A whiff of Cordite

[wixfjord]

James Ryan on Off the Ball being asked about his form and history of head injuries and concussion etc…

Pretty distasteful if you ask me, surely a man’s medical history is his own affair.

Maybe they told him they’d be asking about it, but the response didn’t seem prepared so it didn’t feel like it.

Link: https://youtu.be/N_dXiwYHUBQ

Distasteful?

If a guy was out with an ACL he'd be asked about it. Why would concussion be off limits? The questions were open and respectful.

It's a major issue for rugby, has been a big challenge for Ryan to get over and and if he didn't want to answer it he would've said so.

He spoke very well and clearly about the impact it had and went into very interesting detail about neck strength, gumshield tech and how it affected his game.

Brilliant interview by Molloy as usual with some fascinating insights into JR.

The stuff about his love of history and speech to the team was really good.

yes, I think anyone being asked about their person medical history is out of bounds. that includes ACL tears, broken shoulders or burst bollixes

Jaysus you must hate the weekly injury updates that Leinster give, or the even more regular media interviews with an injured player who is always asked 'how's the injury?'.

If someone doesn't want to talk about their injury history then fine, they can say no.

It's absolutely not 'out of bounds' for media to ask about an injury sustained in a pro sporting environment though.

[Oldschoolsocks]

Distasteful?

If a guy was out with an ACL he'd be asked about it. Why would concussion be off limits? The questions were open and respectful.

It's a major issue for rugby, has been a big challenge for Ryan to get over and and if he didn't want to answer it he would've said so.

He spoke very well and clearly about the impact it had and went into very interesting detail about neck strength, gumshield tech and how it affected his game.

Brilliant interview by Molloy as usual with some fascinating insights into JR.

The stuff about his love of history and speech to the team was really good.

yes, I think anyone being asked about their person medical history is out of bounds. that includes ACL tears, broken shoulders or burst bollixes

Jaysus you must hate the weekly injury updates that Leinster give, or the even more regular media interviews with an injured player who is always asked 'how's the injury?'.

If someone doesn't want to talk about their injury history then fine, they can say no.

It's absolutely not 'out of bounds' for media to ask about an injury sustained in a pro sporting environment though.

I’m not convinced that my response required an answer, I’m 100% convinced that this further response from me adds nothing to the conversation.

Funny how that works…

[hugonaut]

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic ... 86563.html

Fully unhinged article from Martin Breheny. Enjoy!

[Oldschoolsocks]

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic ... 86563.html

Fully unhinged article from Martin Breheny. Enjoy!

“… Ireland v England on Saturday should be in Croke Park rather than Lansdowne Road. Sorry, ‘The Aviva’, as it’s called these days.”

That’s as far as I got, so I actually don’t know if he talks about dancing at the crossroads or a nation of strong men and fair maidens but dollars to donuts thats the direction it’s heading …

[ronk]

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic ... 86563.html

Fully unhinged article from Martin Breheny. Enjoy!

“… Ireland v England on Saturday should be in Croke Park rather than Lansdowne Road. Sorry, ‘The Aviva’, as it’s called these days.”

That’s as far as I got, so I actually don’t know if he talks about dancing at the crossroads or a nation of strong men and fair maidens but dollars to donuts thats the direction it’s heading …

Saved by the paywall

[Oldschoolsocks]

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic ... 86563.html

Fully unhinged article from Martin Breheny. Enjoy!

“… Ireland v England on Saturday should be in Croke Park rather than Lansdowne Road. Sorry, ‘The Aviva’, as it’s called these days.”

That’s as far as I got, so I actually don’t know if he talks about dancing at the crossroads or a nation of strong men and fair maidens but dollars to donuts thats the direction it’s heading …

Saved by the paywall

[Barry]

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic ... 86563.html

Fully unhinged article from Martin Breheny. Enjoy!

“… Ireland v England on Saturday should be in Croke Park rather than Lansdowne Road. Sorry, ‘The Aviva’, as it’s called these days.”

That’s as far as I got, so I actually don’t know if he talks about dancing at the crossroads or a nation of strong men and fair maidens but dollars to donuts thats the direction it’s heading …

Can't happen for a long list of reasons but if it meant I'd get a ticket, I'd help carry the goalposts from Ballsbridge to Drumcondra

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[riocard911]

Personally, I would rather see a game of such importance played in Dublin in front of 80,000 people rather than 50,000.

[FLIP]

Personally, I would rather see a game of such importance played in Dublin in front of 80,000 people rather than 50,000.

I'd rather the IRFU keep as much money in house as possible. If we want higher attendances at Internationals, let's ignore the NIMBYs around the Aviva and upgrade the open end of the stadium to be as it should have been in the first place.

[IanD]

Personally, I would rather see a game of such importance played in Dublin in front of 80,000 people rather than 50,000.

But would you be willing to pay double the ticket price to make up the Million Euro it costs to rent Croke Park and the loss of corporate facilities and concessions?

[paddyor]

Personally, I would rather see a game of such importance played in Dublin in front of 80,000 people rather than 50,000.

But would you be willing to pay double the ticket price to make up the Million Euro it costs to rent Croke Park and the loss of corporate facilities and concessions?

The last point is interesting. Like in order to fulfill it's obligations to corporate ticket holders the GAA went thru that convulted super 8s nonsense a few years ago.

[LeinsterLeader]

Personally, I would rather see a game of such importance played in Dublin in front of 80,000 people rather than 50,000.

But would you be willing to pay double the ticket price to make up the Million Euro it costs to rent Croke Park and the loss of corporate facilities and concessions?

