Babbling 'brook

No alcohol back in the seats at this match. Sent from my CPH2145 using Tapatalk Why? We’re allowed to do it in the Aviva From the article in The Independent: “Rugby fans are typically allowed to bring alcoholic drinks back to their seats at the Aviva Stadium however event organisers European Profes...

Yeah, the most damaging aspect here is the selective transparency of the IRFU funding model. Obviously central contracts are a benefit to the teams that get them, they’re publicly announced when awarded so they become a stick to beat the club with. Until this season, central contracts and the consol...

Ended up getting more tickets than I needed. I have two tickets for the Nally Stand (Section D I think). €40 for both which is slightly less than face value plus fees Hi there, if still available would be interested. Happy to pay extra. Xan was in first but you have first refusal after them. Wouldn...

Honestly with the way the season is scheduled this year, I’m far less worried about league position. Regardless of what happens in Croke Park and, hopefully, London, the champions cup will be done and dusted before we mount a challenge on the league title. We’ve seen what can happen when a team gets...

Maybe it's because Stormers have never beaten Munster but I never think of them as a massive powerhouse side (despite making last two finals). I think they're very beatable. Stormers aren't a massive powerhouse side, but they're decent. The difference is Munster always pick strong sides against the...

Edit: Tickets Sold

Annoyingly, we should be on 3 tries / 19 points. Would be doable with that score line.

The ref is giving very little in the breakdown. We finally got something there, but the amount of times they’re rolling in front of the 9 or literally holding on to the ball in the ruck is mental.

They’ve done virtually zero work for any of their tries. So bad from us.

… and they score on the break [emoji2357]

We’ve defended pretty well since the first 16 minutes, but Lions are always liable to score on the break so we’re not safe. But if we can build a couple of scores over the next 10 minutes, who knows?

We really need points from this pressure. Three big opportunities spurned.

On the positives, Ngatai looks really good, especially considering he’s coming off a long injury. Healy with the monster carry too, looking fresh.

Dexter wrote:Refs already made his mind up about the scrum too.

Yeah, thought that was a clear penalty against Lions.

We’d be doing well to get a losing bonus point at this point. We’ll lose this one big unfortunately.

Points off every possession so far for the Lions. We knew they were dangerous but defence has been non existent so far.

I miss the rainy nights in Donnybrook. Much more intimate with the crowd and players. Bod and D'Arce, Denis, the Swirve to name a few backs. Reggie, Mal, Miller, even Cozzer to name a few forwards. Brent Pope, your man Stephen Jones to name a few media types. Visitors like Martin Johnson with a fac...

They mean the Bulls

I missed the boat on the Croke Park tickets. If anyone has 2 or more tickets available for any of the seated areas, drop me a message.

Thank you!

Keith wrote:Toulouse Harlequins sold out in 20 minutes. There's still life in European club rugby yet.

What stadium are they playing that game in?