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How mobile is Coombes, I have watched him a couple of times, He is immensely strong especially close to the line with incredible leg drive but doesn't look that mobile in the open, he missed a bad tackle in lead up to 1st try. Is he quick, is he mobile enough for the very top level? He's pretty fas...

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Before you know it, the days'll be getting shorter again.

Seems like it was just yesterday......

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While yes Munster did put them away very comfortably I wouldn't be reading too much into it, they are not a good side, similar as to how Ulster's wins over Quins are no indication that we are not shot. A match against a full strength Leinster would be a much better indication of where Munster are n...

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Just had a chance to watch the Munster and Leinster games on YouTube, and was very impressed with both. My first thought on the Munster game was wtf were Leicester’s issues with the ref. If anything I thought he was fairly lenient, and his (correct) carding of Ryan was in marked contrast to his tre...

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Seems to me it's bloody difficult to legally and safely clean out these days. If try to drive them off, you have to be very careful to wrap your arms and not make contact around the shoulders/neck/head. If you grab a leg and corkscrew them to the ground, you have to make sure there's no lift or it's...

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BT put up a video of him tackling Clotee but there was nothing in it I thought he would be cited for the break Clotee made, didn't see a replay but he seemed to launch his shoulder into his head when he caught up to him Yeah same. This is the one I thought would be cited: https://youtu.be/t2HUddTmZ...

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Thought it was funny BT Sports showed footage of the ref's cam as he walked off the pitch at half-time. Welford Rd is a bit of an oddity as you walk up the terrace (as opposed to through a vomitorium / under the terrace) to get to the changing rooms, so the ref and probably players are a bit more ex...

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Mr. Very Popular wrote:That’s rubbish, the Ajax rugby team was useless.

Great toilet cleaners though..

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The most encouraging thing about last weekend's game for me, was everyone seemed to know exactly what they were doing! Munster really rely on a very structured game, when we try to play a looser, more off-the-cuff game it all starts to fall apart. Cloete was obviously good, but POM had his best game...

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Extended highlights on TG4 player:

http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/home/?pid=5 ... p&dlft=NaN

Dunno if it's geo-fenced.

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Thought Bath were very good vs Toulon, hard to see them being beaten at home with their defence. Ulster and Ospreys could build on impressive games, or could immediately revert back to being cack. Exeter are good enough to have a real go at Leinster. La Rochelle leak too many tries, so Wasps have a ...

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If someone got injured because of your tackle technique sure ...which could be another way of saying "if someone gets injured in tackling, it's bad technique. If it's bad technique, it's a card." :) In 'head-on' (* poor choice of words) tackles like that where the tackle is around chest-height, you...

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I love Dallaglio's comments about the high tackle on Kleyn as he stretched to try and score: ...just a hint of an arm around his neck as well, but on that occasion it was in the action of scoring, so the referee let it go... ??????????? IIRC, he was horizontal and about 2 inches off the ground, so ...

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I love Dallaglio's comments about the high tackle on Kleyn as he stretched to try and score:

...just a hint of an arm around his neck as well, but on that occasion it was in the action of scoring, so the referee let it go...

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They really need to dump the 'TMO question'. They should have a look, go through the angles for the ref, be a second pair of eyes to spot anything the ref might have missed, then ref makes the final call with a bit more info available. None of this 'if he asks one question it's one decision, but if ...

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All these Irish players jumping ship from Irish provinces is a disgrace. The IRFU should be ashamed of themselves.. Cummiskey is now saying Munster are after TOH to replace Zebo. https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/munster-line-up-o-halloran-to-replace-zebo-1.3319264 .........I, for one, welcome ...

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Young girl falls into a shaft in a cave and remained undiscovered for 3.7 billion years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42250530 Incredible stuff. Early humans around not only before the dinosaurs, but before multi-cellular life. :thumbup: Well, at least that explains why no one was around ...

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http://www.sarugbymag.co.za/blog/details/lions-lose-defence-coach It appears that JP Ferreira from the Lions is going to be the new Munster defence coach. Not enough South Africans in the Munster setup. Maybe we should add more South Africans. Does seem to have a great reputation though. Van Graan ...

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Ref probably got to the right decision but he did it arseways, he doesn't know the laws. You don't need an Ospreys player to form a ruck there as per the amendments this summer. Ruck Law 16 A ruck commences when at least one player is on their feet and over the ball which is on the ground (tackled ...

