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Nolanator

Biting hard but fixed Lad you need to log off for the day. Perhaps if Ulster weren't so shite, or full of 'top shaggers', they too could enjoy that level of success. Problem is if I go to Twitter I get nothing but Leinster tweets recommended to me. It’s everywhere :x You know you can mute accounts,...

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the thread title calls leinster the most supported club. there is a big difference between a club side and a provincial side which represents a much greater area. How many Premiership clubs are there in London? Also, it'll come as a huge surprise to the successful soccer clubs that instead of havin...

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Well maybe hit nearer the border and limped deeper into Russian territory before falling apart.

Modified S200 with extended range was what they used for one of the A50s, wasn't it? I know the Patriot Battery Roadshow was the cause of the one that was hit along the coast in the Sea of Azov.

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Nally is the gimpy end of the Hill?

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Sounds somewhat like the Welsh problems with their regions. Although you've made it work.

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Was probably more critical of the NZ system than I meant to be. I just don't think it would work for us. There's a rich history with the provinces and the interprovincial championship; and rivalries have only gotten more deep-seated since the game turned pro. It works. Check out any Irish thread he...

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Not sure how they managed to do it but the Ukrainians shot down a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber near Stavropol. https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1781178675045552537?t=gNF_kcGbfh0AVvHO_BaEow&s=19 That's surely Red on Red or a catastrophic malfunction at that distance from the active conflict zone?

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I remember it more as a day out lineout went into just an outrageous meltdown. I'm probably exaggerating but I think we lost 8-10 on our own throw. Nah, it was shocking. POC came off the bench returning from an injury. Leo was running the lineout that day and it was bad . Think Birch was throwing i...

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It's everything. Every stakeholder has unions that can block stuff or make it unworkable. Consultants have a new contract from 2023 which allows for spreading their workload over 6 days. Get some productivity on Saturdays and eat into the weekend surge that happens. No-one is forcing those on these ...

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Apparently there were 8k in the queue at one stage. Turnout is going to be feckin' massive. Heading for 60k+ comfortably I reckon. And I was on The Hill in 2009 on that glorious day, and in 2010 on a much less glorious day when we lost to Scotland. The other end of the pitch is obviously a long way...

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What's the practical significance of the Stardust verdict? Someone/people could be held criminally responsible for what happened? Aside from anything, it's a very important day for the families. I actually know one of the families personally and it has hung over them ever since. No closure, not kno...

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Apparently there were 8k in the queue at one stage. Turnout is going to be feckin' massive. Heading for 60k+ comfortably I reckon. And I was on The Hill in 2009 on that glorious day, and in 2010 on a much less glorious day when we lost to Scotland. The other end of the pitch is obviously a long way...

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I grabbed a handful of tickets for the Hill, as did a couple of mates. Should be good fun, even if the view is a bit shit. I'm not spending €80 just for the view. Isn’t the view the whole point? Well, every place in the stadium has a view. Some are just better than others. I also balance the qualit...

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Ah come on now The schools that produce the vast majority of the Irish and Leinster teams are private paying schools that have money to burn I can remember going down with my son to Castleknock on medallion year and they had a fúcking kiwi coach and castleknock aren’t even one of the big rugby scho...

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What's the practical significance of the Stardust verdict?

Someone/people could be held criminally responsible for what happened?

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I grabbed a handful of tickets for the Hill, as did a couple of mates. Should be good fun, even if the view is a bit shit. I'm not spending €80 just for the view.

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Perhaps a sad indicator of the times we live in - there are already playable video games based on the war in Ukraine, produced by each side Death from Above is the Ukrainian offering - you play as a drone operator behind the frontlines taking out Russian tanks Best in Hell is the Russian offering -...

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triplebogey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:55 pm
Nolanator wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:28 pm Reckon there'll be Hill tickets available tomorrow?
Just buy one now.

https://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18006 ... d=retsniel

Sound.

Are the Hill tickets any good? Can you see anything? The try area is quite far back from there isn't it?

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Reckon there'll be Hill tickets available tomorrow?

