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McKee is 4th choice. Bullshit, when fit he’s 3rd behind Sheehan and Kelleher, & you know it. He's played for us 4 times this season, benched the last 3 behind Barron. Started the first game of season ahead of him. Yep started the season 3rd choice but has fallen behind Barron. I expect one will lea...

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John McKee is a better hooker than that strawberry blonde fella you had a couple of seasons ago who does punditry for Off the ball. McKee is 4th choice. Bullshit, when fit he’s 3rd behind Sheehan and Kelleher, & you know it. no he isn't he has been fit all of 2024 and has been selected behind Barro...

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You had Simon Shawe and have currently John McKee. Munster have had Chris Farrell. Connacht have had Willie Faloon, Jonny Murphy, Conor Carey etc So you complain that other provinces dont give you good players (but dont acknowledge its Ulsters fault for actually signing them) and then cite two abso...

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ROG on OTB this morning, sour out and throwing barbs at leinster and leinster fans as to be expected. :lol: Really? What did he say? He has been fairly gracious up to now. something about 10,000 people at the game, that he wouldnt even call them supporters, probably didnt know who he was etc. :lol:...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzGjdI_JlWA

Cheika quality as always.

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ROG on OTB this morning, sour out and throwing barbs at leinster and leinster fans as to be expected.

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apparently 36k sold already

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:28 pm Reckon there'll be Hill tickets available tomorrow?

yep but ive a link if your stuck

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https://youtu.be/Ypke3Z6wt2Q

Ulster new CEO

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I'm estimating about 30k tickets gone so far, maybe a bit under. General sale tomorrow and 2 more weeks to sell them. If the bottom tier+premium is totally full I think that'll be a good outcome. I wonder how many upper tier tickets they'll need to think they'll sell to commit to opening it. Don't ...

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https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/2024/04/18/leinster-rugby-confirms-move-to-aviva-stadium-for-2024-25-season/ With the date confirmed for the renewal of Season Tickets for next season, Leinster Rugby can this afternoon also confirm that the club will play its BKT United Rugby Championship and Investec C...

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OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:01 pm Leinster to field their A team.

thats unclear.

certainly it wont be the same side 1 to 15 as last weekend.

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gerards had a nz coach.. setted long term in ireland, has a large son coming through underage section

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(15-9): Will Addison, Mike Lowry, James Hume, Jude Postlethwaite, Jacob Stockdale, Jake Flannery, Nathan Doak; (1-8): Eric O’Sullivan, Tom Stewart, Scott Wilson, Harry Sheridan, Alan O’Connor, Dave Ewers, Marcus Rea, Dave McCann. Replacements: John Andrew, Andrew Warwick, Tom O’Toole, Cormac Izuchuk...

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lorcanoworms wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:52 am
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:44 am
lorcanoworms wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:43 am

SO'B Connacht.
Nope, he is from Mullingar RFC and played 2 years leinster clubs, u19 and u20.

brother of former leinster centre conor o'brien
Had looked him up and forgot Leinster as will Munster fans.

shame leinster overlooked him really.

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Nine not Munster origin? Or does Haley make it double figures. 10, 6 - Leinster, 1 - England, 1 - SA, 1 - France, 1 - NZ Munster traveling squad Forwards: Scott Buckley, Eoghan Clarke , Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer, Mark Donnelly, Oli Jager , Jeremy Loughman , Josh Wycherley, Tom Ahern, Tadhg Bei...

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The eight-man shortlist for the Champions Cup player of the year award has been announced:

It is: Caelan Doris, James Lowe, Dan Sheehan, Jamison Gibson-Park, Antoine Dupont, Courtney Lawes, Fin Smith and Marcus Smith

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Tickets on sale for Croke park

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Nine not Munster origin? Or does Haley make it double figures. 10, 6 - Leinster, 1 - England, 1 - SA, 1 - France, 1 - NZ Munster traveling squad Forwards: Scott Buckley, Eoghan Clarke , Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer, Mark Donnelly, Oli Jager , Jeremy Loughman , Josh Wycherley, Tom Ahern, Tadhg Bei...

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almost time for rugby again right?

semi finals of AIL this weekend too...

Con vs Clontarf
Terenure vs Lansdowne

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Ireland Dev v Wales 15. Jed O'Dwyer (Old Crescent RFC/Munster Rugby) - u19 14. Noah Fenton (Taunton RFC/IQ Rugby) 13. Johnny Scott (Banbridge RFC/Ulster Rugby) - u19 12. Cian Brady (Galwegians RFC/Connacht Rugby) - u19 11. Ruben Moloney (UCD RFC/Leinster Rugby) - u20 10. Casper Gabriel (Terenure Col...

