Ireland discover BBB

[penga]

there'd be a stack of irish in the crowd in sydney, thats for sure...

i personally like the jerseys, i want to get myself one as a bday present to myself, hopefully with 31 on the back

i LOVE watching it, so much drama!

[Rizzo]

No point this year with the World Cup but in two years time I think we in Sydney deserve a look.

Jakovich - The indirect penalty was for taking the ball outside of the goal area (the replayed show it was only just)

Tackling - Seemed to me that the two umpires policed this very differently so it depended on which end of the groung the tackle happened.

Disallowed Goal - I was incensed by this. There was a lot happening but I could see why we should have been penalised

Crowd - The Irish crowd kick our arse in passion, cheering and singing.

3 game series - The Irish want this and it makes sense however the Aussies will rule it out because of the AFL preseason. I thought the loss on Sat night might put a damper on taking the series but the reaction of our boys make up for it.

Irish Players - The skill displayed was amazing, particularly with dribbling, soloing and generally following the flight of the ball (the Aussies would pause a contests waiting to see which way the ball would bounce, it generally keeps going in a straight line). Crossing over to the oval ball in a huge change....

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by Rizzo

Crowd - The Irish crowd kick our arse in passion, cheering and singing.

It was even worse at the rugby the next night. 10000 Paddies going nuts totally outcheering 42000 north shore snobs down from Sydney.

I laughed ruefully when I saw a shot of one Wallaby fan trying to get "Waltzing Matilda" going. Everyone around him was glaring at him like Diego & I got glared at at the Collingwood match.

A night when I was ashamed to be Australian.

JF