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I've said for years that the RSA needs to run a serious media campaign on motorway driving. How to use lanes and overtake. Clear the overtaking lanes to serve the purpose for which they're designed, and it'll eliminate the opportunity for people to choose to attempt dangerous manoeuvres. Middle and...

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Plus, the immigration issue has drawn some attention to the disparate attitudes in all the voters who SF gained in 2020. They believe in a united socialist union of people from across the world. Except for the foreigners who should fudge off back home! Ideology often runs up against the brick wall ...

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Lads has anyone else noticed how dangerous the driving is on motorways the past years. The risks people are taking with undertaking at 130km etc just defies belief. There is basically no chance of them getting caught as there are hardly any guards on the roads. It’s getting really bad. I've said fo...

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Soc Dems are going to hoover up a lot of that vote if they field enough candidates. Only untainted party left. Agree. They’re dopes but they’re clean and they’re harmless, they’ll do well. I've said it before, but I feel like they're a more natural place for left-leaning voters to turn than SF. Eve...

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How dare they challenge us on the details.

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redderneck wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:10 am
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:02 am Keith Wood calling it an end to the punditry, presumably as his son moves into Munster academy.
Loving the cynicism.

Shame Frankie SHeahan wasn't as principled when he was representing lads as their agent, and awarding them MotM as a pundit.

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triplebogey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:55 pm
Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:12 pm
themaddog wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:07 pm TB confirmed to replace Goodman. Must be worth another Munster poaching whinge.
Neinabar, RG and now Tyler.
Leinster going after all our cast offs, it's a sorry state of affairs
That's the spirit.

Rugby in Ireland is dying. Leinster subsisting on Munster scraps.

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Good post. Heard from someone involved with a hospital that they were running at 75% to 66% of their operational budgets for years. Basically told to "suck it up." They'd submit a budget for a year, an accurate budget, by the departments own standards, and be told "Do all that plus hire more people...

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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...

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Go touch some grass, the pair of yiz.

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While all the focus is on Israel: Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Head Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov stated that Ukrainian forces are preparing to repel a future Russian major offensive expected in late May or the beginning of June but noted that this will be “catastrophi...

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I was at Inst during one our most successful periods we had teachers as the coaches for every team, we had a physio who was an ex-pupil and we had a S&C guy who was nominally employed as a gym supervisor and occasional cover for PE lessons (who subsequently went on to become a full time PE teacher)...

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Tbh, I never really appreciate what it means when people say the UK is poor until you read threads like thi s. Teaching salaries there are dire. A previous generation of great coaches in the UK were all teachers now most of those people would never go into teaching. Are the southern posters having ...

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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 Gerar...

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Earl/Winnie, like I said, I'm ignorant of the situation in Ulster schools and not pretending to know the answer, nor will I pontificate about what should be done. I'm just somewhat surprised that something which was, to me, as trivial as having overseas lads involved in coaching, was worth remarking...

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camroc1 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:38 am Alan O'Connor, ex Ulster captain and played more than 100 times for Ulster, and you call him 'cancerous'. He's what would be a 'legend' in every other province.

Hmmm, a poisonous atmosphere at Ulster you say..........

I think you missed the entire point of that exchange, Cam!

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You are a moron at times you really are No wonder URH put you on ignore, to be honest the whole bored could be better if everyone did and we didnt get to see your cancerous shite Ah Winnie. That's one of the least offensive posts I've ever read on PR, and doesn't warrant that level of vitriol in re...

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Is that unusual? We had Kiwi and Aussie coaches 20+ years ago. Granted, my school had a fair bit of discretionary cash to throw around as they saw fit, and that's at the crux of what enables such good coaching at various Leinster schools. Often guys were playing with a club and coached in school an...

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The way some of the Ulster lads talk about players from other provinces when they're not in form or fading highlights the problem. AOC was heralded as more Ulster than Leinster when he was putting in a decent shift but as he's faded he's got way more abuse than an Ulster born player would. The iden...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:20 am Molony to Bath on a 3 year deal confirmed.

It all becomes clear how we're freeing up cash for Jordie!

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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...

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