Babbling 'brook

Serb wrote: ↑April 12th, 2024, 12:11 pm When do La Rochelle announce their team? Nothing from the social channels yet

They just don't have the profile we do.

Healy has to wait for his record.

Nice touch to show a picture of Connors showing the big call.

Good news, mostly for Munster.

Way more drama than should have been needed.

And here we are. Game is tomorrow team, will be announced in a bit over an hour.

A few big calls in a few positions but a lot of the rest is set in stone.

2006 is what we had to grow beyond to have 2009 (and later).

There's a lot of 2009 going on with the way we're being written off as incapable of not flaking out.

If we go 6-2 we have to plan for our 10 doing 80. And it has to he Frawley on the bench. So the choice becomes Connors and Frawley, or a Byrne and an outside back. With options missing it's Turner, Russell or Ringrose. So unless someone has a niggle then it looks like 6-2. We probably start Connors ...

People, there's no point arguing with each other, it's too late we can't possible compete with the ineffable genius of ROG. He's taken his team to a wildlife park in Cork, what hope do we have now. He knows our weaknesses and we're helpless against it. The mind games are out of this world, I mean Fo...

129 Ireland caps. 4 to go to equal BODs record (though he Lions caps)

273 Leinster caps. 7 to go to equal Toner's 280.



Really incredible.

Blue Man wrote: ↑April 11th, 2024, 3:14 pm Let’s worry about this on Sunday (hopefully!)

I absolutely do not want to be talking about next season on Sunday.

Leinster beat Saracens in the QF in 2018, and subsequently won the Cup Yeah, but then we lost to them in 2019 & 2020 and have been beaten by La Rochelle in the last three years. [emoji24] So only two teams have beaten Leinster in a European knockout game since 2017. Impressive! Toulouse beat us...

Dunne is a big lad. But he's not really a Damien Browne, Jean Kleyn or Jason Jenkins tighthead lock. He's mobile and is more of a back on your feet quick player than a get your rest on the openside/scrumhalf type.

Scarlets might go well for him. He's no all-action Beirne either though.

I'd imagine the new competition is partly due to SA joining.

No, she did a photoshoot, sponsored marketing events and an interview together.

Partners (& players) get more privacy if they want. They need to work hard to build that sort of profile.

The bank of mom and dad analogy is really the story of the prodigal son. Leinster had to make cuts because of Munster's spending. One reason to want a self sufficient Munster is so our budget isn't getting hit along with our squad being raided. The prem clubs were allowed take their risks but the RF...

4m in operational debt seems kind of mad. Kind of funny in the context of them wanting to hang on to Snyman. And yes I realise his wages were paid by outsiders bung money in under the table which when you say it makes the operation debt even more bizarre. Didn't the Ulster CEO just lose his job bec...

Murray goes deep on Munster: FOR THE SECOND season in a row, Munster exited the Champions Cup at the Round of 16 stage. It’s certainly not what Graham Rowntree’s side aspire to. There’s no doubt a crippling injury list and the sickness that swept through their squad last week were big contributing ...

Two Munster lads in my office already over to me to tell me they are going to the match on Saturday, not to support Leinster, could be quite the few of them there. If I see any Red shirts on Saturday I'll remind them that they've got confused, their team are eliminated and you're not welcome unless...

We have a game to look forward to, they don't.

I'm not sure what we'd do with loads of weeks off because we don't often get them. I'm exited about this weekend.

Here are the teams from that day. Not Leinsters strongest year ever. Teams named for first Aviva Stadium game The Leinster/Ulster and Connacht/Munster teams for the O2 Challenge, the historic first game in Aviva Stadium, has been named. FRI, 30 JUL, 2010 - 14:09 The Leinster/Ulster and Connacht/Muns...

A long bus back from Fota