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Osborne called up as cover for Kinghorn. Who the f*ck is Osborne? He was shortlisted for World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year award last year, so if you don't even know who he is that says more about you than anything, in truth. Osbourne should have replaced Daly. Both cover all positions 11...

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Happy with that team. Kind of thought Jack Crowley might have started this one, maintaining that partnership with Casey but Prendergast finished the season strong. Great that Ahern has made it. Pity there's no room for Gavin in the centre. He'll have to make do with Portugal. Prendergast finished t...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 1:06 pm
Winnie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:59 pm
earl the beaver wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:57 pm If Daly is ruled out who gets called up? Needs to cover 15 and wing primarily you'd imagine.
You know
And I know a player who has done this at international level
Liam Williams!

Feck it, get Feyi-Wabs on that plane

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20 years later the Kiwi U20's go into battle with their Italian hosts. 2 minutes in, the Kiwi 8 hits the Italian tighthead with a big shot, leaving the Italian motionless on the ground. There's a slight pause, then 4 or 5 of the scrotes decide that whooping and hollering like the cast of Glee is the...

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Thinking of doing something a little bit different/riskier for a break with the wife in September Anyone ever done Albania or Montenegro Any thoughts/rcommendations I'm sat in Kotor now. Montenegro isn't exactly risky, but is phenomenally beautiful. I work in travel, so am privileged to explore a l...

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1. Genge 2. Sheehan 3. Stuart 4. Itoje 5. McCarthy 6. Beirne/Conan 7. VDF 8. Pollock 9. JGP 10. Russell 11. Lowe 12. Tuipolotu/Aki 13. Ringrose/Jones 14. Freeman 15. Kinghorn/Keenan 16. Kelleher 17. Porter 18. Bealham/Furlong 19. Ryan 20. Conan/Beirne 21. Mitchell 22. F. Smith 23. Daly Think we can ...

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Great to be able to cheer for players you normally dislike. What the Lions is all about. Ben Earl is still a cùnt. Whichever way you cut it, without Doris, the backrow is weak. Pack really lacked tight carriers today. That being said the structure of the team was hugely encouraging, a lot of good pl...

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Dai has a unique way of showing he doesn't care involving going on and on about how little he cares. Nicely put! The CC is also sh!t I believe. But presumably he'll be watching the Prem final. I may watch both if time allows. But given the choice of watching domestic finals between: 1. Two clubs wi...

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lnstr93 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 12:08 pm Osborne very hard done by to not start somewhere..

Yep, he's a better fullback than JOB, weird call.

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MOTM means nothing to me tbh but was that the Scotland game where they lost their 10 and 12 after 20 minutes? Whether he was the best or not isn't the point. The point is that he played well enough to deserve to be there. As he did in his previous caps and as he did in the two months prior to the s...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Jun 07, 2025 4:18 pm I'd just like to congratulate Leinster for rolling over another side whose wage bill is a fraction of theirs.

Must feel great.

It's unsurprising that the most affluent nation in the competition can afford better wages. Scots had their chance to throw off the English yoke

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Osbourne is majestic out there

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:54 pm So nice....then Prender

Speaking of having a mare

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shabadoo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:46 pm Horne having a bit of a mare

Big fan of his, but he can't catch a cold today

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That Baird pass needed to be more sympathetic. No matter though. Really strong half Baird is playing fantastically well. He seems to be finding form and moving on a notch Yeah, been impressed with him today. Great intensity from him. Sometime's I think he misses the top two inches at times, but no ...

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That Baird pass needed to be more sympathetic.

No matter though. Really strong half

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Why wouldn't a left footed kicker like Lowe take that pen up the line?

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Charger21 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:14 pm Boo. Forward

Yep, lovely from Osbourne and TOB

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nabanoba wrote: ↑Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:02 pm Clarkson is excellent in the loose

Clarkson is excellent in the scrum

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Clarkson is excellent in the loose

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Prendergast's first missed tackle

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Horne simply wanted that more, came out of nowhere

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shabadoo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 07, 2025 2:06 pm Tumbleweed in here lads.

Anyway - i think Leinster will do it.

