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trivia: History of Ireland Wales Internations: Played ______________134 Won by Wales_________70 Won by Ireland________57 Drawn_______________ 7 Ireland agg score_____1610 Wales agg score______1639 it'd be a bit of a miracle if I live long enough to Ireland edge ahead of Wales in the head to head bu...

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backrow wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:03 pm Europe can be hard for saffas because of the differences in weather , property sizes , and costs of domestic staff & ammunition

And there is a limited amount of space to dump the bodies

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The state of this thread the last few pages. Its hard to believe that most posters on this forum seem to be in the 40-60 age bracket. Fcking man children the lot of you! Some of you need to log off and take a break. Pretty pathetic stuff all right, last time I was on a couple of weeks ago it was th...

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Anyway I for one am enjoying our interactions with the Welsh. Great rugby people https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.tenor.com%2Fm%2ForxWgpBcUCIAAAAC%2Ffart-south-park.gif&tbnid=ozsQXliUs7lZSM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftenor.com%2Fsearch%2Fsouth-park-fart-gifs&docid=fX5JXL...

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I wasn't being critical, just stating a fact. Many controlled schools were originally church schools – under the management of the Church of Ireland, Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Methodist Church in Ireland – whose control was transferred in the 1930s and 1940s in return for assurances that a...

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To put an end to this poaching rubbish. Ireland Under 20's are on a path to an "unlikely" three 6N Grand Slams in a row. We can't fit the products of this into our 4 provincial clubs, talent is flowing out everywhere. Look at Joe McCarthy. At 22, he is a force of power His brother is right behind hi...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:35 am
iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:10 pm
And our poaches have enhanced the team after years in Ireland developed by our system
Sounds familiar

Indeed, Gibson Park is now an Irish citizen with his Irish kids

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The rule that England poached Willi Heinz via?? Oh sure, that was material. So the answer is yes? They've changed the rules now? So it's not 'the bits I decide', it's 'the bit world rugby decides'. Got it. We already have the ridiculous grandparent rule because Ireland insists on allowing anyone wh...

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joe cokanasiga has been in england since he was 3 !!,grew up in england,went to school in england and played for england u18,u20 and hes a poach ? how can you call him a poach? because he has a foreign name? yet you want to claim mack hansen is irish even though he was born and grew up in australia...

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The work Richie Murphy is doing is absolutely massive for the game here. He gets given a new batch of lads (with a couple of exceptions) each year, and each year he gets them playing such a cohesive, exciting brand of rugby that is tailor made to prepare the ones with the most ability for introduct...

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Just thinking.
All these SH rugby whiners rabbiting on about the World Cup and, every year, we get weekends of superb matches like these.
Wel done to both teams, thriller.

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RWC2015 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:51 pm
TheFrog wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:16 pm Wardi, Taofifenua and Willemse out of next game.

Our second row is depleted.
Any French locks knocking around?

Ultan Dillane - €350,000.
€50,000 deposit up front

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:12 pm French were not clinical in the first half and made too many mistakes.

Ireland have again an excellent team. Congrats.

Cheers.
Have to admire the way Ireland keep the ball alive after contact.

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Shame
I played for Melbourne in the late 70;s

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With that spirit and coming through that atmosphere will build huge resilience.
Fightin' Irish
Go on

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:12 pm Does playing a club team put the rest of us at a massive disadvantage?

France
Toulouse and La Rochelle.
2 club teams

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Has there ever before been an Irish 23 with no Ulster player? Only two from Connacht too. Does this mean the system is working? Indeed, if Mack Hansen was fit, there would be 3 players from Connacht. I can't think of an Ulster player who could make that side, other than Henderson. Notably, the curr...

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Has there ever before been an Irish 23 with no Ulster player?

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Conspicuous wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:01 pm
fishooks15 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:59 pm McCarthy is going to be the best lock in Europe in a season or two
Yeah he’s a beast

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They're not even good poaches. At least we poached aki Lowe and jgp. That being said it is getting f**king ridiculous. They are basically a barbarians invitational side at this point. Poaches are players who might get to play for their native country. Aki could barely get on The Blues bench. JGP wa...

