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- Sat Sep 13, 2025 12:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Are the All Blacks washed?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 3741
Re: Are the Springboks washed?
They dry off well don't they?
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 12:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Do tell. I've two lurking due in next month or so. Both of us hit with €100 hikes on our annual premium. Pay monthly, and it's even more. Aviva. Quick check on compare sites there's nothing better. I'm paying >€700 for a fúcking 2017 Polo. For any members of golf clubs look at the AIG Golfer insura...
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 11:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
All those senior players are gone now, and if any of this current squad start acting like that they need to be kicked out, apart from Beirne and Kleyn not 1 of them has the kudos to question anything McMillan does. It's coaches too, though and general admin staff. I hate to give Matt Williams any c...
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:43 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
700+ on an 8 year old Polo. Jaysus. That has a rape the Paddy/Punter vibe to it.
I bloody detest the insurance sector.
I bloody detest the insurance sector.
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Ulster beat Edinburgh in friendly ulster v cambridge today. murray is getting ruined on social media, really read the room wrong with his bitter comments- seems he thought the fans would all row in behind him. 90%+ of people on social media know roughly the same as me about the reality of playing p...
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
- Replies: 859
- Views: 13056
Re: Round 2: All Blacks vs Springboks: MATCH THREAD: Sept 13
That was about as comprehensive as it gets. When they click, there's a very conclusive dull thud feel to it when you're on the receiving side of it.
Well done Boks.
Well done Boks.
- Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Matt Williams in today's Irish Times. Munster do not have a coaching problem. They have a cultural problem with players and administrators not taking responsibility for their performances. Munster’s scapegoating of coaches has allowed generations of players and administrators to avoid the necessary...
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 5:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Actually that'd make for an edgy reality tv show. I reckon only a matter of time before McGoblin would try to throw the leg over Melania. Or a flamingo.
Bound to end well.
Bound to end well.
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 1:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
So someone I'd never heard of called Charlie Kirk has been assassinated. Now reading about him I find his views somewhat abhorrent, but no one should be shot for their opinions, it's just plain wrong, and I feel very sorry for his wife and children. The reaction to the shooting from Trump and his a...
- Fri Sep 05, 2025 8:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Just settling in to the start of a stint over here. Always a bit of a fectic phase.
Keep an eye out for the Munster shirt in a sea of blue when the Bulls take on Leinster in October.
- Fri Sep 05, 2025 1:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Hello from Safferagua btw.
- Fri Sep 05, 2025 1:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Tbf, Prendergast would need more nuanced guidance.Bogbunny wrote: ↑Fri Sep 05, 2025 1:04 pmCross those legs Ang.DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Fri Sep 05, 2025 12:39 pmShe's probably a better defender than Prenderghast.
- Mon Aug 25, 2025 2:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bok Prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye fails drug test
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3748
Re: Bok Prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye fails drug test
OzemPic n Pay.MungoMan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 25, 2025 6:44 amAnother serious note - it’s certainly not fecking Ozempic!DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:23 pm Hard to believe its performance enhancing![]()
Serious note- presume it's a masking agent?
- Tue Aug 19, 2025 6:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The *official* Joe Rogan podcast thread
- Replies: 2561
- Views: 241186
Re: The *official* Joe Rogan podcast thread
Funny as in the stupid things he says. But he's effective coz on some subjects like boxing, sports he's knowledgeable plus some of his guests are good. I only watch snippets of his show here and there. I've never listened to a whole episode. I thought you'd be a big fan of Joe Rogan, as he's a huge...
- Tue Aug 19, 2025 6:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Naughty.Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Tue Aug 19, 2025 1:06 pm SoB would have killed for those shorts a few years ago.
- Tue Aug 19, 2025 6:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Hello Giojuarez, Redderneck and Conspicouous, Hope all's good. In 2013 I kindly invited you all to Across the Tasman. I now have a mate I'd like to invite, and thought my invites would auto-renew each year, but alas, you just get 4 full stop. Any chance any of you either have some invites left, or ...
- Tue Aug 19, 2025 5:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 64425
- Views: 3496396
Re: War in Ukraine...
John Mearsheimer vs. Matt Duss: A Debate on Trump-Putin Summit, Ukraine, Russia & Paths to Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyWTNuXCcmk&ab_channel=DemocracyNow%21 Anyway, back to this for my rant. Actually I now at least see where you got that point that go me a bit shirty Tehui, but that is e...
- Mon Aug 18, 2025 10:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Don't worry lad, you'll be out of the woods in about 2 years and normal life will slowly come back. Then the missus will turn to you, give you that look and say "you know, it's cruel to have only one child....." and then it's game over again. Already on the radar in the sense of "let's see how this...
- Mon Aug 18, 2025 6:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
IIRC hes Isle of Man so he's elligible for all of Wales, Scotland England and Ireland How does that work? Wiki has him born in Wales so presume you mean ancestral connection to Isle of Man? idk tbh. But he qualifies for IOM and so is elligible for any of the 4. He's a bit like a 1980's offshore ban...
- Sat Aug 16, 2025 6:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC 2025 - Wallabies tour of South Africa
- Replies: 921
- Views: 53447
Re: TRC 2025 - Wallabies tour of South Africa
Watched in a bar in Pretoria, surrounded by what you'd expect. Quite fun I must say. I think I'd best leave.
