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- Mon Jun 16, 2025 11:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 2025 URC Final: Leinster vs Bulls
- Replies: 496
- Views: 13816
Re: 2025 URC Final: Leinster vs Bulls
Watched some of the Jake White post patch interview. Came across as an absolute gent. Very difficult to do interviews after losing an final. Serious respect for the man. for those interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrcf1s_r7ts It’s a weird enough one. His insistence that Leinster players a...
- Fri Apr 11, 2025 11:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Champions Cup QF: Leinster - Glasgow: Lions Showdown
- Replies: 197
- Views: 12585
Re: Champions Cup QF: Leinster - Glasgow: Lions Showdown
This is Scottish rugby in a microcosm. With everyone fit and firing they can contend. But it just takes one or two players to be missing or off their game and the wheels come off. Missing as many as Glasgow are their heads go. Then in addition for some reason Irish teams live in their heads. Bit ha...
- Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cardiff rugby enter administration
- Replies: 293
- Views: 23169
Re: Cardiff rugby enter administration
My point is circle the wagons. It does no good for our sport to see Cardiff or Newcastle exit or to see Welsh rugby diminish. England 9 teams Ireland 4 teams Wales 3 teams Scotland 2 teams Italy 2 teams. Two conferences of 10 teams, knockout finals, relegation and promotion, hard ball. Start to deve...
- Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cardiff rugby enter administration
- Replies: 293
- Views: 23169
Re: Cardiff rugby enter administration
There seems to be an attitude here that Irish posters aren't fully in empathy with fellow Welsh rugby supporters. Apart from that total asshole, Kid A, we need you guys to succeed. How competitions can be reorganized to produce revenue for Welsh clubs is beyond me. England and Wales in a 12 team lea...
- Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cardiff rugby enter administration
- Replies: 293
- Views: 23169
Re: Cardiff rugby enter administration
The European Cup is a complete non-entity now. No one watches it. No one knows what channel it is on. And no one can be arsed to find out. It’s on its arse. Strange then that the HEC quarter finals are sold out. I thought I read that the Leinstertainers were struggling with ticket sales? I heard ta...
- Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cardiff rugby enter administration
- Replies: 293
- Views: 23169
Re: Cardiff rugby enter administration
It is not meaningless. If English clubs are paying higher salaries for the same quality of player then the issue may be more the value for money they get from their budgets rather than the budgets themselves. I can't speak for Ireland, but English clubs appear to pay much higher salaries across the...
- Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cardiff rugby enter administration
- Replies: 293
- Views: 23169
Re: Cardiff rugby enter administration
https://www.planetrugby.com/news/ranked-the-highest-paid-premiership-positions-including-shock-lowest-earners Average income by position 2022/23 Premiership season Fly-half: £217,7615 Centre: £178,755 Lock: £174,785 Full-back: £169,918 Back-row: £159,467 Prop: £143,187 Hooker: £127,969 Wing: £121,1...
- Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cardiff rugby enter administration
- Replies: 293
- Views: 23169
- Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sharks vs Leinster
- Replies: 229
- Views: 23017
Re: Sharks vs Leinster
Leinster with incredible defence at the end there. Sharks still look like a poorly coached side that is reliant on individual power and pace to pull themselves through. What's the story there, Saffas? Appears to be like the Ospreys back in the day when they had a ton of grand slam winners but sucke...
- Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
- Replies: 15575
- Views: 709640
Re: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
Also, those numbers are absurdly low... I believe the current lancet estimate is north of 60k dead... since over 50% of the population is under 18 years old... the likely number of children killed is almost certainly far higher than the Reuters report. I believe 40% of the population is under 14 ye...
- Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
- Replies: 15575
- Views: 709640
Re: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
Also, those numbers are absurdly low... I believe the current lancet estimate is north of 60k dead... since over 50% of the population is under 18 years old... the likely number of children killed is almost certainly far higher than the Reuters report. I believe 40% of the population is under 14 ye...
- Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
- Replies: 15575
- Views: 709640
Re: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
A 9 month old choked to death by hand. That’s the civility being dealt with, 1250 Palestinian infants slaughtered before their first birthday. Do you have evidence for this? This was a number I remembered from a Reuters report These are the UN figures since 2023 The Gaza Strip is a graveyard for th...
- Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
- Replies: 15575
- Views: 709640
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 7:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: London Irish back in the Championship from 2025?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 40157
Re: London Irish back in the Championship from 2025?
Great.DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:34 pm I think it's inevitable the welsh regions join the prem or some other new type of league.
The Premiership and the regions together.
Which side of the Titanic deck do you prefer?
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Arrogant rugby fans
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4983
Re: Arrogant rugby fans
OTB are ridiculous drivellers.
They should try to follow the standards of high level rugby commentary set by
The Western Mail and ruck.co.uk.
They should try to follow the standards of high level rugby commentary set by
The Western Mail and ruck.co.uk.
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 563000
- Views: 32978842
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
1. SOB 2. Wally 3. VdF Honourable mentions: Ferris Gleeson M Finn Carr/Matthews/Spillane Mannion (for the catch/gallop/fall-over try) Ferris was a 6, Nigel Carr was the best of that bunch. Care was considering the best open side flanker in the world in 1986 by rugby world magazine. Nailed on open s...
- Wed Feb 12, 2025 7:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Is Fin or Marcus Smith the world's best no.10?
- Replies: 137
- Views: 28332
Re: Is Fin or Marcus Smith the world's best no.10?
Farrell may well be rushing Prendergast through, given the majority of his Lions back row, scrumhalf and twelve are likely to be Irish.
- Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
- Replies: 15575
- Views: 709640
Re: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
I mean, by almost any metric you'd qualify as rascist wouldn't you? Being anti-Muslim would probably be your main defining trait on this board......I distinctly remember you referring to the 'millions of terrorists' in Gaza. Which, given over 30% of them are under 9 years old is particularly abhorr...
- Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lions Lions Lions
- Replies: 3420
- Views: 248271
Re: Lions Lions Lions
Yeah....from the man himself: "For myself, having been brought up in England and schooled there, I always knew I wanted to play for Ireland" [https://www.sportsjoe.ie/rugby/simon-easterby-ireland-coach-296767] or from the BBC "Having turned down Clive Woodward's invitation to play for England, he c...
- Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Ireland v England 2025 6N
- Replies: 1715
- Views: 82427
Re: Official Ireland v England 2025 6N
By that standard Smith shouldn't have been given a yellow after Bin said the next defensive infringement is a yellow. Yes, they're entirely comparable. :roll: Only in the fact that both were solely aimed at England. Strange that last year when England won, the Georgian referee was terrific. I just ...
- Sun Feb 02, 2025 12:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Ireland v England 2025 6N
- Replies: 1715
- Views: 82427
Re: Official Ireland v England 2025 6N
pretty mediocre game though first round games often are. England were just rubbish in second half-totally ran out of steam-which seems to be a running theme for borthwicks england as they seem to get into good positions and then they capitulate in the second half. Ireland look pretty ordinary side ...
- Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 6Ns Prediction Comp - Final Results are up
- Replies: 169
- Views: 91854
Re: 6Ns Prediction Comp
France by 18
Scotland by 12
Ireland by 9
Scotland by 12
Ireland by 9
- Fri Jan 24, 2025 3:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Storm Eoywn
- Replies: 187
- Views: 12153
Re: Storm Eoywn
My neighbour deposited a circular rattan outdoor table in my flowerbed, with broken leg.
Also deposited the glass table top in thousands of pieces on my patio and lawn.
Filled 3 bird food tubs with the shards.
My circular lawn mower became a glass hoover.
Also deposited the glass table top in thousands of pieces on my patio and lawn.
Filled 3 bird food tubs with the shards.
My circular lawn mower became a glass hoover.
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 10:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
- Replies: 15575
- Views: 709640
Re: Israel declares state of war
10,000 tragic mistakes. And they wonder why the Palestinians are angry. How dare they dream of freedom. Trying to pretend the 10,000 wasn’t your own made up figures . Stupid pretend atuff An independent study by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) suggests the ...
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
- Replies: 15575
- Views: 709640
Re: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
Israel will wait until the Western nations and the Emirates 7provide the economic miracle to rebuild Gaza.
Then they will destroy it again.
10 years, 20 years.
Then they will destroy it again.
10 years, 20 years.
- Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 563000
- Views: 32978842
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
"I wouldnt take the Wales coaching role.
Maybe England or Ireland"
- Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Politics from a country nobody cares about: CANADA!!!
