Babbling 'brook

Read an interview with Wilkins on RTE where he says that McDonald was injured. With Moore's loan finished that literally means he had no choice but to play Devine. Kudo's to Devine for doing so well but it shows a lack of foresight on Wilkin's part that he's only playing him now. That he's actively...

Milne and Boyle set to stay but several Leinster men joining other provinces https://the42.ie/6361363 Does it say who? I fully expect us to lose Deegan and Ed Byrne, as well as a centre, most likely Brownlee. I struggle to see how someone like Tector will stay. And there are persistent rumours abou...

LEINSTER LOOSEHEAD PROPS Michael Milne and Jack Boyle look set to stay with the province into next season despite being linked with moves away. It’s believed that 25-year-old Milne and 22-year-old Boyle have attracted strong interest from other provinces but as things stand, both looseheads are set...

I've never done the trip to Rome before and am considering it next year. Anyone any tips?

I remember from looking at it last year that flights on a Friday - Sunday from Dublin seemed to be absolutely mental. Is that always the way? Are tickets generally OK and any good accomodation options?

Ireland should pick Antoine Frisch so that Munster can hold onto him but maybe he'll become a brilliant player in two years because nobody knows where things will go?

Some absolutely unreal mental gymnastics there.

Discussion on RTE about Leinster's week is hilariously one eyed.

Murray Kinsella with a good article on Central Contracts in the 42. Never ceases to amaze me how the point on how can other provinces catch up with Leinster's amazing schools system is never elaborated on that Leinster only take 5-7 of these kids into the academy per year and a huge majority of them...

When you look at the bench 16-21, there is not much of a drop-off and in fact a serious impact in many cases. Hopefully nobody is too badly affected by altitude. On another note, for the statos, when was Healy's last start, and how many has he had this season? I would really love it if he got a cha...

Paddy Power still have the Lions as 4 point favourites for this. I am famously rubbish at gambling but that seems a mad price for Leinster?

artaneboy wrote: ↑April 19th, 2024, 12:39 pm

mildlyinterested wrote:listening to the club scene pod and two of the hosts and friends are heading up from munster to support northampton

Jaysus- pathetic!

To be fair - one of them did work for Northampton!

Hmmm If I (20 something years sth) want to sit beside my wife (not sure but certainly 15 yrs+ STH) at a match next season, according to my reading of the FAQs, then one of us has to drop our individual season ticket, buy two on the same account, and when the RDS re-opens, then that person "wou...

WHILE SOME OF their supporters agitate over the structural status quo in Irish provincial rugby, the provinces themselves have important business at hand on the pitch in the next few days. After the excitement and dejection of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup over the past fortnight, it’s back t...

Murray Kinsella has a bit of a Quickening of his own - albeit only focused on the provinces. He does include the following interesting line - not unexpected I suppose. https://the42.ie/6357093 They have yet to officially confirm the squad they’ve brought to South Africa, but some front-liners have b...

I think we did about 75-80 mins on Leinster. We talked about discussing the Connacht and Ulster games, but they were really disappointing performances and we didn't want to go on and on about how poorly they had performed. A lot of the time we would have been repeating ourselves from recent podcast...

Yes, seems like a very good signing. Outhalves and inside centres have a head start in coaching on most other players. A lot of the decisions about how and where the game is won and lost go through them and they have to have an analytical cast to their thinking. He has always come across as a decen...

Dan Sheehan, Jimmy O'Brien, Rónan Kelleher, Jamie Osborne, Will Connors, Hugo Keenan also all still in Dublin

Looks very light to only travel with 5 props, when one of them is Jager who is just a few weeks post knee surgery. The decision to release Keynan Knox mid-year looks increasingly baffling, and the only conclusion on Academy THP Darragh McSweeney must be that they don't rate him at all. Knox require...

It's actually not particularly fair on Munster or Ulster. They need help more, but we have a stronger case to that we'll get a return on the investment. If the IRFU gave Munster an extra million euros, what could they do with it. Is that enough? Agree with this. Jackman was talking about the potent...

In the same way as Mike was signed to facilitate Porter moving across, I can't imagine Jordie Barrett doesn't also come with the proviso of losing a Frawley and/or Harry to Ulster and Munster possibly neither looked like they were moving at the weekend. Agreed - which makes the signing more bonkers.

Jordie only expected to stay until end of next season. any talk of players leaving? Heard murmurs of Charlie Ngatai which would make sense. In the same way as Mike was signed to facilitate Porter moving across, I can't imagine Jordie Barrett doesn't also come with the proviso of losing a Frawley an...