Babbling 'brook

Have teams completely forgotten about the drop goal? Agreed - anytime between 70 & 74 mins Racing could have relatively easily taken the lead....putting serious pressure on Exeter to try and retake the lead (particularly after Exeter went down to 14 men around the middle of that passage of play; an...

Yeah I can see that.. personally I don't think leinster's young 9's have played enough rugby between 19 and 22 to develop . Patterson, HOS & Foley haven't played 9 consistently at AIL level and given they weren't primarily 9's in their school years, that's an issue. I hope Gilsenan makes the academ...

you'd wonder why... re: scrumhalf play. it's a difficult one.. is it coaching, confidence, lack of ability? There is the part that Fanning wrote about relatively recently in the Indo, in that at a young age, coaches put the smallest guy in the team in at No9 and essentially make him a complete serv...

I'd expect Leo has a plan of who'll be featuring in each match with the less experienced players penciled in for specific matches. We could use Toner, Fardy and Molony as the second rows in all of the next 6 games but I'd expect both Jack Dunne and Charlie Ryan to feature at times, even if the othe...

I think it's inaccurate to say that Murray isn't in form. He has, over the last 18+ months, carried out the various game plans of assorted coaches to perfection. I disagree Dave. He certainly has been doing that since the restart, but he was making a lot of mistakes in 2019 that were down to nobody...

PPE made a few breaks on Friday and Leinster were unphased some of the time if he wasnt immediately at the ruck. Its not the players, its the system. Weighting ref interpretations to give more tap penalty opportunities at age grade level would be one useful step. Yeah, seems like our system is for ...

You can never beat the welsh enough Some good a lot bad. Inability to work out how to play the ref was telling. Worked the tries well. Fineen and gav coming of age Could be a huge result for the conference So true. I don't think the Scarlets looked close to scoring a try over 80 minutes. As I write...

Keenan was always a solid all rounder but now he’s becoming excellent in most areas . I couldn’t get over his work rate last night, especially his kick chase. There was one where he came from the opposite side of the pitch to put pressure on the Dragons near the corner, made me tired just watching ...

Sale, with 16 positive Covid-19 tests, want to fulfil their weekend fixture against Worcester [source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct/02/premiership-sale-16-covid-cases-rugby-union ]. The PRL has no regulation with regards to cancelling/postponing matches for multiple Covid-19 positive t...

A lot of good performances tonight, enjoyed it a lot and I don't ask for much more than that these days, though opposition weren't up to much they had their moments and those were dealt with pretty comfortably in the main. Lacked clinical finishing in second half, left a lot of points out there but...

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October 2nd, 2020, 11:40 pm

Porter and Deegan injured too.

Max didn't look good. I fear the worst, unfortunately.

Roberts historically put less effort into Rabodirect/Magners League games than Owen Finegan. I have really high hopes for Frawley, but getting one over on one of the laziest players to ever play in the league won't confirm them. However, with Leinster being a high profile team, it could be that Rob...

Very happy to see Keenan and Larmour swap positions. I think it's the best use of resources tbh. Frawley in an otherwise first choice backline is exciting to see. Looking forward to this. Sent from my SM-G531F using Tapatalk I agree, I think it's a good selection. I'm pleased that the coaches haven...

The pearly blue effervescence evokes a time not long ago when the patina on a polished concrete kitchen top sparkled with some drops of spilled champagne celebrated the might of the booming Celtic Tiger economy and Cuige Laigheann ready to take its place amongst the greats not just of world rugby, ...

Interesting post !! Would be interested in people's views on 'in an ideal world' what type of league would be the best ???? For me it's pretty simple a league with the best Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English teams knocking seven shades of sh1t out of each other in a two division format with Promo a...

I might be in the minority here, but I think this is ridiculous. The idea that you make a 19,000km round trip [Durban to Dublin, return] to fulfil a regular season fixture is absolutely crazy. It is mind-boggling. On an environmental basis alone it is irresponsible. To my eyes, this is a Celtic Tige...

Looks like we need to sign some NIQs for our 'A' team.

Or just imagine Israel Folau without the homophobia. Interesting stuff Hugo, last time I checked up on he seemed to be doing well although I don't know a thing about AFL. I think one of our coaches mentioned that we were still in touch with him didn't they? Can't remember the details and it must be...

Confirmed 2020/21 Guinness PRO14 Fixtures Round 1: Leinster Rugby v Dragons, Friday, October 2, RDS Arena – 8.15pm Round 2: Benetton v Leinster Rugby, Saturday, October 10, Stadio Monigo – 5.15pm (Irish time) Round 3: Leinster Rugby v Zebre, Friday, October 23, RDS Arena – 7.35pm Round 4: Glasgow W...

Bit of a floating subject here, but Conor Glass [a Derryman and Conor Nash's team-mate and best friend at Hawthorn] has called an end to his career in the AFL with immediate effect [source: https://www.the42.ie/irish-afl-player-conor-glass-to-return-home-after-retiring-with-immediate-effect-5212493-...