Babbling 'brook

Bective fail to make the round robin this year. Monkstown win LL1A. It will be interesting to compare the strength of the 4 leagues.

CiaranIrl wrote: ↑March 10th, 2024, 7:50 pm We can just force the IRFU to give more of our lads central contracts (Conan, say) and then use the money we save to sign Frische instead of Ngatai. All good.

I'd much prefer Nankevill(sp?)

Gatland walking out of the interview is priceless. bet he regrets coming back to welsh rugby now. He left a legend. big game next week against Italy. Saw where it was explained that BBC had kept him waiting for ages and that S4C were ready so he went and did S4C before returning to do BBC. There wa...

HumanEarthling wrote: ↑March 9th, 2024, 9:24 pm It’s almost like there is no connection between pundits, podcasts and results!

Or between James Ryan being in teams and that team winning!

I wouldn't be going and throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The lads lost by a point with the last kick of the game. It's a kick in the stones. But the difference with this one and with the loss against NZ in the RWC QF – or for the Leinster lads, the losses in the European finals against La ...

Thrilled to see Italy win and also Scotland lose.

Very enjoyable game of rugby. Just to add what others have said Murphy also looked pretty cool under pressure and I don't think that's something that can be coached. I thought one or two mistakes by our 12 allowed England turn the momentum but in fairness to the lad he did well at other times and C...

Andy Wards young lad looks like a super prospect. Nuts and bolts type player.

Just getting to watch the game back now. Really enjoyable but seriously, what the f%~k are ARs doing at scrum time? The English LH was as illegal as it can be and wasn’t pulled once in the first half. I seriously think there should be a law change that if the LH does that then you can punch his ligh...

Oh- there would be a question there, to be sure! Ward as a player may not be to eveyone's taste here, but he was a very high quality international class 10. He played for Ireland and the Lions and set a record number of points against SA in a test. Some here- certainly not me, regard that as the pi...

Nothing controversial about Campbell over Ward, Campbell was by far the superior player, I’d have Deano over Ward too while I’m at it… I can remember back to the days of the Mary's "dream team" with Wardie at 10 and Deano at 12. Class as both of them were, Ollie was king, no question. Oh-...

I shouldn't post after a couple of pints in the club as reading it back, I can see that it isn't clear what I was saying. I'm not basing my views on this one game but on "career to date". Ross hasn't been at his best since he came back from injury but he was better this week than the last...

Have to say that Johne Murphy is a quality pundit on ATH.

elephantman wrote: ↑March 4th, 2024, 3:01 pm

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑March 4th, 2024, 2:29 pm

elephantman wrote: ↑March 4th, 2024, 2:28 pm

Does this mean Milne is likely to stay at Leinster now?

thats the latest rumour.

Lovely hurling!

Appropriate for a Birr man.

… and some here will cleave to the familiar and “safe” even when it’s clearly not delivering what we need and want. You pick out Harry as having a bad game at 12- and use that to say he shouldn’t be our starting 10! Do I misrepresent you? I won’t patronise you by pretending that I think there’s any...

It's a real pity Ross didn't get capped, he deserved to be.

Thought that was an unsatisfying performance, to be honest. I think most of the players put in a solid effort, but the decision-making and handling and tackling was unimpressive. The players out of position [Harry Byrne at No12 and Larmour at No15] made costly errors, made basic errors and played l...

Thought that was an unsatisfying performance, to be honest. I think most of the players put in a solid effort, but the decision-making and handling and tackling was unimpressive. The players out of position [Harry Byrne at No12 and Larmour at No15] made costly errors, made basic errors and played l...

Thought that was an unsatisfying performance, to be honest. I think most of the players put in a solid effort, but the decision-making and handling and tackling was unimpressive. The players out of position [Harry Byrne at No12 and Larmour at No15] made costly errors, made basic errors and played l...

Thought that was an unsatisfying performance, to be honest. I think most of the players put in a solid effort, but the decision-making and handling and tackling was unimpressive. The players out of position [Harry Byrne at No12 and Larmour at No15] made costly errors, made basic errors and played l...