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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Read that this morning. Think it's very harsh if Munster are restricted in signing a hooker. Makes no sense. Why? They've two decent first choice hookers. LH on the other hand.... Decent is a stretch plus the other provinces are well stocked. LH is a problem position for Ireland. Also Ulster might ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
I finished watching the U18s matches. Props. Had a tough day against France but dominated Italy and Portugal. The 2 starters for Portugal are in French academies according to the commentator. The 4 of them look like they have a good size anyway. Hookers. McLaughlin is technically very good. Hes sma...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cape Town
- Replies: 7
- Views: 325
Re: Cape Town
Rule fecking one, or never post here again.........
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Is the talent big, or the lad?irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:27 pm Evan Moynihan at u19 level is a big talent who could end up at 12 or 13.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3431
Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
If you're looking for expertise, try "What's up with shipping?" Initial videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N39w6aQFKSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbUXewlQDk A discussion with another expert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-t5EZov7b0 A more comprehensive summary, with further details https...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
"before Leinster"?irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:03 am rumoured that U20 Wilhelm De Klerk was offered a ulster academy deal before leinster did and he is likely headed north. Imagine Jack Murphy will be joining him.
As in Leinster weren't offering a full Academy contract at this stage?
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Didn't realise Ferris was a team-mate of him and on the pitch when it happened. I still remember reading an article on a website (might even have been old style Planet Rugby) and phoning home to my Mum and asking about a young rugby player who had died and finding out he was from the Royal. Team she...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2348
Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
The answer clearly depends on who beat the All Blacks the most. Guscott - 1993: Eng x1, Lions x1 Tuilagi - 2012: Eng x1, 2019: Eng x1 It’s a draw. However, the quality of Tuilagi’s performances in those wins puts him well clear of Guscott. Yes This is known as the ‘Matt Cockbain Index’ We call it t...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2348
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3431
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Bryn is in charge of recruitment, right? He's gotten some big names in but there's also been some bonkers signings. Kok being the latest. Yes. There’s been big names but all have been duds one way or another. If you say the big four are Piutau, Coetzee, DV, and Kitschoff, the first three all weren’...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3431
Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Watched a video (whats up with shipping?) that did a quick analysis. Loss of electrical power (lights go out), unknown if they lost propulsion or steering, then threw it in reverse when they got power back (the plume of black smoke) desperately trying to slow down. Problem is that throwing it in rev...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Leinster will take plenty of ‘learnings’ from last season in their approach to selection for the URC run-in, starting on Friday. Beat The Bulls and it will make selection for the 2 away games in SA more straightforward, provided all goes well versus Leicester and La Rochelle. Cullen won’t want a re...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3431
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Furlong struggled with injury post 20s. Wilson looks excellent so far, great to see. A lot do as they condition for pro rugby. Although that's just a feeling I have, haven't looked into stats. Point stands though, he wasn't an instant success after the 20s and was still coming to grips with scrumma...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Keatley got a bit more publicity and an Ireland cap after moving to Munster. Dillane also picked up a cap after his move to Connacht? Didn't think Dillane was ever really at Munster? I think the story was, he was only offered a place the in sub-academy, while Connacht were prepared to go full acade...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53516
- Views: 2342880
Re: War in Ukraine...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
AwayFromHome wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:41 pmI heard he was told that the Orange Order was a ginger appreciation society.
Okay, I'll give you that one
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your best ever national team by unit
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3811
Re: Your best ever national team by unit
Porter, Sheehan, Furlong O’Connell, O’Kelly Ferris, O’Brien, Heaslip Murray, Sexton D’Arcy, O’Driscoll Hickey, Dempsey, Horgan Doubt many will agree with my second row and back three in particular. Last year’s back three probably better overall and I’m sure one of the more recent second row pairing...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Ulster have been treading water in the regular season for a few years now. Usually get proper humped in the knockouts (aside from that robbery in the South African semi-final a couple of years ago). We need to quit with the perennial band-aid fixes and sort of shit out properly. Just as long as the ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Just glanced at ROC's ranking of the squad, won't bore you with the details, but he had an interesting comment that TOT has been training at LH. hmmm, add to that noises that Kitchkoff may not be long for Ulster and a positional switch plus NIQ Tight Head might be in the pipeline? So Ulster are lef...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
hmmm, add to that noises that Kitchkoff may not be long for Ulster and a positional switch plus NIQ Tight Head might be in the pipeline?
