RWC 2019 Ireland v Japan Match Thread: Group A - Sat 28th Sep 08:15 Shizuoka

Danzy

sliabh 1956 wrote: »

Interesting the panel on rte have no issues with the ref rather that Ireland kicked the ball away in the 2nd half

The ref didn't make Ireland play like that.

They lost on their own against a much weaker team who played their hearts out.

smelly sock

laugh wrote: »

We have beaten countries who have a much larger number of adult players than us or for whom rugby is the main sport (It's No. 4 here.)

How's the League of Ireland doing?

Its going grand. And not backboned by a dozen private schools.

Shefwedfan

dodderangler wrote: »

Aki, van de flier and stander. Yep that’s a team full of foreigners 🀣

When was Wicklow moved outside ireland

VDF grand parents moved here in 50’s

irishgeo

dodderangler wrote: »

Clearly you can’t understand my post. “knobhead”? Really? Calling me your mother’s pet names? Grow up princess

piss off, sure it was a poor performance but we dont all kick our team when its down, some of support the team after a loss.

MadYaker

tonycascarino wrote: »

We are the only big rugby nation never to have got past the quarter finals of the RWC. Definitely way overrated by fans and media. The Irish rugby team would sicken you the way they always bottle it when it matters at the RWC.

We’ll still make it out of the group so we haven’t bottled it just yet, still plenty of time though!

Squidgy Black

dodderangler wrote: »

Aki, van de flier and stander. Yep that’s a team full of foreigners 🀣

You mean the Josh Van der Flier who was born in Wicklow, who's parents are Irish and hasn't lived outside of Ireland at any stage of his life?

Slow down, lads. Thread is growing faster than I can read it while attempting to watch my kid play soccer at the same time.

Gamb!t

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Stander did exactly that for most of the match - he just stood there

He was very quiet alright.

mada999

MadYaker wrote: »

No mention of the refereeing from anyone on RTÉ

or ITV or Eir sport

leakyboots

adox wrote: »

What surprised me most was how poor we were at the breakdown and set pieces.

We were getting outmuscled a lot of the time at the breakdown which shouldn’t be happening against this opposition.

Called this at half time. Some posters were saying we were under instruction not to compete. Bizarre. POM was the only one getting any way close to disrupting or turning over their ball. Stander/Best/Healy/VdF were very poor in this aspect of their play, they're well capable of turnovers

Shefwedfan

Squidgy Black wrote: »

You mean the Josh Van der Flier who was born in Wicklow, who's parents are Irish and hasn't lived outside of Ireland at any stage of his life?

Ahh but he doesn’t sound Irish

We should have a team full of Murphy’s that sound like it’s an Irish name

ClanofLams

Fan of Netflix wrote: »

Keep singing Irelands Call and cheering on your South Africans. You are a real Micheal Collins.

Sound chief, will do. You keep rambling about emery and multi millionaire soccer players living in a city you have probably visited twice in your life max. No interest in supporting your local team no or is there not enough glory in following Bohemians or Drogheda etc for you?

is_that_so

Basil3 wrote: »

Slow down, lads. Thread is growing faster than I can read it while attempting to watch my kid play soccer at the same time.

You should stick with the kid!

Soups123

The most sickening thing about today’s result is not losing to Japan, it’s swapping a QF with South Africa for a QF with New Zealand

gmisk

Squidgy Black wrote: »

You mean the Josh Van der Flier who was born in Wicklow, who's parents are Irish and hasn't lived outside of Ireland at any stage of his life?

Yeah but he sounds foreign.....lol

The next two games are extremely winnable and we should really be ok to get bonus points

Any semblance of rugby has left this topic about 30 pages back. The mods should bury this topic for a few hours so some people can salvage some of their dignity.

KaneToad

blackwhite wrote: »

VDF who was born in Wicklow? That “foreigner”?

Dem foreign surnames.
And what about Rob Kearney's brown skin.

Fan of Netflix

walshb wrote: »

So many anti Irish rugby on here, masquerading as fans. Delight in our loss..

"Our loss" A team full of Foreign imports, a foreign management and too ashamed to play their own national anthem This team doesn't represent me or Ireland. It is a disgrace.

irishgeo

dodderangler wrote: »

Aki, van de flier and stander. Yep that’s a team full of foreigners ��

Your showing your true colours now.

ScrubsfanChris

smelly sock wrote: »

How many in the squad? Im certain Kleyn isnt from Ballyfermot or Mayfield.

There's 3 in the whole squad.
- Aki
- Stander
- Kleyn

Shefwedfan

I think what we can finally put to bed is the love in for Carty....

He had a good 20 mins and then it was shocking the rest of game....

We need sexton and Carbery back and fit as numbe 1 & 2 ASAP

GreeBo

So which game was the blip...Scotland or England?

laugh

Soups123 wrote: »

The most sickening thing about today’s result is not losing to Japan, it’s swapping a QF with South Africa for a QF with New Zealand

And it impacts selections / resting of players for next two.

clsmooth

leakyboots wrote: »

Called this at half time. Some posters were saying we were under instruction not to compete. Bizarre. POM was the only one getting any way close to disrupting or turning over their ball. Stander/Best/Healy/VdF were very poor in this aspect of their play, they're well capable of turnovers

Possibly trying to stem the penalty count and allow them to make errors? There was a lot of spilled ball out there but in the second half it all went Japan’s way (ie backwards)

The Nal

Japan missed 13 tackles. Fairly damning stat for Ireland that.

is_that_so

Soups123 wrote: »

The most sickening thing about today’s result is not losing to Japan, it’s swapping a QF with South Africa for a QF with New Zealand

SA will be delighted. Either of the other two will not trouble them in the way we "imagined" we might.

