Where does JJ sit on that scale?ZappaMan wrote:I've read Pale Blue Dot, Cosmos and Billions & Billions in the recent past. Sagan is one of all-time favourite humans.
Nestling just between Ronan O'Gara and Zig but not Zag.
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- Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
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- Views: 9448712
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
Guys can anyone advise on a good push/pull routine? Was thinking of an ABXABXX workout You mean a simple A/B split? My experience suggests they are pretty difficult to pull off on a 4x a week schedule, and you're better going with two push and two pull sessions that are somewhat different (bench fo...
- Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
Guys can anyone advise on a good push/pull routine? Was thinking of an ABXABXX workout
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
HayesSASP wrote:Fark itetherman wrote:Reddan
Sexton
Bowe
Marshall
Cave
Trimble
Earls
for me.
Marshall
Jackson
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Marshall
Cave
Trimble
Bowe
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- Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Yeah, things are really going well for Conancht, I hope a big bastard of a backrower can be found from somewhere, and def sign up Marmion before someone else does. A big mullocker in the 2nd row to ease Swifty out, a hooker and another 9 have to be the priority. Doubt we'd get another NIQ back rowe...
- Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
It will be nice if Munster can match the big two provinces and make consecutive HEC quarter finals for the first time this decade. :lol: Your chances may seem laughable now given the opening round loss but you still have a chance, don't give up hope. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Earl you complete bellen...
- Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
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- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
After putting on 6 kilos in 7 weeks I am starting a cut at the moment (I know, I know). Obviously cravings for food will be bad but does anyone have any suggestions about little snacks I can eat which will stave off the hunger but not push up the calories too much?
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Indeed there is. The new CEO has been clearing out deadwood left right and center.Conn wrote:Well back to rugby news there are pretty major happenings going on in the Connacht branch apparently.
Big shake up behind the scenes I'm told
- Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Hey lads a guy here at work from Belfast informs me that Ferris and POC don't get on. Anyone know whats the story is behind this? Bit of a story behind it alright,Fez once refused to PoC a lift to the poundshop when he wanted to buy some sparklers,even though Fez was going there to get colouring pe...
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Good day. I'm new here. Ex-pat living in Scotland. I'll not reveal to which team my allegiances lie just yet as it means I can get the digs in at anybody. But I do support all four provinces when they're not playing each other but my main loyalty would be to the national team. A few thoughts: 1. I ...
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
DiscoHips D'Arcy wrote:Rancid
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Straight out of the Tom Court school of illegal scrummagingdanthefan wrote:That's some angle VdM is at.
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Some cracking photo
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
Managed my first 2 plate (80kg) squat last night. Delighted
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Please God this doesn't mean what I think it means Munster coach Rob Penney has claimed that 35-year-old Ronan O'Gara is more excited about playing rugby now than at any time over the last decade. And he has rejected claims from some supporters that Ian Keatley should assume the starting out-half s...
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:37 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Please God this doesn't mean what I think it means Munster coach Rob Penney has claimed that 35-year-old Ronan O'Gara is more excited about playing rugby now than at any time over the last decade. And he has rejected claims from some supporters that Ian Keatley should assume the starting out-half sl...
- Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Earl, Porter - both of ye fudge off. Sick of reading ye're bickering on other threads, we don't need ye f**king up this one.
So go on, get.
So go on, get.
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
Doing back/bicep day last night and decided to throw in some shrugs at the end of it. For the life of me, I could not keep my grip on the bar. I tried alternating and then tried dumbells but still kept dropping them. My forearms felt very tense beforehand though. I was thinking of getting chalk but...
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Going to be a total buzzkiller and correct you there. Davidson was a class lineout operator but not much else. And this man says he's not a troll everyone, trying to imply that Mick Galway was better than Buzz or that Lions Lion in SA was only good in the lineout, not like he tackled like a maniac ...
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Munsters HEC squad announced While the tried and trusted are all included, there's a very youthful look to the Munster Heineken Cup squad announced today with 17 of the 38 under 25 years of age. The squad includes seven players who will be experiencing Heineken Cup fare for the first time and three ...
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Pro12 Thread
- Replies: 1239
- Views: 99009
Re: The OFFICIAL Pro12 Thread
Don't forget to do your picks for this weeks SuperBru pool!
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
Doing back/bicep day last night and decided to throw in some shrugs at the end of it. For the life of me, I could not keep my grip on the bar. I tried alternating and then tried dumbells but still kept dropping them. My forearms felt very tense beforehand though. I was thinking of getting chalk but ...
