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Matt Williams in today's Irish Times. hard to disagree :blush: Yup, he writes a lot of Guff, but not wrong on this. Hard to escape the feeling there's a tier of coaches and admins in Munster (specifically) and Munster rugby (generally) who absolutely love themselves and think they can do no wrong. ...

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Dupont is a powerful ball carrying 9, amongst other things. DuPont will also get the ball away quickly and keep his team on the front foot. Dupont is just unnaturally good. It's very hard to compare with him as he's just such a complete rugby player who doesn't fit a particular category of SH.

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It's interesting to see it come from a player. Albeit my own view was always that Murray was a type of player that was perhaps not as useful at the end of his career as had been the case when he was younger. T he powerful ball-carrying 9 a la Mike Phillips is currently not in vogue as teams go back...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 4:11 pm I just had a Google and it looks like you are paying more than us already? My tariff is 26p kwh

Think mine is 28c but before taxes and levies.

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Bord Gais latest to raise electricity prices - by a whopping 13.5% on already very high rates. This is a serious problem with so many houses in arrears already. 13.5%, what the fudge!? Yeah nuts. Cost of living getting out of control Electric Ireland not following suit judging by this a few days ag...

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Afaik both are in sub academy this season. Ashmore has played mostly 8 to date, but I think they see him as a 7 at pro level. Missed most of last season with an injury Did Ashmore come through school as well, does he have decent size? Looks like after a long Hiatus the gick is going to start produc...

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Interesting to see Ben Blaney making his senior debut starting at 7 for Terenure in the LSC final tomorrow. Also notable Leinster u19 Backrow Arthur Ashmore is on the bench. I presume he has left school, wouldn't be that unusual for someone that age to be playing Senior AIL rugby these days. Not un...

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You can pay tax in another country without being resident there. Anyone who still has to pay US tax will understand this all too well. Yes but I think he would have to have spent a certain proportion of his year in Ireland. Like DOB putting the time in over in Malta. That might have been difficult ...

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What do people make of Murray's criticism of Munster in general and Rowntree in particular? I never really thought much of him as a scrum coach. Look at the first test for the Lions in '09 for example. But it's hard to square the criticism with him winning a title and generally being quite popular ...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 11:57 am Murray obviously going down the punditry route..Zebo already at it.

Will POM or is coaching calling?

POM's too busy at this lark

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 11:59 am Leinster Cardiff game being streamed for free tomorrow on Leinster website.

Wonders will never cease! Unfortunately I'll be at a wedding.

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I'd say his stint was short enough that he could claim he remained an Irish resident. Surely not if he was paying tax in Australia unless he was on some sort of time-limited visa? You can pay tax in another country without being resident there. Anyone who still has to pay US tax will understand thi...

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What are you talking about then? Because you have said going back to the old calendar is what you want but your logic for it seems illogical (as in you're just arguing for what we already have). I would far prefer start of September and tests in June but that's little to do with your logic. If noth...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 11:35 am
At the time of retirement, you must be resident in one of the following locations: [Ireland, EU etc]
I'd say his stint was short enough that he could claim he remained an Irish resident.

Surely not if he was paying tax in Australia unless he was on some sort of time-limited visa?

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2 years in Japan, 6 months of AIL, retire. What did Kearney do? Surely he didn't lose out on the rebate? Good point. His wiki says he returned to play for a Louth GAA club but that hardly counts? I wonder if you stay tax domiciled in Ireland, is that enough? He had less than six months in Aus, I th...

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If you're saying yes to my second paragraph - it's exactly the same now as then from the perspective of the players you're talking about, as I pointed out on our thread! The only difference is that instead of finishing at the end of May (for anyone who makes it that far) and starting at the end of ...

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earl the beaver wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:13 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 3:47 pm
hermie wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 3:34 pm
Figured he'd end up in Japan with Billy Burns but no word yet, as far as I know anyway.
Can't retire in Japan.
2 years in Japan, 6 months of AIL, retire.

What did Kearney do? Surely he didn't lose out on the rebate?

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 9:56 am Enjoyed the first episode of Task....

Yeah I think it will be good. Between that and Alien: Earth there's some good tv back on the screens

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Continuing with my recent theme of coming late to older TV series that are very highly rated: we've just finished watching The Capture. It's a BBC series now on Netflix. 2 seasons with 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but only 69% audience. In our opinion even the latter is a significant rea...

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The likes of Doris and Beirne have a lot of mins over the last two years because of WC and Lions (for Beirne) but they're not particularly flogged in the greater scheme and not typical of the mins most of our internationals play. I'm just not sure what you're trying to achieve. You talk about start...

