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by paddyor
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Is Henderson injured or was he dropped for Baird? Didn’t make a difference anyway. Didn’t need him.

No2 to no 5 is some fall from grace though.
by paddyor
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

I thought Larmour was fine. Won’t trouble the coaches with selection at the same time imo. Think he’ll still be behind JOB Frawley and Hansen at 15. And I think Nash is a big winner from the 6n so behind him anyway for wing. That said he’s ahead of a few people like stockdale(hasn’t been mentioned y...
by paddyor
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Yeah Murray was like the anti closer in this game. The old experienced head who comes on to close out the game? No
by paddyor
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Hellraiser wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:14 pm Ultimately the buck stops with Farrell. Murray shouldn't have been on the bench, and he shouldn't have gone for a 6-2 split. If Ringrose had come onto the wing for Nash, we'd have won imo.
And POM, who got carded(again) as we were about to use the bench(again).
by paddyor
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Just to refresh our memories, here’s Radge’s contribution to that Scotland game. https://youtu.be/s6ytZ77KaFU?si=EkgEQh_fnyDE9H5c I mean, we could argue till the cows come home about what Sexton did or didn’t do against the ABs, particularly in the end-game, but none of his contributions actively g...
by paddyor
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

earl the beaver wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:27 pm
paddyor wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:45 pm
earl the beaver wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:32 pm

When was this?
The 6N. Meant the 23
Hendy missed the Wales game through injury.
He was available for the other 2
by paddyor
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Sexton's was arguably worse - old man shuffling around in a RWC quarter final - desperate. Is your memory that bad? ROG was shot after about 2009/2010. He struggled on playing second fiddle to Sexton apart from the 2011 QF. He finished his career on the bench in a loss to Scotland, in a campaign we...
by paddyor
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

earl the beaver wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:32 pm
paddyor wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:24 pm So Ryan is injured. Henderson still holds the distinction of being the last player to be dropped completely from the squad then?
When was this?
The 6N. Meant the 23
by paddyor
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

So Ryan is injured. Henderson still holds the distinction of being the last player to be dropped completely from the squad then?
by paddyor
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45168

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

Dombrandt. No one saw that coming.
by paddyor
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145263
Views: 7815243

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

No one group has a monopoly on being a useless cúnt on the M50. Automatic vehicles would solve a lot of the congestion problems out That’s even worse than Nolanator’s female best man It's you and the rest of the clowns fiddling with the gears that's the problem Duff. Automatic is the way for city d...
by paddyor
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145263
Views: 7815243

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Nolanator wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:47 am No one group has a monopoly on being a useless cúnt on the M50.
Automatic vehicles would solve a lot of the congestion problems out
by paddyor
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45168

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

lorcanoworms wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:09 am Never mind the bookies, Ireland were to supposed to knock 7 kinds of shit out of Wales.
Yeah they had the spread wrong by a point
by paddyor
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37525
Views: 2571427

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

I saw the most in-depth review into the funding model of the Irish teams today, it’s on the Irish examiner? I think, and twitter. It’s paid for so I’ll sum up. The ‘ers’ operate on a salary budget above the top 14 before the tax breaks are taken into consideration, whereas Connacht is above the Eng...
by paddyor
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45168

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

Borthwick should have done a Gatland. Throw in a bunch of kids and that would have gotten the media off his back for a while. He should have done a Gatland, but that's nothing to do with the media. Is he even allowed do that? Like isn't there a limit on how much he can change the EPS or is that gone?
by paddyor
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45168

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

.... Centres - He's started 7 or 8 different centre combinations in his 20 matches as coach. Absolutely no clue what his best combination is. Was still picking Tuilagi over Lawrence in the RWC. .... One of the great traditions of English rugby, can't give Borthwick credit for that. Definitely an ad...
by paddyor
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

It was certainly interesting that Dillane wasn’t it the big renewals lost from La Rochelle. Still reckon he’s more likely to end up in red than white if he did come home. Altho he’d definitely add a lot to both sides. The better ulster or munster do the better the attendances and especially home kn...
by paddyor
Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37525
Views: 2571427

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

https://twitter.com/Smallclone_/status/1763998408316993566 KidA doing the lords work, such a bent league What am I looking at there? An obvious Knock-on :thumbup: I thought he was defending. We'd Mike Admason do a kind of reverse Scotland France decision in the Cardiff game(awarded the try and then...
by paddyor
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45168

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

Stephen Jones is going for the "they don't like it up 'em" approach. He seems to think that Billy V and Manu will make Ireland quail with fear. What's even better: He suggests that "English" Manu Tuilagi is the man to take on "New Zealand born" Bundee Aki. I don't think that he can even see out of ...
by paddyor
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37525
Views: 2571427

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Theflier wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:47 pm https://twitter.com/Smallclone_/status/ ... 8316993566

KidA doing the lords work, such a bent league
What am I looking at there?
by paddyor
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Clarkson has been like a different player this season since about teh Dragons game. Felt like you'd only notice him trudging between penos at the scrum. Seems much more engageda round the park nowe that he's not a peno magnet. I was writing him off after the glasgow game tbh.
by paddyor
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

It was certainly interesting that Dillane wasn’t it the big renewals lost from La Rochelle. Still reckon he’s more likely to end up in red than white if he did come home. Altho he’d definitely add a lot to both sides. The better ulster or munster do the better the attendances and especially home kn...
by paddyor
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

