Babbling 'brook

mildlyinterested wrote:

FtD wrote: ↑April 15th, 2024, 1:14 pm Jordie Barrett is contracted through the end of next season.

You probably could have held your breath after all

Not sure how I feel about this. Electric signing, makes us better, triple-A no debate. Presumably offset by Ngatai leaving - he’s never let us down but fitness killed his time here. Sad to see him go but hardly a massive loss Only 6 months - is ot worth it for all the opprobrium? Presumably means a...

To be fair on McRae his side of it is that O’Gara attacked his testicles in the previous two contacts they had in that game. He was defenceless at the time. I have seen myself O’Gara doing stuff like taking a detour on the way back to rejoin play to stamp on an injured player so his story may have ...

Oh my god what a pleasant surprise! The tries, the tackles; it was pharmaceutical grade rugby!

SaoPaulo41 wrote:Score predictions for today?

For me 24-13 leinster

Couldn’t sleep with excitement! But when I think about it coolly I just think Ryan is too big a loss

That’s pretty poor from you Dexter, you’re normally an excellent poster. As a long time City fan, I’m well used to the media hatchet jobs & the rants of bitter rival fans over the years but it’s disappointing to see tired cliched sh1te like that here. If you’re going to go along with the use of...

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

It's surprising how little the Irish media have picked up on ROGs misogyny from the latest magazine feature he did. The article is 8 years old tbf - and don't think he has done any media since. But will be interesting to see if he is asked about it And it was in the Sindo. I’m not saying they’d inv...

Note worthy that Chris Ashton felt Leinster have a tendency to lose their way at times in games and top teams like LAR may be able to capitalise on this. There is certainly a lot of evidence to support this view. Also , I agree with Berch's idea that losing this weekend will break Leinster, it will...

Apparently that win over Sharks is the first ever European knockout game Ospreys have won? Thats incredible

Room for one more pessimist? That wasn't even Tigers' first choice squad. If they'd been at full strength I think.they'd have turned us over. I'll have to watch it back for more specific gripes but on first viewing; the pack seemed to lack a focal point. You'd expect Ryan to be that guy. That perfor...

I see Glasgow’s online fans are whinging about the referee again. Is it may imagination or is this the default reaction for Scottish teams now? Including the national team, I mean

They’re approaching Saffer levels of paranoia and bad sportsmanship

Ruaidhri O’Connor: Leinster have become Europe’s big underachievers – they have to win the Champions Cup this year https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/champions-cup/ruaidhri-oconnor-leinster-have-become-europes-big-underachievers-they-have-to-win-the-champions-cup-this-year/a2043711484.html Few ...

Scotland's summer tour is of the Americas, with Tests against USA, Canada, Chile and Uruguay. I wonder if this is beneficial getting such an easy ride? Kudos to them though for supporting some of the up and coming teams. Scotland haven't played a test match in New Zealand since 2000 and their last ...

Do they pick & choose like that?

It’s a year away but I’ve a feeling Le Crunch will be the defining match next year

We’re on top of the all time Six Nations table. Hooray!

The points difference column makes very pleasant reading. We’re +84, needy best is France on 6, Scotland on 0 and everyone else is in the red.

It’s a weird feeling to win the Six Nations but play so poorly. Maybe it’ll look different on rewatch Scotland’s defence was outstanding, but some of our decisions to kick for the corner were poor. We could have kicked a handy 9 points in that second half and been out of sight. Instead we were dange...

I wonder if the English media still hate bonus points?

Yeah, another unbeaten year is a huge achievement regardless of France’s inability to do the basics here. If England were somehow to blow this it wouldnt make us a better team.