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CM11 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:48 pm
Banana Man wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:44 pm James Ryan is injured lads... everyone calm down.

Big Navidi fan, an auld warhorse. A rare Welsh lad I like.
Ryan is meant to be captaining us this summer. Since when has he been injured?

Ryan has a groin injury/niggle. Struggling for next weekend.

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James Ryan is injured lads... everyone calm down. Big Navidi fan, an auld warhorse. A rare Welsh lad I like. He's not injured, he has a strain from the Ireland camp. If you rate a player that wouldn't affect your decision to call him up, he would be good to go in a week or two. Arra stop...its tack...

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James Ryan is injured lads... everyone calm down.

Big Navidi fan, an auld warhorse. A rare Welsh lad I like.

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James Cronin to Biarritz. Connacht deal fell through on wages.

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Oh wow, see Jack Dunne has come out. That's fantastic he feels comfortable to do it and great for the game here too. :thumbup: That’s a big day for the sport of rugby fair play that we finally have a society where he feels it is safe to go public. As an aside wasn’t he the guy laid out by Stan Wrig...

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Oh wow, see Jack Dunne has come out. That's fantastic he feels comfortable to do it and great for the game here too.

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Pure delighted with the 20s, if anything they left a few points behind Doak is as good as had been hyped to me, was chatting to Will Reilly last night after the game and just said he is always that good and is f**king nuts. Bar in first half, after Moxhams break, when he dithered a little and threw...

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Pure delighted with the 20s, if anything they left a few points behind Doak is as good as had been hyped to me, was chatting to Will Reilly last night after the game and just said he is always that good and is f**king nuts. Bar in first half, after Moxhams break, when he dithered a little and threw ...

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Yeah it's rotten. Academies need to be given a bit of leeway to match these offers for the top prospects. Problem is - they sort of have to stick to the model - same thing that caused Ben Betts to go (career hasn't worked out mind - but he/family needed the cash) You break bank on exceptions and th...

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Clermont and Toulon are the ones sniffing around Fionn Gibbons - I would be surprised if he doesn’t end up at one of them

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Good 20s team - some changes and superb Soroka is fit. Doak will be v important, as imagine he is the 10 cover too. Forde could either. Shame Lasisi is gone from the squad. Injured? Murray done for the 6 nations? Rotation - every player going to be involved in some way. Think Lasisi has a knock tho...

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Good 20s team - some changes and superb Soroka is fit. Doak will be v important, as imagine he is the 10 cover too. Forde could either. Shame Lasisi is gone from the squad. Injured? Murray done for the 6 nations? Rotation - every player going to be involved in some way. Think Lasisi has a knock tho...

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Good 20s team - some changes and superb Soroka is fit.

Doak will be v important, as imagine he is the 10 cover too.

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Noel McNamara is a loyal, true and proud Clare man from East Clare. Never coached rugby or played before Clongowes, bar a little in UL I think, but had coached sport. Half the work at that age, is connecting with the players, having them buy in. You can bring in specialists for the technical stuff. ...

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Noel McNamara leaving Leinster to join the Sharks

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:00 pm Bad news from Connacht, who announce that 26-year-old flanker Sean O’Brien has been advised to retire from rugby due to concussion.

Real shame, a proper talent, but just broken by injuries.

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France would have been favourites to beat us , but they’re not amongst the elite of the game . SA, Fiji , NZ , Aus, UK and US would the leading teams at the Olympics I’d say . Not sure we’ve ever beaten Fiji or NZ ? We beat NZ in 1973. No idea if we've ever met Fiji. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1...

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Kelleher staying on with the Lions for now apparently. I assume it is as 'third man' for a specialist position given that Cowan-Dickie is playing this Saturday in the Premiership Final? George only arrived in camp yesterday - would be amazed if Kelleher isn't benching with Owens starting. I get the...

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DeDoc wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:29 am
hermie wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:33 am Kelleher staying on with the Lions for now apparently.
I assume it is as 'third man' for a specialist position given that Cowan-Dickie is playing this Saturday in the Premiership Final?

George only arrived in camp yesterday - would be amazed if Kelleher isn't benching with Owens starting.

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How highly are France rated? We seem to be doing alright in 7s recently but do we actually have a chance to medal? France would have been favourites to beat us , but they’re not amongst the elite of the game . SA, Fiji , NZ , Aus, UK and US would the leading teams at the Olympics I’d say . Not sure...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:43 pm Nigel Carolan appointed as assistant coach focusing on attack with Glasgow.

