Babbling 'brook

The sooner the rugby is back the better.

Oldschool wrote:Trump has been a very mixed bag on COVID 19 but he's dead right to pull funding on WHO.

Why?

Is the virus itself any worse than a "normal" flu? Forgive the basic question but anything I've read seems to indicate that it isn't but is the usual cough, fever etc. In other words, is it the spread of it to people who are more vulnerable that is the worry more than it being a serious i...

Now if ever a side needed a medical joker or two, it's Connacht. They're facing into Europe with a grand total of f%~k all second rows. Quinn Roux, Ultan Dillane and Gavin Thornbury are all out. Seán O'Brien is out, and he's primarily a backrow anyway. Bealham, I assume, is also out. Niall Murray a...

AIL players Rowan Osborne(Scrumhalf/DUFC), David Aspil(Backrow/St. Marys) and Tony Ryan(Backrow/Clontarf) have been training with Leinster in the early stages of the province’s pre-season. https://www.the42.ie/leinster-osborne-aspil-ryan-ail-4728322-Jul2019/ I liked the look of Ryan when he played ...

Jack Kelly not listed as a leinster player in irish 7's team for weekend. Preseason started academy players spotted: Jack Aungier Dan Sheehan Oisin Dowling Paddy Patterson Harry Byrne Tommy O'Brien He's listed as DUFC/Leinster on the IRFU website. https://www.irishrugby.ie/2019/06/20/ireland-mens-7...

Leinster u18 schools had a trial game on friday against Munster, they won 36-6. some players involved: Charlie Tector(Kilkenny College) Noah Pim(Kilkenny College) Connor Halpenny(Newbridge College) Donagh Lawlor(Newbridge College) Shane Fata(Newbridge College) Geoff McNelis(Newbridge College) I ass...

I think we should stop trying to diagnose and project what did, is currently and might yet happen to Dan's injury. It's already too depressing a topic and hungry as we all are to assess and believe in his future, we are most likely to get it wrong and add more hyperbole to what is a tragic personal...

bluemagic wrote:Leavys injuries: hammy and calf torn off bone ripped ACL, PCL, LCL, MCL, broken fibula

There's another screenshot doing the rounds on whatsapp saying this isn't true. That description sounds like a career ender so hopefully the actual diagnosis isn't as bad.

Coming back from injury, won't make the team for the QF next week, so he wouldn't be playing until April 13th. I'm sure he's itching to be playing again and to get even a few minutes would be of huge benefit to him, both physically and (probably to a greater extent) mentally. Nick or Luke? Hadn't t...

All season we've been switching the 2 from 3 non eu players - now we haven't picked any of them! :lol: Edit: Barry beat me to it! I don't get the scrumhalf call. Well, I get why Luke is starting, but not why JGP isn't on the bench and why Nick is ahead of HOS. I can understand why Fardy would be wr...

Potential academy graduates? Ronan Kelleher(21/Hooker) Oisin Dowling(22/Lock) Scott Penny(19/Openside) Hugh O'Sullivan(21/Scrumhalf) Ciaran Frawley(21/Outhalf) Conor O'Brien(23/Centre) Jimmy O'Brien(22/Centre/Wing) Hugo Keenan(22/Fullback/Wing) Jack Kelly(21/Fullback/Wing) *age as of start of next ...

RnR wrote:Any links? In Belfast and match not available on telly in the hotel!! FFS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_3LMdBGfgw

Anyone have a working stream? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoJSjsTvSks This was a great stream! How did you find it and do you know if the user regularly puts up streams? Glad you enjoyed it. I found it on the game thread on reddit.com/r/rugbystreams/. There's always a good selection of streams ...

Keith wrote:Anyone have a working stream?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoJSjsTvSks

Well as a fan (which makes every Irish player my employee if you think about it) I'm heartened that I now know that it was a neck injury which kept Leavy out on Saturday. I'm just glad Robert Kitson took a stand against the selfish (and rude) hoarding of players personal medical information, it cle...

Interesting. We literally don't have a single out-half in the squad, just a centre who's proven to not be a 10 at this level and an academy centre who can slot in at 10. Surely this is cause for an emergency All Black signing until Christmas, then the rest of the season, then a 3 year contract? Fra...

Rumour on Planet Rugby that Cronin got wasted on the flight home and started a fight with Marmion or Henshaw. International career is over. Bear in mind there is literally no evidence of this happening other than the original post The original post was just rumour too. Could well be true but this k...

paddyor wrote:Rumour on Planet Rugby that Cronin got wasted on the flight home and started a fight with Marmion or Henshaw. International career is over.

Bear in mind there is literally no evidence of this happening other than the original post