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earl the beaver wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:55 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:38 pm
triplebogey wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:37 pm

Exceptionally harsh on Ulster I thought.
Agree. There's a thread, btw.
I'm in hospital, have been since Wednesday, so not really been paying attention.

Cheers, man
Hope it's nothing too serious.
Mind yourself

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Im going for Farrell. RWC choke aside, his results speak for themself and he gets an awful lot out of his players considering the somewhat limited resources he has. Not being able to beat an Ian Foster coached NZ team or win a quarter final at the RWC has to count against him shirley? Having beaten...

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Lowe and Aki are not Irish. Hansen has always had an Irish passport. Gibson Park has recently become an Irish citizen tldr: The Irish backline has 4 out of 7 poaches in the backs. None, except possibly Lowe, was poached for international rugby. For God's sake, 2 of them play for Connacht. They join...

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mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:26 am
nardol wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:09 am Is Scotland not chasing everyone with even a remote connection?

Worst t1 nation out there, they develop absolutely nothing themselves.
Remind me, how many of your backline are actually Irish again?

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Is Scotland not chasing everyone with even a remote connection? Worst t1 nation out there, they develop absolutely nothing themselves. Remind me, how many of your backline are actually Irish again? Lowe and Aki are not Irish. Hansen has always had an Irish passport. Gibson Park has recently become ...

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Clear benefit for the UK polling companies. I can see a great year ahead for them, with the May election date looming, the ESL debate.. Today's Observer Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just...

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There were pictures of him and the new missus on social media. Retirement was just his body not being up to it I think. New Missus? Ah ok, so he just left his aul one then. People seem acrimonious about it which doesn't really comport with that though. Well it was more he left his old missus while ...

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Clear benefit for the UK polling companies. I can see a great year ahead for them, with the May election date looming, the ESL debate.. Today's Observer Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just ...

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Bogbunny wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:40 pm Who is paying his salary?

IRFU?

Google?

JP?

Any ideas

Denis O'Brien

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Bogbunny wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:40 pm Who is paying his salary?

IRFU?

Google?

JP?

Any ideas

Denis O'Brien

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Mmmm. Those two 1 mill a year outhalves playing for Leinster Saturday. Frawley and Prendergast That they spend the most in Europe without any salary cap or even an occasional audit. You would ever fudge off with this bollox again Tax bungs as well. Everyone plays uphill against Leinster.

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England never passed the ball more than twice without kicking it.
Argentina never passed the ball more than twice without dropping it.

I have watched GAA matches where the team's kicked the ball fewer times than England.
What an advert for rugby.

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Rassie is 100% exploiting the laws to support a "win at all costs" version of rugby. Now, you can argue the toss of whether that is right or wrong, however in the longer term it isn't going to attract fans or get more people involved in rugby I wasn’t aware that there was a version of rugby where y...

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Willie Falloon wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:41 pm
Floppykid wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:33 pm
RWC2015 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:24 pm

If he’d won a WC it would be undisputed. Defo up there with BOD IMO.
BOD was a better player, did more with less imo.
Michael Gibson was better than BOD, or so plenty of folk would tell you.

I saw them both play up close.
BOD was a completely different level

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Why have you gone completely the other way? Are you just trying to impress your mate Towny? I swear these double standards used to annoy you. Also, it doesn’t look like Curry is taking it any further. He was right to raise it at the time. I'm not going any way, just being reasonable. I think this w...

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What a fabulous match to win.
Well done, Kiwis.
I hope your final against France lives up to the intensity of tonight.

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All Blacks 2 yellow cards.
And still deserved the win.
You'll have to beat France in the final, good luck.
That will be another great match

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Feel for the welsh lad that gave the intercept Two awful teams though. Makes a mockery of the tournament groups being picked three years out that this argie side will be in a semi Was it Tompkins? He’s probably been one of Wales’ best, most reliable players the past couple seasons, so you’d be abso...

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Proxy war for US Israeli attack on Iran? Seems like one hell of a military force to quell a few thousand Hezbollah. US has to keep its weapons industry committed and profitable and maybe Joe needs a war? The announcement Sunday by the Pentagon to redirect the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to s...

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Lot of controversy among the AB posters
Mostly calm among the Irish on here

And then there's the 40,000 Fields of Athenry and Zombie lot.
Boys in Green might just take this

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