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by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Pay is now £30k for beginning teachers here which is probably 35k euro. Has there been an increase in the max to go with that? You also need to factor in higher cost of living Unless you live in Ballygofingeryoursister most ROI cost of living is much more than in NI thus the need for higher salarie...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Are the southern posters having a competition to embarrass yourself today? https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/teacher-training-and-education/how-much-do-teachers-get-paid https://www.asti.ie/your-employment/pay/salary-scales/post-2011-common-basic-scale/ £41k is about ...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Are the southern posters having a competition to embarrass yourself today? I have this mental picture of them all sitting naked in a crack den pulling each other off! x( :lol: AJ isn't exactly renowned for being selective with his words! :lol: The problem is I'm very selective. :lol:
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Earl/Winnie, like I said, I'm ignorant of the situation in Ulster schools and not pretending to know the answer, nor will I pontificate about what should be done. I'm just somewhat surprised that something which was, to me, as trivial as having overseas lads involved in coaching, was worth remarkin...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Earl/Winnie, like I said, I'm ignorant of the situation in Ulster schools and not pretending to know the answer, nor will I pontificate about what should be done. I'm just somewhat surprised that something which was, to me, as trivial as having overseas lads involved in coaching, was worth remarkin...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Professionalism. Gotta love it. Also, importantly, the need to accurately value tradition within the system. I'm far from sure that's been done. If it had been, then Munster, for example, would likely be based out of Cork. Demographics and potential upside vs tradition. TP would have been modernize...
by anonymous_joe
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Hmmmmm. Forgive us for not building more fee-paying schools in thriving metropolitan areas and restricting them to single sex intake, excluding other team sports and hiring professional coaching staff. Because that's what a secondary school should be for. there's definitely some truth to CM's post ...
by anonymous_joe
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Obviously great news if you're a Leinster fan as he's a fantastic player. But in the grand scheme of things 200K* that could definitely be spent on loads of other more important things in Leinster (including a TH) or across the Irish rugby system. Yes he may end up making a couple of contributions ...
by anonymous_joe
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Floppykid wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:18 pm https://x.com/threeredkings/status/1779929963723985187

The bitterness dripping off this. :lol:
Seething. :lol:
by anonymous_joe
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Heineken cup quarter final - Leinster vs La Rochelle
Replies: 576
Views: 6329

Re: Heineken cup quarter final - Leinster vs La Rochelle

paddyor wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:29 pm
anonymous_joe wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:28 pm What's that website with the full match replays again?
www.Rugby24.net
Gent.
by anonymous_joe
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Heineken cup quarter final - Leinster vs La Rochelle
Replies: 576
Views: 6329

Re: Heineken cup quarter final - Leinster vs La Rochelle

What's that website with the full match replays again?
by anonymous_joe
Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

The last week was ROG's moment of hubris, egged on by the absolute knobs in the Irish media. Dragging munster into that mess as well. Boy his face must be red. Yeah, Radge is a coach playing the game, the media stirring it up are the silly ones. Two sides of the same coin - he fancies himself as a ...
by anonymous_joe
Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

onesolidunit wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:32 pm The last week was ROG's moment of hubris, egged on by the absolute knobs in the Irish media. Dragging munster into that mess as well. Boy his face must be red.
Yeah, Radge is a coach playing the game, the media stirring it up are the silly ones.
by anonymous_joe
Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

No idea if Murphy is the right man, but he's had the team for about two weeks isn't it?
by anonymous_joe
Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

BecomingtheMoon wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:49 pm Hugo Keenan might be out the Twitter lads are saying
Ah fúck.
by anonymous_joe
Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Well, their support has dropped to 23%. They were slaughtered in the 2019 locals (or whenever it was) and bounced back. Those local elections were odd. It's why they were cautious in the general election and ran fewer candidates than they could, probably, have returned. SF will definitely make huge...
by anonymous_joe
Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

CM11 wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:34 pm
anonymous_joe wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:28 pm
CM11 wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:58 am No one is buying this shit anymore from SF, which is why they're losing voters every month.
Meh, we hope they're not buying it.
Well, their support has dropped to 23%.
They were slaughtered in the 2019 locals (or whenever it was) and bounced back.
by anonymous_joe
Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

CM11 wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:58 am No one is buying this shit anymore from SF, which is why they're losing voters every month.
Meh, we hope they're not buying it.
by anonymous_joe
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

So the case was irrelevant whether won or lost for the plaintiff? I mean we have a legal system based on precedent and the luck of the draw as to which judge you get, you're not convincing me there'd be no retrospective challenges if it had gone the other way. But either way, risk is calculated bas...
by anonymous_joe
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

