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.
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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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And POM, who got carded(again) as we were about to use the bench(again).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.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
He was available for the other 2earl the beaver wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:27 pmHendy missed the Wales game through injury.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
The 6N. Meant the 23
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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?
- 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.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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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...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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- 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
Yeah they had the spread wrong by a pointlorcanoworms 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.
- 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...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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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?
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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- 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...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 524553
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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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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
What am I looking at there?Theflier wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:47 pm https://twitter.com/Smallclone_/status/ ... 8316993566
KidA doing the lords work, such a bent league
- 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.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 524553
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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...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 524553
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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...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Views: 28403913
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
No.Winnie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:06 amHe was trying to get closer to the postsHellraiser wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:33 amTo this day I struggle to comprehend what he was thinking.
Keenan did it less than three weeks ago and was just able to get the ball down
- 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
It's an interesting question. Like if you switch the 2, how would crowley look in that Engladn team.RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:16 pm The f**king idea that Smith doesn't walk into the Ireland team
Super player Jack Crowley, I hear he scored a try once.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 524553
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
The Cadbery Kid seemed like an open goal
- 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...
- 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...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Boredies 2024 - Nominations Thread
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- Views: 18726
Re: Boredies 2024 - Nominations Thread
Most entertaining thread - Official English Rugby Thread
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Borthwick OUT!!!
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- 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...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Borthwick OUT!!!
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- 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...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Jeff's All New And Euthymic Wales Ratings v Ireland
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- 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...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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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...
- 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...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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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...
- 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?...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: France trying to outlaw mRNA criticism?
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Re: France trying to outlaw mRNA criticism?
Guys a wife beater IIRC.