Babbling 'brook

Didn’t Ross Byrne start at 12 against Ulster previously? He’s a fantastic defender, could see a JGP, Harry, Ross, Garry half back / midfield pairing.

Edit: Just checked, he started at 13 vs Ulster two seasons ago, he started at 12 vs Dragons in the same season.

Cheapest tickets for this match are €38 (unreserved, uncovered, behind the posts). I love going to Leinster matches but that is nonsense pricing. I'll be watching on TV. It's dear alright - and you have the ticketmaster charge on top taking it over 40 quid. If you're a student for example, you're g...

Lock9541 is going to need to check their sources after that team announcement, and maybe not post wild speculation in future

We hear that a lot about academy players in fairness, even just this season someone was quoted as saying Jamie Osbourne is the most talented player to come through Leinster’s academy. Hope he realises the potential all the same.

Not until next year, working on the DVD first

Jimmy O’Brien staking a decent claim for a World Cup squad spot, filling in at 13 two weeks ago, starting at 15 last week and now starting at 11 this week.

Joe McCarthy likely making his debut off the bench vs Australia too.

Ray Donovan wrote: ↑November 15th, 2022, 11:15 pm Is anybody else getting worried about James Lowe’s calf or am I being super paranoid?

Probably paranoid but it is an awful long time to be out with a calf injury. Hope he can return to fitness before the end of the year.

Jason Jenkins picked for South Africa A again to start against Bristol Bears on Thursday night.

deco wrote:...or just pay the very reasonable subscription for what's a decent newspaper.

Is it not €3 a week? €156 a year for what they offer is far from reasonable, it’s an absolute rip off imo. More expensive than Netflix, Spotify, URC TV etc

Off topic but you can always bypass the paywall of the Irish Times on an iPhone by setting the site to always use reader mode. Hit the aA symbol at the top left and choose Website Settings. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221109/e39256d4ab737bf9cc681d7cadfb3f5a.jpg In there, turn on Use Reader Au...

Just watched parts of the Ireland game back again and I think Jimmy O'Brien was really excellent for Ireland in that game. He wasn't a stand out, but fitted into the back line seamlessly, and had a really solid game at 13. Kicked a lot of our exits, averaged 4.6 meters a carry with 23 meters from 5,...

I hear Frawley and Harry Byrne are having a competition to see who can spend the largest portion of their career injured.

There’s no way we would retain Vakh as another NIQ tighthead prop, he has to be on his way out. Wouldn’t surprise me really as he hasn’t really kicked on to the level we would expect at this point, I know hampered by injury quite a bit but still. Well done to him all the same, big honour being cappe...

Jordi Murphy has brought the late change tactic to Ulster as he himself is a late change to the Ulster team.

Stormers still losing but feels like all the momentum is with them, think they’ll go on to win ultimately.

Yeah, can't really see us winning this one with the teams named. Despite being 6 from 6, I don't think we've been playing well at all, especially defensively. The pack is solid, but we've limited impact from the bench. We'll need a big game from the midfield pairing and the back three to get somethi...

Is it not? That’s genuinely news to me, seems like something that would be central to the CEO’s role. Who is responsible for it?

What would the likely outcome be there? Harsh if Ulster had to forfeit 28-0 like the Champion's Cup just because they shat themselves.

Our strategy under Dawson in the facilities department seems to have been to establish partnerships rather than build our own. We've done that for our high performance centre in UCD and also with the stadium at the RDS. Donnybrook is maybe the exception there, but the less said about that one the be...

For sure, but that aspect will never change — we're always going to be sending our best players off to the Ireland squad to get flogged. In olden times, we might have had to also play a game or two while those top level test matches are also going on, so the extra break is welcome.