Rugby, Do we need it?

Have never been a fan of oysters, K. Everything about them makes me, shall we say, uneasy. The consistency, and saltiness, has always turned me off. Just not my “thing”. Too spunky.

As for the rest of your post, I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.

And yet the Div 1 National Hurling League final had an attendance of 18930 in a stadium that holds 45690..... And the largest crowd at any soccer match was less than 6000.

So the Munster Leinster match was by far the best attended match this weekend. I fail to see what your point is...other than being a troll of course!

Christ your bitterness is palpable , did some privet school boy steal your Mrs or something

its nearly funny how much people celebrating Ireland being good at a sport angers and annoys you :-)

and your wrong in nearly everything.

Irish provinces have won 7 European cups and lenister is one of the best teams in the world (not a lenister man )

Kilkenny teams have been know and admired across the country for the style and class of their hurling (im not from killkenny btw)

English football fans are hated the world over for being violent hateful vicious little cowards , how are Irish rugby fans like that ??

every sport from basket ball to billiards lobbied for reopening

I see you know as little about rugby as you do hurling,

there are 20 teams in a RWC , collage rugby is driving interest in country's across the world , America eastern Europe Scandinavia

No one is forcing you to watch it you know ? and god knows the quality of club and inter pro rugby is better than the LOI dribble that does be on the tv

Munster Ulster and Connaught rugby as well as the AIL offer so many opportunities to young people, Lenister less so ,

So why the unbridled hatred of rugby blazz , is it all those protestants ?

Aw i see we can add geography to the list of things you know very little about :-)

Actually there is Ladies AIL and the Lady's sex nations on at the min , not that macho , bu can be as complex and intricate as mens games

What sports would you consider cerebral enough to be on tv then ?

Because the professionalism of rugby it puts it streets ahead of the Gaa in player protections and welfare

All sports are dangerous ,team sports ore so but its part of why we play them

that's an awful and nonsensible reason to hate rugby blaz

it is an elitist sport. A foreign sport. An imported sport. A sport associated with privilege, colonialism and oppression. It is how it came to be an international sport - it was imposed on nations that were under the jackboot of the British. Same could be said of cricket.

No people dont die from playing rugby , nor is any one forced to take part

again no one is making you watch it , pointing out your lack on information on many issues isnt screaming just because it makes you look and feel stupid

do you want me to list the professional soccer players convicted or accused of crimes ? boxers perhaps , golfers ?

again i ll ask (3rd time now ) what sports do you propose are better for us all ?

Died while playing rugby vs died from playing rugby , I don't want to embarrass you by having to point out the difference.

What info do you want ? i ve suggested you try it out for your self , dont you think that might help you understand, as for cheerleading an dogma i think you have some other unresolved issues there blaz .

One more time blaz , if you can bring your self to pause your hatred what sport would you like to see people playing,?

Did you play rugby for long yourself? Trying to read your posts it appears that you took a few bangs to the head so I can see why this is an issue close to your heart.

Yep. Only 7 teams in the world play this rugby. Britain's Lyons is one of the teams...

Lads, ye could try harder, but do any of you know where the bitterness comes from? Is it a perceived class complex, or a sporting complex or do you just see other people enjoying a sport and get cross?