It's not aimed at committed shinners.
It's aimed at the large disgruntled floating vote the shinners hoovered up last time.
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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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The political debate about health is getting, well, interesting. Yesterday you had Harris claiming that the SF 'alternate' budget allocated less money to Health than the actual budget to howls of derision from SF. Today you had the SF document disappearing from the SF website, before appearing again...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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BoI extend deal with the four provinces in € 15m deal to 2028. Unfortunately no details of how that money is sliced. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/04/17/bank-of-ireland-signs-15m-sponsorship-deal-with-irish-rugby-provinces/ Interesting paragraph on how Leinster use it though : Shane Nolan...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Jordie Barrett to Leinster !
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Re: Jordie Barrett to Leinster !
Leinster fans running around the internet like Chemical Ali, telling everyone that everything is fine in Irish rugby, so. :lol: I know it's a troll, but I'll bite anyway. Ireland are currently ranked No. 2 in the world, after more than a year being ranked at 1. Ireland won the 6N this season after ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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I'll take Deegan. Don't see the point in bringing in Leinster 4th choice LH just reinforces that we are by miles the poor relation. He's not going to strengthen your 23 but he will strengthen your squad as a stop gap. We're losing a 2 time world cup winning LH and replacing him with Leinster's cast...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Should be interesting to see how the new centres of excellence do. We don't have the schools and the clubs have shown they don't have the resources to bring through players at schools' level. This will in theory give the best players access to the things schools players have. Main difference is it ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Alan O'Connor, ex Ulster captain and played more than 100 times for Ulster, and you call him 'cancerous'. He's what would be a 'legend' in every other province. Hmmm, a poisonous atmosphere at Ulster you say.......... I think you missed the entire point of that exchange, Cam! :lol: Apoliogies to Wi...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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And now we learn that ICU beds have increased by 30% in the last 4 years.
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/202 ... ss-report/
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/202 ... ss-report/
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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The two main coaches at Wallace I went to school with and played rugby with Both went in to teaching There are no kiwi or aussie coaches, never have been Cant speak for other schools but I know MCBs coach is the son of the last coach! TBH, that sounds like schools in Ulster need to get the finger o...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Alan O'Connor, ex Ulster captain and played more than 100 times for Ulster, and you call him 'cancerous'. He's what would be a 'legend' in every other province.
Hmmm, a poisonous atmosphere at Ulster you say..........
Hmmm, a poisonous atmosphere at Ulster you say..........
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Why not go the whole hog and franchise out teams to private owners ? See how long that lasts as the Cork Langers play their derby match against the Limerick Gowls in front of 3,500 people on some sub LoI pitch in the Cork hinterland. We are where we are. The IRFU have essentially let each province m...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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It's also very likely that we'll have Keenan, Frawley, Ringrose, Henshaw, Osborne, Lowe and Larmour away in Ireland camp from the middle of January to the end of March; and that's when Barrett will earn his money.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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The real reason Barrett is coming to Leinster is probably altogether more prosaic. He's not doing it for money - he could get a damned sight more than the reported € 200k elsewhere. I suspect his 'sabbatical' comes with restrictions on the minutes he is allowed to play, and Leinster are probably the...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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So Leinster steal Snyman off us and sign Barrett, while we also lose Frisch and sign Billy Burns! :lol: It is objectively a bit shit Personally think something needs to be don about central contract situation The South African Snyman was let go by Munster, and picked up by Leinster because he wante...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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How ? By fúcking Leinster up ? When I were a lad Ulster would have 6 or 7 players in every Irish team. My father tells me that in the '50's it was 8 or 9. What's happened from when players like Alastair McKibben were capped straight out of school, to Ulster importing from Leinster ? What exactly sh...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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IRFU are fukking up Irish Rugby medium to long term. Good for Leinster short term, but fukking everyone else. Hopefully Humph can sort it, but not holding my breath. How ? By fúcking Leinster up ? When I were a lad Ulster would have 6 or 7 players in every Irish team. My father tells me that in the...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Starts stropping knife whilst whistleing "Duelling Banjos".iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:38 pmWell to see cammy's reaction i wouldn't say no but would then go into despairMr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:37 pm1 to make us get really mad.
