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Regardless of position. Order them if you like

For me:
Dupont, PSdT, Savea, Penaud, Aki

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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. I think Luke Fitz is really underrated. He ...

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My wife is dieing in front of my eyes. She has smoked for almost 50 years now and just cannot give up. She doesn't try any more and won't even let her doctor discuss it. She refuses any tests to see what damage it has caused, she knows it has but thinks knowing the details will just cause more stre...

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Banning flavoured vapes would be a better move

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Tyler Bleyendaal a coach of interest for Leinster according to Jackman. Jordie Barrett also being linked with Leinster in latest 42 rugby weekly. Jordie Barrett would be such a weird signing, he'd be a guaranteed starter and you've Ireland internationals galore to pick from in his positions He'd be...

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I think Leinster need to lead wire to wire. If they fall behind I dont think they have the goods to pull off a come back.

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Pom is 35 this year. If he’s playing in Ireland then he will be in an international squad similar to Healy and sexton to the end. He’ll then return to Munster broken,need recuperation and frankly he’s always been very poor in pro14 games. He’ll eake out one mega performance in a euro game putting b...

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triplebogey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:01 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:39 pm Doing a Nick Clegg
Clegg is likely a multi-millionaire a few times over now, reports directly to Zuckerberg, couldn't blame him.

Arguably Zuck's right hand man since Sandberg walked. He'd be filthy rich

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Staying as a TD, not as a Minister. He probably feels like he might have another run in him but needs a break and wants to disassociate himself if the election goes badly. Tbh, he has been a poor deputy leader. Running at the next election? Apparently very vague when asked. Ivan Yates/Matt Cooper s...

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If an election were held tomorrow, is it concievable that FF/FG + a.n Other would be able to form a gov. again? I'm quite out of the loop over here. Imo, any next government involves 2 out of FG, FF and SF . The latter will be the largest party but not by enough to cut out the first two The big que...

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How does this play out next from a political perspective. Is there a major call for an expedited GE coming ? You'd have to think SF /UUP would love to take advantage of the crisis

Will the public accept a party in government which was led by a man accused of these crimes?

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16 of the 23 are local lads as well Not always been that flush with homegrown players Hopefully Murphy can make us competitive again murphy recruiting heavily from leinster for academy.. at least 3 backs headed north Yeah, since around 2020 only really Doak and Postlewaithe could be argued as top c...

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The difference between Harry and Ross has been on full display tonight

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I've been really impressed with Osbourne tonight. He's been. Class

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Is it confirmed that the allegations are related to children?

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Fdp
Joost
Smith
de Klerk
Gregan

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Manu edges it based on landing an all time punch on Chris Ashton

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I think the move to Munster was ultimately a disaster as well, albeit I'm not sure that was Munster's fault to any great degree. Injury wise, you've covered that as it's not for us to say. The other Irish players from Munster don't look poorly conditioned in comparison to the rest if that's anythin...

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The injuries happened on Irish duty. And were by some accounts poorly rehabed at Munster. There was also rumors that Leinster were shocked at the condition Jason Jenkins came to them from Munster in, in terms of his S&C Tbh, technical details about player conditioning are something we probably shou...

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Carbery a disaster? I take the opposite view. He has 37 Ireland caps despite being injured for long periods. Is/was on a central contract too. The move opened the door for him to start for Ireland as he was a Frawley like utility player at Leinster. Its a different perspective, Carberry has had a b...

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Cronin and Henshaw both moved as established internationals and first choice for 'their' province. Their move had nothing to do with getting extra gametime. Its generally worked out at least ok for most players who have moved province. Carberry is the most high profile example in the last 5ish year...

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When has a move to another province actually benefitted the player? I can't think of many beyond Conway but I'm sure there are more. Edit: Beirne of course too. It worked out very well for Sean Cronin and Robbie Henshaw Cronin and Henshaw both moved as established internationals and first choice fo...

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Keenan
Hansen
Ringrose
Aki
Lowe
Russell
JGP
Doris
Earl
Beirne
Itoje
Chessum
Furlong
Sheehan
Porter

George
Genge
Ryan
Van Der Flier
Mitchell
Crowley
Huw Jones

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My bad if RR, but James Tracy had a good point on the 48 podcast this week with regards to one of Frawley et al moving up North. Cooney is likely to remain Ulsters first choice goalkicker for the next few seasons, and any one moving up there would not get the opportunity to kick when JC is on the pi...

