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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 11:39 pm Here lads Courtney Lawes,after JGP was MOTM, what a player

Some season he's having.

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I thought Baird was excellent

Lads got cocky and loose in the 2nd half. Could very easily have lost that one. Still, Tampon are a good side. Great to survive the comeback and make it through.

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Hes English and wanted to play for England, which he did. All true but if we’re happy to give caps to jgp payne bundee and stander etc etc etc I fail to see the issue. Besides the real question this morning should be Diarm and this fit blonde I'm just saying I think he chose not to come to Ireland,...

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So Jackman was right about Frisch. He'll be a massive loss for us next season. Whoever we replace him with won't be to the same standard. A 300k transfer fee is interesting. I wonder can Munster do anything with that or does it just come off the debt? Spending it to buy Dan Kelly out of his contrac...

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So only two NIQs per province next season? Leinster: RG & Jordie Munster: Kleyn & Nankivell Connacht: Cordero & Hurley-Langton Ulster: Kok & Ewers Ewers is off Also Connacht have Porch Yeah I was thinking Ewers was off but wasn't 100%. Maybe a FH instead of him? Wasn't sure if Porch was sticking ar...

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So only two NIQs per province next season?

Leinster: RG & Jordie
Munster: Kleyn & Nankivell
Connacht: Cordero & Hurley-Langton
Ulster: Kok & Ewers

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Munster-fogs wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 7:55 am So Jackman was right about Frisch. He'll be a massive loss for us next season. Whoever we replace him with won't be to the same standard.

A 300k transfer fee is interesting. I wonder can Munster do anything with that or does it just come off the debt?

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Feel for Deegan, he's deserved more of a look in this season. Even played well in South Africa.

McCann - Timoney - Deegan should be a good unit.

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themaddog wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 1:13 pm So Tommy Freeman has stated that Northampton are going to Croke Park "all guns blazing".

Nice choice of words. Like Roy Keane's "them Germans don't take no prisoners"

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Marty has been a disgrace this season, just waddles round. He wouldn't be the only player that's just totally given up the ghost for Ulster this season unfortunately. But even apart from all that do you realise how screwed we are at TH next season without somebody? As things stand there will only b...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 12:02 pm

As expected really. Excited now though. I was actually hoping for a nice day and a good match but not looking likely judging by the forecast, even if it might suit us.

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What's the bets someone gets injured and then we'll be allowed sign someone. But going to the market in a state of desperation at short notice is a fool's errand.

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Marty has been a disgrace this season, just waddles round. He wouldn't be the only player that's just totally given up the ghost for Ulster this season unfortunately. But even apart from all that do you realise how screwed we are at TH next season without somebody? As things stand there will only b...

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Marty can play for Barnhall not even sure he is fit enough for that. Illo has got mangled in the scrums any games I have seen him play for Connacht. What is the story with Mcguire is he injured again? Let Charlie Higgins at him for a pre-season. The guy isn't that old and can certainly still scrumm...

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Salanoa will be doing well to play again by the sound of things. Marty is out of contract, but i'd be surprised. Illo has a contract til 2025. :thumbup: Maybe Marty won't happen but I'd be genuinely surprised if no-one comes in. There's simply not enough there with Big Mike and Lasisi going. Healy ...

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tupou stuff was a load of agent talk no niq signings at any province at prop allowed. Are you sure about that? Leo didn't deny it when asked about Tupou. Perhaps it's policy now but since when? On the no prop signing, I understand that looseheads are in really short supply but are we that poorly of...

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i dont believe an non iq signing is allowed and options that are IQ are slim. I don't understand why Leinster wouldn't be able to sign a replacement for Ala'alatoa. Has the 3 NIQ unwritten limit changed? They seem to have had permission to be chasing Tupou not too long ago. Also it's not like Clark...

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:lol: Just brush over that whole game in La Rochelle, the one that sent you on your travels to SA ultimately? TBF I would excuse anyone for not paying a lick of attention to the group stage - it's largely pointless with very little jeopardy involved. They really have ruined this tournament! This is...

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i dont believe an non iq signing is allowed and options that are IQ are slim. I don't understand why Leinster wouldn't be able to sign a replacement for Ala'alatoa. Has the 3 NIQ unwritten limit changed? They seem to have had permission to be chasing Tupou not too long ago. Also it's not like Clark...

