Talk:Ronan O'Gara

Guardian article
An anonymous user cited this as evidence that O'Gara, "by his own admission", has a weak running and passing game. In fact, the relevant quotes from the Guardian article do not back that up:
 * O'Gara has rarely been given credit for his quality as a passer of the ball.
 * Quote from O'Gara: "I'm as hungry now as I ever was. I think I'm making good strides in terms of running a bit more. My kicking game has always been sound enough but the running game is coming on a bit. If I can develop that, and up my defence, I'd be happy enough."

--Ryano 18:04, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually, that quote is an admission that he needs to work on his running game.

The New Zealand Herald said that "Ronan Keating would be a better tackler"

Saw this quote: http://www.houseofharry.com/WordPress/?page_id=143 "I’ve always felt that I can get a back line moving far more and I have a running game but it’s only in the last 12 months that I’ve shown that consistently at a top level." Ronank 14:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

the section "Notable Deeds".... shouldn't that be records, or similarly titled? (GowsiPowsi (talk) 15:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC))

Ronan O Gara has been the best outhalf ever too play for both Munster and Ireland. He is an excellent kicker both out of hand and place balls. He is a very creative outhalf and has the ability too create a try out of nothing. He is also an excellent passer. Pressure is something that never gets too this man and he has showed this on countless occasions. The media have given him a hard time in the past about his life not just on the pitch but off it especially around the time of the 2008 world cup this is wrong considering all that he has done for Irish rugby. Ronan has shown one big flaw in his game and that is tackling however outside of thos area he is wat I would call the complete outhalf. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronan12 (talk • contribs) 01:37, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Autobiography
The reference to O'Gara's autobiography also name checks the publisher Transworld Ireland. Is this not just a blatant plug for the publisher and not a relevant fact? I have taken no action until I read what others say. Brenmar (talk) 12:36, 14 October 2008 (UTC) Brenmar
 * If it is the publisher, then it would be a blatant plug. I am unable to verify this - if I look up Transworldireland.ie, I get a different IP range. Can you clarify? Thanks Nelson50 (talk) 13:50, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I have a copy of the book in front of me as I write. It is published by Transworld Ireland. I see no reason to include the publisher as that's just advertising. Anyone who wants the book has the title and author. I would suggest removing mention of Transworld Ireland (www.transworldireland.ie) but I'll leave that to you to do. Brenmar (talk) 14:39, 14 October 2008 (UTC)Brenmar

His Degree
The first reference, to a BBC news article does not state that he was adwarded a BA and MA from UCC. Does anyone know of any other references that might support this claim?--AleXd (talk) 09:02, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Its in his autobiography as far as I can remember. G  ain  Line    ♠  ♥ 09:10, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Semi Protection
Due to a lot of activity by vandals lately, I've requested this page to be protected so that only established users can edit it G  ain  Line    ♠  ♥ 14:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Queen incident
He snubbed the Queen and I think this deserves some mentioning: http://www.herald.ie/news/did-ronan-really-snub-the-queen-1732963.html --41.151.91.17 (talk) 15:27, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I think we would need more sources that confer significance to this and some clarification if it really was an incident. __meco (talk) 18:35, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Queen handshake controversy?
I only just heard about this guy because of some incident in 2009 where he kept his hands in his pockets while meeting the Queen of England. Surely there should be something here about this incident, no? Jrgsf 23:01, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

jrgsf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrgsf (talk • contribs) 23:01, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * See section above. __meco (talk) 06:55, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

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