Babbling 'brook

enby wrote: ↑April 14th, 2024, 3:24 pm I hope Treviso win it now. That was a very strong team they had out today

They have a good 1st choice 15. The team today was stronger than Connachts IMO. Although Connacht didn't help themselves at all.

I don't really buy this idea of ROG as a cheque book coach. He joins La Rochelle ahead of the 2019-20 season with Jonno Gibes as his Director of Rugby. Then he becomes top dog for the 2021-22 season. He certainly hasn't signed most of their best players. Botia and Atonio are over a decade at La Roc...

I hope I’m wrong but I really can’t see us getting more than 50k to Croke Park. ERC is organising which won’t help. The best hope is group offers and deeply discounted tickets. I think Nowlan Park would have been a much better option IMHO. Appreciate the immediate financial considerations but takin...

It's the incompetent EPCR that have made a mockery of the competition, the Bulls have just highlighted it.
Remember the time Montpellier were afraid to play Leinster and the clowns awarded them a BP win?

Twist wrote: ↑April 12th, 2024, 12:35 pm

Dexter wrote:Abu Dhabi City are the equivalent of a Toulon/Saracens/La Rochelle combo.
Horrible.

You can add Dublin Saint-Germaine to da bleedin list too

I call them Qatar Saint-Germaine.

Plus you have Saudi Arabia United in the NE of England. You know the lads with the black and white striped shirts?

Lucky us that they've already effectively killed the Heineken Cup then! The European Cup is on the ground but still just about alive and kicking, mainly because of the Irish clubs (Aviva crowd last weekend, lots of travelling Munster supporters in Northampton). It looks like they're trying to strik...

Reaching this point in the planning process is a significant achievement for EPCR chairman Dominic McKay and chief executive Jacques Raynaud

Do these guys never learn?

Luke Marshall retiring at the end of the season. Injuries really did for what could have been an incredible career - he looked like an amazing player at u20 levels, by some considerable distance the best young player in Ireland Don't know if you remember his performance for the Lein/ulster combo at...

As you would expect from Munster, nothing was left on the pitch effort wise but unfortunately they just lack quality and depth and the years of the academy not producing a conveyor belt is coming home to roost for both them and Ireland (same is true of Ulster in my view). Blood and guts only gets y...

Looking at the outcomes and body language on Saturday evening and reviewing both since, that performance had all the hallmarks of a week of low, or no, emotional preparation what so ever. That may have been a gamble, but with the second-half against Bulls in the recent memory bank, they would have ...

Dave Cahill wrote: ↑April 8th, 2024, 6:52 pm

deco wrote: ↑April 8th, 2024, 6:43 pm RTÉ doing a piece on Ronanogaraslarochelle after the six-one add break.

I'm sure many leinster fans will hatewank themselves dry over it

Eh... ok...
That sounds horrendous

Dexter wrote: ↑April 7th, 2024, 2:17 pm Don't bother trying to buy tickets with the STH link in the email yet.
The usual sh1t with no seat map and selling all the cr@p tickets in the corners.

I take it back. Seat map up now.

Don't bother trying to buy tickets with the STH link in the email yet.
The usual sh1t with no seat map and selling all the cr@p tickets in the corners.

ronk wrote: ↑April 7th, 2024, 1:19 pmIgnore who?

I'm not sure, I've forgotten.

ROG has LAR based in Cork for week for training camp . Of course he does :roll: Will at least give the Munster Fans something to get behind after they lose to Northampton today :green clap: I’m no fan of Lar coach but I think we are better not giving him any oxygen for this one. Best way to treat h...

Northampton playing brain dead stuff and Munster taking advantage.

I'm loving the pessimism. Always a good omen.

We play well next weekend we win comfortably. Play mediocre and we squeeze a win. Play poorly and we lose.
It's that simple. All we can do is turn up and roar the lads on.

Perfect outcome. Very mediocre performance and a comfortable win. It's impossible to play like we did last vs Bulls for 3 weeks in a row,.
Loads to improve on but still into the next round, good stuff.

Dave Cahill wrote: ↑April 6th, 2024, 5:05 pm It is entirely impossible to predict a Manie Libbok kick, any part of the pitch, any distance, any conditions, any time of the match, he is equally likely to pop it over or push it a mile wide.

That's so true.