Babbling 'brook

Rumoured Max Deegan is leaving and Ed Byrne. While Lasisi, Murphy, Cosgrave are being released from academy. Talk of Brownlee/Turner being courted to move south or north. Faster contract season is over the better. Deegan has to go. He's had a brilliant season and is no closer to the Euro squad. I'l...

Box Office move.. Munster fans only jealous that its not them. Sure, they wouldn't know what to do with him. It'd be like expecting a McLaren to do the work of a combine. They'd know exactly what to do with them. They sign international centres every season and get them to play below their potentia...

Ps for those moaning about our transfer policy, first we ain’t finished and second believe in our coaching team to get it right, they have not let us down since Leo took over. I don't think I've seen anyone moaning about us signing Jordie Barrett on here... I would imagine there is plenty of it on ...

Agree. And loose head and scrumhalf as well before centre We need neither a loosehead nor a scrum half. In fact, we probably have one loosehead too many. He plays every position from 10 - 15. We have already signed a second row and there is zero possibility we can sign another NIQ there. This signi...

Can’t see much point in that signing at all. We need, in that order, a second row, wing and tighthead. With Henshaw, Ringrose, Osborne, Turner, Frawley, JOB, Keenan and some good academy prospects, I can’t see the point in signing at 12/15. It’s a hell of a lot of money for not much need. However, i...

It would mean sending a bigger squad and paying for extra flights. Not everyone can afford a week in Fota to save 6 hours travel time. Jenkins has played 3 weeks in a row, 15 games this season and with Ryan gone we're tighter at lock. The only upside is that he'd be glad of a trip home. If we don't...

propertymad wrote: ↑April 15th, 2024, 12:53 pm

arsebiscuits1 wrote: ↑April 15th, 2024, 12:49 pm

propertymad wrote: ↑April 15th, 2024, 12:49 pm Not a tighthead .... an Ngatai replacement who can also cover flyhalf and back three

A perfect back to have for any 6-2 split

Is the McKenzie rumour getting legs again??

Not McKenzie

James O'Connor?

How many points do we need to pick up in SA to ensure home fixtures for URC knockouts? As Myles said, check JohnG's ever excellent Quickening thread. If we come either first or second, we have home quarters and semis. However, if we were to come second and make a final, and if Bulls come first and ...

I guess we’ll find out today what approach we’re taking to the squad. Will all players who fly tomorrow stay for two games? We really need to get at least 5 points from this block and preferably more, if we want to prevent a potential final at altitude in South Africa. A win this weekend seems almos...

Just watched the highlights back. For our first try Osborne makes a great clear out on Botia when Sheehan is tackled. Unglamorous work but vital as Botia wasn’t far off turning it over. Botia hardly got a sniff yesterday. The couple of bites he got, he was quickly dealt with. It was a joy to see, p...

Which “journalist” asked Leo, in the press conference preview for the game, about O’Mahony’s contract? I thought Leo’s answer was perfect. I hope whoever it was realised how stupid and inappropriate it was, and felt suitably humiliated. I didn't hear, what was asked? I don’t know the precise questi...

I wouldn’t waste any more air on him. This win was all about our coaches. Very similar sides to previous encounters but they made our group finally perform to their full potential against this opponent. How Leo handled the week was impeccable. If the Irish meeja really want to big up an Irish coach,...

Which “journalist” asked Leo, in the press conference preview for the game, about O’Mahony’s contract?

I thought Leo’s answer was perfect. I hope whoever it was realised how stupid and inappropriate it was, and felt suitably humiliated.

A brilliant performance and a well-deserved and definitely much sought-after win for the lads. They should be really proud – they showed the best of themselves today. Cannot wait to watch it again! A super professional performance throughout. In the past knockout iterations we’ve let ourselves be d...

With only a layman's understanding of how Betting Markets work, the very limited reaction of those markets to the announcement of the LAR team surprised me. The omission or unavailability of Wardi, Bougarit, Colombe and particularly Dulin deprive LAR of very important elements of the team that defe...

Thought he was injured. He's close to a record amount of appearances. I think This would have been the game he overtook ROG. It’s been talked about a bit. Odd call. They better win and give him another shot at glory. It’s the correct call. The record should- and happy to see in practice, mean nothi...

MylesNaGapoleen wrote: ↑April 12th, 2024, 5:12 pm

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑April 12th, 2024, 2:49 pm Leo saying Healy was available but Milne deserved the spot.

Thought he was injured. He's close to a record amount of
appearances. I think

This would have been the game he overtook ROG. It’s been talked about a bit.
Odd call. They better win and give him another shot at glory.

Just looking around mad twitter land and a general opinion seems to be that we are "over thinking it" in relation to the selection. Thoughts? Not at all. Based on what? The Connors selection isn't new and worked last time. JJ starting before Moloney is hardly radical. Cian is probably inj...

Could you all please stop quoting that post of the ROG article.
I’ve done extremely well to avoid that guff all week.
It’s a shame mildly invaded my safe space on here with it, but it’s worse you’re quoting it and magnifying it.

It smells really bad though. So apologies to anyone in Block 121. Well try and enjoy it anyway. I found out this morning I have COVID so I’ve had to give my tickets away so I’ll have to watch from behind the couch. Shout extra load for me :D Oh no. Sorry to hear that. I hope you’re well enough to s...