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earl the beaver

looks like no NIQ props in the provinces next season. Leinster not signing an NIQ TH anymore? Not replacing Kitshoff at Ulster is monumentally stupid, sending Ed Byrne up here isn't suddenly going to make him a live option for Ireland nor is it going to do anything Ulster than making the Ulster squ...

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Sounds like ACL/MCL for Hume. SK fully gone now too it seems, knee injury vs Clermont and he’s gone to SA for treatment. Ffs. Yay for plastic pitches that we can't even make money from in the off season because of resident complaints and licensing. Tbf, if I remember right the issue seemed to be wh...

earl the beaver

looks like no NIQ props in the provinces next season. Leinster not signing an NIQ TH anymore? Not replacing Kitshoff at Ulster is monumentally stupid, sending Ed Byrne up here isn't suddenly going to make him a live option for Ireland nor is it going to do anything Ulster than making the Ulster squ...

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Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:21 pm Sounds like ACL/MCL for Hume.

SK fully gone now too it seems, knee injury vs Clermont and he’s gone to SA for treatment.

Ffs.

Yay for plastic pitches that we can't even make money from in the off season because of resident complaints and licensing.

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Byrne is a washed up nothing player. It’d be doubtful if he gets ahead of Warwick TBH. This is the problem with signing players from Leinster. Usually it’s just the rejects. Milne, McCarthy & Boyle were the players that would have had a positive impact at Ulster. Not Byrne. If Murphy thinks he’s go...

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Still overachieving. Bit like Atletico in Spain or Dortmund in Germany. Not expected to win the title year after year. I can't think of many I would prefer ahead of him. Alonso maybe but he's raw. I like Frank and would prefer him to de Zerbi. Anyway reports saying his interview at West Ham didn't ...

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If he joins Liverpool.. he better be! If he joins West Ham... who cares! He does look good though... not just one season either... and plays positive football. I know he's highly rated but it's not like his Sporting team is romping to the title season after season: 20-21 - 1st 21-22 - 2nd 22-23 - 4...

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Hearing de Zerbi is the preferred choice at Liverpool. I hope not. But Hughes seems to like him. Not exactly data driven if it is him. Amorim to West Ham and they become a Champions League side within three years. Is he that good? If he joins Liverpool.. he better be! If he joins West Ham... who ca...

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The 42 suggesting Ulster are looking at Byrne as a direct replacement for Kitshoff, serious downgrade. Byrne is a washed up nothing player. It’d be doubtful if he gets ahead of Warwick TBH. This is the problem with signing players from Leinster. Usually it’s just the rejects. Milne, McCarthy & Boyl...

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Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:01 am Hearing Lasisi and ben murphy to Connacht

Jack murphy, Ed byrne, Willhem de klerk and Berman to Ulster

Cosgrove off not sure where.

"Hearing"

Actually

"I read Murray Kinsella's article that's currently free on the 42"

earl the beaver

Some suggestions that big stu may be off as well after the rumour being shut down a few weeks ago

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The 42 suggesting Ulster are looking at Byrne as a direct replacement for Kitshoff, serious downgrade. Not based on Kitshoffs performances for Ulster. Disagree, our scrum is miles better with him on the pitch and he actually gets through a lot of work, puts in some massively physical tackles which ...

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The 42 suggesting Ulster are looking at Byrne as a direct replacement for Kitshoff, serious downgrade.

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Cam has in the past blown a fair bit of smoke up McGrath's ass but I fail to see what's controversial about what he said? - McGrath was always good for a few poor passes - he is a good rugby player - he was the first decent SH we produced since Scally - he does have 19 caps (and went to WC 2019 as ...

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Cammy must be McGrath's dad or something, the only explanation.

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He'd always throw one or two into the ground or over the head. But that was because he was the first Leinster SH to pass as he got to ruck. That, allied to his prowess as an actual rugby player, is what made him. JGP has taken that MO and raised the bar, and I expect young Gunne to raise it further...

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Scheffler is a freak, about to win again, no let up post masters.

