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***gomezcat*** · 02-26-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by italian pat patriot

pity i not saw the game but i think it was a real great win (there was a lot of interest on tv for our rugby team yesterday)

if we will have 2 wins it will be fantastic imho

ps = i will try to see next italian game @ '6 Nazioni'

FORZA AZZURRI !!!

Remember that England used to put 40 or 50 points on Italy and that was not even close to happening two weeks ago. OK, some of that is down to a weaker England team but the Italian forwards look much, much better. You also deserved to beat the Scots on Saturday.

***gomezcat*** · 02-26-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike the Brit

I love the Six Nations, though I didn't see the match. As a matter of interest, what channel carries it in the U.S.?

Consider yourself fortunate. The Irish destroyed us, apart from one period of the second half. Quite a few columnists are blaming Farrell, which is grossly unfair, given that we had little ball. Most of it was in our own half. The ball we did have was desperately slow and was kicked away half the time by Wilkinson.
Still, it takes time to turn a team around and Brian Ashton is going to need a couple of years.

F0nSY · 02-26-2007, 12:11 PM

i say...go football

ironwasp · 02-26-2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by gomezcat

Consider yourself fortunate. The Irish destroyed us, apart from one period of the second half. Quite a few columnists are blaming Farrell, which is grossly unfair, given that we had little ball. Most of it was in our own half. The ball we did have was desperately slow and was kicked away half the time by Wilkinson.
Still, it takes time to turn a team around and Brian Ashton is going to need a couple of years.

He's the easiest one to target and kick. He was OK, but we do have a lack of pace in the midfield.

Imagine #39 in there at inside centre

F0nSY · 02-26-2007, 12:16 PM

Please Italian Pat Patriot,which is the meaning of azzurri?

PromisedLand · 02-26-2007, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GHOSTOFSAMGASH

this point in the year might be the worst tv wise without the nfl and spring training just starting

March Madness will be here soon...

***gomezcat*** · 02-26-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ironwasp

He's the easiest one to target and kick. He was OK, but we do have a lack of pace in the midfield.

Imagine #39 in there at inside centre

Now there's a thought. Maroney would give the opposing centres, fly half and open side, if he made it across in time, the heeby jeebies.

You're right about the lack of pace in the midfield. I guess Ashton will think about Matthew Tait or Anthony Allen (perhaps trying him as an outside centre)...

Polar Bear · 02-26-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NE_Paddy

What pub were you in?

There's some great ones around the city for rugby atmosphere. Sheahan's is always packed. It's a tiny pub, with 2 crappy little TVs, but the atmosphere is worth the sacrifice.

We ginned together enough euors to send the coaches we'd broguht to the actual match and ended up watching in the Turk's Head, where we'd started the day with kangaroo court. Were lucky enough to have the seats directly in the front of the joint since we'd been there since about 5 hours before the match began.

primetime · 02-26-2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by NE_Paddy

Well, Sky Sports show 2 back-to-back live games every sunday from 6pm (GMT). Obviously, it's not always Pats games, but if you go down to Buskers Bar in the Temple Bar area of the city, there's usually a small gathering of US students who watch games there (they also throw one of the better Super Bowl parties in Dublin). Are you studying in Trinity or UCD or somewhere else?

I'll be at Trinity for the year. If that's the best I can do, that's the best I can do, I guess. Can only hope they get a good number of Patriots games (guessing by the time, they show a 1 PM and then a 4 PM game... any way to see the primetime Thursday/Sunday/Monday night games?).

Slingbox is a little too expensive, and I guess I can always stream the radio coverage if I need to (there's hockey on stream through CBC too, and they like to show the Original Six).

TomBrady'sGoat · 02-26-2007, 01:51 PM

never played, and it couldn't keep my attention on TV. i don't think it helps in the states that rugby is most (only?) popular in college and that the people who play it in college tend to be the biggest jerks you can find. i'd root for cancer before those guys.

i enjoy watching aussie rules, not that it really has anything to do with the question at hand