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How would we feel if they tried to regain Crimea? Has anyone other than Russia officially accepted it as part of Russia? It is so weird that we even ask that question, like Crimea is part of the Ukraine, Russia invading it and taking control in 2014 doesn't change that fact. If the Ukraine is able ...

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Have been looking at a few of the videos coming out of Bucha and pretty much everywhere else the Russians occupied for a few days. Deeply upsetting stuff, like hard to believe humans can do this sh1t. As Fullbackace and Pole and a few others who know Russia have said - the rest of the world is fina...

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Have been looking at a few of the videos coming out of Bucha and pretty much everywhere else the Russians occupied for a few days. Deeply upsetting stuff, like hard to believe humans can do this sh1t. As Fullbackace and Pole and a few others who know Russia have said - the rest of the world is final...

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Only caught bits of it but looked like a cracker. 2 very good teams.

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That Toolouse relacement front row is bad news for Ulster but I think they have a good shot at home. Like even if they win you'd expect Ulster to be in touch at the end. Like at the very least all you have to do is kick your points to keep things respectable for the return leg IMO. Anything over 2 ...

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Missed Connachts try but both or Leinsters were absolute peaches. When they put it together they are almost undefendable.

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Charger21 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:46 pm f**king bs call

yeah - really awful. was perfect from Healy, elbows nowhere near the ground.

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Aye, you could give the Russians a few tips on blowing up civilians all right. FFS DD, do you really need to stoop that low? It’s the same, tired, anti Brit “little englander” nonsense as usual that starts it. I'm more an anti-genocide guy myself. That said, don't think dragging up historical sh1t ...

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Wow, what an utter lowlife :shock: Ah now I remember where I saw his name before - unreal thing to say. DD is exactly the type of guy who would murder Ukrainians as long as someone was able to convince him they are "Pikey's" That’s disingenuous in the extreme. Not even remotely disingenuous, you li...

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Little Dragster talking genocide. Priceless. I can appreciate the dilemma. Wow, what an utter lowlife :shock: Ah now I remember where I saw his name before - unreal thing to say. DD is exactly the type of guy who would murder Ukrainians as long as someone was able to convince him they are "Pikey's"

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So anyone know just how badly the EU can Fcuk with Hungary? Lots of funding cut obviously but can they do much else? Talk of EU/NATO expulsion...not sure if that is a good idea. Exactly what Putin would want you would imagine. Biggest risk for Hungary is that a lot of their manufacturing FDI decide...

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So anyone know just how badly the EU can Fcuk with Hungary?

Lots of funding cut obviously but can they do much else?

Talk of EU/NATO expulsion...not sure if that is a good idea. Exactly what Putin would want you would imagine.

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Give Ukraine any and all military aid they ask for... Hell, give them twice as much as they are asking for..... Give Ukraine new state of the are military tech... not clearing out updated relics from storage. Give Ukraine the best / most modern weapons available https://media0.giphy.com/media/FlcRu...

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Floppykid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:50 pm He's invested in a whiskey right?

Aren't we all?

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Leinsters backrow options next season? Rhys Ruddock(30/Exile/St. Marys) - signed contract in 2022 Jack Conan(30/St. Gerards/Old Belvedere) - signed contract in 2021 Josh Van Der Flier(29/Wesley/UCD) - signed contract in 2022 Will Connors(26/Clongowes/UCD) - signed contract in 2022 Max Deegan(25/St....

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I don't know much about JOB as a player as I haven't caught a great deal of Leinster games, but I guess the question on most people's lips is why a wealthy Leinster family named their son James, and allowed the boy to be called Jimmy by his mates, instead of a trendier name like Hugo or Ingio? I'm ...

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Given the right circumstances, I’m certain it’s in all of us You mean if threatened? Even then... all of us capable of abusing and killing kids? That's uncomfortable if a fact... I'd hope I'd shoot myself first... but if not, what a bunch of appalling cnuts we all are... It’s the Pikey dilemma isn’...

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hermie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:49 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:27 pm Very, very impressed with Kendellan. SOB mark 2.
Yep he's going to be a serious player

Yep - hopefully. Might just be a bit small, in the VdF mould. But going to be a serious player.

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Floppykid wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:47 pm JOB was great.

He is unreal. Like Keenan in that he does very little wrong but has a little bit more going forward. Think he is going to have a big future in blue and green.

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Leinster missing a LOT of carrying from their front 5, think it will tell by the end of the game. No room when we go wide as we just can't tie in enough defenders.

