My first international was in the terrace with my dad Richie McCaw's debut in Lansdowne Road in 2001 as a, you guessed it, seven year old. I couldn't see for shit and I think I cried when Lomu started trucking our lads, but I enjoyed myself anyway. We got chips in the Embassy grill after. I think y...

Seating, middle aged women and children have been the ruination of the spectator experience. Hmmm, middle aged woman are not that bad. Kids. Pisses me off no end to see an international ticket wasted on an 7 year old. There is no point in him being there. Why is it wasted on a 7 year old kid? Would...

Was the weight of the bar on your palms, and so wrists, or was it on your shoulders? You really only need the tips of your fingers on the bar http://i.imgur.com/oak1T0g.jpg It turns out I'm doing it wrong. It's worth persevering with the clean grip as opposed to arms crossed as it creates more tens...

High frequency is an interesting thing, but genuine 90+% loads every day are tough on you. I'll be as delicate as possible in saying that I'm not surprised that adherents to the current daily guru have been caught with things they shouldn't have been. It's quite possible to get the reduced to zero ...

Just been reading a thread on another forum. Can see why powerlifting/serious strength training wasn't for me. Lots of those guys pound ibuprofen just to get through training. Bobbity, just out of interest are they training through minor injuries or is it just a bad case of DOMs? Just curious as I ...

Binge, if you set up from the top down as suggested by Kelly Starrett it helps activate the hips earlier. Basically you need to ensure there is tension in your hips before you pull. If you set up from the bottom there generally isn't sufficient tension in the hips to initiate the pull, so your hips ...

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Quinlan wants PASHUN from the team tomorrow, so he said on Newstalk. To be honest, so do I! We're not far enough along to be a threat, but a few bruised egos after last week, Healy doing a classic baby elephant, SOB bouncing people, Murray shrugging KB off, some old school manic aggression from POC...

For the record, I graduated from Civil Engineering just over two years ago. Between 60-70% of my class have now emigrated, with the majority of the remainder in further education. Anyone who was lucky enough to find anything is now working in Dublin in a job either outside or on the edge of the rea...

For the record, I graduated from Civil Engineering just over two years ago. Between 60-70% of my class have now emigrated, with the majority of the remainder in further education. Anyone who was lucky enough to find anything is now working in Dublin in a job either outside or on the edge of the real...

A reminder to other Irish posters - the OP postulates that the recession has actually had very little effect upon the middle class& asks for responses. You're either trolling or you are as detached from reality as you seem. Anybody in the 20-35 age bracket will have taken the full brunt of the rece...

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Sociedad wrote:Really want to think JJ might be a really good outhalf. Bit conceited when he starts doing dodgy chip and chases just outside his 22 though, when we're winning.

He's been watching ROG for ever, wtf did you expect ?

A couple of missed tackles and a lot of kicking the corners

Really want to think JJ might be a really good outhalf. Bit conceited when he starts doing dodgy chip and chases just outside his 22 though, when we're winning.

Zebo out for 10 weeks :? :? Conway or Murphy in for the foreseeable future so. Earls is probably the frontrunner for the 11 shirt for the AIs too now. Could be Hurley. Looks like we'll be aiming for the Amlin if so. Play a 9th forward. And stick it up the jumper. Glos have a windy front 5 Consideri...

They were showing the 6 nations 2 years ago in this place (bit shit use as a last resort) https://maps.google.ie/maps?q=piazza+santa+maria+novella+florence&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x132a56a97825b3df:0x3708d1c831c61875,Piazza+Santa+Maria+Novella&gl=ie&ei=60GjUdvqF4vB7Aali4DoDA&ved=0CK4BELYD The basilica o...

Always thought this was pretty cool

Reading George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire Series. Up to book 2. Quite good - amazing how close Game of Thrones TV series stuck to the 1st book, Yup I'm on the second book too was pretty blown away to how similar the tv series is-if everything translated that well to film noone would have any ...

What Leinster do if they're slowed down is what you are saying there and the man going into contact looks for an offload so get extra momentum and makes it harder for the defense to slow the ball down. Kidney has been way too scared of encouraging offloading out of the tackle and prefers the ball to...

Good news is with Sexton starting Wales will have to try something different to get in behind us. With ROG playing all they had to do was run at him. Sexton stands closer to the gain line and gets the backs moving better. Yes ROG is a better kicker but that was fudge all use to us in Wellington. Tr...

Good news is with Sexton starting Wales will have to try something different to get in behind us. With ROG playing all they had to do was run at him. Sexton stands closer to the gain line and gets the backs moving better. Yes ROG is a better kicker but that was fudge all use to us in Wellington. Tr...

Good news is with Sexton starting Wales will have to try something different to get in behind us. With ROG playing all they had to do was run at him. Sexton stands closer to the gain line and gets the backs moving better. Yes ROG is a better kicker but that was fudge all use to us in Wellington. Tr...

Mr. Very Popular wrote:Wouldn't be one bit surprised to see Bowe/Trimble coming off their wings a fair bit,leave D'arcy bash it up,quick recycle with either winger stepping in to attack any space available.

Hopefully both guys are better cutting infield into broken play rather than trying to go around the outside

Good news is with Sexton starting Wales will have to try something different to get in behind us. With ROG playing all they had to do was run at him. Sexton stands closer to the gain line and gets the backs moving better. Yes ROG is a better kicker but that was fudge all use to us in Wellington. Tr...

Good news is with Sexton starting Wales will have to try something different to get in behind us. With ROG playing all they had to do was run at him. Sexton stands closer to the gain line and gets the backs moving better. Yes ROG is a better kicker but that was fudge all use to us in Wellington. Tr...

Good news is with Sexton starting Wales will have to try something different to get in behind us. With ROG playing all they had to do was run at him. Sexton stands closer to the gain line and gets the backs moving better. Yes ROG is a better kicker but that was fudge all use to us in Wellington. Tr...

Sexton is a waste of space only thing he can do better than ROG is tackle and that's not exactly something to write home about. The rest of his game stinks of mediocrity. He has a better running game and he has a really dodgy knackery look to him,other than that you're right. ROG has scored 16 trie...

Sexton is a waste of space only thing he can do better than ROG is tackle and that's not exactly something to write home about. The rest of his game stinks of mediocrity. Glad someone's had the nerve to say it. Tbf, he's average across the board, which is consistent, sorta. Except when it comes to ...

Sexton is a waste of space only thing he can do better than ROG is tackle and that's not exactly something to write home about. The rest of his game stinks of mediocrity.