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redderneck

So. How soon before the first really big orchestrated rehab meds/oooooh, grey area/roids story breaks in top level rugby?

Seriously lads; bodies were not built to take the sort of punishment these lads are taking now.

redderneck

The single biggest individual loser from this tour has been Les Kiss IMHO. He has gone from a career-building situation where I suspect (strongly) he was the Irish HC-in waiting, to a scenario where he is highly likely to have his powers severely curtailed. I'd be gobsmacked if Ireland didn't look t...

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Interview with Wood on Off The Ball this evening. He said he didn't agree Kidinme should go unfortunately. He was fairly critical though, particularly of how we set up in defence. What does he know about coaches - he knifed Gatland in the back. And I'm aware that Gatland was being typically stubbor...

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Ireland's Call wrote:And we move up to 7th in the rankings

You couldn't make that up.

Hmmmm. Strangely you'd have thought with so much Vaseline spread about we'd have been more likely to fall foul of gravity.

redderneck

I'm just really glad the season is over, having to watch those shower of wit kant play again in the next weeks and few months would be unbearable. I'm really just sick of them at the moment. Agreed. Rugby'd out. Just as well the pre-season didn't start last week, eh? Bloody IRB fixtures heads need ...

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It would be foolish to expect the IRFU to behave any differently than they did during EOS debacle. So Kidney is here until after the 6 Nations. I expect 2 losses in the AIs and 2 wins (at best) in the 6 nations and hopefully Schmidt will commit to a few more years on this side of the globe with Ire...

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It would be foolish to expect the IRFU to behave any differently than they did during EOS debacle. So Kidney is here until after the 6 Nations. I expect 2 losses in the AIs and 2 wins (at best) in the 6 nations and hopefully Schmidt will commit to a few more years on this side of the globe with Ire...

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Many are missing points galore when comparing NZ and Ireland. The key point is that at junior level, we are a lot closer to them than at full test level. Why is that? We plainly have the young players who can compete at that level. Underage sides have gotten to world cup finals before, they have wo...

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I said during the U20 6N, Conan should go to Connacht if he is not in Leinsters academy. Still think that but he is in their academy now. The problem is that Leinster is still probably the best academy out there and it's worthwhile completing their course. However doing that really restricts how qu...

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Interesting blog on the city here That's all pollution btw... http://www.alltrains.ru/ljphoto/norilsk2009/norilsk2009_1_41.jpg Holy shitski, that's bleak. I feel suicidal just reading that. Those Russians must be hard bastards. Norilsk is a name which makes Russians shudder. Feck it. Norilsk is a n...

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There was, for sure, an argument for starting Ronan O’Gara at outhalf with Sexton at inside centre in a reprise of the combination which worked so effectively in the last half hour at Christchurch, but by keeping O’Gara on the bench Ireland have kept their ace-in-the-hole in reserve for the endgame...

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Poite really is the bloody wild card here. The Munster v NZ game in TP back in '08 was just a free-for-all. It had as much structure as Christchurch CBD. He hasn't improved since. Ignores midfield offside from set pieces. Ignores everything in the scrum, bar collapsing. Everything. Rucks may as wel...

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Poite really is the bloody wild card here. The Munster v NZ game in TP back in '08 was just a free-for-all. It had as much structure as Christchurch CBD. He hasn't improved since. Ignores midfield offside from set pieces. Ignores everything in the scrum, bar collapsing. Everything. Rucks may as well...

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Practically harmony amongst Irishers on the team selection, mixed with some optimism???? All signs point to a 30 point tonking and a shitstorm on this thread afterwards. :D :nod: At least for a brief moment, we can bask in that unfamiliar glow of optimism & belief which has been sorely missed on he...

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Definitely prefer mine.

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grimoald wrote:Khaleesi?

NNNNNNNNggggggggghhhhhhhhh.

Yup.

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Dillane is very highly rated apparently, good to see him chancing his arm at Connacht where he is going to be closer to gametime (the squad, academy and sub-academy are loaded with U23 locks). I'm surprised he's gone from what I heard of his ability. Will likely be playing for the Ireland U20s next...

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Whatever about for Ireland, I would certainly see the inclusion of Downey and Laulala providing the Munster backline with a gainline presence which we've badly lacked of late. Hopefully this should ensure less trucking up of ball by our forwards, clutterfcuking about in midfield phase play as semi-...

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Whatever about for Ireland, I would certainly see the inclusion of Downey and Laulala providing the Munster backline with a gainline presence which we've badly lacked of late. Hopefully this should ensure less trucking up of ball by our forwards, clutterfcuking about in midfield phase play as semi-...

redderneck

Whatever about for Ireland, I would certainly see the inclusion of Downey and Laulala providing the Munster backline with a gainline presence which we've badly lacked of late. Hopefully this should ensure less trucking up of ball by our forwards, clutterfcuking about in midfield phase play as semi-...

redderneck

Whatever about for Ireland, I would certainly see the inclusion of Downey and Laulala providing the Munster backline with a gainline presence which we've badly lacked of late. Hopefully this should ensure less trucking up of ball by our forwards, clutterfcuking about in midfield phase play as semi-s...

