Babbling 'brook

Mole5000 wrote:

Leinsterman wrote:Firhill is wider than both Murrayfield

What? Murrayield is the full 70m wide, Firhill absolutely, unequivocally is not. Firhill is also only 92 meters long.

Cramped it most certainly is.

76m wide.

We'll find out soon enough when Kidney names the 6N panel.

Must be the same taxi driver who said Luke's season is over and D'Arcy would never play again.

wixfjord wrote:Would far prefer Quins to Ulster. Ulster have more weapons and experience around the pitch, and I think Quins are overrated, albeit with a great coach.
We'd of course have bloodgate to avenge too!

We won that game.
What exactly do we have to avenge?

Firhill is wider than both Murrayfield and Twickenham.
Cramped it certainly ain't.

We really had to grind that win out. Browne and Ruddock were perfect for thise last few minutes.
Great impact fron Boss - changed the game for us.

[Jackass] wrote: Sensational match, just a joy to watch, one of those special nights, and one where Ulster re-emerged from a 10 year slumber to European heavyweights once again.

Steady on there. They haven't even qualified yet.

A handful of games doesn't count.
P.S. I'd be effin delighted if these guys start playing regularly but I fear the usual conservative team selections for the next few seasons unless something drastic happens.

The idea of sanctions must surely be a non-runner.
How can a body sanction a sub-section of itself?

You do realise that Ireland can choose players other than those playing in Leinster? Munster have a conveyor-belt of talent @ lock: POC/DOC/MOD/DRyan/Holland/Nagle/Foley...the latter two are Ireland's future pairing. Pretty slow moving conveyor belt though. when can we expect Nagle, Foley etc to ge...

It is very unfair to effectively kick a player like Nacewa out of his home and make him leave the country with his wife and Irish children, he has given far more than he has taken from Leinster/Ireland. He dedicated himself to the province. That's slightly hysterical. He's a professional sportsman ...

Ultra Vires wrote:And believe me these two guys were middle aged gentlemen with southside accents!!

Gotta laugh at this.
It's as if an accent determines whether someone is a gouger or not.

RoboProp wrote:unless like me you're in the Grandstand and near that silver haired chap.

Brian Moore is a watered-down version of him sometimes

My mum got a letter from Revenue the other day. Turns out she'd been over-paying tax on the pension so should now be getting a rebate! :mrgreen: Regarding people not knowing about the liabilities, they still should shoulder a certain amount of blame for simply assuming the right amount of tax is bei...

Funny. The government was terrified to touch the pensions but has now found an even better way of getting money out of them - taxing them! The beauty of it is that they have zero grounds for complaining about it and the government gets a load more cash. What is terrifying is how much money the gover...

Interesting team. In with a fighting chance of winning the game but we're away to what is, on paper, the strongest of the Welsh regions. They still have a relatively decent team despite all the injuries. Hopefully it'll be entertaining. Most of our games against them descend into an almighty arm-wre...

Leinsterman wrote:People who conduct hour-long personal phone calls at their desk and don't know where the volume control for their mouth is.

Great, she's on the effin' phone again.

That €9.3m received from the participation of the four provinces seems ridiculously low. Say that Leinster get average ticket sales of 15,000 across its 14 regular season games at an average ticket price of €20, that's €4.2m straightaway in gate receipts (15,000*€20*14). A similar average for Munst...

I have to disagree on one point. They subsidise the provinces to an extent . The question is whether that subsidy is necessary these days or would the provinces, the big three at least, be capable of operating without it. The available evidence suggests that they would be (including taking internat...

Club verses country - club every time - and i'd have thought that the vast majortity of fans are just the same - a grand slam is nice of course, but HC victories with accompanying league success is what interests me. The by product of this for Ireland shoud be a stronger national side BECAUSE of th...

The IRFU risk this turning into a re-run of the Ticket fiasco of last Season. The next week will see the first formal indication from the Leinster Clubs about take-up (and payment) for 6N tickets. If there is any lack of demand (even for Italy game) IRFU will have to start worrying about the wider ...