Babbling 'brook

Setting aside who everyone thinks will win, who do we hope wins?

For me even though I dislike Foster it’s Joe over Rassie every day.

I'm oldish so cut me some slack but even if Curry was called a white c**t is it that bad? I know it's selective racism but for me it's incomparable with calling someone a black c**t. Is that daft? Yeah it is a bit. That way of thinking affords some people less protection from racial abuse because o...

Jesus that game just wouldn’t end. But right at the end Ben Earl took the ball into a contact and then just held it on the ground for about a year. Farcical.

The shite Bok fans are saying online about Tom Curry is reason enough to support NZ. Were they always like this or is it trickling down from Rassie?

Observingprop123 wrote:I'd be pretty sure there's plenty of words in Zulu worse than "White C***" that Bongi could have used. Makes me sceptical of the incident if I'm honest.

Not if he wanted Curry to understand him

I thought the end game was harsh, More than once O’Keefe shouted hands off to SA, is that not coaching the defence? It’s yet another example of not-giving-a-penalty-at-the-end syndrome. Peyper last May was the gold standard if this phenomenon. Actually I thought the scrum penalty SA got to win it w...

Oldschoolsocks wrote:I’d actually roll on the floor laughing my ass off if England make it to the final and beat New Zealand there…

My sentiments exactly. God can you imagine how snarky Rassie would be? I’m saving my popcorn for that

“It’s a difficult game for Ben O’Keeffe to referee. Lots of collisions, lots of breakdowns.”

Where would we be without Alan Quinlan’s insight?

As bad as it is for us, it must be worse for Wales

The third place playoff should be entertaining. Argentina with a point to prove against (most likely) England. That usually means a few fights. Alternatively, the world comes together to laugh at Rassie. Edit: I see the little coward deleted his tweet about Ben “not that one” Smith being a woman, bu...

I agree that they’ll be favourites after seeing that squad. I’m still looking forward to seeing how these young lads go though. Harry must know it’s now or never and you’d expect a reaction to that, especially with a full pre season behind him. I’m also a passenger on the Prendergast hype train. Con...

MylesNaGapoleen wrote:Murray Kinsella posting photos from the stadium on X suggests there will be a lot of empty seats tonight in Paris! For a semi final of the world cup that will be a disaster from a PR point of view for World Rugby.

https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/sta ... 2386817086

Good.

cormac wrote:This semi-final is not easing my disappointment at our defeat last week

+1. Based on the first 20 mins we’d have hammered these. And the stadium is like a library too

This is the first chance we’ve had to compare teams from the two sides of the draw. So far it’s confirmed what a farce it was.

I can’t believe we’re discussing aggression and SOB hasn’t got a mention! He *will* give you spuds.

This is the first time in the Leo Cullen era that I'm not excited about the new season. JS retiring, the low of last seasons ending and the knowledge that we have half of our squad coming home from a heart wrenching WC exit tired and bruised gives me little gra for the slog ahead. We haven't (yet) ...

Disappointed but not nearly as deflated as previous iterations of quarter final exits. It hurts to have watched Wales and Argentina bumble their way through a mid tier URC standard game in terms of skills and handling and England Fiji play a slightly higher but still not RWC knock out standard of r...

No argument there. Joe looks well fit for that level now. Between Ryan, Joe, Jenkins, Moloney and arguably Baird its become a position of strength for us.

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑October 17th, 2023, 11:10 am

Twist wrote: ↑October 17th, 2023, 11:09 am

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑October 16th, 2023, 1:11 pm

id be very similar. heartbreak city.

By the time the lads run out on the field in LAR this will all be a distant memory

motivation to watch that right now isn't very high.

Can I interest you in a little revenge? You'll love it. All your friends are doing it, and the first one is free.

I'm really hoping this will lift, but I'm finding it almost impossible to get motivated to get back on the horse again. We've been blessed as Leinster and Ireland fans in some ways in recent years, watching great teams play great rugby and develop young players, but the sheer f%~king heartbreak of ...