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Today on Twitter: The Curse of Ryle Nugent

The Head of RTE Sport flew all the way to New Zealand to commentate on the national side’s only loss. Coincidence? Users of the interwebs don’t seem to think so.

THINK ABOUT IT: the national side lost 100% of its World Cup matches after Ryle Nugent took his place in the commentary booth; before he arrived, they enjoyed a flawless winning record.

Extrapolating from that compelling piece of statistical data, the internet has reached the only logical conclusion: Ryle Nugent is cursed.

He must, therefore, be forever banished to a dark room in Merrion and prevented from having any contact with members of the Irish international squad.

Ah, the wisdom of crowds.

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    Oct 9th 2011, 12:36 AM

    Shocking waste of license payer money sending him(self?) down there to commentate when there was already a very capable guy there. Sounds like a junket for the Head of Sport who also happens to be a passionate rugby fan!

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    Oct 8th 2011, 6:10 PM

    He sounds like the Alan Hughes of sports commentating. Purely awful, the other guy who sounded like Tubridy wasn’t as bad

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    Oct 8th 2011, 5:05 PM

    It’s amazing that so many idiots exist.

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