- Replies: 158
- Views: 74560
- Mon Jan 06, 2025 7:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The 'star' who won't make the Lions test side
- Replies: 173
- Views: 7969
Re: The 'star' who won't make the Lions test side
We've got 2 probables - Captain Jac and Tomos We've got 3 Maybes - Tommy, Wainwright and Botham Realistically with injuries it will be 1 somebody welsh has to tour, but backrow is stacked. I don't think Faz will be like Gatland. He'll take his own team, and then try and make a proper touring party ...
- Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ is the best country, but I’d never choose to live there
- Replies: 365
- Views: 12668
Re: NZ is the best country, but I’d never choose to live there
% of population who are immigrants: 30.14% Australia 28.65% New Zealand 21.33% Canada 19.84% Sweden 17.64% Ireland 15.28% United States 13.79% United Kingdom 13.06% France 5.05% Argentina 4.82% South Africa A few others: United Arab Emirates 88.13% Luxembourg 47.62% Singapore 43.14% Hong Kong 39.52...
- Tue Dec 24, 2024 2:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: That's Amazing
- Replies: 115
- Views: 8363
Re: That's Amazing
Only 2 species cant walk backwards.
One is penguins.
What is the other?
One is penguins.
What is the other?
- Mon Dec 09, 2024 1:46 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 563000
- Views: 32978842
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
You talk an awful amount of wank. True Ulster mentality. What we have, we hold. If we keep on doing rhe same things. For God and for Ulster Something will change Nah he’s right you do talk a lot of wank And we can safely put you with themaddog as another prime example of the bitterness in the borde...
- Mon Dec 09, 2024 12:21 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 563000
- Views: 32978842
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
We know Richie can coach - which leads one to question what or where Ulster's problem is ? The channel is too narrow. The team is drawn from 2 counties within 9. Until Ulster rugby embrace the enormous physicality latent in the GAA players in the border counties, nothing will change You talk an awf...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 11:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 563000
- Views: 32978842
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
We know Richie can coach - which leads one to question what or where Ulster's problem is ? The channel is too narrow. The team is drawn from 2 counties within 9. Until Ulster rugby embrace the enormous physicality latent in the GAA players in the border counties, nothing will change You talk an awf...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 11:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 563000
- Views: 32978842
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
We know Richie can coach - which leads one to question what or where Ulster's problem is ? The channel is too narrow. The team is drawn from 2 counties within 9. Until Ulster rugby embrace the enormous physicality latent in the GAA players in the border counties, nothing will change Don’t talk shit...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Leinster match thread
- Replies: 2490
- Views: 102587
Re: Leinster match thread
In your case - incomprehensibleDragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:17 pmComprehensible.
You just proved a point!
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 563000
- Views: 32978842
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Not seeing any progress under Richie, fine today was a different beast, but there doesn't seem to be any change of direction in either play or attitude. We know Richie can coach - which leads one to question what or where Ulster's problem is ? The channel is too narrow. The team is drawn from 2 cou...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Leinster match thread
- Replies: 2490
- Views: 102587
Re: Leinster match thread
Leinster clearly have good players but that was some cripple fight of a game. Ref was on the crack pipe at times :lol: Deeply objective rugby match analytic summary "Cripple fight" "Crack pipe" Look what the cat dragged in. Just trying to elevate your comments to something close to incomprehensible...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Leinster match thread
- Replies: 2490
- Views: 102587
Re: Leinster match thread
Deeply objective rugby match analytic summaryDragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 9:15 pm Leinster clearly have good players but that was some cripple fight of a game. Ref was on the crack pipe at times![]()
"Cripple fight"
"Crack pipe"
- Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: URCR7 Ulster vs Leinster (Irish dont care thread)
- Replies: 363
- Views: 7625
Re: URCR7 Ulster vs Leinster (Irish dont care thread)
Do you think, as a proud Irishman, Tommy Bowe voted for the shinners?
Or, why do so many Ulster players have southern accents?
Latest Izuchukwu.
Embarrassing at interviews, isn't it?
- Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your rugby predictions for 2025
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5165
Re: Your rugby predictions for 2025
Boks will lose 4 games next year The two away to New Zealand, Ireland away and France away We will win one in NZ to retain TRC and will put Ireland to bed. France will win the 6 Nations and revenge the WC loss. Ireland going backwards. Ireland will win 5 out of the last 6 over the Springboks in Dub...