Babbling 'brook

Couldn’t agree more. I was totally stumped as to why he was selected for the RWC squad, and then basically not used. I love Joe like any Leinster supporter, but that was one decision he made that looked weird at the time and was weird. You’d generally trust he had a plan for him, and maybe he did, b...

Barca in La Liga, Real Madrid in Champs League, Bayern in Bundesliga, All Blacks, Saracens in English prem. They all dominate, or have dominated in the past, their respective competitions. And then the likes of AC Milan who were so dominant, and now a bag of shite. Same with Arsenal and Man U - tho...

Some Munster fans have said that Kleyn has picked up a neck injury and will be out for a while, so we might not know if he’s dropped or injured.

Oldschool wrote:Hearing the indefensible being defended.

Don't listen to Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 on Saturday mornings, then! Actually do, it's brilliant.

He's been stealing a living.

I reckon I could have been just as bad as him, but for a much lower wage.

That's him finished I suppose. Nobody will hire him again this side of the equator.

https://www.lifestylesports.com/ie/adult-leinster-training-players-jersey-2018-19-53809613.html https://www.lifestylesports.com/ie/adult-leinster-full-zip-hoody-2018-19-56403922.html €100 for a training jersey!? They can FRO there. That's scandalous. €75 for a hoody!? No. Just no. Pricey, for sure,...

Our best season ever?

Must be.

Shitter. They expected usual amount of no shows but of course got none.

What happened? First I heard about this.

ronk wrote:I think given the fixture list, quality of opposition and standard of performance attained that this is now the best ever Irish team.

Hard to argue against.

Owens replaces van Der Westhuizen as assistant referee for Saturday.

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http://www.the42.ie/ireland-six-nations-referee-england-3902803-Mar2018/ Saturday's assistant referee van der Westhuizen involved in England training. Not a great look, in my opinion. Leaves him wide open to accusations, and assuming he is paid for his time I think it's a fairly clear conflict of in...

English team undone at the breakdown by Pro14 ref! It's the Champs cup all over again. to be fair Nigel was absolutely shite yesterday again - totally arbitrary in some of his decisions. I really hope we don't have to suffer him reffing us again Calling it back for a peno off that the intercept was...

Just so you know, EPCR are doing a great job. http://www.epcrugby.com/europeanrugbychampionscup/news/37291.php?utm_medium=email&utm_content=header_banner%2Csecondsubjectline%2CEPCRheaderbutton%2CChallengeCupheaderbutton%2CChampionsCupheaderbutton%2CTicketsheaderbutton%2CHeaderBanner%2CCTAinMain...

I for one am unable to scream me guts out during the 6 Nations urging the likes of Conor Murray and Earlsy on and as soon as the tournament is over to automatically recategorise them as "the enemy". Shoulder to shoulder - knowwharamean? It's easy, you just treat them as two completely dif...

Lee Byrne for Wales was a specialist in jumping with a high knee. He did more than that - he led with the studs. Sole of the foot pointing towards the opposition as best he could. Never liked it, it's looking for trouble. Here he is putting the boot into Hugo Southwell's face, fully intentionally. ...

I'm surprised not to see Murray on that list.

riocard911 wrote: Peter O'Reilly went to school in Belvo.

Yeah, but he taught English and coached rugby in Andrew's.

Ruckedtobits wrote:

simonokeeffe wrote:That moved pleasantly quickly

But it took a 3-hour Hearing. Clearly, some contenious issue.

Perhaps not. SBW pleaded guilty and his took 90 minutes - presumably pleading innocent is going to add quite a bit of time even in the simplest cases.

What reasoning there might be for dropping Teo escapes me entirely 2 passes, 9 carries and 14 metres gained. 0 clean breaks. 0 defenders beaten. 2 offloads. 6 tackles, none missed. It's really not a good return. That's prop-level metres per carry, in all honesty. Not even 2m per carry. http://en.es...