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Replying To katser: "The Republic can't draw Turkey but Northern Ireland can. Turkey are Pot 1, the Republic are Pot 3 but could move upto Pot 2 iF North Macedonia win or draw v Wales. Semi Finals Pot 1 v Pot 4 Pot 2 v Pot 3. All Pot 1 and Pot 2 teams are home All Pot 3 and Pot 4 teams are away." They didn't give these nation's league 'pot4s' a pot to pee in really. Away to a top4 seed, and if you fluke that, you've another away assignment to a superior seed who's just won their semi. Mission impossible for the nation's league outfits surely. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4475 - 17/11/2025 16:46:17 2645086 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "They didn't give these nation's league 'pot4s' a pot to pee in really. Away to a top4 seed, and if you fluke that, you've another away assignment to a superior seed who's just won their semi. Mission impossible for the nation's league outfits surely." Hmm I think Sweden in Pot 4 could still be a threat if Isak and Gyokores are at full fitness come March. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10135 - 17/11/2025 16:58:47 2645090 Link
Replying To Tirchonaill1: "I can see it now, we'll get Wales again in the play off. Can't rem what year it was they knocked us out before, nearly as bad as playing the english," I stand corrected regarding Wales..... if Wales fail to beat North Macedonia they would drop to Pot 4 and The Republic would go into Pot 2. If Wales win v North Macedonia, Wales go into Pot 2, The Republic remain in Pot 3 and North Macedonia go into Pot 4. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2755 - 17/11/2025 17:03:48 2645091 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "They didn't give these nation's league 'pot4s' a pot to pee in really. Away to a top4 seed, and if you fluke that, you've another away assignment to a superior seed who's just won their semi. Mission impossible for the nation's league outfits surely." Just the sort of mission the Wee little Province aka Northern Ireland are going to get! katser (Galway) - Posts: 2755 - 17/11/2025 17:07:32 2645092 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Hmm I think Sweden in Pot 4 could still be a threat if Isak and Gyokores are at full fitness come March." Elanga and kulesevski could be back fit too jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1753 - 17/11/2025 17:08:21 2645093 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Dunno. Conor Murray form better? They can't be guaranteed that an Irish player's form would keep them out of the team when they're eligible." Luke McGrath was keeping him out of Leinster team jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1753 - 17/11/2025 17:09:53 2645095 Link
So Ireland made the play offs before and after Stephen Kennys era? Did he have a lot of injuries to key players? Kew (Galway) - Posts: 277 - 17/11/2025 17:39:58 2645100 Link
Replying To katser: "So Northern Ireland have an away Play Off v either Italy, Turkey, Poland or Ukraine! The Republic of Ireland could be away to Scotland, Slovakia Cheq Republic or Wales. If North Macedonia draw with Wales in last group game then the Republic could have home draw v either Kosovo, Bosnia, Albania or Wales." I hope Ireland play Scotland or Wales. SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 105 - 17/11/2025 17:47:49 2645102 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Dunno. Conor Murray form better? They can't be guaranteed that an Irish player's form would keep them out of the team when they're eligible." Or maybe they didnt bring him over in the 1st place? Maybe he wanted to come here to get a job playing rugby for Leinster? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17552 - 17/11/2025 18:09:02 2645105 Link
Don't think there will be many handy teams in the draw..let's face it who would have thought the republic would get their last 2 results..my wife and myself sat down and watched the 2 games and the joy it gave us was fab.. I would consider myself a Gaa man before other sports but I don't care what Irish team it is I'll always enjoy when they go well..it's a huge boost for the country and now everyone looks forward to march.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2615 - 17/11/2025 19:16:16 2645111 Link
Replying To Viking66: "Or maybe they didnt bring him over in the 1st place? Maybe he wanted to come here to get a job playing rugby for Leinster?" Could be. I thought IRFU brought himself, Lowe and Bundee over as project players and put them in Leinster and Connacht squads until they were eligible for Ireland. Gibson Park, apparently, wasn't stuck for offers from top clubs before he came here. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8363 - 17/11/2025 22:42:32 2645120 Link