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
danthemanMunster wrote:mf.com is always good for a laugh:
Good to see the first choice halfbacks starting
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
And the Ospreys match will be a shootout or a dogfight?redderneck wrote:Sweeping generalisation here between Ronan & Dougall - strikes me that Dougal is the type of 7 you pick for a dogfight, Ronan for a shootout.
Excellent. Cliché-rich line that one. Proud of that.
True, though.
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Munster team for the Hairsprays Munster: D Hurley; D Howlett Capt., K Earls, C Laulala, S Zebo, R O’Gara, C Murray; W Du Preez, M Sherry, S Archer, D O’Callaghan, B Holland, T O’Donnell, N Ronan, P Butler. Replacements: D Varley, D Kilcoyne, BJ Botha, D Ryan, P O’Mahony, P Stringer, I Keatley, J Do...
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Munster team for the Hairsprays Munster: D Hurley; D Howlett Capt., K Earls, C Laulala, S Zebo, R O’Gara, C Murray; W Du Preez, M Sherry, S Archer, D O’Callaghan, B Holland, T O’Donnell, N Ronan, P Butler. Replacements: D Varley, D Kilcoyne, BJ Botha, D Ryan, P O’Mahony, P Stringer, I Keatley, J Dow...
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Iconic images in rugby, or just rugby photos you like.
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- Views: 23163
Re: Iconic images in rugby, or just rugby photos you like.
Hahaha! He just doesn't give a single fudge, does he?redrebel wrote:
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
This guy seems to be fairly dead ondanthefan wrote:The Leinster/Treviso game was up on the website in full in watchable quality a day or so after.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqqCL1eriyo&feature=plcp
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Paulie?tazman77 wrote:Troy Smith who was out due to damaging his left cruciate has now damaged his right cruciate in training,that lad has no luck.
There is good news on the way with regards to someone else though..
- Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
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I'm really disappointed. I would have thought that with all the pressure that deccie is under that it would have forced his hand a bit. Im sick of the same shit year on year. Kidney f**king out
- Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
The lack of one of either Keatley, Jackson or Madigan really is amazing. Kidney out.
- Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
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Squad for training camp for AI's announced: Rory Best (Banbridge - Ulster) Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins - Ulster) Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins - Ulster) Tom Court (Malone - Ulster) Sean Cronin (Lansdowne - Leinster) Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne - Leinster) Keith Earls (Young Munster - Munster) Step...
- Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
Just out of interest - any /fit/izens on here?
- Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
A one-way ticket to snap cityArmchair_Superstar wrote:Curls in the squat rack
- Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Then we need somebody to step up and assume the POC role in the pack. We clearly play well below usual standards when he's not in the team. Isn't it usually Coughlan in PO'C absence? Someone like PO'M would be great but I think he would lose his cool too much (at bit like Leamy). Someone like Botha...
- Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528791
- Views: 28850311
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JJ about to make his debut? From the IRFU Facebook page
Munster have named their A side for tomorrow's interprovincial clash with Connacht Eagles.
There's no Niall Ronan, Paddy Butler, Peter Stringer, Danny Barnes or JJ Hanrahan as it's likely they will be pushed up to RaboDirect PRO12 duty.
- Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
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- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
I do a four day split Day 1: Chest and Triceps Bench (did 4 sets of 60kg x 5 last night) Flies OH dumbbell pull (Incline DB sometimes also) OH Tri Extension Tri Pulldowns Weighted dips Day 2: Back and Biceps Deadlifts (3 sets of 100kg x 5) Pullups BB row DB curls BB curls Hammer curls Day 3: Legs Sq...
- Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
When ye are writing your bench stats, do ye include the weight of the bar also? Also, what can I do to increase my bench? Been stalling now for ages :x It weighs something. We'd need to know how long you've been training, what it presently is, and what you've been doing. Well I was stalling at 60kg...
- Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
When ye are writing your bench stats, do ye include the weight of the bar also?
Also, what can I do to increase my bench? Been stalling now for ages
Also, what can I do to increase my bench? Been stalling now for ages
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2016502
Re: The Training Thread
I would also just like to put this out there- for people doing Crossfit; you are wasting your time and money. It's a joke. Training for Crosshit results in you becoming stronger at Crosshit - that's all. Just have a quick glance at youtube to see whatI'm on about. I recommend the video "Crossfit - n...