Shame to lose him, but not a bad thing to get out of irish system for a while

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possible backline for friday? 9. Doak 10. Corkery 11. Jennings 12. Forde 13. Osborne 14. Moxham 15. Cosgrave Im not sure I would be moving Osbourne from 15 - not like he wasn't getting involved there and sort of moving him for the sake of it, as Jennings was v good too. Moving lads for no real gain...

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That's a fair point. Pity one of those powerhouses is half Irish! Fully Irish sure! Both parents are Irish!! I know but usually parents one country versus born and raised in another equals half. No? Or fully both if you want to look at it that way. Well Josh was born in Ireland too - they left for ...

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Do we expect Karl Martin to play at this level next season? I don't but that's just a guess. If he is playing in France he won't - rightly or wrongly. Unlikely he would be released for camps etc. yeah that was my thinking.. can understand we he left but I wonder if he has regrets. He could well do,...

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possible backline for friday? 9. Doak 10. Corkery 11. Jennings 12. Forde 13. Osborne 14. Moxham 15. Cosgrave Im not sure I would be moving Osbourne from 15 - not like he wasn't getting involved there and sort of moving him for the sake of it, as Jennings was v good too. Moving lads for no real gain...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:55 pm
hermie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:54 pm Do we expect Karl Martin to play at this level next season?
I don't but that's just a guess.

If he is playing in France he won't - rightly or wrongly. Unlikely he would be released for camps etc.

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That's a fair point. Pity one of those powerhouses is half Irish! Fully Irish sure! Both parents are Irish!! I know but usually parents one country versus born and raised in another equals half. No? Or fully both if you want to look at it that way. Well Josh was born in Ireland too - they left for ...

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hermie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:43 pm That's a fair point. Pity one of those powerhouses is half Irish!

Fully Irish sure! Both parents are Irish!!

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They hope to have Murray fit, who is bigger and stronger

Okeke had a slight knock and wasn't used off bench as wasn't needed.

Soroka might be out of the whole thing - was going for a scan today

Every player will get game time, but obviously not all will get a start, seems to be the promise.

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Illo's performance was great to see at the weekend. Know the name well, he's played representative all the way up but hadn't really heard him bigged up much before. Would be great if he kicks on and gets a full academy spot. Could do with another TH if Porter is switching. Particularly one of his s...

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Also, this is the first time I've ever seen Conroy interviewed, or even his general on-field demenour. Is he a complete head the ball? He looks like the sort of guy you wouldn't trust driving, cuz he'd distract himself after 3 minutes. Captain of the Starship Enterprise- loose as hell I bet too. Ye...

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:02 pm Also, this is the first time I've ever seen Conroy interviewed, or even his general on-field demenour.

Is he a complete head the ball? He looks like the sort of guy you wouldn't trust driving, cuz he'd distract himself after 3 minutes.

Captain of the Starship Enterprise- loose as hell I bet too.

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Illo's performance was great to see at the weekend. Know the name well, he's played representative all the way up but hadn't really heard him bigged up much before. Would be great if he kicks on and gets a full academy spot. Could do with another TH if Porter is switching. Particularly one of his s...

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All updated to todays date - I think

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Pretty good weekend between the 20s, the 7s, Fla and Radge. He’s done a great job at quins, always like Jerry the Knacker. Proper hooker. Serious number of that 00s Munster crop making waves in the coaching world, none of them with Munster of course; RWC-winner Felix Jones, Fla, Radge, Dutchy, Mike...

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Fair play to the 7s- never been my cup of tea but a chance to go to the Olympics is class

Hugo Lennox is on the squad and spent a season with us at 20s/1s before he went full time into the 7s, lovely lad, some experience for him now

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Pretty good weekend between the 20s, the 7s, Fla and Radge. He’s done a great job at quins, always like Jerry the Knacker. Proper hooker. Serious number of that 00s Munster crop making waves in the coaching world, none of them with Munster of course; RWC-winner Felix Jones, Fla, Radge, Dutchy, Mike...

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I imagine when Doak is fit he’s straight back in How did Moxham and Sheridan do? Any minutes for Crothers or Carson? Doak strolls back into this team, the word I've gotten on him is superb. Game didn't really flow Moxhams way but did what he had to do v well. The locks looked like a bit of the weak...

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I imagine when Doak is fit he’s straight back in How did Moxham and Sheridan do? Any minutes for Crothers or Carson? Doak strolls back into this team, the word I've gotten on him is superb. Game didn't really flow Moxhams way but did what he had to do v well. The locks looked like a bit of the weak...

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Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:16 pm How did Ulster 9/10 do?

Humphries went off early with HIA. Had been fine

McKee was poor, albeit I'm biased, but was charged down once, almost done a few times and felt he was a bit slow.

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