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Barrett is a FB isn’t he? Don’t really understand why we’ve signed him as we have Keenan, Frawley and JOB who can play FB and Wing. Would have thought that we have a more pressing need at THP in the light of Alalatoa’s impending departure. Jordi is the ultimate unity player: full back, centre, out ...

Gotta laugh at all the whinging about RoG being booed. Make no mistake, this is nothing more than pandering to Munster fans, especially people from Cork. Leinster players booed often in TP down the years. Leinster players given nicknames like Daverage and Kneeslip. Leinster referred to as Ladyboys....

EPCR instruct on pricing and allocate tickets to each Club for sale / distribution. Historically, it has been very difficult for Leinster to influence EPCR in pricing policy. Historically the EPRC have been shite at almost everything to do with this competition. But they are particularly venal, opp...

McRae dislikes his notoriety? Id be interested to read more about that if you can point me toward any interviews https://www.balls.ie/rugby/he-did-something-i-saw-red-duncan-mcrae-gives-interesting-interview-on-ogara-incident-83754 Edit: And here's the quote. ‘He and I know what happened in there. ...

https://www.balls.ie/rugby/he-did-something-i-saw-red-duncan-mcrae-gives-interesting-interview-on-ogara-incident-83754 Edit: And here's the quote. ‘He and I know what happened in there. He did something, I saw red, he was below me and the rest is history. That’s what I’m known for now and I have to...

I hadn't heard that, I wasn't judging though. I know McRae dislikes his notoriety. I was going more for the people celebrating violence, as long as it was against someone they had a dislike for. McRae dislikes his notoriety? Id be interested to read more about that if you can point me toward any in...

I prefer to ignore everything Jones says normally. Last year he gave out loads about us getting a "home" final. We actually got the same allocation as LaR and the final was sold out before we knew we were in it. The fact that the previous final was in the south of France was never an issu...

Every supporter in France complains about every other club constantly, no one outside of LAR likes LAR, no one outside of Toulouse likes Toulouse, no one outside of Pau likes Pau etc etc. French clubs have huge budgets - Toulouse's budget this year is over €46 million Top14 Budgets for this season ...

Absolutely, who can forget Ireland's grand slam triumph of 2009, coached as they were by the much loved Declan Kidney. Yes- that’s fair enough: sarcasm aside, of course. I will say Kidney was never anything as unpopular with Leinster fans as ROG. The dislike- don’t like using “hate”, is fairly visc...

According to a few Welsh lads online Leinsters budget far exceeds this. Multiples Dougie, multiples sure we couldn’t win if it weren’t for gaming the system I never really got the almost racist hatred from the Welsh twitterati towards Irish Rugby. They seem fine being belted about the place by Engl...

Every supporter in France complains about every other club constantly, no one outside of LAR likes LAR, no one outside of Toulouse likes Toulouse, no one outside of Pau likes Pau etc etc. French clubs have huge budgets - Toulouse's budget this year is over €46 million Top14 Budgets for this season ...

I don't really buy this idea of ROG as a cheque book coach. He joins La Rochelle ahead of the 2019-20 season with Jonno Gibes as his Director of Rugby. Then he becomes top dog for the 2021-22 season. He certainly hasn't signed most of their best players. Botia and Atonio are over a decade at La Roc...

Do you think that ROGs antics and his standing with of Leinsters fans (and you would assume players) will hurt any future chances of being a future Irish coach? Yes, hopefully it does. There's nothing to suggest he would do well at international level where a big cheque book is no use and you'd nee...

SaoPaulo41 wrote:Irish rugby legend Ronan O'Gara is accused of misogyny after old comments re-emerge in which he cla… https://mol.im/a/13284247 via https://dailym.ai/android

Hard for me to admit sympathy for O’Gara this week, but that article- from that media source will elicit it. Jaysus… [emoji849]

This is the key paragraph IMO: "It’s hard to quantify line speed but one stat that I think is a good indicator is passes per defensive action (PPDA). According to a UK analyst Carrick Blake, Leinster pre-Nienaber were ranked 69th compared to being third now. All URC, Top 14, Premiership and Su...

He's an anal fissure posing as a human being Jones has for years hated all things related to Irish rugby, his attitude borders on racism. He's the reason I stopped buying the Sunday Times years ago. Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk I bought it today, first time in a while and didn't see his colu...

Do you think that ROGs antics and his standing with of Leinsters fans (and you would assume players) will hurt any future chances of being a future Irish coach? Absolutely, who can forget Ireland's grand slam triumph of 2009, coached as they were by the much loved Declan Kidney. Yes- that’s fair en...

Do you think that ROGs antics and his standing with of Leinsters fans (and you would assume players) will hurt any future chances of being a future Irish coach? I, for one, would certainly hope so. Thats the vibe I would think a lot of people including influential people will have. A bit too anti-e...

Do you think that ROGs antics and his standing with of Leinsters fans (and you would assume players) will hurt any future chances of being a future Irish coach? Funnily enough, I was asked that by a neutral at last year’s Challenge Cup final. At the time (the day before “The Disaster” and his behav...

Whilst there is some merit in having an open draw, once you decide to go on the preplanned route you have to have seeding. Funny how he doesn't seem to be as concerned at the prospect of Toulouse having a similar advantage v Harlequins. The man is a bore Well, he’s definitely a bore; but he’s also ...