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- Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
I never thought Toner would go on to have the career he did when he was younger, got the absolute most out of his abilities and became a quality international lock. Some trophy cabinet he is retiring with.
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Player of the 6 Nations?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 4426
Re: Player of the 6 Nations?
Baille for me, thought he was outstanding. Could pick any number of the French though, they are so strong throughout.
- Fri Dec 10, 2021 10:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Antoine Dupont, the new IRB world player of the year
- Replies: 81
- Views: 4485
Re: Antoine Dupont, the new IRB world player of the year
I'd tune in to watch any game he's in, he is ridiculously good.
- Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Are you telling me the Glasgow City 7s in 2013-14 doesn't count? Who knows, maybe if Ulster had a decent 10 we might have won something. Maybe, if you just dive for the line..... https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2013/05/diack.gif That gif never fails to make me laugh, what the fudge was going through...
- Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Is DuPont > Aaron Smith?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3652
Re: Is DuPont > Aaron Smith?
Dupont is the best player in the world for me right now, just a freak who enormously impacts every game he plays in.
- Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ireland v Argentina, Sun Nov 21st, KO @ 2:15pm
- Replies: 420
- Views: 21107
Re: Ireland v Argentina, Sun Nov 21st, KO @ 2:15pm
Argentina weren't quite as bad as scoreboard suggested but they weren't great. Really a day for the forwards, there were a few times we had numbers in the second half out wide but forwards got over the line. Henshaw was rusty but that's fair enough. Would have liked to see Balacoune get the ball mor...
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Anybody into Crypto
- Replies: 3086
- Views: 160381
Re: Anybody into Crypto
Bought about 120 quid (I think) of Eth at the start of 2018, it fell off immediately. I tried to sell it, obviously f**ked that up and forgot about my Coinbase account. Checked it a few months ago to look up something I had read about and it was about 1400. Like finding it down the back of the sofa....
- Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Keenan is such a tidy player, the pass last week for Conway's try and for Lowe today was very good. Just does all of the basics really really well. If you could put his brain into Stockdale's body it would be something else! Henderson was very good too, thought unfairly penalised once for coming thr...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Travellers - what’s their deal?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 7082
Re: Travellers - what’s their deal?
It's a shit "culture" to be born into and near impossible to penetrate. State in Ireland has spent a fortune housing them, providing pathways to education etc, then you see the houses burnt out and very few taking the help offered to escape the cycle through education. The only way to smash it would...
- Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 2nd pfizer vaccine
- Replies: 120
- Views: 8478
Re: 2nd pfizer vaccine
I felt like I was half pissed a few hours after the second, then just lethargic and dopey for the rest of the day and bit of the following. Was all back to normal after about 30 hours I'd say and not a bad reaction at all in the grand scheme of things.
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Respected Irish journo: "Marcus Smith has an oompa-loompa tan"
- Replies: 193
- Views: 16339
Re: Respected Irish journo: "Marcus Smith has an oompa-loompa tan"
I think I'm getting exactly what you're saying.I'm sensitive about racism and you're trying to make that out to be a bad thing. Was he talking about Henson? No, he made remarks based on a person's skin colour, how you keep trying to justify this is beyond me. As I asked already, how would you appro...
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Soldier F
- Replies: 67
- Views: 4478
Re: Soldier F
Think Eastwood did the right thing putting his name into the public sphere. I know the GFA gave murderers amnesty but it's not like their names were wiped from the record. Cleary should have seen prison a long time ago but being known by the public for what he did is a crumb of justice if the Britis...
- Mon May 03, 2021 8:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: La Rochelle v Leinster
- Replies: 321
- Views: 22723
Re: La Rochelle v Leinster
Must be slightly gutting for Australians to see a player like Skelton bullying teams at the top level in Europe, they really can't afford to be losing forwards like him. Was like an 18 year old playing against the U12's at times, just a freak.
- Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: David v Goliath: Ireland v England, KO 16:45, Sat Mar 20th
- Replies: 1038
- Views: 59627
Re: David v Goliath: Ireland v England, KO 16:45, Sat Mar 20th
Henderson and Beirne are immense today.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 322534
Re: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
Colic sounds like hell. Had our first in October and the first few weeks are like nothing I've ever experienced, I felt utterly inept and the lack of sleep does nothing for anyone's general demeanor. It's gotten waayyyy better since then and we're in a nice routine (touch wood) but I totally get how...
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Condolences Bogbunny, it's a rollercoaster. My mother passed away recently after a short illness too, it's a shit time.
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 322534
Re: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
Sorry to hear that Floppy. My mother died after a fairly quick illness about two months back, kinda went on autopilot as I had a kid about two weeks after but fudge me did it catch up with me the last few days. Anyone have any experience with grief counselling and thoughts on it? Need to try manage ...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dupont named player of 2020 6N
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1145
Re: Dupont named player of 2020 6N
First French player to win it, that's mental! Always feel France are overlooked when people are putting together dream teams etc, maybe not for the last decade when they weren't very good but in general.
Class player!
Class player!
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having kids ... yay or nay?
- Replies: 191
- Views: 10502
Re: Having kids ... yay or nay?
Had the first a few weeks back, it's a very surreal experience. Centre of my universe and my priorities have completely shifted, had a great life before and I intend on continuing to do so but it's obviously going to be different. It's also like living with a difficult alcoholic who shits and pisses...
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: French terror attacks.
- Replies: 381
- Views: 17543
Re: Teacher beheaded in France
Stumbled across a picture on Twitter which I wish I hadn't seen. How people can be apologetic for this stuff is beyond me.
