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Field Theory: Behold the Roar of the Drunken Irish!

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  • Kyle Matthews,

    BTW, I watched the Munster replay last night, and I really think we should adopt the use of silence during kicks - it's really powerful shit!

    Yeah, I was impressed by that too.

    How is this new to everyone now though? Presumably this happened every other time we played in Ireland. I can't recall it being discussed or noticing it during games.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • Rob Hosking,

    Yep, the Irish have done it for a long time. Always thought it showed class.

    South Roseneath • Since Nov 2006 • 830 posts Report Reply

  • Bob Munro,

    While the All Blacks didn't exactly put up a cricket score

    I think the BLACKCAPS would be quite chuffed to be 22/3 at this stage.

    They are! And they are bowling!

    Christchurch • Since Aug 2007 • 418 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    Southee is playing over Kyle Mills. That's bizarre. I would have put Southee in over Elliot, or O'Brien.

    Still, three wickets, when Southee is on form, he bowls well.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    How is this new to everyone now though? Presumably this happened every other time we played in Ireland. I can't recall it being discussed or noticing it during games.

    yeah, I wondered too - but if they've been doing it for ages, this is the first two games I've really noticed it. Maybe we had the volume up more than usual.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    I presume All Black supporters that are there just fit in and shut the hell up as well. See, there is a way to make them polite :)

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    My Da in his late 50s

    Suddenly I reread this & feel really old....

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Peter Darlington,

    Yep, the Irish have done it for a long time. Always thought it showed class.

    I hate it, it's obvious that our guys can't kick in total silence, they need a bit of verbal abuse to focus the mind.

    Nelson • Since Nov 2006 • 949 posts Report Reply

  • Mike Graham,

    I think the BLACKCAPS would be quite chuffed to be 22/3 at this stage.

    They were extremely chuffed to have Australia 23/3 (or should I say 3/23) after less than 80 minutes!

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply

  • Naly D,

    I think the BLACKCAPS would be quite chuffed to be 22/3 at this stage.

    34/1 as I write this!

    At this point, they're thinking 'series? What series?'

    Look at Ryder's hungry little eyes, he can't wait to hit the piss in the dressing room at lunch.

    Wellington • Since Sep 2008 • 307 posts Report Reply

  • Hadyn Green,

    Look at Ryder's hungry little eyes, he can't wait to hit the piss in the dressing room at lunch.

    You're assuming he hasn't got a hip flask in his whites.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2090 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    Look at Ryder's hungry little eyes, he can't wait to hit the piss in the dressing room at lunch.

    It's the toilet door window that should be worried.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • Shep Cheyenne,

    So is it All White in Dunnes today?

    Since Oct 2007 • 927 posts Report Reply

  • Naly D,

    You're assuming he hasn't got a hip flask in his whites.

    I've always wondered what cricketers do during those conveniently placed ad breaks.

    Wellington • Since Sep 2008 • 307 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    81/4.

    Good to see that our traditional top and middle order collapse isn't out of fashion.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • Megan Wegan,

    Good to see that our traditional top and middle order collapse isn't out of fashion.

    I don't know if I'm just a pessimist, or if I've been a NZ cricket fan for too long, but when all the reporters were saying yesterday "NZ is on top" and "Australia is struggling" I thought 'whatever. Talk to me tomorrow when we've been bowled out for 135'.

    Welly • Since Jul 2008 • 1275 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    Heads up, welsh cousins on Facebook predicting an upset this weekend (my dad will rise from the grave, I think, if the Welsh win)

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    If he was in a grave I suppose, maybe he'll reconstitute from the dust of the rose garden he's in. We'll see.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Heather W.,

    So what are the Welsh trying to say with their shirts. Brains up this part, beer down here - is there doubt which way up?

    Welsh

    North Shore • Since Nov 2008 • 189 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    So what are the Welsh trying to say with their shirts. Brains up this part, beer down here - is there doubt which way up?

    I love the Brains shirts. They're right up there with the team where everyone is called Mr Price.

    I don't know if I'm just a pessimist, or if I've been a NZ cricket fan for too long, but when all the reporters were saying yesterday "NZ is on top" and "Australia is struggling" I thought 'whatever. Talk to me tomorrow when we've been bowled out for 135'.

    I'm pretty sure that just makes you a realist.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    I love the Brains shirts. They're right up there with the team where everyone is called Mr Price.

    I've just been teasing my young cousins (whose father is a similar age to me) about how their Facebook friends may have gone to school with me, "Are any of them called Jones, Evans, Davies, Grffiths, Jenkins, Lewis or Price?"

    because they're all called Jones, Evans, Davies, Grffiths, Jenkins, Lewis or Price.

    Re: the shirts, does this mean the Munster game's ref wasn't called Mr Deloitte?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Rich of Observationz,

    I'm still stuck at why the teams aren't called just Auckland, Wellington, etc

    It's so the teams can be relocated to other cities at will. Like the Sydney Swans, ne South Melbourne.

    In other countries, teams are named after the sponsoring organisation:
    PSV Eindhoven is named after the Philips electrical firm
    Dynamo Moscow was the KGB team.
    Israeli team Beitar Jerusalem was associated with the Irgun terrorist group.

    Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply

  • Hadyn Green,

    So what are the Welsh trying to say with their shirts. Brains up this part, beer down here - is there doubt which way up?

    Those are the old jerseys too. The new ones are made by Under Armor [sic]. And because of the no alcohol advertising in France, when they play there the jerseys say "Brawn" instead.

    I love the Brains shirts. They're right up there with the team where everyone is called Mr Price.

    Isn't one of the league teams? Canberra?

    In other countries, teams are named after the sponsoring organisation

    Don't forget all the teams in every sport in Japan, like the Yomiyuri Giants. Or the old American Football franchises like the Eagles and the Packers

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2090 posts Report Reply

  • Naly D,

    In other countries, teams are named after the sponsoring organisation

    Don't forget all the teams in every sport in Japan, like the Yomiyuri Giants. Or the old American Football franchises like the Eagles and the Packers

    Or, in a roundabout way, Arsenal.

    Just another reason to hate them.

    Wellington • Since Sep 2008 • 307 posts Report Reply

  • Hadyn Green,

    Hey Hive Mind!

    I (naively) thought that there would be a free-to-air replay of the League final sometime today. It doesn't look like there is, or am I wrong?

    Help
    H

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2090 posts Report Reply

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