Replying To Kew: "So Ireland made the play offs before and after Stephen Kennys era? Did he have a lot of injuries to key players?" I think Stephen was more interested in getting Ireland to play a game that would be more attractive for the pundits including Dunphy to be able to swoon over. The beautiful game. We just weren't any good at that. He forget about the basic tenet of the game - get the ball into the oppositions net - as soon and as often as possible and by any means. Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1933 - 17/11/2025 23:18:05 2645125 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "He's not Irish. He is class, no doubts. He came here because the IRFU brought him here and is now a citizen. I don't think that's international rugby. New Zealand is his national team. He definitely raises the standard. But I'd prefer to see Irish players with less ability starting out for Ireland and slowly and gradually improve the standard for the national team." Most sports allpw players qualify on residency in some form. He qualified and i dont see why it would be better for a lesser player to be starting Gibson park or any other qualifying on residency is better than any player just rocking up because they've a granny and never spent any time living in Ireland like plenty soccer players Nationality these days isn't as straight laced as you make out. Thigs are far more fluid. H3 was signed to play for leinsterm he stayed. Got more contracts and worked up to play for irelandm KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3858 - 18/11/2025 05:58:34 2645132 Link
Replying To Lockjaw: "Hmm I think Sweden in Pot 4 could still be a threat if Isak and Gyokores are at full fitness come March." Maybe they're sparing themselves for March. They've had one draw in 5 games in group b, including home and away losses to Kosovo. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4475 - 18/11/2025 08:50:11 2645139 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Could be. I thought IRFU brought himself, Lowe and Bundee over as project players and put them in Leinster and Connacht squads until they were eligible for Ireland. Gibson Park, apparently, wasn't stuck for offers from top clubs before he came here." Don't think thats the case at all. Why pay a fortune for a project player? They were all good players who wanted to come here to work. Maybe part of their plan was to move here permanently and start a family. None of them were current internationals, though all 3 might have made it there if they had of stayed, they were all pretty young when they moved here. Some lads just want to test themselves in the other hemisphere, Barrett and Ioane are here now for that reason. Leinster also pay well, think they have the highest wage bill in Europe. I doubt either will choose to stay here, although Barrett did spend part of his childhood here. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17552 - 18/11/2025 10:24:15 2645154 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "Most sports allpw players qualify on residency in some form. He qualified and i dont see why it would be better for a lesser player to be starting Gibson park or any other qualifying on residency is better than any player just rocking up because they've a granny and never spent any time living in Ireland like plenty soccer players Nationality these days isn't as straight laced as you make out. Thigs are far more fluid. H3 was signed to play for leinsterm he stayed. Got more contracts and worked up to play for irelandm" Lads are allowed to move to a different GAA club, or county, based on residency. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17552 - 18/11/2025 10:25:33 2645155 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "Most sports allpw players qualify on residency in some form. He qualified and i dont see why it would be better for a lesser player to be starting Gibson park or any other qualifying on residency is better than any player just rocking up because they've a granny and never spent any time living in Ireland like plenty soccer players Nationality these days isn't as straight laced as you make out. Thigs are far more fluid. H3 was signed to play for leinsterm he stayed. Got more contracts and worked up to play for irelandm" Nationality is not complicated or "fluid." A piece of paper does not make you Irish or Japanese or Swiss. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3820 - 18/11/2025 10:34:21 2645157 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Nationality is not complicated or "fluid." A piece of paper does not make you Irish or Japanese or Swiss." What is nationality if it is not complicated jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1753 - 18/11/2025 11:17:44 2645160 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Maybe they're sparing themselves for March. They've had one draw in 5 games in group b, including home and away losses to Kosovo." Could well be. Their group stage qualification efforts were a disaster and they sacked Tomasson midway through. Potter is there now and it's possible that he wrote off the last two games. By March, he could potentially have Isak, Kulusevski, Gyokores and Elanga all motoring a lot better than they are now. And that would be a problem for any team to face. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10135 - 18/11/2025 11:23:40 2645162 Link
Replying To BarneyGrant: "Nationality is not complicated or "fluid." A piece of paper does not make you Irish or Japanese or Swiss." Same doesn't apply to counties though? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17552 - 18/11/2025 14:36:17 2645172 Link