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redderneck

Noughties, no question. The hunt for the Holy Grail and the craic enjoyed in the various glorious but failed trips, and then the sheer joy of landing it. The tension in the old Thomond Park. Just the divilmint of being on tour, predominantly to the South of France, with the best bunch of lads/family...

redderneck

Being disingenuous when you don't need to be. Hmmmmm.

Gratuitously disingenuous.

The English taught you well.

redderneck

Jesus South Africa fans are so obnoxious online They are the absolute pits. They are, and Rassie is a cúnt, but SA are going to mangle us in 2 weeks if the forwards don't front up. Yup. We could have Sexton in his prime at 10 and JGP of 2 years ago at 9, with a fresh pair of both of them to come on...

redderneck

OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 12:58 pm Its 23 players, the smaller nations have more then 23 players.

Disingenuous much.

redderneck

I cannot believe that the smaller nations aren't making more of a fuss about it. It's stacking the deck. Strongly favours Boks, England, France and to an extent, NZ. Huge advantage to those with existing playing depth, which makes it harder for those who lack it,.to bridge the gap. It takes an uneve...

redderneck

They look about as rugby'd out as I felt after the RWC. And then again before and after the Lions. I know we look after their active minutes better than most, but these guys get far too little non rugby downtime mentally in my view. It's not just the physical. Burn out. The squad dynamic looks to ha...

redderneck

Hmmmmm. If they get close enough we can get the hoors Irish-qualified.

redderneck

Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 11:44 pm Well done? It was a comp to see who was the worst team on the day.

Officials 1st; Ireland 2nd; NZ 3rd

Fair summation.

redderneck

Loving the chicken little routine lads! Loving the comical Ali routine. If this was a 1 off it would be an overreaction but it's not, the 6n was the beginning of steep descent to this game. The bulk of the team have not performed to a good enough level for over a year now, and if you try and say lo...

redderneck

This Lions hangover is really going to bloody sting, likely right through the season.

Everyone looks jaded.

redderneck

Sides now know they can let us have the ball. We will huff and puff and sin a bhfuil. The era when our side had the legs to keep banging those phases together relentlessly and enough physicality about them to force the openings, appear to be well gone. Attrition is all well and good until the one yo...

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Ben O’Connor’s sublime offload to Jack O’Donoghue sent the flanker into space, and, with only one man to beat, he selflessly gave the pass inside to Butler who had the legs from 40 metres out. Christ, if JOD' s giving scoring passes on the break with a 2 on 1 we are well and truly through the looki...

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Nice one. :thumbup: Lubberly. Sounds like both sides gave it holly. They did and we got some positives from it Butler has to have taken the sub spot from JJ Jake O riordan again added a lot of pace and he's a fiesty lad. EoC had a very positive game, ran the lineout well and attacked their throw a ...

redderneck

Think we'll be doing well to keep it to within two scores.

redderneck

Munster-fogs wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:43 pm
Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:41 pm All done 31 28
Nice one.

Lubberly. Sounds like both sides gave it holly.

redderneck

The term 'enable you to rotate freely' should really come with an * unless you're Ireland attached to it.

redderneck

Well the narrative in Safferland is firmly that we're on a downslope, and badly need to freshen/deepen squad, and somehow find pace. Admire our efficiency but touch also on the need for us to evolve our game, as more of the same leaves us more vulnerable to sides we 'should' beat - or perhaps more a...

redderneck

We're not going to have to wait much longer to find out lads.

redderneck

I think on paper it's a good team. Crowley obviously the right call at the moment, happy for McCloskey who deserves the start, Paddy McCarthy on the bench is exciting and what a baptism of fire for TOB. I'm just concerned that too many of the team are just not looking particularly sharp or in good ...

redderneck

Yup. If we take it seriously - which tbf, we will. As well we should, to, to keep these flagship inbound exhibition games rolling in. There'll be a cost though, when depth is still a project. Actually, looking at Ticketmaster, it looks like it'll be nowhere near a sell out. Thousands of tickets sti...

redderneck

Silly. They're a hugely entertaining side and bloody effective. A great watch. If I was home I'd be there with bells on.

redderneck

63% is a decent win- she seems a proper drip though. Like steeping a JCloth in a bucket of tomato ketchup, then running it through a pasta press whilst liberally splashing cheap rosé all over it. All taking place in a dingy student bedsit, with the smell of patchouli oil, the sound of be-sandaled f...