My, my, they don't like this whole not winning thing
Done Oz
My, my, they don't like this whole not winning thing

Done Oz

- Fri Aug 15, 2025 4:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 64425
- Views: 3496396
Re: War in Ukraine...
Probably came off the same Chinese sweatshop line Trumps MAGA shite is manufactured on. Job lot.
- Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Probably hosted by a Healy Rae.themaddog wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:34 pmThere are websites for that kind of fetish.redderneck wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:20 pmI'd sooner be circumcised by a Michael J Fox wielded mallet than do anything which would see one of those hoors profit.
- Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
I imagine FG will go for Sean Kelly who should be solid enough and appeal to a wide enough cross-section (if you can end up president of the GAA I assume a presidential election will be a walk in the park!) Certainly seems to be what my politically clued in mates are suggesting likely. I’d sooner h...
- Thu Aug 14, 2025 5:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Wide open. McG was likely a shoe-in. Wonder will FF redouble their efforts to nominate someone now, given that the steady middle voters no longer have an obvious candidate. Or FG dig someone else out in the short term. Seemingly FF nominating someone was contingent on Martin "thinking long and hard...
- Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 48800
- Views: 2580485
Re: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Is this accurate? https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/531100328_786496170619614_1144258569396722444_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=PmVLAwZyMIwQ7kNvwEuliyC&_nc_oc=Adni6dsjXM3q39X1ugLLwHtZXA_GRpdd8H8NpoZPX9OPYO32qhYYxF_wX5yuZl84Rmo2soP1kG29cYjBsGvt7ruh&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=...
- Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
- Wed Aug 13, 2025 4:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
I'd happily tick a "none of the above" box and see the role lie vacant for 7 years.
- Tue Aug 12, 2025 12:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TRC 2025 - Wallabies tour of South Africa
- Replies: 921
- Views: 53447
Re: RC Springboks vs Wallabies in South Africa
Caught that a few times while out there with work over the past year - it really is very decent. Balanced and informed. Pleasure to watch/listen to.sunnybanana wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 7:48 am The pod with Hanyani Shimange, Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger is probably the best rugby pod going (“Boks unpacked” and “the Verdict”).
- Sat Aug 09, 2025 1:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Are the British and Irish mentally weak?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 14012
Re: Are the British and Irish mentally weak?
This.Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 6:36 am Are Australians always this chippy when losing a series on home soil to the worst Lions team in history?
Maybe a definitive answer will have to wait another 12 years when the Lions tour is needed to stave off Oz rugby bankruptcy again.
- Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Says the guy who was adamant that every Munster hooker known to man was going to supplant Rory Best in the near future between 2009 and 2019. Rory Best couldn’t hold a candle to Jerry Flannery when they were both competing for the same spot. Flanners was only good for kicking Frenchmen. Dirty job b...
- Thu Aug 07, 2025 6:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 159522
- Views: 9315363
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We run a 9 year old Merc B class as the family bus. Wiper motor issue recently and although not failed is clearly not long for this world. Local garage had SFA success landing a replacement part, either OEM or shadow through their usual suppliers. I ended up sourcing an OEM part from a Polish source...
- Wed Aug 06, 2025 6:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies vs B&I Lions - 3rd Test - OFFICIAL!!!!!
- Replies: 1527
- Views: 37307
Re: Wallabies vs B&I Lions - 3rd Test - OFFICIAL!!!!!
Hard to know how to respond to this. Whether you think there's mitigation due to Lynagh's actions is your own view but he didn't do anything particularly out of the ordinary so blaming him for any part in it is ridiculous. Once the panel didn't buy accidental rugby incident, the ban was always goin...
- Wed Aug 06, 2025 4:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irish famine enabled Irish rugby genetic superiority
- Replies: 97
- Views: 11659
Re: Irish famine enabled Irish rugby genetic superiority
This thread needs Mog
- Mon Aug 04, 2025 11:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lions Lions Lions
- Replies: 4369
- Views: 364927
Re: Lions Lions Lions
That's one of the great things about sporting tours. Although not as ridiculously popular, it's the same with the Ashes or with the old Kangaroo tour (rugby league) - the sport is just the theme for a brilliant holiday with likeminded people. The Lions concept is a truly great thing about rugby - a...
- Sat Aug 02, 2025 8:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
- Sat Aug 02, 2025 3:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
A Lions choke, should've been 0-3 at a canter. They were off the boil and Wobs upped their game for the series. This looked a foregone conclusion from a couple of years out. The standard on display by the Irish lads was a bit underwhelming (for far and varied reasons) and unfortunately has been rew...
- Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 564298
- Views: 33393521
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
If we don't get schooled, tbh, that'll reflect more poorly on England and France than it will positively on us.
We have looked stale/jaded for some time now. This tour and the extra minutes rammed into lads, will not have helped.
We have looked stale/jaded for some time now. This tour and the extra minutes rammed into lads, will not have helped.
- Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Congrats Lions on the Series Win
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6023
Re: Congrats Lions on the Series Win
What would help us is gambling reform. We are the biggest gambling nation of earth. We are like the US is with guns. Sports betting money pours into the NRL and AFL.- because its most of the advertising revenue that underpins the TV deals they get. I don't know what its like in the south, but in NS...