Babbling 'brook

What about his Munster contract?

Spicer described as 140kgs by Alan Quinlan during the under 20s game, that can’t be right can it?

He’s a big boy but doesn’t actually look that effective in the carry to me. Scrum getting absolutely minced against Italy but looks to be on the tighthead side in fairness (Jacob Boyd of Ulster’s side)

[emoji23] never leave us Stade Fan

How much control do we have over the kick-off time? I'd imagine it's dictated solely by TV rights. We've gotten one of the prime slots for the game that weekend, likely they wanted one of the best teams playing at a time to get the most viewers and didn't give a second thought to issues around the a...

What’s the criteria for a Leinster exile? Some seem tenuous at best, like Izuchukwu to pick one. Was he Leinster sub-academy at some point? Only reason I bring it up is sometimes people take stuff like this and use it as a stick to beat other provinces with (e.g. “Half your team’s from Leinster”), b...

Nankivell can pass. He’s an excellent signing for Munster, he’s a better, cheaper version of de Allende. Has all the power and ball handling skills you can ask for.

Here’s a cheeky offload from him for the Chiefs:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sqdWoNCqs

I didn't realise that Mildly was transcribing Jackman's article there for a minute and thought that was his post, was confused for a moment

Worth noting that https://archive.is is your friend for bypassing paywalls. e.g. You can see Jackman's article here.

Northampton aren’t going to get 5 points so top 2 seeding should be secured. Quite the achievement considering our group.

The Bulls v Bordeaux game is going our way so far, if we can get a win here, we’re in a strong position to get 2nd seed. We need to at least match Northampton on match points and +7 their points difference

… or rely on Munster to do us a favour [emoji1785]

Also, interestingly, I saw a post on Reddit detailing the most followed clubs on social media. There's a notable absence.

Munster fans and media alike have subscribed to the mythical lore around their club. They love to talk about how they do it the hard way, resulting in miracle matches and historic performances. It's so engrained in the vernacular that when Gavan Casey of the 42 was mentioning the match, he talked ab...

I would take an 8 point win here any day of the week

Looking like a 40+ point win for La Rochelle, including scoring a try while down to 13. La Rochelle have been ruthless in attack and aggressive in defence. It does mean we only need 1 point to guarantee top spot next week, but we really should be targeting at least 4 against this rabble. Pollard in ...

Very strong side. Harry is likely injured given the 10/22 selection. Given the Carbery news this week, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a play to show the 10s below Ross & Harry that there's game time to be had at Leinster at the very top level. We knew they were sending the espoirs, the team wa...

Stade team is exactly as Ze Stade Fan said it would be. We didn't do a 6-2 split for the first time in a while too.

Blue Man wrote:Can ‘Ze Stade Fan’ remain active on this site, even after this Saturdays match, please?!!

100%, already my favourite poster here.

If the results in our group go the way you expect, that could guarantee us top spot depending on bonus points, with a game to spare. Obviously we're aiming for 4 from 4, but guaranteed top 4 seed wouldn't be bad after 3 games. Worst case scenario, I think it would be a potential away semi final if w...

There’s a very strong case for Frawley to go down south and bump Crowley to number 2. I’d say Ciaran fancies his chances of doing that. At the very least Frawley might reason, he’d be no worse as a utility back, covering 10, 12, 13 and 15 in most match day squads. What more are we offering him? I’d...

Makes sense. Imagine you took a one year contract with Ulster, finished your career there and lost out on a million in cash back [emoji28]

Any timeline at all on Ngatai or has it always been “no update” on his availability?