Shefwedfan

Soups123 wrote: »

The most sickening thing about today’s result is not losing to Japan, it’s swapping a QF with South Africa for a QF with New Zealand

We haven’t.....

We can still top the group

laugh

KaneToad wrote: »

Dem foreign surnames.
And what about Rob Kearney's brown skin.

AH here, Kearney has freckles.

Dave_The_Sheep

Basil3 wrote: »

Slow down, lads. Thread is growing faster than I can read it while attempting to watch my kid play soccer at the same time.

You have to feel for the mods at times like these. Must be like Oprah giving out cars.

BattleCorp

Fan of Netflix wrote: »

"Our loss" A team full of Foreign imports, a foreign management and too ashamed to play their own national anthem This team doesn't represent me or Ireland. It is a disgrace.

Don't feed the trolls folks.

Portsalon

walshb wrote: »

So many anti Irish rugby on here, masquerading as fans. Delight in our loss..

Not as much pleasure in Ireland's loss as pleasure in Japan's great win.

Plus a bit of pleasure on Devin Toner's behalf, as Schmuck should NEVER have selected a journeyman SH mercenary in his place.

And a bit of pleasure that the Irish rugby hype machine has been holed below the waterline.

Hopefully the idiot Shane Ross won't be tweeting too much rugby-related sh1te this weekend.

risteard7

laugh wrote: »

We have beaten countries who have a much larger number of adult players than us or for whom rugby is the main sport (It's No. 4 here.)

How's the League of Ireland doing?

What has the League of Ireland got to do with it? Everytime the football team put in a poor result it's laughed & joked at. In the Group for the Euros we have Denmark, Switzerland, Gibraltar & Georgia.

None of them even play Rugby bar Georgia, My point is the rugby team have it far easier. Anyway it's a rugby thread.

irishgeo

Fan of Netflix wrote: »

"Our loss" A team full of Foreign imports, a foreign management and too ashamed to play their own national anthem This team doesn't represent me or Ireland. It is a disgrace.

Why bother watching or posting about it then?

MadYaker

walshb wrote: »

So many anti Irish rugby on here, masquerading as fans. Delight in our loss..

Yeah it’s a shame to see it. So many bitter people out there who hate success of any sort. The Irish media have definitely not helped though, there has been some real over confidence there.

eagle eye

bilston wrote:

You've described the NZ game last year as a friendly. You are saying we shouldn't judge teams on results in Feb and Mar (which basically means the 6Ns).

While no rugby international is called a friendly you'd have to admit that it was not a really important game for New Zealand. They were on their break from Super Rugby with a WC on the horizon.
Only five of the fifteen that started against South Africa in this World Cup started in that game against Ireland.

clsmooth

The Nal wrote: »

Japan missed 13 tackles. Fairly damning stat for Ireland that.

What was the penalty count? Felt like we gave away close to 15 whilst they were in single digits?

Hoppy Jack

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

There's 3 in the whole squad.
- Aki
- Stander
- Kleyn

+ Carberry

ThunbergsAreGo

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Soups123 wrote: »

The most sickening thing about today’s result is not losing to Japan, it’s swapping a QF with South Africa for a QF with New Zealand

We haven’t.....

We can still top the group

Probably still favourites to

razorblunt

I know it’s tiredness but I think Ryan took the ball on too much in the second half, standing still, jogging pace and stalling with ball in hand on pick and gos.

Asa a country that love being an underdog and punching above their weight, this will have to be taken on the chin.

dodderangler

irishgeo wrote: »

piss off, sure it was a poor performance but we dont all kick our team when its down, some of support the team after a loss.

Mate get your tissues. You’re crying all over me screen

mada999

KaneToad wrote: »

Dem foreign surnames.
And what about Rob Kearney's brown skin.

doesn't he have a sponsorship with Cocoa Brown ?

c.p.w.g.w

Shefwedfan wrote: »

POM was a walking penalty machine...all game

Dragged off after Gardner warned Best he was going to give him a yellow.....

Not sure how anyone could say he was best player on pitch

He was pinged a couple of times for off his feet...yet he was supporting his weight and legal

PhlegmyMoses

dodderangler wrote: »

Mate get your tissues. You’re crying all over me screen

I am cringing reading your posts.

SlickRic

smelly sock wrote: »

Lads show a little class. We were outplayed and the better side won. Yes some questionable decisions but that performance is a disgrace.

2 things can be true.

The better side most definitely won. Well done to them. Japan were stunning.

But the referee was bollocks.

gmisk

Fan of Netflix wrote: »

"Our loss" A team full of Foreign imports, a foreign management and too ashamed to play their own national anthem This team doesn't represent me or Ireland. It is a disgrace.

A team full....is 3....you keep spouting the same rubbish it doesn't make it true

Burkie1203

Hoppy Jack wrote: »

+ Carberry

Carbery has an Irish parent. Like he is actually Irish

visatorro

Assuming we get ten points from last two games we are guaranteed to go through?

fullstop

dodderangler wrote: »

Mate get your tissues. You’re crying all over me screen

Great post, as ever.

Making a show of yourself.

ThunbergsAreGo

gmisk wrote: »

Squidgy Black wrote: »

You mean the Josh Van der Flier who was born in Wicklow, who's parents are Irish and hasn't lived outside of Ireland at any stage of his life?

Yeah but he sounds foreign.....lol

The next two games are extremely winnable and we should really be ok to get bonus points

If Ireland can't win the next two games, they may as well pack in the sport

Exclamation Marc

This thread post game is great for finding out what numpties Ill be sticking on ignore.

Anyways, I'll let this xenophobia-fest bleed out, troll central now.