Babbling 'brook

Looking at the team first I was a little worried but then deep diving there is a solid pack there with Ross M bossing the pack. Also in the friendlies we didn’t have Osborne and turner playing centre and I think they are a solid centre partnership. Couple that with Ross B having more rep time and fr...

If (and it's quite a significant if) we can get Tupou fit both in terms of injuries as well as conditioning (which is suspect too), he would be a great signing. At 135kg+ he has the physical profile that we lack generally (Ala'alatoa is the closest thing at 125kg+). He has a loose game that no prop...

Finn Treacy looks like he could be big potential on the wing. Big lad with great skills. Jack Murphy was superb tonight, those touch finders behind his goals were daggers for the English players. Am I being too harsh but spicers fitness looks to be lacking somewhat compared to others?

Finn Treacy looked a handful tonight, our half backs were very impressive and the game was a delight to watch - very exciting talent coming through for all provinces

Dave Cahill wrote: ↑March 4th, 2024, 9:47 pm

the spoofer wrote: ↑March 4th, 2024, 9:01 pm Have to say that Johne Murphy is a quality pundit on ATH.

Thought so too. Good technical analysis expressed well.

When I saw the two I was keen to get their points but I thought Johnny Holland was very poor and gave very little to the conversation

The reality is that it would have probably been a better choice having Harry playing 10 and Ross playing 12 last night - Ross being the better tackle. Think it’s very unfair to be saying that Harry shouldn’t be near our 10 spot on a performance at 12 where he really is not a 12 at all. I’d be very h...

Back to the Ross story/rumour, my reason for posting last week was he out of contract at the end of the season, was that the rumour of his leaving was mentioned at an outing I was at, would be sad to see him go but wouldn’t begrudge him especially with the lack of games he’s getting this season and ...

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑February 27th, 2024, 10:09 am Mike Adamson on Cardiff vs. Leinster.

How in gods name is he still a ref

Two things on this, I’m almost sure that the last style of friendly like this was where we played chile before the World Cup in a warmup for them. We hosted however chile streamed the match and had over 5k in viewers which was played midweek in the afternoon if I’m not mistaken. Leinster are very fo...

Is Ross molony out of contract at the end of the season?

Just been listening to several podcasts from our mainstream media over the last few days and I have to say it really disappoints me that they are not willing to be critical of players (especially when they come from wearing a red jersey) who have a poor performance for Ireland. Maybe I’m wrong but I...

Guess the writing is on the wall so for Michael Milne and he's out the door. Exciting side though - great to see Osborne and RB back. Keen to see how McErlean does - he was very exciting at 20s. Barron looks like he took advantage of McKee's injury this season to have possibly edged in front there ...

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑February 15th, 2024, 8:04 pm ross seems like a huge loss to scrum coaching in the province at even an academy level

Can’t fathom why he has not been brought in even on a consultancy basis for such a specialist role. He has so much brilliant knowledge

Thought Casey was the difference between a 36 point winning margin and a 50+ point winning margin if JGP had started. Frequently took the wrong option. The kick before half time was awful , we were sure to score if he kept the ball in play. Caolin Blade must be wondering what he has to do to get a ...

Melbourne Rebels have gone into voluntary administration. They'll play Super Rugby this year, but seems like the future is on rocky ground. I'd take Taniela Tupou as a Big Mike replacement for a few years if he was going cheap! Would be nice but couldn’t see rugby Australia letting him go with lion...

Delighted to see Leinster sorting more games out but it’s a bit of a downer that they haven’t managed to get one of them at home. Are they going to be on Leinster tv for viewing??

We are always going to be between two stools in terms of a home ground. The high construction costs of the relatively limited rds development proves that its not worth building our own stadium when we can rent the aviva. Maybe the qf will be in the rds due to the short turn around. For a long time ...

Bernard Jackman today saying POM the “clear cut” choice for Irish captain, literally a week after tipping Doris. I used to actually like Jackman and his analysis, but he’s turned into an awful chytehawk. He’ll say anything that comes into his head, typically with a view to jumping on any bandwagon....

Ps I’m in the camp of if Sam is good enough he is old enough to play. France have never had an issue with age and I. Understand there is always the risk that it goes wrong could seriously affect confidence and development going forward

I’d be disappointed if Burns somehow made his way back into an Ireland squad. He’s awful. Does 1 performance against Leinster get you international recognition? He was poor just last week against Toulouse or have people overlooked that? I understand injuries have opened the door but picking Prender...