Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-13

Mar 13, 2011 | Uncategorized |

  • Just dropped my iPhone 4 in a cup of hot delicious tea. Fuck. #
  • #NUSUK president @AaronPorter giving an excellent speech at #USI11 #
  • Owen Paterson wearing far too nice a suit for Northern Ireland. #
  • Margaret Richie was obviously taught human emotion by a block of concrete. #
  • What the fuck is Andrew Neil wearing? #
  • nite #
  • #Video from International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano on Japan. http://www.youtube.com/user/IAEAvideo #IAEA #
  • Nice work from Wales. And I'm spent. #6N #
  • Welsh turnover, Game is over. Wales win. Wales 19 – 13 Ireland #6N #
  • TIME IS RED. Ireland at the goal line. #
  • Irish lineout 11m from the goal line from a Sexton penalty. #6N #
  • 2 Mins to go. Penalty advantage to Ireland turns into a Penalty. Sexton kicks for the corner. #6N #
  • Ireland looked to be moving forward. Turned over, Mike Phillips kicks to touch. #6N #
  • Penalty against Wales since Wales were doing sod all with the ball. Ireland replaces half the pack. #6N #
  • Ten whole phases of play with Wales there. And then rugby tennis ensues. #6N #
  • Welsh making a very slow advance with a minimal pack. #6N #
  • Ireland beginning to get worried now. Discipline very frayed. #6N #
  • Peter Stringer picks the ball up from touch and kicks it straight into touch. This is not strategic. #6N #
  • Toe on the line puts Ireland over the line… Welsh lineout. #6N #
  • Even with the dodgy try, you'd have to say this is Wales' match so far. #6N #
  • Beautiful penalty kick from James Hook puts Wales well ahead. Ireland under pressure now. #6N #
  • Superb covering and defensive work by Wales have a penalty in kickable distance. Sean O'Brien offside. #6N #
  • Irish possession getting better, then utterly screws up the move forward. Sean O'Brien crushed and concedes a penalty to Wales #6N #
  • Irish crossing almost undoes their buildup work testing the welsh defence. #6N #
  • Ireland land the ball into touch in the Welsh 22. Welsh win the lineout and fire it out to beyond the 22 for another. #6N #
  • IRB Laws 19.2 b) and d) make the Welsh Try illegal. #
  • Replay of the BallGate incident shows the real problem was the 20m disparity in location of ball touch and throw in. #6N #
  • Ireland turns over the ball to prevent a welsh drop goal opportunity. #6N #
  • Clever switches from the Welsh leading to a drive… for 5m. John Yapp passes to himself, which was nice. #6N #
  • Sexton misses a kick I could have put over. A Sitter. Wales 16 – 13 Ireland #
  • Incredible Irish move forward. Donnacha O'Callaghan passes FORWARD about 5m out. Back for a penalty. Frustration for Ireland? #6N #
  • James Hook converts the try. Game alive now. #6N #
  • Try to Wales. Ireland unhappy, claiming ball used for lineout was not the ball which went out for the lineout. Clear? #6N #
  • Jonathan Sexton is brought on for O'Gara. O'Gara has been asked to post the ref's application for legal blind status. #6N #
  • Welsh lineout at halfway is hoofed, then grubbered by Shane Williams. O'Driscoll cuts it out for a 22 dropout #6N #
  • Lee Byrne intercepts a loose ball and offloads for a nice solid move forward by Wales, promptly lost to a penalty advantage and retreat. #
  • Stupid penalty conceded by Wales 2m from the Irish goal line. Hoofed out for a lineout, won by O'Callaghan. #6N #
  • Back in the action now. Two attacks from Wales very poorly managed. Offensive lineout from Ireland. #6N #
  • Ronan O'Gara penalty from 8m. #6N Wales 9 – 13 Ireland.

