21. You can’t envisage a time when this man isn’t playing hurling
Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland
And you’d love to see him lift the cup in this photo some day.
20. You saw Craig Breen go-karting as a youngster and knew the lad was a bit special
Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
He zips along the Outer Ring Road.
19. You taught John O’Shea how to do this back in the day with Ferrybank AFC
YouTube: brodie319
18. But you don’t know where he learnt to do this.
YouTube: Chris Berisford
17. When it comes to Gaelic football, in Jackson you trust.
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Can't fault his commitment to the Deise cause.
16. And you know Jackson makes an unbeatable quiz team with Michael Ryan
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
True story: Back in the day Kiely's preparation for the RTÉ show Where In the World, which he won, involved coaching from Ryan who noticed his tendency to pause before answering. As a method to help Kiely adjust to the pressure of appearing on TV, Ryan would smack Kiely’s knuckles with a ruler any time he’d slow up for an answer.
15. Forget chicken and pasta, you love a blaa to load up on the carbs as a pre-match meal
Pic: www.waterfordblaa.ie
14. It's like this, you know that Dan is indeed the Man
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
And if you don't know him, don't judge him.
13. You reckon Trap should put Daryl Murphy up top with Noel and Stephen Hunt playing off him
Pic: Nigel French/EMPICS Sport
The Holy Deise Trinity.
12. You've booked the flights to Rio as you're convinced Kelly Proper will be amongst the medals
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
The Ferrybank crew will be dancing on the Copacabana.
11. You tell Kilkenny people that Henry, JJ and TJ learnt all their hurling in WIT
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
Waterford made them what they are.
10. You believe the Avonmore Snow Cream Wildcats are the best-named team in the history of basketball
Pic: INPHO/Tom Honan
Now they could shoot hoops.
9. You think there's nowhere nicer in the world to watch a game than the Fraher Field on a fine day
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
8. You think there's nowhere worse in the world to watch a game than the Fraher Field on a bad day
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Anyone for a hot whiskey in the Park or Lawlor's?
7. You spent many a happy Friday night down in the RSC cheering on the Blues
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Tommy Lynch pioneered the concept of tiki-taka when he was manager.
6. Your father/uncle/barman in the local say John Treacy hugged them first after the cross-country win in 1979
Pic: INPHO/Getty Images
5. You'd rather not talk about the events of September 7th, 2008
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
Kilkenny 3-30 Waterford 1-13. The mother of all hammerings.
4. But you'll happily chat about the events of June 27th, 2004 all day long
YouTube: Kev Kehoe
Waterford 3-16 Cork 1-21. The greatest day ever. Fact.
3. You have insisted many times in your life that Sean Kelly is a WATERFORD man
And Tipperary have no claim to him.
2. You were on the original John Delaney disco train that arrived into Plunkett Station one Friday evening
YouTube: cfclegend25
1. And finally just like John Mullane, you too love your county
https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/live-rugby-europe-mens-womens-7s-grand-prix-series-2018-marcoussis
Link if you want to watch it
Do teams like England and France actually care about this competition or is it just for small teams??
@buck turgidson: Both events are Rugby Europe Grand Prix. The world series for both men and women had a double header in paris 3 weeks ago
@Bob Joe: for the Rugby Europe Grand Prix England and France send development sides, as their main teams participate in the HSBC World Series in both Men’s & Womens. The world series is finished for this season, the Paris event (the weekend after Ireland Men’s recently won bronze at Twickenham as an invitational side) was the last Round. But you may see one or two players from the World Series squads beef up both for final rounds of the Grand Prix England added experienced at least two (Olly Lindsay-Hauge & Richard deCarpentier) to their squad last weekend. The success at Grand Prix level is great, but World Series is another level altogether and we don’t have the depth (yet…) if we lose a couple of our best players….
Please stop comparing rugby to this gimmick.
@Cormac Ó Braonáin: there are very obvious comparisons to make though, Cormac.