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Ruckedtobits wrote:Really tough luck on Niamh Briggs. There is no more dedicated player in any part of the Irish rugby scene than this women. As a player, she has shown demonstrated time and time that she is a ferocious competitor. As a leader, she brings people with her and carries them where necessary.
Having watched the Bolt programme last night and the process he went through to recover from injury, I can only imagine the desolation for Niamh to get back to the verge of playing only for the body to break down somewhere else.
Tough luck, but keep on inspiring us.
arsebiscuits1 wrote:Ruckedtobits wrote:Really tough luck on Niamh Briggs. There is no more dedicated player in any part of the Irish rugby scene than this women. As a player, she has shown demonstrated time and time that she is a ferocious competitor. As a leader, she brings people with her and carries them where necessary.
Having watched the Bolt programme last night and the process he went through to recover from injury, I can only imagine the desolation for Niamh to get back to the verge of playing only for the body to break down somewhere else.
Tough luck, but keep on inspiring us.
I wish all the best for Briggs and hope she gets back for the 6N as she is hoping.
Longer term she is such a charismatic person and slowly building up her media career, as I recall she was on some comedy/ sports quiz show on RTE a while back and did very well on it.
I would love to see her move into punditry at some point in the future. It would be a nice refreshment to some of the current crop of pundits ha
matt wrote:What capacity does UCD have. It's not often a World Cup comes to Ireland & I think there are a lot of people who would have liked to go to Ireland's 3 pool games only to see them sold out very early. Surely they could have filled RDS at least.
Best of luck to the team they have decent chance of qualifying for the Semi Finals as their world ranking of 5th suggests. Pack is excellent & some good backs too although Niamh Briggs a big loss in every respect running, kicking etc.
arsebiscuits1 wrote:matt wrote:What capacity does UCD have. It's not often a World Cup comes to Ireland & I think there are a lot of people who would have liked to go to Ireland's 3 pool games only to see them sold out very early. Surely they could have filled RDS at least.
Best of luck to the team they have decent chance of qualifying for the Semi Finals as their world ranking of 5th suggests. Pack is excellent & some good backs too although Niamh Briggs a big loss in every respect running, kicking etc.
Not sure about capacity. But I know they've beefed up the Bowl and built stands on the GAA pitch.
They said they've sold over 16000 tickets over the 3 match days. So 5500 between both venues and I'd say that's 3500/2000 based on what the Bowl has capacity-wise already combined with the extras.
Who knows why they went for the smaller venue? UCD is pretty much a town so everything can be contained in there. I went to college there and the gym, pool, wifi and accommodation are all pretty damn good. Not to mention all the pitches they have.
It's possible they didn't think they'd have this much interest initially. You'd hope they're more ambitious than that though haha.
johng wrote:Crackin gem a rubby! I need a rest after just watching it.
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