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Luckycharmer

Dublin GAA is multiples the size of Leinster rugby in Dublin, within 2 miles of St Marys/Terenure RFCs who both struggle to put out 4/5 senior adult rugby teams. There are a number of huge GAA clubs including one that puts out over 100 teams each week. They are also going to building a new state of...

Luckycharmer

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 modernize...

Luckycharmer

TBH, that sounds like schools in Ulster need to get the finger out and appoint coaches properly. Reminiscent of the old days of one of the priests coaching the SCT in the Leinster schools. That hasn't been the case in decades. Do the coaches that are in-situ do coaching courses with the Ulster Bran...

Luckycharmer

Incidentally, and completely supporting the thesis that Leinster schools coaching isn't like elsewhere in the country. I discovered last week that the Leicester, Dan McKellar, coach used to coach us at Senior2s in 5th year. :lol: He was a player coach with Wicklow RFC, and did some coaching in Gera...

Luckycharmer

irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:04 pm
Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:04 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:41 pm

Casper Gabriel played for Ireland u19 at the weekend.
How did he do?
started at 10, scored a try and kick 3 from 4.

Impressive surprising there have been no highlights put of these u19 games?

Luckycharmer

Ulster may produce schools players, but the pipelines diverge massively after school level, and always have. Decent Ulster schools players often went to England for uni. Lads from Leinster went to UCD and Trinity. Since then, underage coaching and S&C in Leinster have improved enormously, with priv...

Luckycharmer

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 o...

Luckycharmer

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 o...

Luckycharmer

HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:20 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:18 pm 200k for 6 months according to GT
Fairly cheap tbf

A steal considering bluffer Finn on £1 sterling a year and I imagine Kitschoff on close to £500k?

Luckycharmer

Nooooooo Sats you are saying you are a bandwagon fan and only started supporting when we started winning No, I said I supported all the provinces before the league started. I'd have only ever gone to Leinster games, was a season ticket holder from the start and was primarily a Leinster fan but ther...

Luckycharmer

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 Would b...

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triplebogey 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.

ONe from 18,00km as well though would prefer a monster tighthead

Luckycharmer

irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:41 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:57 am Adam Watchorn(TH prop/leinster)
Ryan Connolly(backrow/ulster)
Max Flynn(backrow/connacht)
Charlie Coghlan(backrow/connacht)
Tom Farthing(scrumhalf/connacht)
Cian Brady(Wing/connacht)

some players involved for ireland u19
Casper Gabriel played for Ireland u19 at the weekend.

How did he do?

Luckycharmer

That pic is just taken at the wrong time as he is blinking. On another point, I watched the game again with an eye on Skelton. Played like the fat lazy shite we always hoped he would be. Spent more time sitting on his arse holding guys into rucks than anything else. His laziness led directly to the...

Luckycharmer

Larmour was excellent I thought, especially defensively. great to see. He has been really really good the last while. Delighted for him. His rucking is really strong. Gets right under people and clears out really effectively. Seems to be taking the right option more and more. Osbourne has been quie...

Luckycharmer

The point was that Munster got the 2.30 slot prior to the floodlights being installed and kept it. It was the main/only rugby slot on RTE. Whether it was AIL, six nations or Munster playing. Sweet Jesus the f**king state of this thread and this argument in particular. Some of you need it go to bed ...

Luckycharmer

It won't be. Their pack bar Lawes isn't good enough. Northampton won't get within 40 points of Leinster, they are very ordinary. I think they are better than ordinary, with a few top class players and they would be able to trade blows with most teams in the tournament. It is just they are a terribl...

Luckycharmer

Guy is still in the Munster set-up (u20's coach?) so he can't be that bothered by it these days. So it's OK for Munster fans to boo their own players? Guy was never up to it but no. Munster fans grabbing opposition players during a match is that OK? https://www.thesun.ie/sport/11823529/munster-fan-...

Luckycharmer

Proper disgusting behaviour Ian Keatley Reveals The Profound Effect Being Booed By Munster Fans Had On His Personal Life https://www.balls.ie/rugby/ian-keatley-reveals-profound-effect-booed-munster-fans-personal-life-362409 Guy is still in the Munster set-up (u20's coach?) so he can't be that bothe...

Luckycharmer

Proper disgusting behaviour
Ian Keatley Reveals The Profound Effect Being Booed By Munster Fans Had On His Personal Life
https://www.balls.ie/rugby/ian-keatley- ... ife-362409

Luckycharmer

Leinster fans mild booing is an odd hill to die on. Especially since the Cork kant has being serving multiple bans in France for abusing officials This is hardly a hill I'll be dying on tbf, just think it's weird is all. It will never match the Munster fans boing their own player, remember the abus...

Luckycharmer

I was on the old North terrace. Will never forget that day. But we won in Croke Park I was there too. I still best the scars. Wasn't at CP. Was sure that we were gonna lose them as well! :lol: I was on the upper Hogan stand. That year i experience the two best atmospheres ever at a game. That semi ...

