Heading down early Saturday morning. Not sure where our £15 tickets are for but anyone else heading down?
Any suggestions for pre match pints?
Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
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looks like rain and temperature of 6C.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
Aye. We're heading down. Train from Maysfield at Noon. Looking for somewhere to watch the Engerland game pre-match.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
I would imagine that Best, Tuohy,Henry and Bowe will start,with Fitzy, Court,Jackson and Luke Marshall on the bench.
The squad to be announced on thursday.
The squad to be announced on thursday.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
Best, Jackson, Marshall and Bowe to start. Court, Fitzy, Tuohy and Henry on the bench. Depending on injuries of course.bootlaced wrote:I would imagine that Best, Tuohy,Henry and Bowe will start,with Fitzy, Court,Jackson and Luke Marshall on the bench.
The squad to be announced on thursday.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
Rumours elsewhere are Best, Fitzpatrick, Jackson and Bowe to start with Henry on the bench. Looks setup that way from pictures in training.
Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
damianmcr wrote:Rumours elsewhere are Best, Fitzpatrick, Jackson and Bowe to start with Henry on the bench. Looks setup that way from pictures in training.
Never ever go by the pictures.Tuohy just has to start.And where do you get your rumours from.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
On a sad note,
Samoan legend Peter Fatialofa dies
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/inte ... alofa-dies
Popular Samoan rugby identity Peter Fatialofa has died. He was aged 54.
Reports say Fatialofa was taken ill suddenly and died this morning. It is understood Fatialofa had a heart attack while driving in Samoa and died in his car.
Reports in Samoa said he managed to pull the car into the car park of the T & N Toleafoa Supermarket in Apia around 7am.
He was found in the car by a security guard who found no pulse and applied CPR but Fatialofa failed to respond.
Fatialofa had been due to co-host his usual morning show on Radio Polynesia and the station became concerned when he didn't arrive.
His car was parked just around the corner and his co-host and radio owner Mapusua Corey Keil was stunned when he learned of the death.
Twitter was abuzz with shock amongst the Samoan and general rugby communities.
Fatialofa played for Manu Samoa between 1988 and 1996, making 34 test appearances.
He played two World Cups, including captaining Samoa at the 1991 tournament where they made a huge impact. He was honoured with a place in the World XV from that tournament.
The Ponsonby club stalwart played 72 games for Auckland and was part of their stunning Ranfurly Shield reign from 1985 to 1993.
The burly prop was often the custodian of the Log o'Wood and became a cult figure with his strength honed from working his furniture removal business and became known as New Zealand's most famous piano-mover.
Fatialofa was also a passionate coach and his career included stints in Auckland club rugby and with the Samoan test team.
He was the current coach of the Samoan women's team who recently qualified for next year's World Cup.Fatialofa was a made a Member of the New Zealand Order of merit in 1996 for his services to rugby.
He then moved back to Samoa, where last year he set up a tour company, Fats Tours.
"I wanted to build something up here in Samoa for my family," he told Fairfax Media last year.
"One day when they've got older and want to come home, they will have something to come home to.
"I am just trying to do what my dad did for us. That's the reason why I've come back."
Fatialofa spent much of his childhood in Samoa before bursting on to the Auckland rugby scene with his powerhouse performances for the famed Ponsonby club side.
New Zealand would always be special to him. But he said he also owed Samoa a lot.
"Obviously Auckland rugby gave me my name, but Samoa took me to the international level," Fatialofa said.
"I have always liked coming back to Samoa. My dad is buried here and I have family here.
"It has been 20 or 30 years since I have come back to settle down for a while. I love it . . . I just have to get the work."
Journalist Phil Gifford, who worked with Fatialofa on his biography Fats: Peter Fatialofa and the Manu Samoa Story that was published in 1996, described the man as "larger than life" and one of the real characters of the rugby scene who was revered both in New Zealand and Samoa.
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"He was hugely passionate about Samoan rugby and a real driving force of that 1991 World Cup where they really made their name," Gifford said, adding that he was shocked by the news of Fatialofa's death.
"Not only was he captain but he did a huge amount of work in the leadup with fundraising, just to make sure the players had a bit of a daily allowance.
"The British media loved him because he gave such colourful interviews."
Auckland Rugby issued a statement saying they were "mourning the loss of the one of this union's much-loved rugby personalities".
Board member and former team-mate Gary Whetton was saddened to hear of Fatialofa's passing.
"He was the ultimate team man - on the field he was huge and off the field such a gentleman. I am so sad for Anne and his family - we have all lost a brilliant man," Whetton said.
Whetton recalls Fatialofa was given the important role of 'Keeper of the Shield'.
"When we won the Ranfurly Shield in 1985, 'Fats' was charged as being the Keeper of the Shield. It was his job to keep it safe, to make sure it came on the road with us - he had to know where it was at all times, and I think a lot of those times it was at his house!"
Samoan legend Peter Fatialofa dies
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/inte ... alofa-dies
Popular Samoan rugby identity Peter Fatialofa has died. He was aged 54.
Reports say Fatialofa was taken ill suddenly and died this morning. It is understood Fatialofa had a heart attack while driving in Samoa and died in his car.
Reports in Samoa said he managed to pull the car into the car park of the T & N Toleafoa Supermarket in Apia around 7am.
He was found in the car by a security guard who found no pulse and applied CPR but Fatialofa failed to respond.
Fatialofa had been due to co-host his usual morning show on Radio Polynesia and the station became concerned when he didn't arrive.
