Babbling 'brook

A lot of comments and pages devoted to Ronan O'Gara. He has really gotten under the skin of Leinster fans. Hate to burst that bubble, but whenever Farrell moves on, RoG will be favorite to take over. Likely in with Lancaster. He'll have at least 2 European Cups and maybe a Top 14 to his name when t...

A lot of comments and pages devoted to Ronan O'Gara. He has really gotten under the skin of Leinster fans. Hate to burst that bubble, but whenever Farrell moves on, RoG will be favorite to take over. Likely in with Lancaster. He'll have at least 2 European Cups and maybe a Top 14 to his name when th...

Shame about the dearth of Leinster men coaching though isn’t it, no chance there’s a dilemma of who to support when Munster are playing some foreigners because Brian O’Driscoll is in the Bordeaux coaching box. I don't bother with Irish rugby fans on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube so excuse the questi...

Again, I really have no problems with Munster fans supporting La Rochelle. Leinster are Munster's biggest rivals. I'm sure some were hoping for a Leinster win, some were neutral and some were supporting La Rochelle. You can be an Ireland fan and want Leinster to lose to anyone. There is nothing in t...

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2023/05/21/five-things-we-learned-final-frontier-ever-more-forbidding-for-leinster/ "5. Leinster fans need to up their game ... In each of Leinster’s last four games at the Aviva, their players have taken turns to encourage more from their supporters. The...

So Leinster practice Healy in 1, 2 and 3 and JDVF throwing into line outs.

But they haven't kicked a drop goal for over 6 years?

A few other things. So Leinster talked about this game meaning everything. They were hurting from last year. Various players talked about how individually they played well below their best. But every was geared towards this game. There's no Star for a URC win. Former players and journalists towed th...

Regardless if the result today I refuse to say this season was a loss, we've lost three games . Two of them by less than a score. COYBIB They lost the only games that matter. Unbeaten records v Dragons, Zebra and Lions has no great significance. Leinster are close to absolute greatness but they've ...

The problem Leinster have is next year will be the same. The lack of competition in games from September to April is really damaging. Hammering useless URC 2nd XVs sent to Dublin or substandard English clubs in Europe. Even many of the Interpro games are characterized by non full strength line ups g...

That might have been a one point game but it was the biggest one point beating I've ever seen. The entirety of second half felt like Leinster were paddling so hard to keep their noses above water but it was inevitable they were going to sink. Every single time we earned a turnover, we couldn't relie...

La R are the best team in Europe. 3 Finals on the bounce. Back-to-back wins would be epic. It'll be close - real close - but I have La R by less than 6. No shame in losing to this team. The problem is, if Leinster lose, there's nothing to play for next week. 80% of the games Leinster play week on we...

I was home over Christmas and Lifestyle had nothing. I don't want to buy jerseys, I think jerseys are for kids and people in their 20s and 30s (ie, the career span of a player). Some of the off field Adidas Leinster gear is really nice but I couldn't get anything. That's the second time I've been ho...

We have this same argument every season. If Munster fans want to support La R, so what. If Munster fans want to support Leinster, so what. If Munster fans want to remain neutral, so what. If Leinster fans want to support Stormers, so what. If Leinster fans want to support Munster, so what. If Leinst...

It seems like a uniquely Irish trait to make fun of others (Saffers especially) for complaing about referees when, if a result goes against us, we do the exact same thing. Fans of all teams moan. It would be nice if Irish fans dropped the nauseating high horse mentality. This was especially evident ...

Discussions around the media are always fascinating. We all have different opinions about who's good and who isn't. For me, Joe Molloy is comfortably the best. I don't mind presenters expressing their opinions. Sometimes that triggers a debate or an argument worth listening to. I don't know Molloy a...

Probably not worth jumping into this conversation with the Munster fan, but here we go. This is Munster's first game on Irish soil for 2 months. They haven't played a knock out game of rugby on Irish soil for 12 months. Their last European game in Ireland was in January. They're now out of Europe. S...

Interestingly the odds on Leinster have shortened from 1/12 to 1/10 while the spread and odds on Munster have stayed the same. I wonder what the reason is for that? Could have been lots of money going on Leinster so bookies give worse odds? 1/12 (92.3% win chance) is shorter than 1/10 (90.9% win ch...

My take on OTB's rugby coverage is you can pick and choose which contributors you want to listen to because from Monday morning to Friday, the talking points are the same. This is what happens when, in a 16 team tournament, there's only discussion or debate on 2 teams. If they gave 7 rugby segments...

My take on OTB's rugby coverage is you can pick and choose which contributors you want to listen to because from Monday morning to Friday, the talking points are the same. This is what happens when, in a 16 team tournament, there's only discussion or debate on 2 teams. If they gave 7 rugby segments...

You're simply never going to get any AIL coverage on OTB. It is only this season they've started to mainstream their League of Ireland coverage but that comes in the form of one weekly interview with Vinny Perth. But that's how they treat foreign leagues, like the weekly massaging of Graham Hunter's...