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- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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England were brilliant today. Played well above the sum of their parts. This hurts far more than a RWC loss which I don’t really care about. Need to move on the older lads (PO’M, Murray, Healy, maybe others who I’m forgetting). Crying out for pace in the side. Send Sexton down south to see if Leinst...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Kind of wish Leinster took more of a look at the riskier, ‘traits’ type young players. Lads like Okeke or even Sexton at Ulster. The academy lads seem a bit cardboard cutout atm. Probably easier to develop those sort of players in a team with all the experience Leinster have too. Last big swing on a...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145606
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There's definitely a market for a more acceptable "immigration" cautious party. Probably the biggest mistake the far right are taking here is not finding a Farage like face. I'd say such a party could probably get in the single low figures % wise. As it happens I'd say it'll be a couple of % for th...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 10:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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Nah fudge that. Don’t give them an inch. Now that boxing fight on at the 3 Arena on the other hand…Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:58 am Wonder if the game tomorrow could be moved at this stage, there's no way there should be 30 odd thousand rugby heads making themselves a target for these scumbags.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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- Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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Don’t get the bitching over the maul call. It was fine. We got a little lucky with a call on Aki toward the end when I didn’t think he released. It happens though and thought the ref was grand really. Can’t think of any clangers against us but I’m sure there were some if you look hard enough like an...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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11 years since the Spence family tragedy. That was so awful. I didn't know the family but the sheer tragedy of it was appalling. I was on a farm in the north when I heard. And Nevin was one of those players you really rooted for. Physical beyond his size and huge potential. Very sad. Still brings a...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Don’t accept thisCarrotGawks wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:05 am I think it's important to remember whoever wins next week doesn't actually win the Wuruld Cup.
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Racism too tbfFloppykid wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:35 pmThat's actually a good insight.Topper wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:22 pmRugby is literally all they haveMunster-fogs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:43 pm The game is barely over and already the influx of arrogant Saffas making stupid comments on social media about how much they're going to humble us. Christ they're painful.
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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South Africa won the 2007 RWC without beating a top 5 side. Last time they had a Japan - Wales route to the final. Eddie Jones has every right to be confident of winning the tournament. Luck of the draw > "good enough" Making the final maybe Winning the final is a whole different story against the ...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL AB's V BOKS RWC PRE TOURNEY "FRIENDLY" MATCH THREAD.
- Replies: 1251
- Views: 25837
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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I think McCarthy had 3 or 4 turnovers in his 30 minutes. He dismantled one maul towards the end, had one on the ground that led to Earls try and held up Lawes I think it was for another. Might have turned another one over at a maul or held someone else up...not sure. Also carried really well in the...
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Kommy Eowe?
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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I didn't think Earls was that bad. Kept the ball alive. Didn't get run into touch. Drove through the tackle. Covered in the line. Made some passes when the ball would've been dead otherwise. I dunno. Solid guy. Rugby brains on him. He wasn't bad. His experience was enough to give him a solid 6/10 r...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 8:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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Run him out against England. See what happens…Willie Falloon wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2023 8:52 pmNobody else really, not until McCarthy comes through.
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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Nash won't be travelling ahead of Stockdale. He'll be doing well to get in ahead of Conway. Nash for me was Munster's player of the season. He's edged Daly out of the squad and that's not nothing given he's not been in bad form himself and it's often harder to get out of the squad than in. I always...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145606
- Views: 7845693
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Sorry old chap I’ve no time for the “Ireland is a kip” brigade. Ireland is not a kip, by any stretch of the imagination but to suggest all is fine and dandy is ludicrous . A lot of our problems are due to success though, which may seem paradoxical but sin é. The population has increased by nearly 5...
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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Lads regarding the RWC - we're out in the quarters. Get the idea of being contenders out of your heads. We were humming along alright coming into it last time. It's the hope that gets you. Nah we were a shitshow last time. Now we’re still going out in the quarters but it’s much better this time. In...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145606
- Views: 7845693
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https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-wildlife-trust-padraic-fogarty-6127051-Jul2023/ Given her constituency, this is the bravest political move I have seen in years. Will backfire in the short term, but long term she will be Taoiseach. just skimmed the headlines and its a ballsy move but 1st thing it re...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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I never really realised how much the UK posters hate ROG over the Lions stuff before I started posting here
Edit: GB even.
Edit: GB even.
