Talk:Irish Rugby Football Union

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The single national federation was able to survive (in contrast to the Irish Football Association for instance) because players in the North and South shared a similar outlook and background - educated at private boarding schools and generally unionist in outlook - even if they differed in religion. In many ways this continues to this day - for although most Ulster-based rugby union fans and players are Protestant Unionists - they are also middle class and comfortable with the idea of travelling to Dublin to watch the national side play whilst in the South the prominent players come from private schools.

Some problems:

Can we really say that all supporters of Irish rugby are predominatly unionist in out look? Especially in the south. This doesn't tally much with my experiences. Sources please?
"prominent players come from private schools" can we get a source for this? More players than ever are being drawn from club sides as opposed to private schools. Also what relevence does this have to the rare position the IRFU enjoys in Ireland.

Conor 16:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The first point about the Unionist perspective is a historical point. I don't know how true it is because I did not write it but it is not too unlikely that people who went to private schools were fairly unionist even if born in the South and Catholic. These days, of course, that would be nonsense.

The second point is probably true, it is certainly true in England. It probably isn't relevant though.GordyB 20:53, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anthems[edit]

The article could do with a reference to the fact that, at Internationals, the Irish side sings two anthems - the Irish (RoI) national anthem and "Ireland". Can anyone provide details? --Red King 11:51, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is not an article about the national team, there are references enough at Ireland national rugby union team.GordyB 15:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Logo[edit]

The IRFU updated their logo in September 2009. The relevant logo has been updated on Ireland_rugby.png but remains the same on this page. Khavakoz (talk) 12:25, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for bringing this to our attention. How can we get the new updated logo? --BwB (talk) 17:42, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

to be honest, I'm unsure. the graphic is correct in the source code - but it somehow redirects to the present - outdated - logo. Khavakoz (talk) 01:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flags[edit]

During the 2011 RWC Ireland used the Irish tricolour and the Flag of Ulster , I think this should be mentioned in the Section "Logos and emblems" as it mentions flags .Murry1975 (talk) 10:34, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]