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Henshaw ran in the captains run apparently.

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He goes in on Jamie Weir as you’d expect. Beyond that he’s gracious and gives pretty frank insights on what went on in the background. He’s massively enthusiastic about the competition, winning in Adare etc

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Max Homa on No Laying Up is well worth a listen.

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What cover is there at 13, if that’s serious it’s a problem

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Oh my god would you just show the shots

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200 to charity if they pull Faldo for the afternoon

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Credit where it's due that was ballsy from Homa and Harman earlier. 7 under on the back 7 with the place burning down around them.

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:22 pm A Smith-DMac half back pairing would likely tear us to shreds

The lads have talked themselves into a World Cup win, it’s pity I feel.

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<3 Brooks

Apparently Rose counted on 15 of 18, you can forget Big Bob tomorrow.

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Love the Rory Fitz pair.

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Ludvig Hovland
Rahm Hatton
Fitzy Fleetwood
Rory Shane

With no intel whatsoever that’s how I’d start. If Shane no shows park him till Sunday.

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 4:52 pm Hope Hovland and Rory is a pair

They’re not deep enough- Hovland and Ludvig seems likely and I can not wait.

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South Africa are something else.

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Even at their lowest, never ever write off New Zealand. Ever. Absolutely. They will be no easy beats even if we are more organised and should be favourites. If we lose to this NZ team, with out record against them - its the biggest bed shitting in our illustrious history of RWC bed shitting Are you...

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Doris, Porter and Bundee are the 3 I'd prioritise for rest. Would give us another loaded bench too.

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Bundee has 53 runs (whatever that means), 2nd for the entire tournament has 33, I think he might need that rest! 8 clean breaks (one off Penaud), 4 tries (one off Arundell), 336 metres made, 22(!) defenders beaten and 11 tackles (2 miss). And what should be 3 man of the match awards. https://twitter...

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You realize the 1999 Men's 100m World Champion would be the champion in 2023 as well? Do you really think the ABs 2015 side wouldn't be 2023 favorites for this WC? The 2015 side would need to play differently... rugby has changed. Rush defence didn't exist then. Everything feels quicker. Just rewat...

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Leinsterman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:01 am
Floppykid wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 11:52 pm Probably not the night to say it but....remember the Euphoria after beating Aus in 2011?
And also beating France in 2015

No one doubts we can lose the quarter final, point is that this gives us a much better chance to make something of the tournament so we should be pretty chuffed.

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Anyone else think Bealham is ahead of Furlong now? I mean both are very good but Bealham looks like he has more energy or something. Furlong constantly looks wrecked 😂 don’t blame him. They’re completely different players- Finlay locking the first scrum was a turning point in the game. The Bundee b...

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A 12 has been our best player 3 straight games what is the history of that

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Show grace fellas that’s as close as one gets

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Finlay Bealham says fuck you and thanks very much

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Game day baby

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Oh no

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OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:19 pm Is tomorrow's match a sold out?

Are you joking

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Very excited, we’re all long enough in the tooth to deal with a disaster.

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the big one

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A France quarter goes the same as the 20s final. Talk all week reminiscing of the spring and how we’ll be fine before we get waxed up and down Saint Denis.

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Lads Bealham does not play loosehead. Good international tight heads do not grow on trees, no coach is taking that chance.

Kilcoyne would have to go on a 15 minute kamikaze mission Saturday to make this even a discussion.

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Our ruck speed is critical. We have the tournament’s quickest average ruck speed of 2.92 seconds so far and it was a lightning 2.17 seconds against Romania. Scotland averaged 5 seconds against SA, they stood no chance. We probably can't afford to average any slower than 3.5 seconds against SA. 5 se...

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A pretty big miss by the Indo

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Was on Twitter earlier and there were a staggering number saffa accounts gagging for a bit of Irish outrage about the 7-1 bench split; and reposting anything that even hinted at a negative reaction. They were full on monitoring all Irish media for even a hint of it. And so my question is this: is t...

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That would be one ballsy selection.

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Corcoran has Kelleher and JGP starting, can't see gin and thornleys. It's been a tight ship this tournament so these might be worthless.

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Mate he was coming off a cruciate followed by an ACL. The Snyman of the last few weeks looks awesome.

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Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:52 pm All we hear about is the Bomb squad but in reality who would you swap for the possible Irish sub forwards. They have a Ireland reject, Munster sub and a flanker trying to be a hooker. Loosehead would be the only definite I would swap, bealham would be a toss of coin.

Really?

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Ireland assistant coach John Fogarty says Jack Conan is back on the field but isn't training fully yet. Will step up his load tomorrow. Finlay Bealham has passed his HIA protocols. He has been cleared to play against South Africa. Dan Sheehan also back in the mix. That's the tweet. But then there's...

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Very satisfying that both squads will be so strong, the Marx and Am injuries notwithstanding. Could not be more excited, everyone enjoy the build up.

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Conan still isn't training fully yet per Cian Tracey, he's surely still a big question mark. Am very interested to see what he goes with at hooker.

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Big question I guess is what we can expect, if anything, out of Bealham, Conan and Sheehan. That's a pretty big swing to the bench. I'd be shocked if POM is dropped. If he thinks Byrne is the replacement 10 then maybe it has to be Murray starting. Like others I think Murray/Byrne has disaster potent...

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