Luckycharmer

shabadoo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:41 pm
DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:38 pm I thought Osbourne stood up well, some hard runs down his channel.
He had a very good game.

His kicking probably more accurate than Lowes, has to go to SA. Ross very good as was Larmour great pass under for 2nd last try.

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PourSomeRuggerOnMe wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:38 pm Keenan out is an absolute disaster.

Frawley will probably go off injured as well, knowing him.

Bollocks our backline now very 1 paced would nearly prefer Larmour 15 with Russell on wing

Luckycharmer

Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:19 pm
Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:17 pm
Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:15 pm

I, along with everyone not from Leinster, hope LaRochelle knock the stuffing out of you.
That ain’t good for Ireland brainiac
So now Leinster are to thank for Ireland winning so much?

Well it certainly ain't Ulster

Luckycharmer

RIngrose? Yeah, but Leinster have good cover there and in the context of how these games have gone Ryan a much bigger loss. I'm not quite but almost glad he hasn't made it back in time. It's not the kind of game you would want to be going into with no gametime under your belt. Having said that not ...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:59 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:51 pm Leo saying Healy was available but Milne deserved the spot on the bench.
Interesting. Good stuff that they're rating him. If he gets a run of games now, he might make the SA tour.

Yep if he can hold his own in the scrum then he is better than current Healy in every other Metric.

Luckycharmer

15. Dillyn Leyds, 14. Jack Nowell, 13. UJ Seuteni, 12. Jonathan Danty, 11. Teddy Thomas, 10. Antoine Hastoy, 9. Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 1. Louis Penverne, 2. Tolu Latu, 3. Uini Atonio, 4. Ultan Dillane, 5. Will Skelton, 6. Judicael Cancoriet, 7. Levani Botia, 8. Grégory Alldritt (c) 16. Quentin Lespiau...

Luckycharmer

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...

Luckycharmer

Did my hammy last night :( Should I still go to this game or is it better to sit this one out so soon after? Have had all sorts of injuries but surprisingly never the hamstring. Old age catching up, how did you manage that? Have done mine loads over recent years, you can still walk etc, I always be...

Luckycharmer

Did my hammy last night :( Should I still go to this game or is it better to sit this one out so soon after? Have had all sorts of injuries but surprisingly never the hamstring. Definitely heals quicker if you can keep moving, somehow. Yeah I could barely walk at all last night. Maybe marginally be...

Luckycharmer

Ross starts, no Harry. 6/2 split Connors starts as does Jenkins. Milne on bench. Wondered if they'd go 6-2 with Connors starting. Presumably has the express instructions to just hit everything he can for 40-50 minutes. Touch on Conan. He'd better bring it off the bench to offset the biff lost when ...

Luckycharmer

Did my hammy last night :( Should I still go to this game or is it better to sit this one out so soon after? Have had all sorts of injuries but surprisingly never the hamstring. Old age catching up, how did you manage that? Have done mine loads over recent years, you can still walk etc, I always be...

Luckycharmer

irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:57 am just under 50k tickets sold.

That is brillant not sure many other teams in the comp could sell that many tickets in less than a week!

Luckycharmer

Heard a pretty amazing stat, Toulouse have never lost in normal time a knockout game to another French team in Europe. I think they have had 1 draw.

Luckycharmer

Bookies have Leinster to win. Leinster have a million Irish internationals. I'd be surprised if they didn't win. I'd be disappointed for the players if they didn't win. It’d be a choke if they lost at home again. I’ve watched La Rochelle a few times this season and they are no-where near as slick a...

Luckycharmer

I don't understand the Bulls' decision. They are well placed in the URC for a home semi. But they have basically thrown the towel in for the Champions Cup, the same competition the $harks are fighting tooth and nail to get back into? "With the injuries among those injured are co-captain Ruan Nortje...

Luckycharmer

Bookies have Leinster to win. Leinster have a million Irish internationals. I'd be surprised if they didn't win. I'd be disappointed for the players if they didn't win. It’d be a choke if they lost at home again . I’ve watched La Rochelle a few times this season and they are no-where near as slick ...

Luckycharmer

Bookies have Leinster to win. Leinster have a million Irish internationals. I'd be surprised if they didn't win. I'd be disappointed for the players if they didn't win. Leinster have 5 out of 45 players who aren't Irish 3, NIQs a samoan prop, 1 cap kiwi (injured) and 1 cap BOK. LAR have 20 non fren...

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Tighthead situation at each of the provinces: Leinster Tadhg Furlong(31) Tom Clarkson(24) -- Rory McGuire(21) - Year 3 Andrew Sparrow(19) - Year 1 Munster Stephen Archer(36) - retiring? John Ryan(35) Oli Jager(28) Roman Salanoa(26) -- Darragh McSweeney(21) - Year 3 Ronan Foxe(21) - Year 2 Ulster Ma...

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