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I struggle to understand the mentality of the Russian soldier. The video footage of the civilians in Bucha shot with their hands tied is horrible. How does one explain killing the pets on the way out of town? Wiring corpses and houses with explosive booby traps and trip wires? wtf is wrong with the...

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Seems Ukraine has just attacked an oil depot in Belgorod, inside Russia. Ballsy. I was wondering on this thread a few days ago if they'd actually do something like that. Was it the Ukrainians or the FSB though? Yeah, Russia talking it up as a Ukrainian op but i don't think it had been officially ac...

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I am not very optimistic about the "Peace" talks with Russia. They have shown that they can not be trusted as they say one thing and do another. My gut feeling is that Russia is pulling back to reconsolidate their position around the capital cause they have been bled pretty bad and will make anothe...

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Taking demilitarisation & limitations on Ukraine’s armed forces off the table is huge because Ukraine should arm itself to the teeth once this is all over. This. Nah. When this is all over Ukraine should spend all the money it can on rebuilding and rectifying the issues that made the EU not want to...

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Fairly good if a little depressing summation of the current situation.

https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1507 ... V5oVxHT02g

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free_safety wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:14 pm Before Putin's invasion, I saw a lot of Russian speakers in Western Ukraine, celebrating and waving Russian flags in anticipation of the "liberation".
How do they feel now that their city is destroyed?

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I've said it before and I'll say it again - it is pointless for the Ukrainians to try negotiate with the Russians as the Russians have shown that they will not hold true to their word. They need to keep doing what they are doing on the ground and try drive them back to the border. And wait for regi...

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Really does look more and more like the Russians are on the retreat - at least around Kyiv. https://twitter.com/johnsweeneyroar/status/1506629556597366784?s=20&t=1nO3WzlWQMX8gWRBg9qMzA I assume that they will just pause and recuperate etc. but given the issues they are having and the rate at which ...

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Really does look more and more like the Russians are on the retreat - at least around Kyiv. https://twitter.com/johnsweeneyroar/status/1506629556597366784?s=20&t=1nO3WzlWQMX8gWRBg9qMzA I assume that they will just pause and recuperate etc. but given the issues they are having and the rate at which t...

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So what. Our safety is more important thank you very much Your safety from what? Normal visa check things that countries do. It's not like they are introducing checks for these refugees when they don't do that for others. That would be grossly unfair. And yet most other countries are able to apply ...

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It was fortunate for Olaf Scholz that he could hide behind his face mask when Volodymyr Zelensky addressed German parliamentarians on Thursday. The Ukrainian President gave one of the most powerful speeches ever heard in the building’s 128-year-history — but in reply the German Chancellor had nothi...

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Saw the report of a Russian plane going to Syria to pick up fighters from there. Surely Turkey as a member of NATO should stop them transiting their airspace and make it difficult for this to happen. Does Georgia block Russian planes? Up to 16,000 “volunteers” from the Middle East will join Russian...

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Luckycharmer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:42 pm Henderson needs to sort out his discipline

He has been awful. That last pen was an absolute disgrace.

Not sure I have seem PoM do a single thing in the first half.

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https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-latest-news-war-vladimir-putin-zelenskyy-ceasefire-only-50-uk-visas-live-updates-12541713 x( Russia claims US is harbouring 'components of biological weapons' in Ukraine Maria Zakhorava, the Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, is delivering a news confere...

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If Putin cuts off the oil and gas supply to Europe, how long would it be before we had to lift sanctions? Putin has a grip on his on his population, IMO they are better placed politically to survive a period of real hardship, more so than the West. In other words, has Putin an ace in the hole? Good...

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So rumours Zelensky is softening on NATO. A good move by him I think. As has been mentioned here don't think NATO has ever been a core issue for Putin or Zelenskyy, just a handy justification for Putin to do what he has wanted to do for a long time. From elsewhere but a good summary of what I think ...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:21 am
Willie Falloon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:14 am
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:18 am

Big Alan Spicer.
He looks about 25.

No way is he still in school.
He is U17 this year so either 16 or just turned 17.

He looks about 35

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CM11 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:06 pm Conan came off early in his two starts. Dont quite get it. If he can't get near 80 mins he shouldn't be starting.

I think he is carrying a niggle.

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Lolz... It looks like the car got hit pretty hard from my perspective It explodes, it isn't sent backwards at all. The shadow cast by the telegraph pole doesn't match the shadow cast by the tank. Explanation for the rabbit - rabbits react and move faster than pensioners. Explanation for the car jus...

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