Kidney to take over from Leo.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Especially considering that after all expenses we'll have cleared close on € 2.5m from our last two home matches. 92k tickets sold over the last 2 weekends. Pretty effing decent. Whatever about the away cut and the stadium rent and whatever, very nice windfall for Leinster. Opposition teams will ge...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Especially considering that after all expenses we'll have cleared close on € 2.5m from our last two home matches.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
I just assumed a year given he's taking a years sabbatical from the Hurricanes.Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:09 pmOnly 6 months according to someone ITK on the Ulster forum
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Ballinacree, Co Meath, stand up and take your place amongst the great places of Leinster !
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Jordie for a year from December it is !
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Because we're worth it.........irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:18 pmill be amazed if its Jordie Barretttriplebogey wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:10 pm Leinster appear to be teasing a new signing on Twitter?
I dunno if they're messing or not.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Just came on to post that. The HSE really is a basket case.
Over a six year period budget increased by € 8 bn and headcount by 30% yet the activity/productivity measure was either negative , or two times behind headcount growth , or three times behind budget growth
Over a six year period budget increased by € 8 bn and headcount by 30% yet the activity/productivity measure was either negative , or two times behind headcount growth , or three times behind budget growth
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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And in the pack, Furlong, of course, and would you call Milne a product of Birr RFC ?irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:54 am Two club backs starting for Leinster at the weekend, Jamie Osborne(Naas) and Ciaran Frawley(Skerries) great to see.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Not sure it's definitely longer but it's a brilliant extra long kicker to have. We've been backing him for about 18 months, injury robbed him of a real stab at the WC squad. It'll be interesting to see if he can step up to international level. It's still a big step down in the power stakes from Aki...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Wasn't it that run of KO games in 2003 that really highlighted that Leinster had a support base that could be accessed? Obviously there was a long way to go in terms of actually being good enough, but it showed that people would buy tickets. Went out against Biarritz in the semi in LR with Bommer m...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Having been a ST holder since the old Donnybrook days, two things in particular drove Leinster. One was 2006 and the win away in Toulouse followed by the disgraceful scenes in and around LR for the SF. I think the team as well as the fans remembered that. The second was the move to the RDS in 2007. ...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Heineken cup quarter final - Leinster vs La Rochelle
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Re: Heineken cup quarter final - Leinster vs La Rochelle
Will Scalvi get cited for throwing the punch that caused that schemozzle towards the end ?
Or will it be ignored because LaR were beaten out the door ?
Or will it be ignored because LaR were beaten out the door ?
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Heineken cup quarter final - Leinster vs La Rochelle
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Olé, olé, olé, olé .......... That was the loudest and most feral I've ever heard LR. Thought MoM should have been one of the pack, probably Mc Carthy. How do LaR get away with flopping onto their rucks, and the minute we do it we get penalised ? Dickson is not a good ref, more interested in technic...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Well That was chastening Major work needed in that team Second row needs surgery Still think Murphy is the man There are players out there we need continued better coaching Not sure how can say Murphy is the man. Show me one part of the team where he has improved even slightly. I think we’ve gotten...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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It's getting shameful now.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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What actually happened CM, and as AJ knows, is that plaintiffs legal teams held back on their cases until the Supreme Court decided. That is they started the cases, which meant the Insurance companies had to make provisions at the old rates, but didn't proceed too quickly whilst waiting for the dec...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
What actually happened CM, and as AJ knows, is that plaintiffs legal teams held back on their cases until the Supreme Court decided. That is they started the cases, which meant the Insurance companies had to make provisions at the old rates, but didn't proceed too quickly whilst waiting for the deci...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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how big a deal was it that Harris literally phoned in his first day to the Dail ? i'm sure its not as big as Mary Lou and assorted others would have us believe but just wondering why Harris did it given the storm in a tea cup it would create.....or maybe that was the very reason ? It was actually a...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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FWIW I read somewhere on Twitter today that last years round of 16 match at LR generated € 1.4m for Leinster, after the € 400k rental fee, and 35% of the gate receipts going to Ulster. It really shows the importance of a home match in the round of 16; and must have Ulster and Munster looking to use ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Ulster have a core of historically strong schools but the big, big difference to Leinster is the money spent on rugby at the likes of Inst, MCB and Campbell (the three biggest and most affluent rugby schools in Ulster) compared to their equivalents in Leinster. I vehemently disagree with the draft ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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And their legitimacy/constitutionality being contested for just about the same time.anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:50 pm So you now accept the guidelines have been in place for just shy of three years. Well done.