Babbling 'brook

I hate to say it, but today I felt like I was watching Ireland in the quarter-final of the RWC, where before kick off one has the not unreasonable assumption - on form, in comparison of the team selections etc. - that they'll advance to the next round; and then somehow they manage not to. Consider t...

Was just listening to Brent Pope on OTB. He was at a loss to explain Leinster's inability to impose their game on the opposition, when it counted most, having essentially blown everyone else away this season. Certainly, I was afraid, that playing a French team in the South of France, we were gonna f...

paddyor wrote: ↑May 28th, 2022, 7:26 pm Don’t buy the power argument at all. That was mental imo.

+1

Gotta take your hat off to la Rochelle, gutted. Youd have to say when sexton went off, it all went pear shaped He wasn't great when he was on, but Ross was poor. His lack of athleticism at top level is a real hindrance. I agree. When he came on I had zero confidence he'd get us out of a sticky situ...

enby wrote: ↑May 28th, 2022, 6:50 pm They deserved the win. We made far too many mistakes and never got going.

3 tries to nil. Enough said

We choked.

Well done, La Rochelle. Am sickened.

Typical French TV production - damn all shots of the LAR neckroll, they got penalised for, shown.

CiaranIrl wrote: ↑May 28th, 2022, 4:03 pm My nerves are shot. The last few hours have passed slowly.

Who ya tellin'? Me tummy's in bits!

Whats the chance of Munster dropping the fields? There were rumours that they were going to replace it with "Zombie" after their almost miracle match a few weeks back. Maybe someone realised the irony in Munster fans singing about the shambling brain dead masses. It’s about the Warrington...

Best of luck today guys. Looking over the last few seasons it is incredible to think that Leinster haven’t lifted this cup more. It has a feeling that Leinster have been building to this, and the accumulation of near misses will make this victory even sweeter. I do find myself a bit torn today as 2...

Match Preview "Hear about Helenowski and Brown? They got into a helluva scrap with six Mexicans at some bar. Helenowski lost six pints of blood. Brown's in a coma." "I heard Helenowski lost an eye and they're reading Brown the last rites". "What?? I have the report right he...

The rugby weekly podcast doing something I have hardly ever heard. Actually giving Leo Cullen his dues with some analysis on his role as Head Coach. To give him his due, Donal Lenihan has been complimenting Leo's man-management skills for a while now - and that in the highest terms. The funniest bi...

A number of our Ireland u20 squad are back in camp this week in the build up to an International tournament in Verona with fixtures against France , South Africa and England. The UCD men are: Conor O’Tighearnaigh Diarmuid Mangan Michael Moloney Fionn Gibbons Shane Mallon Dylan OGrady James Culhane ...

A bit of appreciation for the rugby Leinster have played this season from the Grauniad's Robert Kitson: Leinster’s savage beauty could make them Europe’s greatest champions Leinster could draw level with Toulouse’s five titles this weekend and the scary thing is they are still improving https://www....

I was a big fan of Muhammed Ali as a kid. The Daddyman even took me to see him fight Blue Lewis in Croker. Later I was a massive fan of Mike Tyson. Some of the first and second round KO's he achieved were incomparable - to this day. He was one of the greatest fighters of all time, but loads of moro...

The scribes are missing a huge opportunity or maybe don't want to see it. This match is the classic David v Goliath. The need for the game to find a saviour. Brute force needs to be overcome for the sake of the future of the game. Leinster can be that beacon of light, that bastion of quality that c...

I was a big fan of Muhammed Ali as a kid. The Daddyman even took me to see him fight Blue Lewis in Croker. Later I was a massive fan of Mike Tyson. Some of the first and second round KO's he achieved were incomparable - to this day. He was one of the greatest fighters of all time, but loads of moron...

blockhead wrote: ↑May 26th, 2022, 8:06 pm

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑May 26th, 2022, 7:57 pm I dont care what anyone has to say, just win and get that 5th star.

Cheers mildly.
Yep thats what its all about.

100%. Get the job done and **** the begrudgers!

This has come up again. Maro Itoje will no longer sing it https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2022/0526/1301339-itoje-vows-to-no-longer-sing-swing-low-sweet-chariot/ He's right too. I remember well the early 80s when visiting English fans on the lash would sing it, with the big joke being the masturbato...

Interesting comment that KRavenhill is turning to a 3G pitch. That's disappointing, but I'm not surprised. Compared to our one in the RDS their pitch in Ravers frequently looks in absolute rag order, as if they don't water it enough or something. Last Friday for the Sharks match for example the ver...