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Tough call to make, some top quality tactical analysis where I learn something new.. or the molecast guys laying into ROG for half an hour. Why not both? Can I be honest? Starting to enjoy the Left Wing podcast. Fitz talks shite a lot but he's not boring. ROC talked some shite this week

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November2019 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:26 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:23 pm
iarmhiman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:20 pm

It's turned 180 degrees from last year. No doubt about that
imagine leinster had actually won those finals...
And the ones the year before that. They'd be going for 3 in a row now.

if only.. maybe then the hysteria would be worth it.

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The general synopsis I am getting from the coverage since our victory is that all the other provinces are at risk of total annihilation by the awesome power of Leinster and the priority for Irish rugby is to somehow make Leinster less amazing. Big turnaround from the schadenfreude of last May. It's...

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lorcanoworms wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:03 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:54 pm
lorcanoworms wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:52 pm

Hope Brownlee enjoys linking up with Fionn Gibbons in the AIL.
rumoured they are releasing Gibbons.

one leinster centre for another it appears.
Farrell not going from Conn.

he is i think?

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Hope Brownlee enjoys linking up with Fionn Gibbons in the AIL. rumoured they are releasing Gibbons. one leinster centre for another it appears. Presumably Brownlee would go into the senior squad rather than the academy? I think Gibbons was a poor signing. What are the odds of Gordon Wood going into...

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Who else have you heard is on the way out? Outside of the known ones like Alaalatoa, Jenkins, Ngatai. Ed Byrne, Max Deegan are latest too to be heavily linked with moves away to Ulster. Ruddock will be retiring afaik. some talk around Soroka and Turner. Brownlee rumoured heading Munster. Hope Brown...

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Really good bit on the 42 podcast today with James Tracy analysing the mauls from the Leinster game. One of those pieces of analysis that reminds me I know absolutely fudge all about rugby. Tough call to make, some top quality tactical analysis where I learn something new.. or the molecast guys lay...

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Leinster have a 44 man senior squad containing 26 Irish internationals (21 of whom have been involved with Ireland in the past year) and 3 capped NIQs, Leinster are currently expecting to have a net loss of 1 player with Moloney the only player leaving who isn't be replaced. Ulster have a 42 man sq...

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Leinster have a 44 man senior squad containing 26 Irish internationals (21 of whom have been involved with Ireland in the past year) and 3 capped NIQs, Leinster are currently expecting to have a net loss of 1 player with Moloney the only player leaving who isn't be replaced. Ulster have a 42 man sq...

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waguser wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:59 am Listening to the demented Mole Podcast episode on the LA Rochelle match and it absolutely lays into ROG.

"He wanted to go round Cork saying look at my Giant team around me"

46 Minutes in.

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Leinster have a smaller senior squad though with a bigger academy. Also it's not like the Leinster academy only provides for Leinster. Leinster have a 44 man senior squad containing 26 Irish internationals (21 of whom have been involved with Ireland in the past year) and 3 capped NIQs, Leinster are...

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What are people thinking re tickets? Cat 2 seems like it might be a reasonable balance between a decent view and not being too extortionately priced... But to be honest I know SFA about croke park seating plans.. semi tempted by the hill too for sheer craic/novelty value. thinking the same, Cat 2. ...

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I dunno, much like the Thomond Park debt, this is still all internal finances of one body, and the player's contracts are only the public face of the deeper issue - how do we fund facilities and overall coaching of the provinces ? It's never really explored how much each Academy costs to run, let a...

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Keith Wood calling it an end to the punditry, presumably as his son moves into Munster academy.

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Jared Payne coming back to Ulster?

No room for Richie Murphy up north?

Ed Byrne and Max Deegan headed to Ulster?

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JGP getting onto a central deal - GT

long overdue.

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rugbypass linking aaron cruden to ulster.

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Floppykid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:11 pm
Charger21 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:07 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:04 pm

a final vs toulouse is no gimme

should win urc.
A semifinal against Saints is no gimme tbf.
Any given Sunday and all that.
It would be a choke though, Toulouse final isn't a gimme but it'll still be chalked up as a failed season given the context of the last few.

agreed.

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Look I'm sorry radge got beaten out the gate and booed for good measure, but you have to move on. I think you'll find that not once have I commented about that as I simply don't care. I did say last year that this Leinster team had underperformed to date though. And I stand by that. Failure to win ...

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