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Leinster get an easy tour first up. It's a shame that Leinster never get to send a strong side to SA. I know the young players love the tour as a bonding exercise, a rite of passage, a step in their progression etc. And that's cool but it would be interesting to occasionally go full bore. Usually t...

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The likes of Doris and Beirne have a lot of mins over the last two years because of WC and Lions (for Beirne) but they're not particularly flogged in the greater scheme and not typical of the mins most of our internationals play. I'm just not sure what you're trying to achieve. You talk about start...

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Speaking of Murray, has he ended up with a contract anywhere or is a quietly retiring? Figured he'd end up in Japan with Billy Burns but no word yet, as far as I know anyway. Can't retire in Japan. Oh yeah of course. Not worth it for a season or two even if the wedge in Japan would be more than dec...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 3:19 pm Speaking of Murray, has he ended up with a contract anywhere or is a quietly retiring?

Figured he'd end up in Japan with Billy Burns but no word yet, as far as I know anyway.

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So reduce even further the number of games our internationals play in? Perhaps. The international players are currently getting flogged at certain times of the year. Previously players like Ross Molony, who weren't as carefully managed as the Test stars, were the ones clocking up loads of minutes t...

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I see the RDS is supposedly 'ahead of schedule' even though we were only supposed to be out of it for one season and the Anglesea stand is only '40% done'. Either way, sounds like next season is a fairly sure thing and I'll be glad to be back there.

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Can we call them by their proper names please? EdEd and EdÓg

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Semi-finals Sat 6 June Grand Final Sat 20 June What's with the two week gap to the final? That's a very late finish. It's annoying that it starts so late and finishes so late I have to say. I would have more gaps in the regular season but start earlier and have a couple more fixtures during the 6Ns...

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OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 10:17 am Transfers and squads
https://all.rugby/transfers/urc

The Bulls have recruited really, really well - way better than any of their rivals - to the extent you really have to fancy them this season.

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Leinster get an easy tour first up. It's a shame that Leinster never get to send a strong side to SA. I know the young players love the tour as a bonding exercise, a rite of passage, a step in their progression etc. And that's cool but it would be interesting to occasionally go full bore. Usually t...

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Semi-finals Sat 6 June Grand Final Sat 20 June What's with the two week gap to the final? That's a very late finish. It's annoying that it starts so late and finishes so late I have to say. I would have more gaps in the regular season but start earlier and have a couple more fixtures during the 6Ns.

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Rieko Ioane dropped by NZ. Haven’t been following him closely but PR’s winners and losers piece suggests he’s in a prolonged rut. Nothing a few rounds of the URC and some proper coaching won’t fix. :nod: I suppose with Narawa already out it's maybe a bit surprising that he misses out. I missed a lo...

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90kgs, plenty big for a fullback. Probably as big or bigger than our other fullbacks. Or do you just mean on the short side? Would agree that he might lack top-end pace judging by the little bits I've seen of him. Hopefully not.

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Leinster Rugby XV vs Cardiff Rugby: 15. Hugo McLaughlin 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Hugh Cooney 12. Charlie Tector 11. Andrew Osborne 10. Harry Byrne 9. Fintan Gunne 1. Paddy McCarthy 2. John McKee CAPTAIN 3. Andrew Sparrow 4. Brian Deeny 5. Diarmuid Mangan 6. Alex Soroka 7. Will Connors 8. James Culhan...

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IQ rugby were always going to be looking at him and Leinster do have a need with Liam Moloney the only backrow in the academy currently (and he's Year 3 I think and may not be kept on). Sounds like there was a lot of interest around him. Hopefully he can feature for the 20s and we can get a good loo...

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Just thinking more about this, did they make the seasons run later to accommodate the French for the summer tests and then the French turn around and still send B teams on those tours? There is some element of that for sure. I think (but far from sure) that there was also some degree of accommodati...

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Just thinking more about this, did they make the seasons run later to accommodate the French for the summer tests and then the French turn around and still send B teams on those tours?

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I feel like this global calendar reboot was fine in theory but shitty in practice. Seems like URC and Prem most affected with Top 14 continuing as they were? Knockout fixtures in June worked far worse than I would have thought, and I'm really used to rugby in Sept. Feels a bit disorientating to hav...

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Probably a good time for Bryn to move on in fairness. He got in a lot of good players but also a lot that didn't really work out. He's probably been the busiest out of all his counterparts across the four provinces but not everything stuck. A clean slate is the way to go for Ulster now and no excus...

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Probably a good time for Bryn to move on in fairness. He got in a lot of good players but also a lot that didn't really work out. He's probably been the busiest out of all his counterparts across the four provinces but not everything stuck. A clean slate is the way to go for Ulster now and no excuse...

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