Baird to have a cracker and tear the Glasgow lineout apart

Baird talking about the need to avoid complacency worries me. Why in the name of fùck would there be complacency

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Thank God I'll be next to Inch strand when this game is on, I'll need a good long walk after it. I said WALK. I'm from Inch, enjoy. Annascaul would have the closest pub with a screen. Teac Sean or Hannafin's Sharks have some serious depth. Likes of Masuku and Julius not in the 23. Place called Samm...

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 12:29 pm Thank God I'll be next to Inch strand when this game is on, I'll need a good long walk after it.

I said WALK.

I'm from Inch, enjoy. Annascaul would have the closest pub with a screen. Teac Sean or Hannafin's

Sharks have some serious depth. Likes of Masuku and Julius not in the 23.

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Whatever has happened to Brian Gleeson. I would have said he was a better prospect than Pollock 18 months ago. Now one's slogging away with Munster A and the other is a Lion.

Anyone have any insight?

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I’m sorry but no one wants to say it. If Leinster had a different 10 they would have won. A three point loss where Prendergast was involved in three of Northampton’s tries tells its own story. Yea yea system failures, collective responsibility that’s all true. But it was a tight loss where their 10...

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There ain't much iq in Irish rugby at the moment.

Beirne is a real generational player

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Do you still think Henshaw is one of the best 12s in the world? I think he’s lost a step and isn’t as sharp on attack as he was. I think the Leinster system has worked well with him in the past. I still think he’s in the top handful. I didn’t see anything in the Northampton game that made me think ...

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Funny thing is 12 months ago there were 2/3 lads in his U20 squad I was even more optimistic/excited about… could genuinely see 5 potential test regulars in that squad You go back 12 months on here and look at what people were saying about Pollock. Flat track bully was putting it mildly I wasn’t in...

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Pollock definitely lived on the edge but so did McCaw. There were a couple where I thought he could have been penalised but the whole point of McCaw was he knew where the line was. I haven't watched enough of Pollock but today was a supremely brilliant performance at the breakdown and if he's able ...

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Suppose it's time for my annual Leo out post

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Per Porndog, further up the chain, he's on £250k a year which is, quite ehhhhhh, baffling. No wonder the premiership teams are going bust. Much of that will be taxed at 53% though. Compared to the tax breaks for players in Ireland it isn't that much of a payrise after the taxman's had his cut

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I really don't understand the Welsh mentality here. When I lived in Limerick I absolutely loved being able to see some of the best players in the world play in my shit local town . It was incredible that the likes of Shane Williams, James Hook, Alun Wyn etc were playing a short walk away. The same ...

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:lol: Sustainable the world over (US & Fiji LOL)? Don't think so buddy Again - crowd numbers are not the defining factor. Leicster Tigers lost £4 million last year... Drua performing well in super rugby, maybe Wales should follow their lead with a one team model in the English leagues? The point st...

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This. Club rugby in its current guise is unsustainable everywhere apart from France & Ireland it seems & it's only going to get worse. A salary cap only works if there is a semblance of parity between URC - Prem - Top14 = can't see that happening due to self-interest Nah, it's sustainable the world...

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Last season Cardiff had a far higher attendance than Glasgow, Connacht and Edinburgh if you don’t include the gimmick, which you shouldn’t. Bums on seats means fudge all, Bath sell out every week, charge international prices for tickets, and lost £4m last year operating on a far smaller budget than...

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If they didn't flood every thread on the bored, they'd be forced to deal with the reality of rugby in Ireland not being that great either. I really don't understand the Welsh mentality here. When I lived in Limerick I absolutely loved being able to see some of the best players in the world play in ...

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Hey mickers, you have your own thread. I know you love the sound of your own voices but no fucker else does so do one. Ta If they didn't flood every thread on the bored, they'd be forced to deal with the reality of rugby in Ireland not being that great either. I really don't understand the Welsh me...

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I get Wales fans don't give a shit about the URC, but that's mainly cause the clubs are so shite, that there is nothing to get excited about. No it's not. It was shite when we won it. It's shite because we have to fly to Africa and Ireland to play games. We have zero history with teams called Holly...

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