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by redderneck
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Tough call to make, some top quality tactical analysis where I learn something new.. or the molecast guys laying into ROG for half an hour. Why not both? Can I be honest? Starting to enjoy the Left Wing podcast. Fitz talks shite a lot but he's not boring. Quick. Get him on a central contract.
by redderneck
Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37845
Views: 2609135

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

LandOTurk wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:23 pm Ken retires.

One of Wales' finest hookers
Just dipping into the national thread to doff my virtual cap. Bloody fine forward. Hope he goes well in retirement.
by redderneck
Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Listen to your body
Replies: 72
Views: 1662

Re: Listen to your body

Keep her lit :thumbup:
by redderneck
Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Keith Wood calling it an end to the punditry, presumably as his son moves into Munster academy. :lol: Loving the cynicism. Shame Frankie SHeahan wasn't as principled when he was representing lads as their agent, and awarding them MotM as a pundit. Pfffffft. That's Cork Con for you. Compounding on P...
by redderneck
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

I think one of the simpler solutions, which I mentioned yesterday (and thought to actually be the case) is for the provinces to cover some of the central contract for use of the players. It doesn't fully solve the inequality but it'd help and be fairer. Aki's contract would be approx 1/10 of Connac...
by redderneck
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

irishrugbyua wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:02 am Keith Wood calling it an end to the punditry, presumably as his son moves into Munster academy.
:lol: Loving the cynicism.
by redderneck
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Neinabar, RG and now Tyler. Leinster going after all our cast offs, it's a sorry state of affairs That's the spirit. Rugby in Ireland is dying. Leinster subsisting on Munster scraps. I'm tired of telling ye lads: a draft system for talent could only be to Leinster's benefit, and as we all know; wha...
by redderneck
Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Nolanator wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:37 pm Go touch some grass, the pair of yiz.
Jaysus, sore point.

Leinster farmers have bought up all the available sileage, the money bagging bastards, and shipped it all away on us.

Famine Joe, there'll be famine. Mark my words.
by redderneck
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Professionalism. Gotta love it. Also, importantly, the need to accurately value tradition within the system. I'm far from sure that's been done. If it had been, then Munster, for example, would likely be based out of Cork. Demographics and potential upside vs tradition. TP would have been modernized...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

The Leinster ARE producing players for you ungrateful plebs line being trotted out I see. Hmmmm. We're giving a home to your castoffs by and large, so of course you're fine with perpetuating that system. It reinforces the gap. A draft. If there's to be anything other than a pretence at real competit...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

there's definitely some truth to CM's post though. Still happening too - we needed a new Academy head - of all the people in the world we found the best candidate was our current backs coach's brother? Maybe he'll be a visionary, maybe it's jobs for the lads, who knows.... I'll accept we're not yet...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Pray, how will anyone spot any difference from before? You'll need to get yourself into a tat parlour and go for a full Maori sleeve, or maybe a tribal thigh wrap jobbie, in royal blue...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Hmmmmm. Forgive us for not building more fee-paying schools in thriving metropolitan areas and restricting them to single sex intake, excluding other team sports and hiring professional coaching staff. Because that's what a secondary school should be for. there's definitely some truth to CM's post ...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Disingenuous to assert we have not made moves to address appalling lack of talent coming through. We have. I'll accept it was done far too late, but it is being done. However it is where they are coming though from, and both quantity and quality of the raw material provided which remains the crux of...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Munster had this opportunity in the 00s but screwed up their youth development and never capitalised on it. Munster didn't do enough I agree, and the lack of professionalism in certain things was incredibly evident for a long time. But they never had "this opportunity". You had a rake of central co...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Floppykid wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:24 pm Welsh rugby twitter shitting bricks
I'll take my positives from wherever I find them.
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Kind of a signal to Frawley to look elsewhere imo. Why? There are enough centrally contracted Leinster players floating around to allow generous terms be given to less established players. He might be tempted to leave for minutes but it won't be money. And the benefits of familiarity and remaining ...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Kind of a signal to Frawley to look elsewhere imo. Why? There are enough centrally contracted Leinster players floating around to allow generous terms be given to less established players. He might be tempted to leave for minutes but it won't be money. And the benefits of familiarity and remaining ...
by redderneck
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Mr. Very Popular wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:03 pm
Nice signing, watch Welsh twitter explode
:lol:
by redderneck
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Dwamawama.
by redderneck
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The wordle thread.
Replies: 4605
Views: 257008

Re: The wordle thread.