According to a UAFC poster at the supporters event pre-game, Jonny Petrie said McCloskey will be at Ulster next season, Burns if off, likely Munster, Flannery will be at Ulster. Ulster will announce new signings within a few weeks. The reason they have to make some cuts is because , unlike the othe...
by paddyor
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Winnie wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:06 am
Hellraiser wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:33 am
AwayFromHome wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:27 am

Genuinely memorizing
To this day I struggle to comprehend what he was thinking.
He was trying to get closer to the posts
Keenan did it less than three weeks ago and was just able to get the ball down
No.
by paddyor
Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Replies: 1639
Views: 45168

Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread

RodneyRegis wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:16 pm The f**king idea that Smith doesn't walk into the Ireland team :lol: :lol:

Super player Jack Crowley, I hear he scored a try once.
It's an interesting question. Like if you switch the 2, how would crowley look in that Engladn team.
by paddyor
Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

The Cadbery Kid seemed like an open goal
by paddyor
Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Bit Salty
Replies: 183
Views: 11444

Re: A Bit Salty

This eejit appears to be counting Jager, Loughman, McCarthy, and Frawley as foreign poaches; four lads who happened to be born abroad to Irish parents but who all grew up in Ireland. Disingenuous to say the least. This. Not only that, but received their primary and secondary education in Ireland. Y...
by paddyor
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37525
Views: 2571427

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Interesting that Ollie Hassel-Collins is saying he'd happily play for Wales if England don't cap him again. He's some player and I'd be surprised if England didn't take another look at him at some point in the next couple of years. He was shite for the Saes and now he wants to play for us. We're no...
by paddyor
Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Yeah, I don't think there's a huge amount to be read into Bealham/Jager at this stage. England selection will reveal more. There were loads of changes for Italy, so a noob THP wasn't coming in. Wales was a better opportunity to cap a new THP in a more settled team, but still a fairly low jeapardy m...
by paddyor
Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Boredies 2024 - Nominations Thread
Replies: 140
Views: 18726

Re: Boredies 2024 - Nominations Thread

Most entertaining thread - Official English Rugby Thread
by paddyor
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Petrie when asked about McCloskey's situation at Q&A yesterday I’m not going to comment on specifics in there but as part of a refresh, some players go, some players come in Looks like he's off. We're not even going to be able to put a 23 out given the rate players are leaving combined with permane...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Borthwick OUT!!!
Replies: 107
Views: 2660

Re: Borthwick OUT!!!

Think those basics need to be in place beforehand for a top-end international team. See Ireland's passing for instance It was the last game of the 21 6N before Ireland looked good at that stuff. It was the Covid 6n the year before so not quite 10 games. Would love to know the secret sauce behind Ir...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Borthwick OUT!!!
Replies: 107
Views: 2660

Re: Borthwick OUT!!!

Don't think England have the catch-pass, fitness or dynamic carriers needed for Razor's approach. Even Genge has lost his youthful pop in contact (That's how coaching works) Think those basics need to be in place beforehand for a top-end international team. See Ireland's passing for instance It was...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Don't think it works like that with France. They won't see a victory in November as any sort of revenge for the WC. No more than we'd see a win over NZ then as any sort of compensation, tbf. They're bereft without Dupont, partly, but their strength in depth isn't as strong as it should be. They hav...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeff's All New And Euthymic Wales Ratings v Ireland
Replies: 47
Views: 1889

Re: Jeff's All New And Euthymic Wales Ratings v Ireland

I stand by Tomos being quality. We've had loads of great 9's over the years who haven't been able to consistently show it behind the Wales pack. He's definitely been a scapegoat at times. Scrum half is always a very noticeable position when the team is going well or when it is going badly I think h...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 524553
Views: 28403913

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

5th red card in 8 6N games for France(including yellows upgraded to reds - Willemses yellows both reds). And they're giving up lots of scores too. Edwards will be gone at the end of the 6n. Think Gavan Casey was right at the start of teh 6N, the players are probably a bit checked out after 4 years o...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeff's All New And Euthymic Wales Ratings v Ireland
Replies: 47
Views: 1889

Re: Jeff's All New And Euthymic Wales Ratings v Ireland

9. Tomos Williams - Like his half back partner, he compounded the slow ball from the ruck with slow delivery, which made for a stodgy attack all day. Spot on - never going to win with him there. Perhaps the coach could give him a packet of tailormades before each game so that he doesn't have to rol...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145263
Views: 7815243

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

He is a suitable namesake for the long-running column in which Irish Times business journalists endeavour to offer insightful analysis and comment on the business and economic issues of the day. How about you just write under your own name? Bizarre. It's pretty standard practice. Think it's pioneer...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France trying to outlaw mRNA criticism?
Replies: 54
Views: 1422

Re: France trying to outlaw mRNA criticism?

Can any in France confirm this is accurate? https://bnnbreaking.com/courts-law/law/frances-pfizer-law-a-bold-move-against-vaccine-criticism-or-a-step-towards-censorship If accurate and true then I'm concerned. Hasn't the French authorities had issues with medical fuck-ups and cover-ups in the past?...
by paddyor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France trying to outlaw mRNA criticism?
Replies: 54
Views: 1422

Re: France trying to outlaw mRNA criticism?

True Blue wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:15 pm
bimboman wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:34 pm
Big Nipper wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:05 pm Im sure you must be thrilled about the recent Measles outbreaks.
That’s of course on the mandatory/ forced vaccination crowd not those sceptical of MRNA.
What?
Guys a wife beater IIRC.