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BOD made his debut on tour against the soon-to-be-RWC-champs Wallabies. Johnny O’Connor in Lansdowne vs the Boks. Doris was MOTM v NZ on his what, 5th or 6th cap? Joey Carberry came off the bench with the game in the balance v NZ and we won. You can’t build every player up slowly, sometimes you jus...

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Cian Healy I𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 4 European cups 7 League titles 5 Six Nations titles 271 caps in Leinster blue and 129 caps in Irish green. 400 appearances!!!!! P.S. You forgot a U20s Six Nations Grand Slam Plus a Challenge Cup. Some haul! It was a big shame he got injured on the lions i...

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Nordie bait aside. Beirne looks like he needed a rest. Would have been wise to start Henderson against Scotland. We had a few players looking tired towards the end of the Championship. With the RWC extending the early part of the season, we could have done better with squad rotation. e.g. Beirne an...

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In the sanctity of this thread, who gets the sack first, Townsend or Gatland? Looking at the state of the regions and U20 results, Wales being last isn't surprising in the least. I think Gatland bought himself time by playing the kids but his credit is dwindling. The worry for Wales is empty seats....

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Notice cabbage isn't posting since we won the game and had we lost he'd be starting threads left, right and centre. Is he really one of our posters? Can't help feel we fell over the line. They will need a rest before the European cup games don't winning teams always fall over the line in the 6N? Ch...

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Conspicuous wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:52 pm
Bogbunny wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:30 pm We are fortunate winners TBF

On tonight's performance France or England would flatten us physically and in the backs.
You’re comparing their best with our worst . We deserved to win the championship, nothing fortunate about our wins

The points difference speaks volumes

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The last two weeks have shown how critically important Hansen is. When play slows down and we lose cohesion, he's been the man to step in as auxillary play-maker and present a new challenge for the defence. Without him we have looked increasingly one dimensional. We'd have beaten NZ if he was prope...

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Furlongs best game in a while Neither beirne or McCarthy are great lineout jumpers imo, for all their merits. Think we missed Ryan down the stretch POM had a solid game, definitely took a nice few lineouts. Delighted for him to walk away on top , if this is it Doris fills the stat sheet but has game...

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I’d back EOC to be a pro. After that, who knows? He'll be a first xv for Munster within 4 years, and will certainly get multiple Irish caps. He’s very good in a POM way. Has the smarts, brilliant lineout operator. Great leader. I was seriously impressed. Just a little lightweight. All of the above ...

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Yeah you're right, Ahern was only stand out because he was quick. :roll: Possibly true though, it's the usual "highlights reel" vs "unseen work" debate. Anyway, we all know u20's isn't the metric to measure players on - it's only when they step up to pro level you start to really see it. It’s a big...

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Fecking Poms ruining everything

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Nice to see no knee jerk reaction from Farrell. Gradually introduce new guys in the summer and the autumn, but there's not really too much you can change at this stage. Murray gets one final run out and that should be that for him, same for Healy. I'd expect Henderson to feature a lot in summer Mur...

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Nice to see no knee jerk reaction from Farrell. Gradually introduce new guys in the summer and the autumn, but there's not really too much you can change at this stage. Murray gets one final run out and that should be that for him, same for Healy. I'd expect Henderson to feature a lot in summer Mur...

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For a team that doesnt produce speed or wingers, we seem to score may more tries than teams who do Tries for / tries against across 22-24 6n (14 games) Team TF TA Diff Ireland 61 16 45 France 48 31 17 Scotland 39 38 1 England 30 39 -9 Wales 29 41 -12 Italy 21 62 -41 PR tables are a mess. Ireland 61...

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For a team that doesnt produce speed or wingers, we seem to score may more tries than teams who do Tries for / tries against across 22-24 6n (14 games) Team TF TA Diff Ireland 61 16 45 France 48 31 17 Scotland 39 38 1 England 30 39 -9 Wales 29 41 -12 Italy 21 62 -41 PR tables are a mess. Ireland 61 ...

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We were behind when Frawley went on and ahead when he left the field. Focusing on Murray or Frawley or anything else the backs did ignores they did a number on our pack. We were ahead when Murray came on, we were terrible in possession with him at scrumhalf, and lost. We won’t always dominate every...

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