European Cup Semi-Final: Away to La Rochelle, Sunday 2nd of May 3pm

[Degz]

Currently our biggest rivals are Saracens.

Hopefully just a temporary little arrangement.

They'll be back, that's a guarantee.

Hence desperate to win at least one of the two Cups before they're back involved, put a bit of daylight between us and the upstarts.

[Lock9541]

Currently our biggest rivals are Saracens.

Hopefully just a temporary little arrangement.

They'll be back, that's a guarantee.

Hence desperate to win at least one of the two Cups before they're back involved, put a bit of daylight between us and the upstarts.

They might not get promoted they’re 3rd in the championship and Ealing Trailfinders are 1st.

[Laighin Break]

Hopefully just a temporary little arrangement.

They'll be back, that's a guarantee.

Hence desperate to win at least one of the two Cups before they're back involved, put a bit of daylight between us and the upstarts.

They might not get promoted they’re 3rd in the championship and Ealing Trailfinders are 1st.

With a game in hand over 1st and 2nd

[Lock9541]

They still haven’t won every game so they’re not exactly dominating the league. They lost to Cornish Pirates and even if they win their game in hand with a bonus point they’ll be have the same amount of points as Ealing Trailfinders so it’s tight enough.

[blockhead]

They'll be operating under a reduced budget too, £5m.
Well, the rest of the teams will.

[fourthirtythree]

la Rochelle wingers are flyers not sure Kearney has the speed for them tbh

They will, quite properly, be the neutrals' pick. Backs are easy on the eye, I particularly enjoy watching their Ghanaian winger Rhule who looks fantastic running.

[Twist]

Currently our biggest rivals are Saracens.

Who?

[Flash Gordon]

Currently our biggest rivals are Saracens.

The second tier English team currently sitting below Ealing and Doncaster in the table?

[Dave Cahill]

Our biggest rivals are Munster, to suggest anything else is ignorance, delusion, iconoclasm, or sheer stupidity (or a mix of all four). Are they our toughest opponents - probably not for the last 10 years or so, but considering the amount of time that so many people spend combing every form of media for mentions of munster to complain about, they seem to living rent free in peoples heads

[Flash Gordon]

Our biggest rivals are Munster, to suggest anything else is ignorance, delusion, iconoclasm, or sheer stupidity (or a mix of all four). Are they our toughest opponents - probably not for the last 10 years or so, but considering the amount of time that so many people spend combing every form of media for mentions of munster to complain about, they seem to living rent free in peoples heads

Don't want to be disrespectful to them but we beat Munster pretty much every time we play them and in every meaningful game we play them at. Fairly frequently in recent times, our second string has beaten them. Sure the players want to beat their mates and we want our team to beat our mates' teams but as a club with a primary objective of winning the European Cup, our rivals are Toulouse, Racing, Saracens, ASM, Toulon and maybe Exeter. As you know, Munster haven't been close to winning a European cup since the late 2000's.

[Avenger]

They are local rivals but so are Connacht and Ulster. The games against Munster are no more or less important than the ones against Connacht and Ulster for me. I don't like losing any of them but if ever there was a game against Munster to lose, that was it!

[wixfjord]

Lads who are ye trying to kid like

There's a rabid infatuation with Munster on this forum! Like we can all say we don't care about Munster, but the relentless slagging and posting about them says otherwise.

The Saracens thread in the Opposition & Other Clubs sub-forum is hardly hopping!

[CiaranIrl]

Doris won't be in contention now that he still has no gametime, so for this week I don't see him in the equation at all.

Can't see how Sexton makes it, given everything spouted to date. Question now is whether Harry or Frawley are fit to bench.

JGP ain't going to make it either, and I don't think you can risk no backup 9. SO I guess you've gotta pick HOS and hope Luke lasts the 80.

Think I'd now go DK over ROL, and have Larmour as break glass center cover.

I'd start Kearney and have Larmour on the bench personally. In fact, I'd go for a 6/2 split on the bench with Frawley & Larmour covering the backs if Sexton & JGP aren't fit. This game will be all about the forwards. If we can start Ryan, Toner, Ruddock, VDF, Conan and have Fardy, Baird and one of Doris or Penny on the bench, that would be a serious set of loose forwards.

Frawley is injured so is Harry.

Well if Sexton, Frawley and Harry are all injured, then I don't know. The noises from Leo about Frawley were hopeful I thought.

[Flash Gordon]

Lads who are ye trying to kid like

There's a rabid infatuation with Munster on this forum! Like we can all say we don't care about Munster, but the relentless slagging and posting about them says otherwise.

The Saracens thread in the Opposition & Other Clubs sub-forum is hardly hopping!

Could it be that most of us aren't that interested in the English second division? I've never heard of a place called Ampthill and didn't know that there was a university in Hartbury.

[wixfjord]

Lads who are ye trying to kid like

There's a rabid infatuation with Munster on this forum! Like we can all say we don't care about Munster, but the relentless slagging and posting about them says otherwise.

The Saracens thread in the Opposition & Other Clubs sub-forum is hardly hopping!

Could it be that most of us aren't that interested in the English second division? I've never heard of a place called Ampthill and didn't know that there was a university in Hartbury.

There was 27 pages in the Exeter thread, one of our greatest ever away wins in a Euro knockout.
There were 23 pages in the Munster thread from the weekend, a meaningless game.

I do find it funny how play down how much they care about and hate Munster while also talking ad nauseum about them.

Anyway, wrong thread to be discussing this.

[outcast eddie]

Lads who are ye trying to kid like

There's a rabid infatuation with Munster on this forum! Like we can all say we don't care about Munster, but the relentless slagging and posting about them says otherwise.

The Saracens thread in the Opposition & Other Clubs sub-forum is hardly hopping!

Could it be that most of us aren't that interested in the English second division? I've never heard of a place called Ampthill and didn't know that there was a university in Hartbury.

Pretty sure it's Hartpury near Gloucester. An agricultural/Equine college unless I'm mistaken.

[Peg Leg]

Lads who are ye trying to kid like

There's a rabid infatuation with Munster on this forum! Like we can all say we don't care about Munster, but the relentless slagging and posting about them says otherwise.

The Saracens thread in the Opposition & Other Clubs sub-forum is hardly hopping!

zactly, we have had Ireland international match threads run less pages than a postponed Munster match. We're a precious lot and their pride and sense of entitlement is perfect fodder for the heightened begrudgery. They are our biggest rivals because of the time we invested in trying to reach the heights they did. Take a look at POM playing in the chocolate teapot cup at the weekend, like a rabid dog he was, that's a rivalry!

Edit: I see Wixford you have pretty much said similar before I posted

[desperado]

even talking about talking about Munster generates more posts than lots of topics; and this topic is Away to LAR.

[Blue not red blood]

Am I correct in saying there wasn’t the usual injury update today ?

[cormac]

Am I correct in saying there wasn’t the usual injury update today ?

Sunday game this weekend so injury update will be on Tuesday.