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Gatland gooorne
- Replies: 13
- Views: 742
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Proposed Rugby Law Changes
- Replies: 176
- Views: 2780
Re: Proposed Rugby Law Changes
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
400 appearances!!!!!irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:42 pm Cian Healy I𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿
4 European cups
7 League titles
5 Six Nations titles
271 caps in Leinster blue and 129 caps in Irish green.
P.S. You forgot a U20s Six Nations Grand Slam
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Yup. Very much this. Don't ask me to list off the pro's and con's of each player, though. This is very much a vibes thing. Ryan and Beirne were settled into a great partnership where each could trust the other to do their job so both could contribute their best. Ryan primarily the support player, t...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Is Henderson injured or was he dropped for Baird? Didn’t make a difference anyway. Didn’t need him. No2 to no 5 is some fall from grace though. Nordie bait aside. Beirne looks like he needed a rest. Would have been wise to start Henderson against Scotland. We had a few players looking tired towards...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY Ireland v Scotland Match thread
- Replies: 858
- Views: 10730
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Thinking that our style of rugby requires a serious amount of energy and if we are not at 90% plus in terms of this we can't impose our attacking game. What's the solution? Rotate players more in tournaments? I think Hansen and Keenan add a lot of that energy you're referring to. We had a mallet of...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U20 6 Nations 2024
- Replies: 1172
- Views: 18331
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY Ireland v Scotland Match thread
- Replies: 858
- Views: 10730
Re: The Official and ONLY Ireland v Scotland Match thread
Now you see why even we call it "The Bed Pan"
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Four matches this Autumn. 2024 Autumn Nations Series Fixtures: Friday, 8 November: Ireland v New Zealand, Aviva Stadium, 8.10pm Friday, 15 November: Ireland v Argentina, Aviva Stadium, 8.10pm Saturday, 23 November: Ireland v Fiji, Aviva Stadium, 3.10pm Saturday, 30 November: Ireland v Australia, Av...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
FFS. The amount of hand wringing going on here is unbelieveable. My old man, god rest him, never missed a home international in more than 40 years. Went religiously with his three best mates .. I was in the ground , with my own pals, for the triple ground win in 1983 . I went looking for my dad nea...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY Ireland v Scotland Match thread
- Replies: 858
- Views: 10730
Re: The Official and ONLY Ireland v Scotland Match thread
Ireland were favs against England because no one thought England could get to that level against Ireland. Does anyone seriously think we're going to reach that level of intensity for 80 mins..? Well for the last few years you've been wiping your mickey on English arses in a manner that we can only ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan
- Replies: 116
- Views: 9770
Re: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan
Really popular in Japan, apparently.
They've praised it's authenticity to the Shogunate culture of the time.
They've praised it's authenticity to the Shogunate culture of the time.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53516
- Views: 2342880
Re: War in Ukraine...
Most Eastern Europeans learn American English, not British English. :roll: Exactly what I was thinking. And most online examples of English are US English, when outside English speaking countries India I believe is taught British English. Most Poles too, and most of the EU according to Google. Indi...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Banksy's anonymity
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2208
Re: Banksy's anonymity
its fairly common knowledge around Briz about who he is. I wouldnt dream of divulging the intel though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy In an interview with the BBC in 2003, which was rediscovered in November 2023, reporter Nigel Wrench asked if Banksy is called Robert Banks; Banksy responded t...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 527928
- Views: 28725895
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Also, re Beirne, I will never shake the gut feeling that he is too loose a second row to be a starter when we're up against the bigger packs. Especially when we are playing a 6 who is not a conclusive tackler. And an eight, and seven, both of whom are voracious tacklers in terms of quantities, but ...