I gotta be honest, I would! I'm not sure if there'd be many takers but I certainly would be one of them.

For something like this price is never the issue (it's why touts are looking for €1,300+), the issue is availability.

[Laighin Break]

Gatty's article in the Torygraph My 23-man Lions squad – and why no Wales players are in it... right now (courtesy of the archive.ph trick).

Very strange article for him to write but most interesting are his comments on James Ryan:
"We wanted to take him on the Lions tour in 21 but he was unavailable for personal reasons, and he has since grown and matured into a world-class lock with great leadership skills. He has an excellent all-round game."

[blockhead]

Gatty's article in the Torygraph My 23-man Lions squad – and why no Wales players are in it... right now (courtesy of the archive.ph trick).

Very strange article for him to write but most interesting are his comments on James Ryan:
"We wanted to take him on the Lions tour in 21 but he was unavailable for personal reasons, and he has since grown and matured into a world-class lock with great leadership skills. He has an excellent all-round game."

No Coombes?!?! FFS
Gatty picks almost as many Leinster Goys as Faz.

[Theleinsterlad]

Gatty's article in the Torygraph My 23-man Lions squad – and why no Wales players are in it... right now (courtesy of the archive.ph trick).

Very strange article for him to write but most interesting are his comments on James Ryan:
"We wanted to take him on the Lions tour in 21 but he was unavailable for personal reasons, and he has since grown and matured into a world-class lock with great leadership skills. He has an excellent all-round game."

No Coombes?!?! FFS
Gatty picks almost as many Leinster Goys as Faz.

[hugonaut]

Gatty's article in the Torygraph My 23-man Lions squad – and why no Wales players are in it... right now (courtesy of the archive.ph trick).

Very strange article for him to write but most interesting are his comments on James Ryan:
"We wanted to take him on the Lions tour in 21 but he was unavailable for personal reasons, and he has since grown and matured into a world-class lock with great leadership skills. He has an excellent all-round game."

So many thoughts on this I can barely string them together.

Is Gatland:
a] getting down on paper that the Welsh team he took over don't have any good players?
b] trying to motivate his Welsh players with the stick rather than the carrot, i.e. by criticism rather than encouragement, by saying that none of them are good enough to make a 23 man squad from Ireland, Scotland, Engand and Wales?
c] simply responding to a request to write an article about a hypothetical 2023 Lions team and responding with complete honesty and no side?

I get that he has been Lions coach for three tours and that he is seen by many as 'Mr Lions'. Him doing an article like this holds more weight than somebody like Townsend or Farrell, who have been assistant Lions coaches. But I couldn't f*cking even begin to imagine them saying yes to writing this article.

Gatland is the Welsh head coach at the moment, and his team just won one game in the championship. If he thinks it's a good idea to write an article about how good other players are compared to his just two or three days after the tournament ended, that's up to him. It seems like a f*cking bonkers idea to me.

[fourthirtythree]

Gatty's article in the Torygraph My 23-man Lions squad – and why no Wales players are in it... right now (courtesy of the archive.ph trick).

Very strange article for him to write but most interesting are his comments on James Ryan:
"We wanted to take him on the Lions tour in 21 but he was unavailable for personal reasons, and he has since grown and matured into a world-class lock with great leadership skills. He has an excellent all-round game."

So many thoughts on this I can barely string them together.

Is Gatland:
a] getting down on paper that the Welsh team he took over don't have any good players?
b] trying to motivate his Welsh players with the stick rather than the carrot, i.e. by criticism rather than encouragement, by saying that none of them are good enough to make a 23 man squad from Ireland, Scotland, Engand and Wales?
c] simply responding to a request to write an article about a hypothetical 2023 Lions team and responding with complete honesty and no side?

I get that he has been Lions coach for three tours and that he is seen by many as 'Mr Lions'. Him doing an article like this holds more weight than somebody like Townsend or Farrell, who have been assistant Lions coaches. But I couldn't f*cking even begin to imagine them saying yes to writing this article.

Gatland is the Welsh head coach at the moment, and his team just won one game in the championship. If he thinks it's a good idea to write an article about how good other players are compared to his just two or three days after the tournament ended, that's up to him. It seems like a f*cking bonkers idea to me.

Was coming here to post this. The guy is on massive cheddar from Wales to get results and he's getting paid by someone else to put his excuses out early. He didn't need to take the cash if he knew it wasn't going to work.

I know, as with Jones, people will say he's playing 5D chess. I just think it's because he's a dick and he can't not be a dick.

[Ruckedtobits]

To see Nubbock figure so prominently in GT's report on the Leinster v Stormers game suggest that Gerry's most recent shopping list must have included a spell-check for fashionable shoes or an outdoor coat.

[TerenureJim]

Anyone else listen to Wednesday night rugby on Newstalk? Bizarrely short on build up to a champions cup weekend even mentioning there being zero buzz about the inter pro element despite then being corrected that it is a sell out. They’re giving huge amounts of air/podcast time to women’s six nations but seems to cut into the usual time they have for rugby, seems a shame they can’t grow both.

[Barry]

Anyone else listen to Wednesday night rugby on Newstalk? Bizarrely short on build up to a champions cup weekend even mentioning there being zero buzz about the inter pro element despite then being corrected that it is a sell out. They’re giving huge amounts of air/podcast time to women’s six nations but seems to cut into the usual time they have for rugby, seems a shame they can’t grow both.

Have given up listening to OTB, they occasionally have good guests but the OTB presenters know absolutely nothing about rugby

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