r/rugbyunion Mar 04 '25

Video Retro rugby game - Another 6 months progress

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u/kevwotton Ireland Mar 05 '25

No worries - some are more sensitive to these things than others. But if it were me I'd be raging if I found out about something like that after pushing public release!

Best of luck with the game. It looks great so far

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u/Spripedpantaloonz Mar 05 '25

Just checked, I’ve actually drawn the flag you mentioned, but wasn’t sure of what was generally accepted or used. Cheers for letting me know!

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u/Derped_my_pants Ireland Mar 08 '25

The reason the ignorance gets annoying is that there aren't really that many rugby teams to keep up with, so I never quite understand how people never notice this.

The reason for the flag difference is basically because the Irish team includes players from Northern Ireland. You cannot use the Republic of Ireland flag to represent people from Northern Ireland (a country in the UK, which Republic of Ireland is not).

It would be a bit like using the USA flag to represent North America.