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For the 43 days that are going to be in it.

The Rugby World Cup will be on our screens very shortly, with 48 games live! I have to say that I’m not looking forward to it. I love sport. I watch anything from hurling to horse racing but rugby leaves me cold. It takes three minutes from the set-up of a scrum, which invariably falls down a couple of times, to the eventual appearance of the ball, which is then kicked up to Row Z in the stands.
We then have to suffer the television panel, where the words “players”, “lads”, or “men” will never be used. It will be “guys” all the way. But it is listening to every pub expert talking about Ireland’s success or failure “at the breakdown” that will push me over the edge. I wish our nation all the best in the upcoming games but this “guy” will not be looking for a front seat “at the breakdown”.

Pat Burke Walsh,
Ballymoney,
Co. Wexford

Ruck!

The Scrum Of The Earth? (Irish Times Letters)

Meanwhile…

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Angry arb asks:

Worst money back special ever From Paddypower?

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The Republic of Ireland Street League team play their opening game at the Homeless World Cup in Amsterdam against the Ukraine.

Dermot writes:

I visited the Homeless World Cup in Amsterdam this week and felt it was worth a mention here. Both Ireland and Northern Ireland have been doing well and it’s worth following online – I had the pleasure to sit with the Northern Irish team while they beat Finland 6-5. Tomorrow, Ireland’s matches against Indonesia and Brazil will be streamed online [at link below]

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They haven’t gone away you know.

Tom McGurk, George Hook, Brent Pope minus Conor O’Shea will do a live panel analysis in DTwo, Harcourt Street, Dublin for the Ireland’s opening Rugby World Cup game versus Canada this Saturday.

Just when we thought they were out, they get dragged back in.

RUCK!

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Previously: Let The Sky Fall In


Former Dublin GAA captain Bryan Cullen at ODEON Cinema, Point Village with Morgan Freeman Savannah Keogh, Summer O Callaghan and Charlie O Reilly from St. Audoens NS, Dublin 8.

Following last week’s Odeon Cinemas 2015 All-Ireland Final competition to find the best fantasy GAA movie.

The winners of TWO family passes to the screening of Sunday’s All-Ireland at Odeon cinemas near them are:

The Mighty One – “The GAA, The Bad and the Ugly”; But Ruffage – “Cúl Hand Luke”

Close calls but later ruled out by hawk-eye:

Brian Melvin – “The Inglorius Bastick”; Watermeters – “Fast and Furiouser”; Scottser – “Black Card Down”; MickyD – “One Flew Over The Canal End”; Streetwise Here – “Hamburger Hill 16”; Stephen – “Hurl Interrupted”; Spaghetti Hoop – “Breaking Bad Ball” and Murtles – “The Bruise Brothers”.

Thanks all.

Previously: Win All ireland Final Tickets

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As the Pregnant stand-up she warned if the audience didn’t laugh she would go into labour.

And having just had her third baby in February Emma Doran is taking her kids her own one mother show to the Mill Theatre in Dundrum on September 18.

Emma has three children 12, 2 and 7 months and her show covers everything from family, dead grannies, children, teen pregnancy and sex, or lack thereof.

We have Two pairs of tickets (yes just two PAIRS) to give away to to two ‘sheet reading tippling matriachs. To enter, just complete this sentence:

I am a real mother and I need a goddamn_________________[name of alcoholic beverage]

Lines MUST close at MIDNIGHT

[Winners will receive a free shot of their chosen hooch on the night].

Emma Doran’s Mammy needs A Drink (Mill Theatre)

Poster by Sara Sheridan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VokEsuk1aVM

Ireland all the way?

Wales to dominate?

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An Irish-made online forecast competition for the forthcoming rugby world cup.

Fiachra Lennon writes:

FirstXV is an online forecast competition developed for the Rugby World Cup 2015 by a small Dublin based start-up A-Star Labs.

You can easily and quickly make your predictions for the winners and losers and score points accordingly throughout the competition.

It is free to join and be added to the global leaderboard. You can also easily set up private leagues for your mates or for your company. It can be used just to have fun or as an office sweepstake for raising money for societies/charities etc.

We have no big name sponsors or backers so would appreciate you sharing to help us get the word out there to the Broadsheet bretheren.

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