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Its not whether the calls right, there was a knock on from cooney prior to ulcers try and our captain asked for it to be reviewed and it wasn't. Adamson was gagging to review the last play, its so f**king corrupt. This si why we want out of the league, not because we think we'd be more successful a...

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Could you imagine the frothing by the brave and the faithful if this was back in '08 or '09 when Munster were contributing the lions share of players to the national team, if a revision of the central contract system was brought in then? :? I don't care about the attacks on Leinster's success and w...

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Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:53 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:36 pm Not sure about the uproar regarding the last penalty. Looks like a deliberate knock on to me?
Except no conclusive evidence he even touched the ball.

Looked to me like he touched the ball on the replay and TMO and ref agreed.

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themaddog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:57 pm
earl the beaver wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:55 pm
Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:52 pm

There was a certain blonde lad who is playing for Leinster who is better now 22
It's okay for more than one team to have a good young player you know.
That may have been the point LC was making.

It most certainly was not.

earl the beaver

Didn't you hockey them in Cardiff recently. We basically had a second string side out. Sheridan is going to be a serious operator for Ulster. He’s a real workhorse. Very impressed by Postlewaithe. He’s a future international. Not many 21 year old skillfull 6ft 4, 100kg+ backs about Irish rugby. The...

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Good to hear. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ewers 7. McCann 8. 9. 10. 11. Stockdale 12. 13. Hume 14. 15. That’s the only 1st choice players that started. Izzy made the try saver of the season for me. Monumental tracking back. So Doak, Lowry and Addison don't make your first XV? Maybe Addison based on selection...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:19 pm home town decision for me.

even bbc ni commentators thought it wasnt a knock on.

I'm watching without sound but looked like it hit Carre on replay.

earl the beaver

And we're done.

earl the beaver

That's not a deliberate knock on FFS.

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f**king dire.

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Murphy will need a lot of time to fix this rabble. I'm not sure what the Ulster lads expect. It's rare a coach can instantly fix systemic problems with a side. This isn't a side who were pretty good who lost their way. It's a side who finished the season 2nd in the league last season and apparently...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:21 pm Lowry the classiest player on the pitch.

By miles.

We are an absolute rabble.

earl the beaver

This is a properly, properly bad performance, worse than anything under McFarland.

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Plastic pitch claims another.

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This is awful, like truly dire.

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Bummed in the scrum, good job we aren't signing anyone

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:23 pm https://youtu.be/Ypke3Z6wt2Q

Ulster new CEO

Pretty much says were only signing players as depth and not signing a 10.

Yeah that's going to work.

Great replacing of our two time world cup winning prop

earl the beaver

Maddog yet again I have to tell you… You are the ultimate glory hunter, you have no connection whatsoever to Leinster rugby and their recent success, so I’m not sure what you’re bragging about. Earlthebeaver lives in Leeds yet still supported Ulster and not Sale. There are Ulster supporters all ove...

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Herring is what, 33? And the wunderkind Stewart hasn't followed up on last season, not to say that he won't. WHo else do Ulster have ? James McCormick is very highly rated and is on a development deal, Harry Walker is in the academy and captaining Ireland u19 alongside Zac Solomon. We do not need a...

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John McKee is at Leinster because the Ulster Academy wanted to turn him into a prop, and he and his Dad told them where to stick it, and he came down to Trinity and Leinster took him into their Academy on a shot to nothing basis. I hope the relationship between him and Ulster has got better, becaus...

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He wants money because themmuns are getting money. Well the original agreement was that the money would be split in a certain way, if the GAA get an additional £100m of funding (potentially up to £200m) and the IFA already received an additional £15m why should Ulster sit back and say, "you know wh...

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So you complain that other provinces dont give you good players (but dont acknowledge its Ulsters fault for actually signing them) and then cite two absolute donkeys that you gave to Leinster. :lol: John McKee is a better hooker than that strawberry blonde fella you had a couple of seasons ago who ...

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He wants money because themmuns are getting money. Well the original agreement was that the money would be split in a certain way, if the GAA get an additional £100m of funding (potentially up to £200m) and the IFA already received an additional £15m why should Ulster sit back and say, "you know wh...

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