Babbling 'brook

Aren't club championships and county leagues played through the winter and county championships through summer? No. Club season (in Dublin at least) usually starts mid-Feb with some cup games; league starts late Feb/early March; Championship starts a bit later, April maybe. Games are played through...

Not really sure where to post this but ultimately it's a rave about Leinster, so I'll stick it here. My Dad died unexpectedly last month (March 21st). He was a fit & healthy 67 year old; had a normal Friday - did some work on the house during the day, had a couple of beers and a packet of crisps tha...

Hornet wrote:To be brutally honest I don't think we will see any competitive Rugby (or any other sporting events) happening until September at the earliest.

Not sure if you meant in Ireland or in general but The Aussie Rules season is still going ahead, starting this weekend. Pity about the time difference

Denmark to close it's borders tomorrow for a month!

Oldschool wrote: Have any of our cases made a full recovery?

According to the John Hopkins dashboard there have been 0 recoveries in Ireland.

Denmark have just announced a massive shutdown of schools, colleges, childcare, public offices, pubs, nightclubs and advising most workplaces to do likewise

John23 wrote:Jim Corr gone full tinfoil hat on COVID19. Claiming 5G and Bill Gates were to blame for the spread on the virus.

Been following him on Twitter for a month or two now. Absolute crackjob. Covid19, like everything else, is an inside job

Assuming Tuilagi and Marker get bans for X number of weeks, they could still potentially play in England's final Six Nations game.
Is there ever a ruling where a player will definitely not be allowed to play in the next games in the specific tournament?

The Leinster Rugby Instagram page doesn’t help with them putting up 10 posts about how great Ryan Baird is ever since his previous game for Leinster. Must be a Michael’s man running that account it’s hard to watch. It’s like they’re training to get to Ryan Baird’s head. I’d hate that if I was a pla...

JB1973 wrote:Looks that Tyrone Dublin game was a bit lively the weekend, the video doing the round of the half time punch up is very full on!

Media trying to blame Dublin for it, even naming Dublin players but no Tyrone ones
Owen Mulligan even chimed in. Pot kettle

I'm sure if they publicly named the school, there'd be just as much outrage on Twitter that they released the information.

wixfjord wrote:That is incredible.

He is going to be an absolute superstar.

Don't tell Pilotman

Doris was our backrow leading ground maker Just had a look there. Doris made more metres than any forward from either team! 19 metres from 6 carries (CJ made 17 metres from 18 carries). 3rd among the Irish forwards was Kelleher with 8 metres from 3 carries. I know it was against tiring bodies, and ...

Pilotman123 wrote:Will Connors is a serious prospect. Playing Phenomenal this season

Good insight. Hadn't noticed.

Is he really that much behind Tracy? I’m yet to be convinced that JT has what it takes. Cronin only has a couple of years max left If we’re losing one at the end of the season, I’m not entirely certain it’s Byrne I would want to lose. Going by minutes/games this season I'd say Tracy is comfortably ...

Molony seems to hint in the indo today that some players playing in this game who haven't played yet this season. That would be interesting. Dan Sheehan on the bench? With Cronin or Kelleher missing out? You'd imagine Farrell wants Kelleher to get a run out, and Cronin has played very little rugby ...

Connacht need an Eight and a seven next season. A Nick Williams type player to create forward ball and someone to replace Fainga'a. Friend has consistently said he is looking abroad for these players and while he might be misrepresenting he's being fairly consistent about this for the last while. A...

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mfjoc wrote:Scary times when our future minister for Justice shouts "UP THE RA" at his victory celebration.

Looking forward to being told "Go home brit" next time I'm over based on my voice... despite the fact I'm an Irish citizen.

Why would you assume that would happen?

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neiliog93 wrote:Henshaw is much better at 13 than 12...

Johnthan Davies is a much better 13 than Nick Tompkins. Henshaw doesn't bounce Davies like that.

Jonathan Davies wasn't playing though. Ringrose is a better 13 than Henshaw.

Big signings and big investment. If they don't win a trophy or at least get to a final next year then JVG will be done for. Still think they're missing a real quality TH and the Snyman money would've been better invested there. What's going to happen when Kleyn, Snyman and Beirne are all fit? I thi...