Babbling 'brook

It worked out well for us in that it burned more clock off Larmour's sin bin and we ended up getting a try closer to the sticks, with Ross kicking an easier conversion than the one he had earlier missed. But it was a farcical situation. Adamson makes so many bad decisions in games, as does Craig Ad...

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Molonuy only signed a contract last season.

Still don’t understand what happened with our disallowed try. 1) Clarkson gets over the line with the ball and Adamson signals for a try. 2) Adamson decides to go to the TMO for confirmation and states that his on-field decision is try. 3) Could be my eyesight but my memory is that none of the repl...

it shouldnt be really hard, thats the issue. it shouldnt take an injury layoff to McGrath for younger 9s to get a start. It is though. Like McGrath shouldn’t be seen as a leader? He shouldn’t be adapting to nienabers defense better than most of the 9s(probably). The other 9s should take their 8 wee...

So we don't want players to make impacts off the bench? Why not play the game with 15 then? Making an impact off the bench is not the same as 'come off the bench and change the game'. I don't want to have a debate about the definition of words if I'm honest. The point was that having a 9 come off t...

All that said he still isn't trusted in tight games to come off the bench, that's either a management or a personnel problem considering scrum half is the one position in the backs where you'd want a sub whos primed to come on at 60 minutes and change the game. Need to develop some depth there cons...

It's going to be really hard for any of the next gen 9s to make their mark. Gibbos the Irish 9 and one of the best int he world and McGrath is a 200 capper and sometime captain. His injury layoff earlier in the season was their window and tbh I don't think anyone really jammed it open. it shouldnt ...

It's going to be really hard for any of the next gen 9s to make their mark. Gibbos the Irish 9 and one of the best int he world and McGrath is a 200 capper and sometime captain. His injury layoff earlier in the season was their window and tbh I don't think anyone really jammed it open.

All that said he still isn't trusted in tight games to come off the bench, that's either a management or a personnel problem considering scrum half is the one position in the backs where you'd want a sub whos primed to come on at 60 minutes and change the game. Need to develop some depth there cons...

If Willemse got four, three is probably an acceptable outcome for Danty. Willemse should have got eight though and multiple recidivist Danty… Danty got 5 - with a potential for it to be 4 with tackle school (meaning he's back for Stormers away) Surely already done the tackle school? I was under the...

He started off bound to the centre, once he was no longer bound to him he was offside and had to retreat behind the hindmost foot. He didn't, that's a penalty He switched his bind to no.6, who was the ball carrier, and who was prevented from grounding the ball by Beirne who was offside. That's a pe...

It's pie in the sky. They have in their hoop got funding for a 28k stadium lined up. I wouldn't trust them either. They could see the URC as a way to get away from the CVC deal before re joining the a CVCless GP.

On the surface this is a bit odd. I think that's fair enough for POM as Ireland skipper. Don't know what happened behind the scenes with the negotiations but the optics from outside looked awful with the Ireland captain starting a campaign without a signed deal. Our skipper should always have a dea...

probably worth adding that the CEO of the URC helped Wasps get a new home. Martin Anayi, the CEO of the URC who lives in Kent, confirmed that he had been instrumental in helping Wasps to find a prospective new home not just in his county, but also in the league that he runs. “I’ve had conversations...

Am I right in thinking that Ireland can’t play test matches outside the Aviva? IIRC it was part of the naming rights deal with Aviva Don't feel bad about not knowing that. The Thomond Park redevelopment committee didn't know about it either* and were certain that they could get a few Ireland full i...

I'm pretty certain ANY league who looks at Wasps joining would have some sort of guarantees about liquidity etc. before entertaining them, so I don't see how the URC or other teams would be exposed. The wasps debt, which was huge, didn't pull down the premiership or any other teams. It may increase...

Wonderful!?!? They walked away with £95 million of debt, not long after proclaiming themselves as the "richest club in world rugby". Then they expect to be parachuted back into the championship because they have a plan to build a stadium in Kent, which involves taking on more massive debt...

Our Lock options are truly in good health at the moment. 11 tackles from Ryan in the short time he was on the pitch is some return when you consider the highest was Doris with 19. I noticed this and contrasted it to Big Joe who had 8 tackles in 53 versus Ryan's 11 in 23 mins (53'-76'). Beirne racke...

When you call out the players and they respond like that........He could well be a bit "Jose Mourinho" with the 3rd season syndrome kicking in.