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by all accounts he went well in the scrum against france u19, but im sure there will be some adapting to come. if correct tightheads next season: Tadhg Furlong(31) Cian Healy(36) Tom Clarkson(24) Rory McGuire(22) - Year 3 Niall Smyth(19) - Year 1 possibly Andrew Sparrow(19) too if he performs at th...

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Leinster face the prospect of heading into tomorrow’s Champions Cup semi-final against Northampton at a sold-out Croke Park without two of their key backs as Garry Ringrose and Hugo Keenan remain major doubts. Although both Ireland stars were said to have trained on Monday, full-back Keenan is stru...

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Thought Smyth might make it straight in. Hopefully his scrummaging will stand up to pro rugby because otherwise he's an excellent player. by all accounts he went well in the scrum against france u19, but im sure there will be some adapting to come. if correct tightheads next season: Tadhg Furlong(3...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 2:24 pm
hermie wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 2:16 pm Da fook is this team???
tomorrow.

Argh I was thinking it was Friday

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Although Phillo redeems himself (as he usually does) with

Searchlight on my trail
Tonight's the night all systems fail
Hey you good lookin' female
Come here!

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Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
Somewhere in this town

Where is anybody's guess

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Da fook is this team???

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Porterbelly1 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 2:10 pm Adam McBurney to Connacht. Random. Must been Mcilroy isn’t being kept, he’s barely played lately. De Buitlear will be out for most of next season so cover needed

Was he still with Embra this season?

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Nobody's saying it's easy, particularly between fowards and backs, only that it's probably worth a shot in this particular instance. The reasons for this are threefold: Ireland's need at 12 (Aki, Henshaw, McCloskey all in their 30s), the near insurmountable logjam of backrows in front of him at Mun...

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reland: J Stockdale (Belfast Harlequins / Ulster); M Byrne (Terenure / Leinster), S Daly (Cork Con / Munster), C O’Brien (Clontarf / Leinster), H Keenan (UCD / Leinster); J McPhillips (Queen’s University / Ulster), S Kerins (Sligo / Connacht); A Porter (UCD / Leinster), A McBurney (Ballymena / Ulst...

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Re the position talk, i think converting position at 19/20 and above is really, really hard. It isn't just the experience playing the different position, where core skills mean it is difficult enough to compete for gametime with guys who have played that position for years, it is also the fact that...

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Re the position talk, i think converting position at 19/20 and above is really, really hard. It isn't just the experience playing the different position, where core skills mean it is difficult enough to compete for gametime with guys who have played that position for years, it is also the fact that...

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On converting players, it’s very hard as it costs the teams in question in the short term assuming the player is a better 6/7/8 than hooker or center. Two examples come to mind: - Hodnett was asked in UCC by Munster and just said no thanks - Mike Essex (captained that u19 side with John McCall who ...

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Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 4:11 pm Is the team being named tomorrow or Friday?

Usually Friday anymore, isn't it?

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Just showing himself up for being a bit thick basically.

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War, by U2. The whole album is barely listenable, but when you hear the same songs live on Under a Blood Red Sky it’s night and day. Unforgettable Fire was their next album, and was their first with Eno and Lanois; the difference in sound and style is massive. Not a massive U2 fan and even then War...

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Didn't McCloskey play a lot of his early rugby as a scrum-half?

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they've high hopes on some lads in school.. wait and see. they'd be smart to move Edogbo there, but I doubt it happens. The backrow to centre thing is always good for pubtalk but does it really happen successfully at the top level all that often? I can think of an handful of international examples ...

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they've high hopes on some lads in school.. wait and see. they'd be smart to move Edogbo there, but I doubt it happens. The backrow to centre thing is always good for pubtalk but does it really happen successfully at the top level all that often? I can think of an handful of international examples ...

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The backrow to centre thing is always good for pubtalk but does it really happen successfully at the top level all that often? I can think of an handful of international examples but generally when Irish sides have tried it (Jordan Coghlan, Harrison Brewer) it doesn't do much good and just stymies ...

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they've high hopes on some lads in school.. wait and see. they'd be smart to move Edogbo there, but I doubt it happens. The backrow to centre thing is always good for pubtalk but does it really happen successfully at the top level all that often? I can think of an handful of international examples ...

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