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Has the deadline passed? If so and he hasn't been cited then I'm guessing the video analysis shows it wasn't contact with the eye area. They're not exactly letting this stuff go and it's hardly so innocuous for them to have missed it. It's risky as hell from McLaughlin though and if he didn't make ...

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I will say/ask again: What in the name of the dear baby Jebus is anyone in possession of all their faculties doing visiting MF unless you are a Munster fan? Even then, you would want to dip in and out of it and throw yourself down on a disinfectant-sodden bristly mat to scrub yourself down afterward...

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I'd add Touhy, POM & McLoughlin to that qualified success list.

redderneck

Churchill Cup, Churchill Cup, Churchill Cup. Also: No tours to hell in the Summers after a RWC. Send an Ireland A side; a development side, an Under 25 side or somesuch; but not the full-blown side. My point - as I amended in my post edit - is more a general one vis a vis National coach v Provincial...

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DiscoHips D'Arcy wrote: main positives are the pack. We desperately need to see madigan, jackson, Conway, Marshall (L). Gilroy, Zebo, Jones, Farrell, hanrahan force the hands of their respective coaches next season.

Amen to that.

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It's such a bollocks of a tightrope he walks, tbf. He gets reamed if he doesn't give younger players a chance. He gets reamed if he does, but gives them 'too much' of a chance. He gets reamed if he sticks with the tried and trusted. You can mutter all you want about form - but a guy can only develop...

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On Murray: Delighted to see the lad playing better, his talent has never been doubted, it's his effectiveness that has been. He's not as good a scrum-half as Reddan (yet) and he's not the same kind, but he does offer something valuable and something different. He took his try superbly too, which sh...

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I don't see why you can't have someone defending at 12 and attacking at 13. fudge BOD did it the other way round in SA for set moves with the Lions. And I'd be quite happy for that to happen if we had Roberts at our disposal. But we don't. We have Earls. Or Cave. Neither of whom I'd trust to defend...

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To be fair to D'Arcy, he had one of those games where he isn't asked to tear up trees on his own, and he coped pretty well. He still works for Leinster because they mix things up and he facilitates well. Wallace is gone as far as Ireland contention goes. I still think BOD to 12 could work, but Earl...

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Reflects much worse on Sexton. He should be a senior player now, needs to take the rough with the smooth. I don't give a fudge who it reflects worse on (that's slightly untrue) because, tbh, it's an issue that needs sorting. Kidney's not a forwards coach, not a backs coach, not a kicking coach, not...

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Apposite wrote:It's like he lurks on PR and he wants to see if he can give Camroc an aneurysm for the lulz

It's working!!!

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SASP wrote:Your in a bad way if your relying on your scrum halves defense.
14 other players for that.

One of who is Fergus McFadden and another Simon Zebo...

One of whom remains Fergus McFadden...

redderneck

Look cam; we get it ok. I agree with you that Murray needs to speed up his service. I'd also like to see him actually use his physicality in attack and not just in defence. But come next RWC time, Eoin Reddan will be, what; 34? We have all had a pop off Kidney for not blooding new guys. Here, IMO, ...

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He cannot afford to do so in the 6N. Except he did. And also at the WC. If this was an isolated incident and he was honest and said he was picking the weaker player for his development on a tour where we had little chance of winning then that would be something. He is developing Murray in a way tha...

redderneck

Look cam; we get it ok. I agree with you that Murray needs to speed up his service. I'd also like to see him actually use his physicality in attack and not just in defence. But come next RWC time, Eoin Reddan will be, what; 34? We have all had a pop off Kidney for not blooding new guys. Here, IMO, h...

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FFS. Murray retained? Murray better do two things, speed up his service and make use of his running game. Doing one of them will not be enough. He has to be on a warning here at very least. Poxed lucky. Zebo being dropped I might not quibble with if it was in isolation, but in light of McFadden bein...

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I have to say Leinster's squad is getting a tad bloated and we could find ourselves in trouble too if we see a dip in revenue. LOL It's not at all beyond the bounds of possibility. We can't cram many more people in for the big games than we have in the past so it's mainly downside or keeping things...

redderneck

After careful consideration:

People.

And drying between my toes.

redderneck

Pool 1: Munster , Edinburgh, Saracens, Racing Pool 2: Toulouse, Leicester, Ospreys, Treviso Pool 3: Biarritz, Harlequins, Connacht , Zebre Pool 4: Northampton, Ulster , Glasgow, Castres Pool 5: Leinster , Clermont, Scarlets, Exeter Pool 6: Cardiff, Toulon, Sale, Montpellier I think we all avoided t...

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