Babbling 'brook

Is it time for the introduction of AI TMOs. Definitely something the IRB should be looking at for the future. Interestingly some levels of baseball have brought in AI Umpires for calling foul balls / strikes. The percentage of foul balls went up considerably as borderline (slightly out) calls that ...

I dont think we have a thread for any other referee. I dont see why we would want one for Frank Murphy. I think we need one now haha I know, I re-opened the "Frank Murphy" thread elsewhere, as I suspected the outcome last Saturday, one way or the other, might revolve around Frank Murphy's...

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/dave-kearney-to-leave-leinster-rugby-at-the-end-of-the-season/ It’s been nearly 14 years to the day since some of us first had the privilege of seeing Dave wearing the Leinster Rugby jersey for the first time. As we reflect on his career, the overriding feeling may be si...

Ruckedtobits wrote: ↑May 10th, 2023, 10:58 pm

Xanthippe wrote: ↑May 10th, 2023, 10:17 pm Really disappointed that Hollie Davidson didn’t make it - thought she definitely deserved to be there

+1
She certainly deserved at least an AR appointment.

+2

and I seem to recall another Thread, in 2017, about a different Referee, which started with...

Xanthippe wrote: ↑November 26th, 2017, 10:32 pm Massive congratulations to our own Joy Neville who won the World Rugby Referee of the Year Award tonight

Given the number of interprovincial matches he has refereed since 2016, in advance of Saturday's game I wondered if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Murphy_(rugby_union) has had a thread to himself on this Forum.....apparently not since he became a Referee...! {although he did have three before h...

will this thread get to a 6th page????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phSxxVJCZsc

double post

I've already said far more than I know about this topic!

Ray Donovan wrote: ↑May 1st, 2023, 2:48 pm James Lowe in a race to be fit for the European Cup final.

Sounds eerily familiar!

Nah; Paternity Leave.... Maith an buachaill !

A win against Sharks confirms Connacht playing in the Champions Cup next season....

One point in Ngatai - he will know very well the two centres he's up against. Akhi he has directly come up against and won against before for Lyon. Barrassi is an ex centre partner of his who he'll know inside out. and vice versa?? :?: Ringrose is the real difference at centre (i.e. better than the...

Leinster currently on 4/1 on to beat Toulouse at Paddy Power. Toulouse are 11/4 and the spread is 7 points. Outright they have us at 4/9, La Rochelle at 7/2, Toulouse 9/2, and Exeter 14/1. 1/4 surely, not 4/1? yea 1/4 4/1 On = 1/4 ? why do they use the word "on"?? In fairness...betting od...

IanD wrote: ↑April 26th, 2023, 2:54 pm Live commentary on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1.

Time to find and recharge your old mp3 player with a built in fm radio.

or any device using patent No. 7777 for “tuned or syntonic telegraphy”.....?

lots of good seats available now according to that map - well worth waiting for it to come up - i suspect it also points towards an issue selling out this match; many went to the Ulster game, the Leicester game and are going to the Toulouse match; there will be very few Sharks (i.e. "away"...

The RDS is unavailable for the rest of the season, so we won't be playing anyone there. What's on after Bruce? Given that The Boss tends to come on stage and play straight through for 3 hours, ..the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, house-rocking, earth-quaking, booty-shaking, Viagra-taking, love-mak...

Positives. Connors is a machine Milne is a beast Vakh is more than a scrummager TOB is back and tackling like a blindside Prendergast got some.great gametime Turner looks useful Cosgrave has a boot on him Soroka is a whitling dervish of destructive play McElroy was a find Negatives Nick McCarthy is...

hugonaut wrote: ↑October 8th, 2022, 9:10 pm Ferocious game. One of the best I have ever seen at the RDS.

We know who our next coach will be as well. Noel McNamara has that Sharks attack cutting teams to shreds.

And now we get to do it all again in Lansdowne Rd.....

TBF - at €395 they're paying a pretty full price for a Cat 1 ticket, a lukewarm chicken supreme with some cheap wine and a load of banal chat from some wider squad players. The only enticing thing about that package is the 2.5 hour pre and 1 hour post free bar - if you got the right group of 10 tog...

Massive risk to send Jenkins imo. No idea why we're doing that. Joe MacArthy is injured and Charlie Ryan(was promoted from academy last year) retired. Molony has been flogged(22/23 games so far) to cover up there and Jenkins absence. We don’t have many options do we? We had didn’t have any sub lock...