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
- Replies: 250
- Views: 4974
Re: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
Would like to see a requirement to restart a game after any try that was awarded before 80:00, regardless of how long the conversion takes. Suppose you’d extend it to any penalties awarded before 80:00 too. Why? There’s just something about a kicker taking 80 odd seconds to end a game that irration...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
- Replies: 250
- Views: 4974
Re: New laws for Rugby world cup 2023 including Orange card
Would like to see a requirement to restart a game after any try that was awarded before 80:00, regardless of how long the conversion takes. Suppose you’d extend it to any penalties awarded before 80:00 too.
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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Peyper not being able to hear him seems a little far fetched
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Peyper in charge of a game involving Ireland will be interesting now. He'll worry that penalising our opponents might look like he's intimidated by us so will go out of his way to show he won't be pushed around or swayed by even the most legitimate complaints we might have. I can't see many 50/50 c...
- Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: World Cup Hopes (Your team excluded)
- Replies: 131
- Views: 3725
Re: World Cup Hopes (Your team excluded)
Dupont doesn’t speak English ffs. There’s no chance of him transcending the sport unless he takes up football next year and also happens to be world class at that.
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145606
- Views: 7845693
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your woman Forbes, who has now departed for the Amalfi coast, never to grace the shithole of Donnybrook ever again it appears, is some geebag. and now RTE replace her with a Brit ??..... are there no Irish people qualified to do the job. She was a saleswoman for the Discovery channel FFS. She was M...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 12:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145606
- Views: 7845693
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https://twitter.com/rtenewspaulc/status ... _qg3i7aNbgredderneck wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 12:04 pm Forbes left in a bit of a rush. Misleading board and rumbled? Tbh, it’s the agent and those directly opposite the agent in the negotiation that need digging into with a sharp knife.
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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World rugby put up this video of ireland U20s beating NZ in 2016. https://youtu.be/tl2RwZDB1oU Many familiar faces in that side and most went on to have good careers. IRELAND U-20: Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster); Matthew Byrne (Terenure College/Leinster), Shane Daly (Cork Constitution/...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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World rugby put up this video of ireland U20s beating NZ in 2016. https://youtu.be/tl2RwZDB1oU Many familiar faces in that side and most went on to have good careers. IRELAND U-20: Jacob Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster); Matthew Byrne (Terenure College/Leinster), Shane Daly (Cork Constitution/...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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I see there's yet more press about how Jean Kleyn has been hard done by doing the rounds. https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41161564.html Albeit this whole article is just a moan about there being too few Munster players. Some people are really getting their knickers in a twist over who is our...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Aw Jesus
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 1:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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Our fifth choice lock selection could well prove the difference between a successful World Cup campaign and another glorious failure seems to be the thinking on twitter this morning.
- Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Golf Thread
- Replies: 6743
- Views: 655655
Re: Official Golf Thread
Very different structures obviously but in other American sports like the NFL or the NBA, the commissioner very much serves at the pleasure of the owners. Can’t see how Monaghan would have the authority to push something like this through.
- Thu May 25, 2023 9:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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- Tue May 23, 2023 11:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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TBH, I think the on-field leadership departed with Ryan's HIA. It was really noticeable from the stands. The kicks went long, there was no chase, and loads of them were done badly. Two passed back into the 22 and kicked out of the full, a couple sliced into touch, so very little territorial gain. O...
- Mon May 22, 2023 11:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Also fwiw the throw in from JVDF was incredibly crooked. Peyper is just a truly awful ref
- Sun May 21, 2023 6:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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ROG as Irish coach just has so much potential to be off the wall insane.
- Mon May 15, 2023 12:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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The top two teams shouldn't have to play a QF, it's nuts that they do. Even the Top 14 doesn't do that. But that would mean two fewer games for the URC to make money off so maybe unlikely to be changed. Well they could just go two deeper with the playoff spots. Even the timings are annoying. Top 14...
- Mon May 15, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
- Views: 28518564
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I don't really understand why you'd bust your balls all season for top spot, using a huge squad to give experience to everyone, only to pick such a weak bench when it really mattered at the end of the season. If Leinster had JGP on the bench instead of McCarthy they'd have won that game. McCarthy h...
- Mon May 01, 2023 11:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 525358
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Moving Leinster to LR is one of the stupider ideas I've heard in a while. Not really long term, it should have been a consideration by now if European club rugby hadn’t meh’d like it has. In truth we should be playing a couple of smaller games in the rest of the province at this stage while attract...