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irishers: Schools advice Rathfarnham
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2174
Re: Irishers: Schools advice Rathfarnham
Finished in 2000 but I went to Ballyroan BNS for primary school. The principle at the time was hugely involved in basketball and so that was the main sport along with GAA. They had a cool "woodlands recreation area" which was cool at the time. I really enjoyed it there but God knows if any of the te...
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Why is JK Rowling suddenly evil?
- Replies: 832
- Views: 68613
Re: Why is JK Rowling suddenly evil?
My tinfoil hat theory is that Russia is pumping some of their black cash into the issue to destabilise the left in the West. It's off putting for enough people to stop them voting lib dem, labour, democrat etc to make a difference. Helps drive people into the arms of the Republicans, Tories etc who ...
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Why is JK Rowling suddenly evil?
- Replies: 832
- Views: 68613
Re: Why is JK Rowling suddenly evil?
Horrible person alright, pure evil. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/02/jk-rowling-donates-crisis-refuge-homeless-domestic-abuse-uk-charities-coronavirus https://www.lifehack.org/462821/j-k-rowling-loses-her-billionaire-status-because-of-being-too-generous https://www.philanthropy-impact.o...
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Deegan at 23? Some sort of attempt to convert him into a centre or something?
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Mullet's 100% Accurate Best Jersey for each team
- Replies: 155
- Views: 8042
Re: Mullet's 100% Accurate Best Jersey for each team
Some of the early Super Rugby jerseys were pretty swish.
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
I like the jersey, the blurb though!
"It's blue because Leinster wear blue" would have sufficed.
"It's blue because Leinster wear blue" would have sufficed.
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Whisky Thread
- Replies: 896
- Views: 164645
Re: The Whisky Thread
The concept behind this is very cool.Hellraiser wrote:My most extravagant recent purchases include these:
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Think the Paddy Jackson situation forced Schmidt's hand there a bit too.
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
I haven't seen Madigan play for a few years now but his form would have fallen off a cliff massively were he to be behind Burns.
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The PR Book Thread
- Replies: 1528
- Views: 221271
Re: The PR Book Thread
https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/http%3A%2F%2Fcom.ft.imagepublish.upp-prod-us.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5ecdf9b4-8374-11ea-b555-37a289098206?fit=scale-down&source=next&width=300 Just finished this, excellent and fairly detailed account of Putin's ascent to his current position and ...
- Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your most embarrassing oversight of an international player
- Replies: 86
- Views: 6596
Re: Your most embarrassing oversight of an international pla
Andrew Trimble, think probably because he came through so young and so raw. Just took a few seasons for the rest of his game to round out and he turned out a fantastic player for Ireland. Devin Toner probably as well.
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: John Hume Gooooooooonnneeeee
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3877
Re: John Hume Gooooooooonnneeeee
Up there with Daniel O'Connell as the greatest ever Irishman. I would love to see a major street in Dublin named in his honour.
RTE did a doc on him as part of a series on "Ireland's greatest ever Irish person" a few years ago, worth a watch. He won too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paBd7vSJtbU
RTE did a doc on him as part of a series on "Ireland's greatest ever Irish person" a few years ago, worth a watch. He won too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paBd7vSJtbU
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
They put themselves in a shitty situation whatever way you paint it. There's a lot can go wrong when you carry on like that, especially in this day and age.
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
10 years ago today, first game in the Aviva. 68-0. Leinster/Ulster team 15. Sam Coghlan Murray (Leinster) 14. Craig Gilroy (Ulster) 13. Alex Kelly (Leinster) 12. Luke Marshall (Ulster) Captain 11. Andrew Boyle (Leinster) 10. Paddy Jackson (Ulster) 9. Peter du Toit (Leinster) 1. James Tracy (Leinste...
- Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Recommend me a sports autobiography/biography
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5491
Re: Recommend me a sports autobiography/biography
https://www.easons.com/globalassets/5637150827/all/books/sports/sports-biography/9781471175398.jpg?width=251&height=389&mode=max See you've already made your purchase but this is one of the best sports biographies I've read in a few years. The background to his upbringing, borderline abusive father...
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Why is JK Rowling suddenly evil?
- Replies: 832
- Views: 68613
Re: Why is JK Rowling suddenly evil?
Words lose their meaning/power when they're thrown around for every little thing. If you call everyone racist/transphobic/bigoted etc who isn't an absolutist in their thought process or sees shades of grey in different scenarios then unfortunately those words lose all meaning and actual bigotry gets...
- Wed May 06, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528269
- Views: 28743553
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Pretty sure it's more that Gilroy is a below a halfwit rather than a racist.
- Mon May 04, 2020 11:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Who have YOU played with XV?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 14904
Re: Who have YOU played with XV?
Played with: 15. Kenny Murphy 11. Anthony Horgan 10. ROG 9. Stringer + Meara 7. Wallace 5. Mick O'Driscoll 4. Donnacha O'Callaghan 3. Mike Ross 2. Frankie Sheehan + John Fogarty Plus Sexton and Fanning if you include club friendlies, etc. If you include against: George Clancy Felipe Contepomi That’...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The PR Book Thread
- Replies: 1528
- Views: 221271
Re: The PR Book Thread
Yep, I was reasonably ignorant of what went on in the East of Europe after WW2 beyond the Iron Curtain going up but that really got me in this book. Files on what he did were only declassified in the 90's because he had been loyal to the Polish government in exile. Amazing individual.
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 5:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The PR Book Thread
- Replies: 1528
- Views: 221271
Re: The PR Book Thread
Set myself a challenge to read 24 books this year, pissing through them so far. Generally don't watch tv and given that the tv I did watch was mainly live sport I'm barely touching the thing. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/d/db/51eq24cRtRL._SX331_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg/revision/...