    Declan Kidney will not be a happy bunny. At all. In any way. #

  • Utterly incredible buildup from Ireland. Nothing from it. Mike Phillips didn't release in a tackle about half an hour ago. Penalty Ireland. #
  • Wales smell blood, and possibly sex and candy. Ireland trying to slow down play and wait for the whistle. No Irish progress from possession #
  • Lee Halfpenny to kick from 46m… AND IT'S GOOD. Wales 9 – 10 Ireland #6N Ireland won't be looking forward to changing room. #
  • Welsh players simply not chasing the ball down as much as the Irish are. Having said that… Welsh penalty from Irish offside. #6N #
  • Lee Byrne falls on the ground 2 m from his goal line and is upended by O'Gara. Utterly utterly stupid. Ireland wins attacking lineout. #
  • Welsh discipline is failing. They'll be looking forward to the break. O'Gara with another penalty from a fumble pushes play to Welsh half #
  • Scrum down with a welsh put-in goes horribly wrong. O'Gara in kicking range. 1,003 points in test rugby for the horrible bastard. #6N #
  • This #6N game has a mascot… http://tinyurl.com/69ydjo4 #
  • Another Tommy Bowe grubber goes wrong, followed by a Welsh advance… followed by a hoof and hope upfield from O'Gara. #6N #
  • It's been clarified that that penalty was for failure to use arms in the tackle. #6N #
  • Hook had 1 from 3, now 2 from 4. Wales 6 – 7 Ireland #6N #
  • Ireland concedes a stupid, utterly pointless penalty from a kickable distance for obstructing the release from a tackle. #6N #
  • Irish player not releasing at a tackle, hence penalty and welsh put in to a lineout well inside the Irish half. Scrappy play continues. #6N #
  • Tommy Bowe breaks the sound barrier chasing down a grubber kick. A Welsh hand on the ground thwarts him. #6N #
  • Lineout to Ireland leads to a nice breakout move of some 40m or so. Solid possession from the boys in green, but equally solid defence. #6N #
  • To clarify: Welsh move forward thwarted by penalty to Ireland from Shane Williams not releasing when tackled. #6N #
  • Ball back now inside the Irish 10, Welsh lineout. Won by Bradley Davies, Amazing move forward thwarted by Shane Williams #6N #
  • Hook + a penalty for Irish T'r not moving away. Wales 3 – 7 Ireland. Wales will be disappointed not to have got more from those phases. #
  • And Hook hooks it. Wales 0 – 7 Ireland #6N #
  • Wales looking dangerous here in the Irish 22. Irish Tackler not moving away, Welsh penalty, 10m. Hook to take it… #6N #
  • A called mark results in the ball being handed back to Ireland, then back to Wales, then an irish boot into touch on the full. #6N #
  • Wales' Craig Mitchell replaced by John Yapp after his shoulder apparently comes off. Not a pleasant injury. Scrappy stuff here. #6N #
  • Lots of very heroic stuff on the field here; 80% of heroism is stupidity. #6N Non Stop Stuff here. #
  • Poor call from the referee as he gives a knockon scrum for a ball he couldn't see in a ruck he didn't call. #6N #Wales #Ireland #
  • Ireland under pressure from a solid welsh advance. Rugby kicking tennis ensues. #6N #
  • Stunner of a punt from James Hook flies 60m upfield. Into touch for a lineout well inside the Ireland half. Taken quickly by Ireland #
  • Wales nice move forward then a spilled (backwards) ball slips over the ball for a lineout to Ireland #6N #
  • Brian O'Driscoll scores his 24th #6N try to put Ireland ahead after 3 minutes. O'Gara's conversion gives him 1,000 points in Test rugby. #
  • Welcome to my evil coverage of the #6N match between Ireland and Wales. Eoin Reddin off at 46 secs thanks to a face-ball collision. #
  • The UK government should have retained three Concordes for emergency relief teams. That would have been awesome. #
  • A hydrogen-oxygen explosion in a nuclear power station is scary enough, even without a graphite core. #
  • Talking Heads' 'This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)' is the most hauntingly beautiful song I know. #funeralsong #
  • #NUIGSU thanks to all the count staff at the elections, who put in the long hours being irritated by my constant inane moronic singing. #
  • #NUIGSU elections: thank you to all the candidates for making my job as returning officer great fun. Now off to die somewhere. #
  • In the excellent House Hotel, Galway City, enjoying a Bombay Sapphire and tonic. #
  • Approaching beautiful #Galway for the #NUIGSU elections. Looking forward to meeting the candidates. #
  • It's pancake day, yes it's pancake day, yes it's p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day. #
  • #pancaketunes Lemon (by U2 on Zooropa) #
  • #pancaketunes I believe I can Fry. #
  • #pancaketunes Flip You #
  • http://t.co/qOqHm7O #
  • Is it Jif Lemon day? #godisnotgreat #
  • Happy International Women's Day. #
  • Right. Letsby Avenue. #
  • Started Cycle with @cyclemeter at 17:39, on a new route, see http://j.mp/equGPz, Cyclemeter will speak your replies to me. #
  • Dontcha wish your press officer was awesome like me? Doncha? #
  • New blog posting, Programme for Government 2011: Fisked by Rightwingers Edition – http://tinyurl.com/68lm63z #
  • My decision to host with the dreadful @ipage (ipage.com) was a disaster. I will be moving nabidana.com to a UK or Irish host on Thursday. #
  • Nearly finished fisking the Programme for Government with @john_mcguirk . Let the smut begin. #
  • Currently fisking the #pfg11 with @john_mcguirk . Buzzword bingowings at the ready! #
  • New blog posting, Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-06 – http://tinyurl.com/6g44owu #