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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcUj10XEAAdci9?format=jpg&name=small So is Doak going to play 10 next season or not, flicking between 2 positions is helping no one. AOC starting and captain probably inevitable because of the players we're missing but he really doesn't deserve to be ahead of Izzy on fo...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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Cardiff: Cam Winnett; Josh Adams, Mason Grady, Ben Thomas, Theo Cabango; Tinus de Beer, Ellis Bevan; Corey Domachowski, Liam Belcher (capt), Keiron Assiratti, Ben Donnell, Teddy Williams, Alex Mann, Thomas Young, Taulupe Faletau. Replacements: Rhys Carré, Evan Lloyd, Ciaran Parker, Rory Thornton, E...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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God I'd missed Jones on the bench, surely McNabney, Crothers, McLoughlin or Hopes would all be better options, Jones is off at the end of the season and has always been a nothing player.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLcUj10XEAAdci9?format=jpg&name=small So is Doak going to play 10 next season or not, flicking between 2 positions is helping no one. AOC starting and captain probably inevitable because of the players we're missing but he really doesn't deserve to be ahead of Izzy on fo...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Someone said it as a joke on twitter, I don't think they're serious.Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:40 pm If you thought the Barrett reaction was bad, a reputable poster on the Ulster forum has just said Pienaar has signed for Leinster as kicking/skills coach
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Centre who can cover wing. Good squad option. Which is effectively what we've signed Kok as and already have Moore doing (though I'd like to see Moore be our first choice 15, I think Moore in a back three with Stockdale and Baloucoune could cause chaos. I see Moore ahead and yes, sticking to FB wou...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Turner would be a good fit at Ulster. As a winger? We've just wasted an NIQ spot bringing in Kok. Centre who can cover wing. Good squad option. Which is effectively what we've signed Kok as and already have Moore doing (though I'd like to see Moore be our first choice 15, I think Moore in a back th...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
- Views: 28728917
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It will include any primary school who did touch or tag rugby in PE one day.Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:44 pm Not a chance there’s 107 schools in NI playing rugby. That’s over half the schools.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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246 schools playing rugby
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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But making the Leinster schools system pay such dividends didn't happen overnight. Is it not possible for schools elsewhere to up their game? Apart from that, what's your solution? For about the hundredth time, publicly funded schools elsewhere in Ireland cannot put the same level of funding into r...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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This. Leinster can probably help. As has been suggested, there ought to be some sharing of IP between the provinces, and no, Leinster’s big advantage isn’t having some fancy private schools. Hard to get your act together when one province has nearly double the budget of any of the others and they a...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Leinster have a smaller senior squad though with a bigger academy. Also it's not like the Leinster academy only provides for Leinster. Leinster have a 44 man senior squad containing 26 Irish internationals (21 of whom have been involved with Ireland in the past year) and 3 capped NIQs, Leinster are...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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The solution is simple. Munster, Ulster, and, to a lesser extent, Connacht need to get their acts together. This. Leinster can probably help. As has been suggested, there ought to be some sharing of IP between the provinces, and no, Leinster’s big advantage isn’t having some fancy private schools. ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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He's not going to strengthen your 23 but he will strengthen your squad as a stop gap. We're losing a 2 time world cup winning LH and replacing him with Leinster's cast off. We need a LH to start, that's why we had Sutherland and then Kitshoff. Yes, Kitshoff has really made a difference to Ulster wh...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Jared Payne coming back to Ulster? No room for Richie Murphy up north? Ed Byrne and Max Deegan headed to Ulster? I'll take Deegan. Don't see the point in bringing in Leinster 4th choice LH just reinforces that we are by miles the poor relation. He's not going to strengthen your 23 but he will stren...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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I'll take Deegan.irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:48 am Jared Payne coming back to Ulster?
No room for Richie Murphy up north?
Ed Byrne and Max Deegan headed to Ulster?
