Babbling 'brook

I would have liked to see Vakh get more than 10 mins. These are the kind of tests we need to see him in.

jezzer wrote: ↑October 5th, 2022, 5:44 pm Frisch looks classy tho. Very composed under pressure

I thought he ran latterly too many times and even backwards on a couple of occassions.

Unusual bench for La Rochelle. A 5:3 split but without an out and out scrum half cover or outhalf cover

Actually heres the list here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_E ... Cup_finals

Oldschool wrote: ↑May 25th, 2022, 1:51 pm Two for the experts.
What team has reached the most finals?
Where does Leinster stand the most final appearances table?

Toulouse must have been in at least 7 (5 wins plus loss to Munster & Wasps). i guess we get to 6 on Sat

mildlyinterested wrote: ↑May 25th, 2022, 8:27 am Interesting to see Porter admitting that most of the scrum issues have been due him being a novice at loosehead:

https://www.the42.ie/andrew-porter-lein ... =shortlink

Has it looked any better when Healy comes on?

the winner of Ulster v Munster is heading to Capetown for SF, or (if you believe in miracles) Edinburgh.
We get the winner of the Bulls v Sharks

It could get spicy between ROL and Conway, always think ROL is particularly up for these games and performs well. JT is another one who always shows up big time in interpros, would have liked him to be available for this one. A lot of players on both sides will be trying to put their hands up for t...

D4surfer wrote: ↑May 18th, 2022, 6:58 pm Bookies have it Leinster 2/1, Munster 1/2 and a handicap of 5 points.

I wonder what the turn out will be?

The other thing I have been reading and hearing since the final whistle is how tired Toulouse were. I would accept that if they were falling off tackles in the last quarter but this game was won in the 1st 20 minutes. For these world class Toulouse players, they cant blame tiredness after 20 mins! ...

I like to look at other clubs fans forums (or is that fora?) after matches. You get some good bits that we miss here through our blue tinted specs. There is absolute comedy gold on munsterfans with claims that JGP was completely outplayed by Dupont and complaints that Leinster didn't adopt the same...

Looking at the weight stats on Tigers website (if it can be believed) no's 4 to 8 aren't big in the way that teams like La Rochelle Saracens etc were. Locks at 6-7 118kg & 6-4 119kg. Flankers at 6-0 98lg & 6-6 110kg. No 8 6-3 110kg. Size isn't everything & there is no doubting that they ...

LH Prop Cian Healy(35/Belvedere/Clontarf) Ed Byrne(28/Clongowes/UCD) Peter Dooley(27/Birr RFC/Lansdowne) Andrew Porter(26/St. Andrews/UCD) Michael Milne(23/Birr RFC-Roscrea/UCD) -- Marcus Hanan(21/Clane RFC/Old Belvedere) - injured Jack Boyle(20/St. Michaels/UCD) TH Prop Michael Alaalatoa(30) Tadhg...

by TrapperChamonix » April 28th, 2022, 3:17 pm Have the SA teams dominated everyone at scrum? I've only watched highlights so its possible its a bit misleading? Didn't a a graphic flash up during the sharks game showing that both sides had won 100% of their scrums? Even if we lost a few after that ...

If they don't tear Leinster a new one I'd be very surprised (and impressed with our young team)! They looked extremely good last week whereas we avoided getting what we probably deserved by dint of multiple Sharks errors and our doggedness. I agree they're another level up and we'll probably be a l...

The lions a bit sloppy on the weekend, davies at 9 had a shocker although I didn't think murray was great when he came on either George was excellent my motm , beirne and laws not far behind and van der merwe and Watson both looked v dangerous when they got the ball Biggar was poor first half but g...

Dan Lancester was at 12. Son of you know who!

Given the other options, I'd say that's a reasonable draw.
pool1 NZ, Oz & Argentina
pool 2 Fiji, GB & Canada

Glasgow have lost their best (or one of their best) player every year for the last 10 years. That's not a strategic plan, that's lack of funds. 2021 Hastings 2020 Swinson J Gray 2019 Hogg 2018 Russell 2017 Josh Strauss 2016 Nakarawa 2015 Maitland 2014 DTH Van der Merve 2013 Barclay 2012 R Gray J. B...

NO X 3 And end up like Glasgow Light in Exeter The situation in Scotland is different. They only have two teams, so its strategic for them for players to leave to make room for more players to develop Glasgow have lost their best (or one of their best) player every year for the last 10 years. That'...