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Wordle 1,030 4/6

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Meh
by redderneck
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Heineken cup quarter final - Toulouse vs Exeter
Replies: 115
Views: 1408

Re: Heineken cup quarter final - Toulouse vs Exeter

iarmhiman wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:04 pm Saints will cause Leinster problems.
Only if Leinster pick eight backs from their squad and use them as their starting pack.
by redderneck
Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

CM11 wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:46 pm
Leinsterman wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:45 pm
Mr. Very Popular wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:44 pm This is all very odd indeed
It's certainly an unusual hill to die on
I really hope he's just laughing his arse off with the fish jumping into his boat as opposed to actually being serious.
It's no fun unless he knows you're busily keeping count Stats.
by redderneck
Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

There is a sense of the SA-Ire pool match about about yesterdays game. Leinster fans and the media are celebrating like they’ve won the tournament. Toulouse are the team to beat let’s be real. Hold on yesterday Bordeaux were the team to beat. And Northampton were deadly when they won in Limerick. N...
by redderneck
Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Is it possible to block posters on this thing? Edit never mind got it, happy days Here, block me as well while you're at it, cos your comment about Murphy needing to be shown the door is deserving of a far more scathing graphic than a laughing emoji. What has he done to warrant being kept on? Shoul...
by redderneck
Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Ulsters Red Hand wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:39 pm Is it possible to block posters on this thing?

Edit never mind got it, happy days
Here, block me as well while you're at it, cos your comment about Murphy needing to be shown the door is deserving of a far more scathing graphic than a laughing emoji.
by redderneck
Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Don't fcuk it up.
by redderneck
Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146106
Views: 7901400

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0412/1443203-jamie-marshall/ This is an unbelievable sentence, WTF. There is something deeply wrong with our judicial system. 133 previous convictions to boot. Will 100% reoffend in 2028. That is shocking. 100% will reoffend. Is there nothing in law to keep someo...
by redderneck
Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Love watching lads rail against the passing of time, refusing to go quietly into that good night. Usually backs, trying to make up for not having done any work when they were young enough for it to matter, now desperately trying to make up for it. Forwards. Have. More. Sense. There's an implicit op...
by redderneck
Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Love watching lads rail against the passing of time, refusing to go quietly into that good night. Usually backs, trying to make up for not having done any work when they were young enough for it to matter, now desperately trying to make up for it. Forwards. Have. More. Sense. There's an implicit opt...
by redderneck
Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

It's Friday morning lads. By Saturday morning it all counts for nathin' unless the talk has been walked.
by redderneck
Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146106
Views: 7901400

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Stop responding.

For the love of God.
by redderneck
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The wordle thread.
Replies: 4605
Views: 257008

Re: The wordle thread.

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Wordle 1,027 3/6

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Bleedin' yanks.
by redderneck
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Jesus Christ there's some wankfest going on in Cark over La RADGEchelle. where are you seeing this ? i think its kinda hilarious ; i'm picturing him strolling around the English market with a very confused looking Atonio, Aldritt etc.....and then Donncha Ryan bringing and even more confused crew ar...
by redderneck
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

I thought he looked off the pace at the weekend, and the workrate of others around him carried him a little. He managed 5 tackles and 5 carries in an hour, which was an hour where Munster dominated possession. Surely if either of the injured locks were available then Beirne would have been the smar...
by redderneck
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

some interesting rumours going around about POM and Rowntree that was sort of alluded to on OTB on Monday. Has there been a falling out over the contract? thought it notable POM went straight down the tunnel after being taken off on sunday. Munster offered him nothing when he went to them at the en...
by redderneck
Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

10 You reap what you sow. Munster were way too slow to get their underage system going even when the golden generation was clearly ageing back in the late 2000s. It was always a matter of painting over the cracks since then. I still think there's a lack of common sense within the IRFU. It's good to...
by redderneck
Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 527988
Views: 28733140

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

I was always under the impression that the IRFU was fairly wealthy?? Certainly for a country Ireland's size with Rugby's place in it. It's very easy to blow through cash in sports. IRFU have cash and asset reserves that mean we can weather a fair bit of a storm but we're still reliant on revenue st...
by redderneck
Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Rugby to curtail Bok's Bomb Squad
Replies: 139
Views: 2604

Re: World Rugby to curtail Bok's Bomb Squad

Jtah wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:37 pm
Grandpa wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:05 pm
Well articulated article on how size could destroy the game for everyone but the elite......

Here it is not behind a paywall...

https://archive.ph/7JB4h
Spot on.
Amen
by redderneck
Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Rugby to curtail Bok's Bomb Squad
Replies: 139
Views: 2604

Re: World Rugby to curtail Bok's Bomb Squad

I keep seeing Ross Tucker saying that about the danger of fatigued players but its nonsense because reducing the subs will result in lighter players. If players are becoming fatigued the fitter teams will run rings around them. This isn't rocket science. If anything what we have now is more dangero...