Babbling 'brook

Anyone know if ESPN have ditched their highlights package, used to give a handy round-up If you're on the Sky platform TV5 Monde (Ch 799) do a Top14 round up on Sunday mornings at 11.05. The Bonus...?? Coverage in French, and the delightful Isabelle Ithurburu http://www.darkseidtv.com/wp-content/up...

Fcuk me that was a load of auld bolhix. Rodgers, spiel or no spiel is now officially a dead man walking... Clueless absolutely clueless, he want's to play tiki-taki with players who play with their head's down with the ball and who don't move into space when they pass... :roll: Allen and Sterling, t...

Lost 9-13. Were 13 down at one point so at least they came back and got a losing BP but up against a relatively weak Cardiff side, they'll be disappointed. Poor loss against a second string Blues, should have had enough experience and guile to get the win on home turf. The Irish failing of being po...

If the RWC bid does come to pass and is accepted, it would be extremely disappointing if by the time of the event itself that the Galway Sportsground wasn't in a position to host one of the lesser group games through some continued development and the addition of temporary stands to bring the capaci...

He was in Finnegan's in Dalkey the day after the Munster HEC Semi in Croker and his leg was in a cast, and two and a half weeks later he was starting the HEC Final... This can be precautionary more than evidence of an injury. True but the subsequent loss of all form indicates that it is more likely...

Leinster pretty much got the last decent season out of him, he was physically banjaxed after that. He was in Finnegan's in Dalkey the day after the Munster HEC Semi in Croker and his leg was in a cast, and two and a half weeks later he was starting the HEC Final... He hasn't been the same player for...

BlueBlue wrote:By the way, the USA team were officially U23's

Yes it's a Collegiate side, not an Under 20's...

I would be hoping for top half of the Rabbo and a good showing in the HC. I think that's a fair target. With regards to the HC, one of the slots in the quarters of the Amlin would appear to be realistic given that the draw has been very kind to Connacht. Zebre are a new side and are likely to be a ...

Good result for Connacht. The side they faced wasn't a million miles off the Exeter first team, so to get a win with such a young side will give them a fair amount of confidence. Yep, especially when you see that we have Muldoon, Loughney, Wilko, White, Duffy, McCarthy and of course Parks to come b...

Exeter Chiefs 6 Connacht 8 Mark Stevens at Sandy Park Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter admitted he and his team would not get too disheartened despite kicking off their pre-season campaign with a narrow 8-6 defeat at home to Connacht at Sandy Park. In the first of three warm-up clashes ahead of ...

dropkick wrote:Anything is better than the ROYAL Dublin Society. Playing in a stadium with that name doesn't help Leinster rugby's effort in shaking off its West Brit image.

Jesus H Christ, fuh real...??

Bridge - Build - Move Over.

21st Century still not reached parts of Munster I see .....

New Connacht Away and Home kits for 2012-13 launched today in Galway

Looks like the IRFU bods are trying to appleal to the Leinsterfans with the Ireland merchandise for next season...

Toulouse win the final. 18-12. All penalties again. Congrats to Toulouse who I prefer to those mercenaries but with no tries in two semi-finals and a final, French rugby is truly in a dark place at the moment. Sorry DB, which French club of mercenaries are you criticising....? http://www.itsrugby.c...

At little unfair on Mike Ross. Ross has improved (under JS at least) this yr with his carrying - witness the fact he carried twice in the buildup to SOB's try in the HEC final (immediately post playing a part in the TO at scrum time). Plus, the primary job of TH is anchor the scrum. Few enough scru...

Does anybody have any good stats on Kidneys performance since he took over Ireland? Ie. world ranking, wins, losses, trys scored etc??? Coach since July 2008.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/coldphinger/Kidney2008-2012Stats.jpg By country http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/coldphinger/K...

Oh dear. Tony Buckley on call. Any chance of a source for this? PO'R of the ST on twitter. Actually would be no worse than having Ross out there, at least he's a carrying force and has good hands (Jesus can't believe I'm saying this... :evil: ). Few enough scrums to be a concern, although if the AB...

God help us if Mike Ross is fit for the next game, because Kidney will definitely pick him. And he is neither a carrier nor mobile enough to play against the AB's. The AB's as they do will just keep the ball in play as much as possible (absolute minimum amount of set pieces) to keep the tempo up and...

It might just have been the white headgear but Gilsenan really stood out for me. Furlong and Merrey seemed to do well in the scrum too. Locks did well. Hanrahan played very well after a shaky start. Delighted for the lads. Whole backrow were outstanding. Great defensive work as a squad, some really...

simonokeeffe wrote:nah, no winger deserves 2 years of nothing but chasing dan parks kicks

32 tries in Three seasons with us, 5 in One with you. He's no Einstein, but even Fionn can do basic arithmetic...