His car was parked just around the corner and his co-host and radio owner Mapusua Corey Keil was stunned when he learned of the death.
Twitter was abuzz with shock amongst the Samoan and general rugby communities.
Fatialofa played for Manu Samoa between 1988 and 1996, making 34 test appearances.
He played two World Cups, including captaining Samoa at the 1991 tournament where they made a huge impact. He was honoured with a place in the World XV from that tournament.
The Ponsonby club stalwart played 72 games for Auckland and was part of their stunning Ranfurly Shield reign from 1985 to 1993.
The burly prop was often the custodian of the Log o'Wood and became a cult figure with his strength honed from working his furniture removal business and became known as New Zealand's most famous piano-mover.
Fatialofa was also a passionate coach and his career included stints in Auckland club rugby and with the Samoan test team.
He was the current coach of the Samoan women's team who recently qualified for next year's World Cup.Fatialofa was a made a Member of the New Zealand Order of merit in 1996 for his services to rugby.
He then moved back to Samoa, where last year he set up a tour company, Fats Tours.
"I wanted to build something up here in Samoa for my family," he told Fairfax Media last year.
"One day when they've got older and want to come home, they will have something to come home to.
"I am just trying to do what my dad did for us. That's the reason why I've come back."
Fatialofa spent much of his childhood in Samoa before bursting on to the Auckland rugby scene with his powerhouse performances for the famed Ponsonby club side.
New Zealand would always be special to him. But he said he also owed Samoa a lot.
"Obviously Auckland rugby gave me my name, but Samoa took me to the international level," Fatialofa said.
"I have always liked coming back to Samoa. My dad is buried here and I have family here.
"It has been 20 or 30 years since I have come back to settle down for a while. I love it . . . I just have to get the work."
Journalist Phil Gifford, who worked with Fatialofa on his biography Fats: Peter Fatialofa and the Manu Samoa Story that was published in 1996, described the man as "larger than life" and one of the real characters of the rugby scene who was revered both in New Zealand and Samoa.
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"He was hugely passionate about Samoan rugby and a real driving force of that 1991 World Cup where they really made their name," Gifford said, adding that he was shocked by the news of Fatialofa's death.
"Not only was he captain but he did a huge amount of work in the leadup with fundraising, just to make sure the players had a bit of a daily allowance.
"The British media loved him because he gave such colourful interviews."
Auckland Rugby issued a statement saying they were "mourning the loss of the one of this union's much-loved rugby personalities".
Board member and former team-mate Gary Whetton was saddened to hear of Fatialofa's passing.
"He was the ultimate team man - on the field he was huge and off the field such a gentleman. I am so sad for Anne and his family - we have all lost a brilliant man," Whetton said.
Whetton recalls Fatialofa was given the important role of 'Keeper of the Shield'.
"When we won the Ranfurly Shield in 1985, 'Fats' was charged as being the Keeper of the Shield. It was his job to keep it safe, to make sure it came on the road with us - he had to know where it was at all times, and I think a lot of those times it was at his house!"
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
Sad news.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
I would try where you normally go for a start, failing that any bar that has no ban on an attention seeking onesy wearing 50 something chube from knocknagoney, oh waitHwoodMike2umate wrote:Heading down early Saturday morning. Not sure where our £15 tickets are for but anyone else heading down?
Any suggestions for pre match pints?
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
No particular source boot and they are just me regurgitating others rumours.bootlaced wrote:damianmcr wrote:Rumours elsewhere are Best, Fitzpatrick, Jackson and Bowe to start with Henry on the bench. Looks setup that way from pictures in training.
Never ever go by the pictures.Tuohy just has to start.And where do you get your rumours from.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
In advance of the general indignation that will meet Schmitty's Leinster-plus selection, here's what I'd like us to field:
C Healy - R Best - T Court
POC-Tuohy
S O'Brien - Heaslip - C Henry
Murray
Jackson
D Kearney
T Bowe
L Marshall
BOD (is he fit?)
R Kearney
Can't be arsed populating a subs list, though Madigan will be there. I just doubt Trimble has done enough after a poor Leicester performance to push into the 15, should he get into the squad at all.
C Healy - R Best - T Court
POC-Tuohy
S O'Brien - Heaslip - C Henry
Murray
Jackson
D Kearney
T Bowe
L Marshall
BOD (is he fit?)
R Kearney
Can't be arsed populating a subs list, though Madigan will be there. I just doubt Trimble has done enough after a poor Leicester performance to push into the 15, should he get into the squad at all.
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Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
You want Court at TH?
Re: Ireland V Samoa - 9th November 2013
My guess is the team will lineout like this
Kearney, Bowe
, BOD, D'Arcy, McFadden, Jackson , Murray
Healy, Best , Deccie Fitz , Tuohy , POC, POM, SOB, Heaslip
I don't mind D'Arcy getting a start as he has actually been playing well from what I've seen and if Sexton doesn't make it and PJ starts he could do a lot worse than line out alongside a centre pairing like BOD and D'Arcy. That said I would hope that Luke gets a start against Australia.
Kearney, Bowe
, BOD, D'Arcy, McFadden, Jackson , MurrayHealy, Best
, Deccie Fitz , Tuohy , POC, POM, SOB, HeaslipI don't mind D'Arcy getting a start as he has actually been playing well from what I've seen and if Sexton doesn't make it and PJ starts he could do a lot worse than line out alongside a centre pairing like BOD and D'Arcy. That said I would hope that Luke gets a start against Australia.