Team Ireland at the RC off-road championships

Team IrelandGreetings from Karteros, Crete! SportCrazy.net is here on location at the RC 1/8th Off-Road European Championships. Team Ireland have now completed the 5th round of qualifications this afternoon and we’ll find out shortly how the team have seeded. Driving for Ireland are Nicholas Brooker, David Curtis, Darren Hill and Bernd Rapp, team manager is Alastair McDermott! Here’s a picture of the team at the opening ceremony, courtesy of Oisin from RedRC.net.

Check out a small selection of photos on flickr, we’ll have more pictures and hi-res videos of the heats uploaded to Vimeo in a couple of days time (it’s hard to find bandwidth to upload several hours of 1080P).

Best of luck Munster

Back to talking about positive things with Irish rugby with Munster going after Ireland’s 2nd European title of the year (and admittedly, far more important than Leinster’s Magners League title).

My call on the match is very tight, both in terms of scores and playing style, with a fair amount of kicking in the first half, opening up a bit after the 30th minute or so when people settle. It’s too close to call a winner, but I just think Munster might shade it. I had a look around the online prices from the bookies and across the board they’re all shading it Munster by 1-2 points.

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Eddie – time to go

Ireland are bumbling our way into the Six Nations – we’re about to kick off against Italy in 2 minutes time.

Before we do, I’d just like to point out the incompetence of our manager, Eddie O’Sullivan. I say incompetence, because he is simply not a competent manager in this day and age. This kind of idiocy makes me livid:

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Congrats Pats on 16-0,

Well done to the NE Patriots on making NFL history with 16 victories from 16 games. The Giants gave them more of a match than they expected (38-35). Great to see some quality American football, we’re enjoying the season this side of the pond!

Finding live games online

I’ve been looking for some sites to watch GAA (Irish football) when I’ve been away on business, I still haven’t found one (you can watch it live if you’re within Ireland but that doesn’t help me!). I did find a site which shows live soccer matches, might be useful especially with the Euros coming up.

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Why Eddie Must Go

Eddie O’Sullivan, manager of the Ireland rugby team, must go.

I am absolutely ****ing livid that anyone could even consider anything else for Irish rugby right now.

The honourable thing would be to resign but for financial reasons he probably won’t do that and I understand his position on that front. The IRFU board members responsible for the contract extension should also resign on general principles.

I’ve heard a lot of talk about “not making emotional decisions”, “let the dust settle”, “wait until after the competition before the inquest begins” and lots in a similar vein. Continue reading “Why Eddie Must Go” →