New Zealand Getting Beaten by the Irish 3:30pm FoxSports 3

[Thequeerone]

New Zealand v Ireland will be screened LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Fox Sports 3 this Saturday night from 5:30pm (EST).

or 3:30pm in Perth

Henry said it was just one more additional pressure for the All Blacks, along with limited four-day preparation and the loss of nearly half the 30 players who went to the World Cup.

“There's always pressure first game up, more than any other Test. I think the short preparation time for us has been a challenge,” he said.

“It's just going to take time to bed in. How quick that happens, we'll have to wait and see.”



Henry says pressure on All Blacks

By Chris Foley in Wellington, New Zealand
June 06, 2008

New Zealand coach Graham Henry's quest for redemption starts against Ireland here Saturday with Henry talking of extraordinary pressure to win.
A new-look All Blacks side will take the field charged with defending an unbeaten record against the Irish in their first outing since being eliminated by France in the World Cup last October.

Henry says pressure on All Blacks - Rugby - Fox Sports

[KenyaQuin]

Ah TQ1, you sly devil you, though all you needed for bait was "The All Blacks"..

[Burgs]

Yep, got me too

[prop53]

Go The Irish

[Thequeerone]

Can't wait for tomorrow - best chance ever - hope they don't blow it

[force addict]

GO IRELAND!!

[Flamethrower]

I wonder if there will be a back lash against Henry if the All Blacks get belted?

[The Lone Hydrangea]

I wonder if there will be a back lash against Henry if the All Blacks get belted?

I certaintly hope so. Common Ireland!

[Flamethrower]

What a shame they let the best coach in NZ slip off to Australia

[The InnFORCEr]

I wonder if there will be a back lash against Henry if the All Blacks get belted?

The backlash begun when he kept his job!

[robyn <3]

GO IRELAND!!!

[Thequeerone]

Thought some of you might find the following useful:

Fields Of Athenry

Lyrics: Pete St John
Music: Pete St John

Sung by Dennis McNeill (an opera-singer friend of Bob Weir's) with Ratdog on 8 December 1995 and with The Other Ones on 22 July 1998.

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young girl calling
Michael they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Chorus
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters mary when you're free
Against the famine and the crown
I rebelled they ran me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity

[chorus]

[KenyaQuin]

TQ1, hope you have the tissues ready, the day has come and the hour cometh..

[Elf1]

Erin Go Bragh (if my memory serves me well) if not Go Ireland.

[Burgs]

From a totally selfish point of view I'll be going for the AB's, though I'd certainly applaud and Irish win.
Reason being, I want the AB's to have as many IRB Ladder points as possible for when we beat them so we slingshot up the Ladder quicker!
Same goes for the hairybacks!