Babbling 'brook

For the first time ever I listened to the "For the Love of Rugby" with Dan Cole and Ben Youngs last night and thought it was pretty good. The lads came across well, didn't overdo it on the banter, gave an entertaining resumee of the Leinster match vs Leinster - incl. the on-pitch verbals b...

I too was there at Aviva that day when the combined Leinster/Ulster team put Munster/ Connacht to the sword. Interesting to see that six of that squad went on to play for Ulster ( 5 home grown and Marty Moore) a great return on Ulster’s youth programme. There is no doubt that Marshall was the star ...

We need a moratorium on this thread for a week. The D4 meeja is going to be horrendous in its sycophantic love in. The only rugby content I will follow this week is this forum and Molecast. People are already sending me the RTE ROGella article to get a rise out of me: they will not succeed. That th...

Just ignore all that media shyte this week and enjoy their devastation next week after we move on to the semis We need a moratorium on this thread for a week. The D4 meeja is going to be horrendous in its sycophantic love in. The only rugby content I will follow this week is this forum and Molecast...

I thought Jenkins did very well off the bench vs the Bulls. He seemed quite lively around the park. I'd like to see him in the 23 vs LAR, just to give us some extra heft.

IMO, there are a couple of things, which if we get them right, give us every chance of winning. 1. Avoid giving away unnecessary penos. 2. Don't muck about at restarts. Clearing kicks from our own 22 have to be top notch or as close as possible. 3. Provide close support to the ball carrier at all ti...

Blue Man wrote: ↑April 7th, 2024, 4:23 pm

SaoPaulo41 wrote: ↑April 7th, 2024, 12:25 pm ROG has LAR based in Cork for week for training camp .

Just when you thought they couldn’t fit any more w&nkers into Cawke…

Comment of the day!!!

Seriously impressive performance by Toulouse. FT: 31-7, but by the 70th minute @ 24-0 the game as a competition was already over.

Toulouse playing great rugby, while Racing are running into brick walls and up blind alleys. HT: TOU 10-0 RAC. Only gonna be one winner, the home team, IMO.

Great game here, but you sense Northampton are coning by their scores far easier than Munster. This is a massive test for Jack Crowley, he has to grab this game by scruff of neck. 100%. Looks like Munster are playing to the max of their abilities, but Northampton aren't (yet). The visitors are doin...

HT: 14-14. Cracking match!!!

That was too easy. Try off a scrum on the Munster 22 for Northampton. 14-14, 37 mins.

Munster really bringing it to the hosts. 7-14, 29 mins.

On their second visit to the red zone Munster finally get over under the posts. 7-7, 16 mins.

Could be a long afternoon for Munster. 7-0 down vs Northampton after 11 mins.

Well it's gloom and doom on here tonight.............. Honestly thought Leicester turned up and did well. We were in third gear for most of it. Think I'd swap Harry in for Ross next week and I think we will beat LAR - watched the Stormers game today and Stormers were for the most part fairly brainl...

Dexter wrote: ↑April 7th, 2024, 12:06 am 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.

+1

A Jalibert-less Bordeaux went through a Farrell-less Saracens for a shortcut, If anyone knows how to stop Bielle-Biarry or Penaud, put your answers on the back of the postage stamp they can step you in Bordeaux have something serious going on alright. Recent results in the Prem had me thinking this...

LeinsterLeader wrote: ↑April 6th, 2024, 6:50 pm Well fingers crossed we’ll lose to Lecister so we won’t have to worry about it

Jesus lads!

Bigdickenergy wrote: ↑April 6th, 2024, 4:41 pm It’s a joke what La Rochelle get away with at breakdowns.

100%. Skelton is the worst: flops on top of every ruck, pretends like it was gravity wot done it, smiles, and gets away with it nearly every time.