living in 2018 not 1718. You are probably the type that goes on about parity of esteem but when anyone not to your liking achieves something worthwhile you retreat back into your narrowminded attitudes of nationalism

Cork Boy 53

fryup wrote: »

yes, but made up of irish catholic nationalists only...who would eventually be forced to take up camogie :cool:

I know this is not the point youre making, but on a purely sporting technical level hurling/camogie and hockey have little enough in common.