Babbling 'brook

Schumi wrote: ↑March 2nd, 2024, 8:43 pm Penalty try if the offside player stops a try surely?

Absolutely.

Sorry lads, it's my fault. Turned the game on just to see Russell scored, wife called me to dinner just after Deegans, turned it back on now for Clarksons try. Won't be turning off again I promise

Malachy Clerkin is a very good journalist, not because I always agree with him, I regularly disagree vehemently with his analysis, but because I always feel the need to read his articles. His piece today is headlined, and mostly devoted to Brian Kerr, and I agree with the thrust of his sentiments i...

Think its fair to say this issue is getting steadily worse every year. As a Leinster fan who goes to every home game and probably 5-6 away games I have no interest in going to a 6N game. Once seated in Block H of Grandstand in RDS before K.O I never have to move until H.T as those around me are the...

LeinsterLeader wrote: ↑February 25th, 2024, 4:02 pm 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.

Some of our provincial cousins are talking about JRs form dropping off a cliff. Shows what they know.

Jager doesn't look at this level. What did he do wrong? I thought he played fine in a messy period for us. One scrum penalty- not necessarily on him- or even a right call. Passed a couple of balls nicely, and got to his place in the line quickly. You’re very quick to write him off on a first cap. F...

Playing Wales is like wrestling with a pig in manure. You may win but you'll come up covered in sh!t. We managed to pull out the bonus point win despite the shift in refereeing after the first half, and Wales couldn't score by themselves. Lots to work on, especially structurally. At times Crowley wa...

To play devil's advocate, are we happy to keep guys in the squad who are happy to be third and fourth fiddle despite being good enough to be lead violin? Is that lack of personal and professional ambition a good thing? Is someone willing to play that role not someone we should really be moving on? ...

The Sarries game is a ticketed event in the StoneX.

Over here in England tickets for 6 nations are generally allocated to clubs who distribute them as they see fit. Some better off clubs can sell to members, others need to sell them to sponsors to make ends meet. I can imagine the same is true for Irish clubs, and stopping it will severely damage the...

I'm not sure that Casey had as terrible a game as some are saying, his passing in general is quick and accurate. His kicking game on the other hand is not great and some of the decisions he makes are also suspect. I'm guessing that will come with more experience but I did enjoy his BS being called ...

Garbisi is going to have nightmares about Joe McCarthy hunting him down for the next few weeks.

And probably more so, his sideways step was also forward so he can't really complain

riocard911 wrote: ↑February 10th, 2024, 5:11 pm Wales pay the price for playing silly buggers under their own posts.

Who concedes a try against 13 men with a winger in a 7 man scrum?

Cardiff is a shithole Great stadium, but the place has repeatedly shown that it can't cope with large numbers of visiting fans, when it comes to accommodation and flight access Cardiff isn't great in terms of bed numbers, but Llanelli is 80mins away, Swansea an hour, Newport 15 mins and Bristol 45 ...

PeteIRL wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2024, 6:49 pm

Observingprop123 wrote: ↑February 3rd, 2024, 6:43 pm The 15 out defensive system is an utter nightmare, the lack of attacking the ruck and threat of turnover really makes it awful for playing at higher levels. So glad we threw it in the bin.

Could you explain 15 out?

Nobody in rucks, tacklers working fast to get back on their feet

Finn Russell has the backbone of a jellyfish

Clear wheeling from the french, you can see the french th pulling porters arm

France collapse the maul, knock on the ball over the line, end result is yellow card and try. Woof.

What a home town decision, he was taken out by his own player