Don't see the point in bringing in Leinster 4th choice LH just reinforces that we are by miles the poor relation.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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Which players are currently on central contracts? We know Doris and Sheehan are the recent ones. Presumably Furlong, Porter, JvdF, Ringrose and Henshaw as well? Ryan and Keenan? Would Gibson-Park make it 10? I think the central contracts are: Ulster - Henderson Munster - Bierne Connacht - Aki Leins...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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JGP getting onto a central deal - GT long overdue. Which players are currently on central contracts? We know Doris and Sheehan are the recent ones. Presumably Furlong, Porter, JvdF, Ringrose and Henshaw as well? Ryan and Keenan? Would Gibson-Park make it 10? I think the central contracts are: Ulste...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:43 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Ah Winnie. That's one of the least offensive posts I've ever read on PR, and doesn't warrant that level of vitriol in response. You may disagree and feel that Statts is ill-informed and his opinions are highly flawed. You may even say that he can't leave an argument lie. And you may be correct. But...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Is that unusual? We had Kiwi and Aussie coaches 20+ years ago. Granted, my school had a fair bit of discretionary cash to throw around as they saw fit, and that's at the crux of what enables such good coaching at various Leinster schools. Often guys were playing with a club and coached in school an...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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It is objectively a bit shit Personally think something needs to be don about central contract situation The South African Snyman was let go by Munster, and picked up by Leinster because he wanted to stay in Ireland (allegedly on a pay per play contract). The Frenchman Frisch, was called up to the ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Comparing the Ulster schools system to Leinster's is laughable.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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A few weeks ago, a daft signing.Leinsterman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:58 am Hold on, Kok had been announced to be signing for Ulster? FFS, not exactly the most inspiring of signings
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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There are two rounds of URC during the 6N and non-starters are released for them.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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And don't let anyone say we don't take the URC seriously anymore! Let's be fair if you don't win the double next year it must be called our as a massive choke. Because we have Barrett? How do you think he massively improves the squad? Leinster are a top side, no doubt, but we're not unbeatable. As ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:07 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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A draft is a nonsense, the provincial identity is important. What needs changed is that the IRFU need to improve the other provinces, not just let them stagnate and regress while Leinster continue to be a European powerhouse and provide 20+ players to national squads. That should be additional fund...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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The lads had Piatau and then Kitschoff and they’re playing the poor mouth There was a 5 year gap between Piutau leaving and signing Kitshoff. You’d think you would have been more careful to hold onto Kitschoff so It's clear he never wanted to be here, his family remaining in SA and he was flying ba...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Connacht and Ulster being forced to trim their squads then seeing Leinster spunk a quarter of a million on a backpacker shows how broken the system is Maybe dont spunk more than half a million on a prop who wants to leave after 10 mins and then you can complain about what we do The lads had Piatau ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527950
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
A draft is a nonsense, the provincial identity is important. What needs changed is that the IRFU need to improve the other provinces, not just let them stagnate and regress while Leinster continue to be a European powerhouse and provide 20+ players to national squads. That should be additional fundi...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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I think this kind of signing isn’t an issue if there a redirection of some younger players to fill problem spots in other provinces. Even as a short term basis. Season long loan for tector up north? Osborne or Boyle head down south. Connacht haemorrhaging players. But every indication suggests this...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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I think this kind of signing isn’t an issue if there a redirection of some younger players to fill problem spots in other provinces. Even as a short term basis. Season long loan for tector up north? Osborne or Boyle head down south. Connacht haemorrhaging players. But every indication suggests this...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Meanwhile Ulster have signed a SA 7’s player, massively in debt and paying off a player we could never have afforded in the first place, stuck with a fly half who wants to play 9 and half a squad for next season We must be signing the other Barrett brothers then so :thumbup: This isn't true. Quite ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Tyler Bleyendaal a coach of interest for Leinster according to Jackman. Jordie Barrett also being linked with Leinster in latest 42 rugby weekly. Jordie Barrett would be such a weird signing, he'd be a guaranteed starter and you've Ireland internationals galore to pick from in his positions Would b...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Jordie Barrett would be such a weird signing, he'd be a guaranteed starter and you've Ireland internationals galore to pick from in his positionsirishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:55 pm Tyler Bleyendaal a coach of interest for Leinster according to Jackman.
Jordie Barrett also being linked with Leinster in latest 42 rugby weekly.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bulldog Memorial Cup: Masters 2024
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