What actually happened CM, and as AJ knows, is that plaintiffs legal teams held back on their cases until the Supreme Court decided. That is they started the cases, which meant the Insurance companies had to make provisions at the old rates, but didn't proceed too quickly whilst waiting for the dec...
by anonymous_joe
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Why would it be illegal in any way? The IRFU already fund development officers who go into schools and clubs to help with coaching and talent ID That's not the same thing though. We're talking about teachers who are employed by the British State. 1. The teachers are employed by the schools. 2. And ...
by anonymous_joe
Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Who has taken what the insurers have said at face value? Cam quoted one after the court decision this week - if it's true that cases have been held in abeyance pending the outcome of that case - what have the courts being doing etc? I didn't read about any lying idle so some work was progressing. I...
by anonymous_joe
Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OJ gone....
Replies: 107
Views: 2846

Re: OJ gone....

iarmhiman wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:22 pm Who can forget this moment? We all remember where we were.

https://youtu.be/rurKd569xRw?feature=shared

Look at Kardashian's reaction.
He was only acting as a lawyer to avoid testifying. He knew.
by anonymous_joe
Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

earl the beaver wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:22 am
Why would it be illegal in any way? The IRFU already fund development officers who go into schools and clubs to help with coaching and talent ID
That's not the same thing though. We're talking about teachers who are employed by the British State.
by anonymous_joe
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Threadl

On the POM rumour mill - head last year that both he and JOD were sat down and compared their playing stats (tackle numbers, completion, ruck effectiveness etc) with with those of Hodnett (and AK oddly enough, redder incoming) and told in no uncertain terms that their performances for Munster in te...
by anonymous_joe
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Ulster have a core of historically strong schools but the big, big difference to Leinster is the money spent on rugby at the likes of Inst, MCB and Campbell (the three biggest and most affluent rugby schools in Ulster) compared to their equivalents in Leinster. I vehemently disagree with the draft ...
by anonymous_joe
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Ulster have a core of historically strong schools but the big, big difference to Leinster is the money spent on rugby at the likes of Inst, MCB and Campbell (the three biggest and most affluent rugby schools in Ulster) compared to their equivalents in Leinster. I vehemently disagree with the draft ...
by anonymous_joe
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

And their legitimacy/constitutionality being contested for just about the same time. Utterly irrelevant. Judges have been making awards based on the guidelines for (just shy of) 3 years. Where's the decline in premiums that the insurers promised? Surely no one actually believed the spiel the insura...
by anonymous_joe
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Every squad needs its journeymen. I'd say the three provinces you mention have a few players knocking about who would aspire to being just that. Or who have been that, perhaps (perhaps not) deservedly, but through age/mileage are no longer hitting those dizzying heights. There are two tasks needing...
by anonymous_joe
Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

So you now accept the guidelines have been in place for just shy of three years. Well done. And their legitimacy/constitutionality being contested for just about the same time. Utterly irrelevant. Judges have been making awards based on the guidelines for (just shy of) 3 years. Where's the decline ...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

So you now accept the guidelines have been in place for just shy of three years. Well done.
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Seeing as the court case challenging the constitutionality of the proposed decreases in the 'Book of Quantum' recommended amounts was only decided this morning, do you not think it would be fairer to give insurance premiums more than a few hours to check whether or not they are decreasing ? https:/...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Following this mornings SC decision, it would appear that the personal injury claims 'payola' is finally coming to an end. And if you won't get any more money by going yo court, the PIRB is going to get lots of business, freeing up lots of court time. https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/202...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

ticketlessinseattle wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:35 pm
anonymous_joe wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:59 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:38 pm

Unlucky AJ
I moved out of PI a long time ago. I do chancery stuff, much safer. PI was only ever a bonus part of my practice.
:lol: isnt it all AJ, isnt it all
When it comes to land, very definitely. Rogues the lot of them.
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Following this mornings SC decision, it would appear that the personal injury claims 'payola' is finally coming to an end. And if you won't get any more money by going yo court, the PIRB is going to get lots of business, freeing up lots of court time. https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/202...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Following this mornings SC decision, it would appear that the personal injury claims 'payola' is finally coming to an end. And if you won't get any more money by going yo court, the PIRB is going to get lots of business, freeing up lots of court time. https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/202...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Following this mornings SC decision, it would appear that the personal injury claims 'payola' is finally coming to an end. And if you won't get any more money by going yo court, the PIRB is going to get lots of business, freeing up lots of court time. https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/202...
by anonymous_joe
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527771
Views: 28715992

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

I'm not really sure that we have the balance right with imports. I look at Ulster and Munster and think that we'd be better off with 4 or 5 Jeff Toomaga-Allen level imports than 1/2 Kitshoff/Snymans. Guys that will plug holes in thin squads but will be surpassed quickly enough if a talented youngst...
by anonymous_joe
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

DPP would get pelters if they didn't prosecute people.
by anonymous_joe
Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146026
Views: 7895530

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

The endangerment of life charge alleges Garda Ryan drove westwards on the eastwards auxiliary lane between Rathcoole and Citywest in a reckless manner, which posed substantial risk of death or serious injury to a member of the public. That offence is under section 13 of the Non-Fatal Offences again...