What injury is Leavy currently carrying? Hopefully nothing too serious Even though I've been burned by Binge's young player recommendations in the past, I find myself falling for his hype once again. He better be right this time :x Leavy did look unreal in the Leinster Schools Final last year, cert...

How big is Leavy? Tall, but looks like he really needs to fill out. Has he played much at all since schools? 6'3" and 100kg. Hardly undersized for an 18yr old. :? Timms http://www.irishrugby.ie/squads/ireland_u20.php?player=110519&includeref=dynamic Vs Leavy http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/profiles/aca...

How big is Leavy? Tall, but looks like he really needs to fill out. Has he played much at all since schools?

Gavin Duffy wrote:When is the Irish squad due to be announced?

Thursday, at noon.

On the subject of Sexton, the marginal tax rate for any high earner in France will make the offer much less attractive in financial terms. But if Sexton wants to go, his offer shouldn't be chased. He will be bashed and overplayed in France. Moreover, Madigan and others will have a tilt at the shirt ...

Thornley choosing to stroke the back of the hand that is feeding him. He is getting fed these stories. I know he doesn't dig anything up. Many years ago, a friend playing poker with him one night told Thornley that his own club team having difficulty recruiting players and had gone from 10 to about ...

For those considering waiting, I have seen Django in the cinema and have had a butchers at the widely disseminated Torrent file. The torrent is excellent quality. At this time of year, the market machine of the various studious kicks into high gear for award season and they distribute high quality D...

Saw it last week and the entire theatre was enthralled for the 2 3/4 hrs. Violent, hell yeah and a wonderful revenge flick and homage to the spaghetti westerns and by the end you'll cheer every bullet finds a brain or bollox. Strongly recommend it - highly entertaining. DiCaprio is really impressive...

What a terrible game by Toulouse. 80% possession and they couldn't score a point in the second half. Headless chicken display all around. Toulouse need to bring more structure in their game. As you said, they have the ball but fail to produce anything good from it which is absurd for Toulouse. The ...

What a terrible game by Toulouse. 80% possession and they couldn't score a point in the second half. Headless chicken display all around. Toulouse need to bring more structure in their game. As you said, they have the ball but fail to produce anything good from it which is absurd for Toulouse. The ...

Overall, the Rives picture is a my favourite. One hell of a f**king player/ Mccaw wouldnt have been fit to tie his laces up Rives photo is my favourite as well although I think McCaw and Rives play a very similar game. Both fearless, enormous motors and lungs although McCaw is a bigger, stronger, f...

Lads, Is there a link to the games anywhere (I'm not in Ireland)?

Munster suffered hugely from providing as many forwards and halfbacks to the Irish scene for the guts of ten years as they did. Those are the units which deliver results. I'm not daft enough to think it was merely that - there was a huge element of self-inflicted injury caused by Munster settling f...

Hard luck Conlan, beaten by the better man, although I thought he won the second round. Hopefully Nevin can do the business tomorrow. Again Jimmy MaGee was shocking, just call out the score on the scoreboard and stop pricking around you useless wit kant Cuban destroyed him, and bat him comfortably ...

Conlon just slower; Cuban just outclassing Conlon here.

eldanielfire wrote:

Akkerman wrote:Public display of religious imagery wtf, are we in the middle ages

Clearly. We appear to be still intolerant of people expressing different beliefs.

They are certainly allowed to do whatever they want. In turn, many of us will mock them for their idiocy.

Defar and Katie Taylor are leading the prayer meeting after the closing ceremony to thank God their medals. It was his will, of course

Bolt is phenomenal, but its nothing less than a complete dick move to put your finger to your lips in what appears to be a "hush" gesture to your opponent as you slow down in an Olympic final and cross the line. Was he pissed that others had put forward Blake as a genuine gold medal contender? He i...

Bolt is phenomenal, but its nothing less than a complete dick move to put your finger to your lips in what appears to be a "hush" gesture to your opponent as you slow down in an Olympic final and cross the line. Was he pissed that others had put forward Blake as a genuine gold medal contender? He is...

Why wont these studio wankers comment on the pretty obvious suspicions abut Flo Jo doping? It was common knowledge in US Athletic circles and their failure to address it undermines everything else they say.

Cornelia Schneider anyone?

posters from countries other than the uk, do you get the direct feed from the bbc, with commentators, on your main channels? sky No... watching online with no commentary. I will say that NBC commentator Teddy Atlas is the best boxing analyst I have ever heard. Knows his stuff and he shares it with ...

fudge me, some very home town decisions in the Boxing :? Ogogo's was a fair decision. Not really, Irrespective of who I'd like to win, Russian clearly outhit Ogogo over last two rounds and it wasn't reflected fairly. Yet another poor decsions The decision against the Japanese fighter yesterday is n...

Ogogo was undeserving of that win. Russian out hit him over the last two rounds and this stupid scoring system did not reflect his dominance. Home ring decision.

I'm not sure where all this talk about Schmidt being a consultant is coming from. Schmidt is very, very direct and he has very clearly defined ideas that do not easily translate into being a consultant. He either gets the gig or he doesn't, and he needs to have control over the attack or the team. A...

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 ...

Hanrahan only turns 20 at end of July, he is very young still. Gilsean and Coughlan are only a year out of school. Are they underage next year?? July's about average for this team. Nope, both Gilsenan and Coughlan are born in 92. Not overage for schools rugby because they work off a different cutof...

Armchair_Superstar wrote:Lads the Southern Hemisphere is no place for blooding youngsters.

Try tell that to Australians, NZ'ers and South Africans. It's where the blood their 19 and 20 year olds in comps such as the Super 15.

grimoald wrote:JJ can be a very good 12, but I think he has a chance of being a pretty great 10 if he is coached and managed well.

Penney in 1, 2, 3.. and...

If after 2 years Leinster can't get Hagan into shape to be at worst 2nd choice then I don't see why anyone else would want him. He's nothing going for him right now and needs to knuckle down at Leinster instead of talking about returning to Connacht. To be honest I'm really disappointed to hear tha...

having TOL involved was nothing short of an awful idea and as well as his being in woeful form, his selection sent out a very poor message to those who had been playing well. it's just as indefensible as DOC over Ryan. Who? A guy who wasn't in the country or a guy who Ulster were looking to cut 12 ...

Apart from the glaringly obvious poor selections, Kidney now just seems to be getting outwitted by other coaches. England had a simple plan executed very well for a game which was going to be riddled with handling errors: Demolish our scrum, deny our backs any clean ball. It was the same in the Wor...

Kearney has never played better. He really has been superb for Ireland this season. Ferris was sensational yesterday as well. He brings it each and every game. His work rate and the impact he has in phenomenal. Tuimble really earned his 6N starting spot after the form and performances he gave for Ul...