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Kick long, opposition kick to touch and you can start the game with a lineout on the half way line. Seems like a win to me. Funny how rugby is built all around patterns. Anything outside the norm (bounce pass, or not competing at the ruck Italy '17 style) and the opposition start making mistakes. T...

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https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/munster-rugby/david-wallace-ireland-have-an-embarrassment-of-backline-riches-but-it-was-a-munster-star-who-stood-out-in-november-36368600.html Ah David, I'll forgive you this one but don't do it again. Not that Conway wasn't good. And the greatest centre partn...

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saffer13 wrote:Pity about the Kings losing another close one. Improvement though...

They're scoring tries for fun. If they could put up any kind of defence, they'd be a decent team.

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November International love-fest ends. Provincial shit-fest begins.

You could could set your watch by this thread.

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Grizz Wyllie wrote:This is the best way to defend against it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twkyc5LIz_w

... no post pad, no try.

"If anything like that happens again..."

Such as? Chewing on the corner flag?

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Incredibly tame reaction to it.

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Mullet 2 wrote:
CM11 wrote:http://www.the42.ie/rory-best-james-rya ... 9-Nov2017/

With Toner benched, Iain Henderson will take over calling a set-piece

But but but he can't call the lineout

Can he call a scrum?

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Munster: Simon Zebo; Darren Sweetnam, Sam Arnold, Rory Scannell, Alex Wootton; JJ Hanrahan, James Hart; Liam O’Connor, Rhys Marshall, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland (C); Jack O’Donoghue, Chris Cloete, Robin Copeland. Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Brian Scott, Ciaran Parker, Darren O’Shea,...

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2% vote for Wales winning by > 20 points? Gotta love that optimism*.

(* or bizzaro pessimism, if it were a kiwi).

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he was quite good, a very good kicker in an era where kicking was probably at it's most prized, especially when bigger and more physical packs chould grind out the games. He was hardly a running or creative threat and was one of the biggest defensive turn style. Sexton is a vastly superior 10 in al...

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Bullettyme wrote:Ability (or inability) as a player =/= coaching prowess. I don't know how many times you have to say that to some people.

You can't teach some people.....

Maybe you should take up playing?

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Always get a giggle when I see this one

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May was in a state of shock after he recorded a personal best of 10.49 metres per second in a 40-metre speed test last Saturday, which would equate to a time of 9.53 seconds over 100 metres. Wow. And it equates to a time of ~ 67 minutes over a marathon. I wonder what kind of time he'd set circumnav...

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In short Ireland needs to bid when there isn't strong competitor bid in Europe (which means France or England) and they'll likely get it. So... France gets 2023. Southern Hemisphere presumably in 2027, though the US wants it again. If the US gets it, it's definitely SH in 2031. England will want it...

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Went across from Rosslare to Pembroke a couple of weeks ago on Irish Ferries. No one looked for any form of id going out or coming back. Although on the way off the boat in Rosslare a Garda did stop me to ask what nationality we all were. I could have had a bunch of illegals in the back seat and he...

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It is a bit amusing how inconsistently the penalty try law is applied. Knocking the ball out of play, knock-on in the redzone (automatically assumed to be deliberate) : cast-iron slam dunk penalty try.

Offside or holding onto the ball when isolated on your own try line. Never given.

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Have to say, it's a little bit satisfying (if very sad) comparing Ire v SA now and the tour back in '98. It was real men against boys back then, the Irish players were getting mashed. I don't remember an Irish team ever having the upper hand like that against them in terms of physicality. Poor Leyds...

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Refs are under instructions to clamp down on choke tackles so that means refusing to call the mauls that result from them. No harm, it's ridiculous how they've been handled in recent years. In theory it's fine, in practice they're treated very differently from a maul from a lineout: players are joi...

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All of the subs played very well on Saturday Herring - straight in with a throw attacking their line, pings it in, gets on the back of the maul and dots it down, didn't let us down at all round the park or in the set piece Kilcoyne - Scrum was dominant throughout, would have liked him to get ball i...

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Nah. Munster's pack lacks enough carriers to spread the workload. Huge onus on CJ to deliver. Too much than is healthy for ANY one player. And when you are as straightforward and honest as he is; as committed to his team as he is; you just shoulder the load and keep on trucking. He needs to develop...

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irishrugbyua wrote:Apparently ROG is set to move to NZ to be an assistant coach with the crusaders

Congrats to ROG. Here's to many years of success bringing his style of defence to our two biggest bogey-teams, France and New Zealand.

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