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Will take it and run - like most of our games this season in fairness. If we get butthurt next week it's all experience, Donk has to lose sometime. We've never beaten Argentina afaik and if we're missing Nanks and Abrahams next week, that isn't going to change this time either. The Argentina game i...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 25, 2025 2:38 pm Pity. Good fight from Ulster but not enough stamina.

6 points from the SA tour still a decent return.

A bloody good return.

redderneck

Health warning: Sit down and take a deep breath before reading. You will doubtless be shocked that there could be conduct like this in this industry: https://archive.ph/ymTHU I'm still a bit confused by the whole thing but it's not really a consumer issue. Yeah my feeling too. Can someone explain t...

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Which makes me nervous as fcuk about November window. Farrell has walked from any real chance to refresh: has doubled down, and appears, bar major swing of momentum, to have to have backed himself into a downslope. Lads, I know too much can be read.jnto one game, and I'm about 6 Stellas jnto educat...

redderneck

More than anything I think your vulnerability has been at the breakdown. The ability to generate startlingly clean, quick ball, and plague of houses on oppo ball speed - strikes me it's not what is used to be, on either side of the ball. Again, perhaps someone with access to stats will set me strai...

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Hellraiser wrote: ↑Sun Oct 19, 2025 3:37 pm 267 tackles to 118.

And 98 of them Crowley's.

redderneck

Congrats Munster. A proper spanking. Amazing what a decent coaching ticket can do. The key to beating Leinster (and Ireland) is to slow down their ruck ball. Munster made absolute shite of it, kept on the right side of the ref, while allowing a brilliant Beirne to swoop. Brave response from Crowley...

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As a neutral leinster got away with murder as well, the side entry on attacking ball is a constant as a lead block. How neutral are you? Leinster are the team everybody loves to hate these days. I suppose it's not that they weren't penalised (15 penalties) but a lot of it was cynical and surely sho...

redderneck

Lads stop. You're in danger of entering wibble territory now.

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sun Oct 19, 2025 3:23 pm As a neutral leinster got away with murder as well, the side entry on attacking ball is a constant as a lead block.

I thought he was fairly consistent. Playable, which is as much as you can hope for really.

redderneck

At least, you'll be driving on the proper side of the road. Well, hopefully. Abandoned about an hour in, stopped for hair of the dog and ribs, the thunderstorms started to roll in towards the Magaliesburg valley, so packed it up and drove back. Have.an unnatural craving for beans on toast and a ref...

redderneck

More than anything I think your vulnerability has been at the breakdown. The ability to generate startlingly clean, quick ball, and plague of houses on oppo ball speed - strikes me it's not what is used to be, on either side of the ball. Again, perhaps someone with access to stats will set me straig...

redderneck

Agree the ruck was a happy hunting ground. Can someone post stats to disabuse me, but my gut was that VDF had a relatively meh showing by his high standards. And that this is quite a few games now where he might be exhibiting signs of decline.

Concerning, given he's an auto pick when fit.

redderneck

Sweet cheeses. My neck and shoulders hurt. I can't feel my head yet. Two flat whites, a fresh OJ and a small calzone with hot sauce for brunch. I can't feel my stomach either. Clearly. And I have a 4 hour road trip ahead I can't get out of cos I'm the driver. There really is no answer to the perenni...

redderneck

I'm a bucket of KFC pissed. So much grease. Will.use my toes.

Ñuggee. State of my phone screen. Swarfega baybeeeee.

redderneck

Which makes me nervous as fcuk about November window. Farrell has walked from any real chance to refresh: has doubled down, and appears, bar major swing of momentum, to have to have backed himself into a downslope. Lads, I know too much can be read.jnto one game, and I'm about 6 Stellas jnto educat...

redderneck

Beirne is peerless- i really doubted his age on the Lions tour but he's a dead set legend- magnificent player. He's outrageous. Proper, proper player- not a gym bunny or anything just a natural player. I think that's what makes him so universally popular. We can all see a bit of the 'normal" fella ...

redderneck

lemonhead wrote: ↑Sat Oct 18, 2025 7:47 pm
freddie111 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 18, 2025 7:31 pm Congrats Munster! Well deserved!

Looking forward to spoiling your Christmas!
And worse: ye probably will, ya feckers.

Interpro shithousery's a wonderful thing. Maybe that's what we all needed out of tonight.

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