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- April 23rd, 2024, 3:58 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
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Re: A whiff of Cordite
A lot of those players came later in his stint and were maybe more reactive. Some of these players looked a lot better after he left. Not all, some did better. He tended to pick limited players with competitive spirits, akin to MOCs picking AIL ahead of raw youth. I spent years trying to figure out...
- April 23rd, 2024, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
- Views: 1093269
Re: A whiff of Cordite
Without wading too far into this I think the real pity for Munster is the wasted years with JVG. Feel like there'd be a fraction of this discussion if someone like Rowntree had gotten the job in 2017 and the increased energy in the academy had started sooner I'm a bit torn. I think when you actuall...
- April 23rd, 2024, 1:41 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: Rumour Mill
- Replies: 12700
- Views: 1165132
Re: Rumour Mill
I don't understand the Ben Murphy to Connacht move. At Leinster you'd have JGP needing rest periods. Fintan Gunne is coming through who looks class but he's only played twice for Leinster as it stands - you've just Luke McGrath who I think being kind - is a great club man but maybe isn't a great scr...
- April 23rd, 2024, 1:38 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
- Views: 1093269
Re: A whiff of Cordite
hmmmm, not sure about some of this .... PBC and CBC regularly beat Michaels and Rock in Caaark ..... "regularly" as in most of the time. The question Munster should be asking is why those players don't seamlessly transition to the Munster Academy in same as the way that the Gunnes, McErle...
- April 23rd, 2024, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
- Views: 1093269
Re: A whiff of Cordite
The article is behind a Paywall so I can't read it but surely the fact we are winning away from home where we have far less fans shows actually that fans are less important. What dots does he use to connect our win in Loftus Versfeld to poor atmosphere at Thomond Park.
- April 23rd, 2024, 12:13 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
- Views: 1093269
Re: A whiff of Cordite
Sorry I misread that - GT's point was that the fans need to improve??....thats an odd one.
- April 23rd, 2024, 12:12 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
- Views: 1093269
Re: A whiff of Cordite
Thornley on munster today suggests that thomand park crowd need to up their game given Munsters success on the roads vs realitve failure at home. He'd better take cover. What's he talking about? They've lost two home games all season, both against European semi finalists. The performances in the Ba...
- April 23rd, 2024, 12:10 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
- Views: 1093269
Re: A whiff of Cordite
Thornley on munster today suggests that thomand park crowd need to up their game given Munsters success on the roads vs realitve failure at home. He'd better take cover. Yes and No I would say. We've played 6 matches at Thomond Park this year. The biggest defeat was a 9-3 defeat to Leinster. We als...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Rugby
- Topic: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
- Replies: 1363
- Views: 764639
Re: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
My god reading back on my posts I feel the need to point out - English is in actual fact my first language - typing on the phone and losing my train of thought makes a few sentences unreadable
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:39 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: Rumour Mill
- Replies: 12700
- Views: 1165132
Re: Rumour Mill
Meddling in the provinces backfired hugely. I think the moves from Leinster to other provinces 99% of the time have been utter failures. Likes of Cian Prendergast or Tadhg Beirne who weren't in Leinster academy or seniors have tended to work well. But actual senior Leinster lads leaving to move dir...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:29 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2
- Replies: 322
- Views: 17823
Re: Lions v Leinster - Sat 20 April, 14.00 - RTE2
How did you end up playing the Lions away last year and this year again?
For us we play the Sharks/Stormers and Bulls/Lions as our pairings and they've remained constants for 3 seasons.
2022 - Bulls/Lions away
2023 - Stormers/Sharks away
2024 - Bulls/Lions away
For us we play the Sharks/Stormers and Bulls/Lions as our pairings and they've remained constants for 3 seasons.
2022 - Bulls/Lions away
2023 - Stormers/Sharks away
2024 - Bulls/Lions away
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: A whiff of Cordite
- Replies: 7506
- Views: 1093269
Re: A whiff of Cordite
For example if he frames the question as "we all agree that Leinster have an unfair advantage, how do we fix it?", rather than "what can the IRFU do to help the other three provinces become more competitive?" it feeds into a different narrative. Its that word thats the most dama...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Rugby
- Topic: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
- Replies: 1363
- Views: 764639
Re: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
WRT Scannell, he was always seen as a "something different" 12 back when that was still a thing. Nobody really talks about that now. Thats a 10/12/15 role for a 6-2 split IMO. Bringing in De Allende brought into sharp focus what Scannell didn't bring whatever his merits. You couldn't drop...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:09 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: Stormers v Leinster - Sat 27 April 18.05 - TG4
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1958
Re: Stormers v Leinster - Sat 27 April 18.05 - TG4
Its a fair point on the team quality alright - looking back to last season I had forgotton the 62-7 loss to Bulls. But then again you also beat the Lions away last season with a very comparable team to the one that lost at the weekend which (maybe unfairly) sets that as the expectation. I didn't rea...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:18 am
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: Stormers v Leinster - Sat 27 April 18.05 - TG4
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1958
Re: Stormers v Leinster - Sat 27 April 18.05 - TG4
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. La Rochelle who you beat out the gate beat them in Cape Town. Ospreys beat them in Cape Town. Munster and Glasgow and Benetton...
- April 21st, 2024, 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Rugby
- Topic: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
- Replies: 1363
- Views: 764639
- April 21st, 2024, 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Rugby
- Topic: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
- Replies: 1363
- Views: 764639
- April 21st, 2024, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: Rumour Mill
- Replies: 12700
- Views: 1165132
Re: Rumour Mill
On Access Munster they did a thing on how succession planning and their internal comms with IRFU works. They more or less said that if they were looking at a position they had to be looking at at least two players. So I'd imagine they're constantly talking to loads of lads. I could see us signing Mi...
- April 21st, 2024, 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Rugby
- Topic: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
- Replies: 1363
- Views: 764639
Re: Munster 2023/2024 - Return of the Jedi????
Reading I'm not sure I buy the over simplistic chat of "you aren't playing the youngsters". Sometimes you can pour game time into players and its clear that they'll not be able to step up to level required. Josh Wycherley is 24 years old. He's had 66 Munster caps and did the Emerging Irela...
- April 14th, 2024, 9:39 pm
- Forum: Leinster Addicts
- Topic: Leinster v La Rochelle Saturday 13th April 2024 at 5.30pm RTE2
- Replies: 922
- Views: 44755
Re: Leinster v La Rochelle Saturday 13th April 2024 at 5.30pm RTE2
Kidney was the guy who walked out on Leinster to our then-biggest rivals the day of our biggest game of the season. He was despised by Leinster fans, players, and Leinster Rugby after that. He still got the Irish job and was, for a short time, successful with it Yea but my point is that Leinsters i...