Anscombe has been involved in the last four u-20 wins for NZ. Given that we need someone to work with the young guys this is good. I think we do need a forwards coach as muller is the only one doing it at present. A lot depends on the make up of his coaching staff though. Muller will continue to as...

New head coach for Ulster apparently. Seems he's a specialist forwards coach, hardly what they need !
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17289654

binge90 wrote:

Floppykid wrote:Seanie'll be the captain, so he will.
Seriously though, if it's not Heaslip, who else?

Spoiler: show

Youre probably right. Rumour going around that Deccies going to start him

Willie Falloon wrote:Stefan Terblanche away to watch Norn Iron player. GAWA.

Knacker

Jesus youre a boring predictable lot. DOC is SHIT, Ryan is amazing, Murray is TOL2, Reddan is George Gregan bla bla bla.

dargotronV.1 wrote:HC QF tickets in hand, train tickets booked (so a day of it can be made)

Now, how's Embra's form...ehhh...

No need to be rushing for tickets lads thery'll still be about 45k spare ones on the day

Hilarious Nortrhern Lights considering the amount of times you and grumpy old man interfere in Irish threads Oh really, given the sheer volume of threads that are Irish i must post on less than 1% of them as i really dont give a fudge about Irish rugby except when we come to play them. And i dont b...

Hilarious Nortrhern Lights considering the amount of times you and grumpy old man interfere in Irish threads

I told myself I didn't expect to win and I'd be happy if we played OK and scored a couple of tries. We did both, but I'm not f**king happy. There is some evidence we're playing better (two tries) but if we're going to lose every competitive match all the same, what difference does it make? I keep s...

Judging by the way the Scots are talking on this thread it will be hardly worth our while turning up. Ill probably still go, just for the craic like, and to get a lesson in rugny from Scotland Once we're finished giving you a lesson in rugny, fancy a game of rugby? We cant get one f**king thread to...

I told myself I didn't expect to win and I'd be happy if we played OK and scored a couple of tries. We did both, but I'm not f**king happy. There is some evidence we're playing better (two tries) but if we're going to lose every competitive match all the same, what difference does it make? I keep s...

Conspicuous - you are basically promoting a game plan of trying not to lose, rather than trying to win. Which is your prerogative, but I totally disagree with. And its your prerogative to disagree with me. I personally believe that part of a winnning game plan is being able to effectively defend yo...

Firstly our chances of winning are totally dependent on surviving the opening period without conceding a couple of tries like we usually do. If we can get to half time level or within a feew points we have a chance, if were 15-20 points down, we dont. Murray offers more physicality in defence when ...

Conspicuous - you are basically promoting a game plan of trying not to lose, rather than trying to win. Which is your prerogative, but I totally disagree with. And its your prerogative to disagree with me. I personally believe that part of a winnning game plan is being able to effectively defend yo...

Firstly our chances of winning are totally dependent on surviving the opening period without conceding a couple of tries like we usually do. If we can get to half time level or within a feew points we have a chance, if were 15-20 points down, we dont. Murray offers more physicality in defence when ...

Porterbelly1 wrote:Parks to sign for Connacht on a 2 year deal

Thats a good signing for your lot. He'll convert a lot of narrow losses into wins

Just had a quick look at the 2nd half. Murray did start to clear the ball quicker and didn't get sucked in but we were hardly spectacular in the period he was still on for and his last action of the game was to lose track of who he was passing to, forcing Sexton to grubber through as the defence ru...

Just had a quick look at the 2nd half. Murray did start to clear the ball quicker and didn't get sucked in but we were hardly spectacular in the period he was still on for and his last action of the game was to lose track of who he was passing to, forcing Sexton to grubber through as the defence ru...

Just had a quick look at the 2nd half. Murray did start to clear the ball quicker and didn't get sucked in but we were hardly spectacular in the period he was still on for and his last action of the game was to lose track of who he was passing to, forcing Sexton to grubber through as the defence ru...

Reddan certainly played well on Saturday, but at that stage the game had swung decisively in Irelands favour, and Italy were out on their feet and barely competing. A lot has been made of Sexton's game being better suited to Reddans quick and accurate delivery, and the fact that they are regular pa...

Cardiff Blues: 15 Ben Blair, 14 Richard Mustoe, 13 Gavin Evans, 12 Gavin Henson, 11 Tom James, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Xavier Rush, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Michael Paterson, 5 Paul Tito (capt), 4 Cory Hill, 3 Scott Andrews, 2 Ryan Tyrell, 1 John Yapp. Replacements: 16 T Rhys Thomas, 17 Nathan Tr...

SASP wrote:

Willie Falloon wrote:Ulster team

15.Terblanche 14.Gilroy 13.Spence 12.Wallace 11.Whitten 10.Humphreys 9.Pienaar 8.Diack 7.Faloon 6.Henry (Capt) 5.Tuohy 4.Stevenson 3.Afoa 2.Brady 1.Court

Bet your happy bout that Willie.

The pressure's on now that he's in his best position

Delighted to see that front row getting a run. 1: Jack McGrath 2: Sean Cronin 3: Jamie Hagan Its funny how 22 year old Jack McGrath is seen of as having great potential. Cian Healy won a HC medal at 22. Glad to see Hagan in there. He did good last week when he came on. Its just not in the genes of ...

Have the Irish simply given up on building their player base, and letting youngins come through the ranks? Well, i guess this will be great for the Boks, having so many south african props in ireland means their player base is smaller, which means they'll continue to languish in world rugby. I have...

Teams named for Leinster v Scarlets Friday 18th 7:35. This Leinster backline have lots of gametime together this season and are starting to play some good rugby. Delighted to see Macken on the bench, I really hope he can push on now and deliver on the promise he showed at schools level. LEINSTER: 15...

binge90 wrote:

Nolanator wrote:Who are we Leinstertaining this weekend? It's Friday night isn't it?

Scarlets. Ladies night apparently. There's some "blind date" yoke involving the players too apparently.

Jesus I hope Leo hasnt anything to do with this. Could be some disappointed customers

anonymous_joe wrote:Jeez, so many Michaels lads in that side.

No wonder they were so shite. Rajan Reilly was a decent prospect at schools level but nothing became of him

North East of England

Very sad about Keith's child. Hope it pulls through ok

Just back from a few days without internet and television/newspapers. What happened to Earls is he injured?