Babbling 'brook

It really is difficult to understand why Frawley is not getting an opportunity to build on his performance last weekend. I don't get it. It makes no sense and to be honest this kinda scattered selection is starting to piss me off. I was about to post something similar myself, I don't get why we kee...

Degz wrote: ↑November 27th, 2023, 12:51 pm I find it cringe as f%~k, but each to their own.

The Dev obsession is a joke well past its sell by date, too. It's just weird now.

+1

La Rochelle is only a group game. I know there's more invested in that in terms of how much we want to beat them, but it's only a group game that doesn't actually do much for our season either way. They all matter. That one in particular. I agree 100%, we should go to Galway with a very strong team...

That's great news that he's here and was at training today.

I find it funny that the Ringrose point has only been brought up now. Missing proper tackles has cost us twice on the big stage. He needs to sort it out and I think it needs to be sorted with technique on the training pitch. Even as a shooter he leaves himself on the floor when he misses a tackle w...

I'd a message earlier from a Munster guy asking me was I all set for the visit of the URC Champions, they're a gas bunch really.

Not sure why she picked one of her biggest men’s games to have a mare but she has been really poor. I thought she was good. Much better ref than most in the URC tbh. Up there with the Georgian ref. Sent from my LE2123 using Tapatalk I don’t think at she was good on the scrums. She contributed to th...

Just a quick note. Ben Murphy was involved in the pre-game warm up so not injured. I saw he spent a lot of time at the South Stand end doing a warm-down with one of the physios, anyone know who the other player with him was? Rory McGuire, Rhys Ruddock and Rob Russell were also involved in the warm-...

cormac wrote: ↑November 18th, 2023, 11:52 pm Just a quick note. Ben Murphy was involved in the pre-game warm up so not injured.

I saw he spent a lot of time at the South Stand end doing a warm-down with one of the physios, anyone know who the other player with him was?

It's funny that the soccer team now face an even more clear-cut dilemma whereby losing to NL actually enhances their chances of getting a play off But Ireland and the Netherlands would never conspire to produce a mutually beneficial result. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.... Sorry, but I didn'...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/16/player-safety-is-priority-for-south-africa-after-hia-calls-insists-rassie-erasmus Someone questioned the substitution and reintroduction of SA players. From article above "South Africa’s director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus, says he and his coaching t...

I think we will have an all Six Nations pair of semi finals. Us v Wales and France v England. [emoji848]

I really don't know how I'm going to make it to Saturday evening. Saw Doctors have moved their gig on Saturday to 10pm. Can you imagine the craic if we win and the desolation if we don't? We have tickets in section N17 for the game, I was actually thinking of the Saw Doctors when I saw that. Didn't...

locho wrote:I wonder is that due to the rules of not being allowed to leave the country while the tournament is on, or is there any exceptions for that?

It'd be a disgrace (on behalf of World Rugby) if it was due to that rule that he's not travelling.

Edit: I've decided to be kind.

Will Addison is meant to be fit again. Don't know if he's played in any of the Ulster preseasons though. Has he ever played for Farrell as the head coach? He did, yeah. Against the USA in 2021. Doubt he'd be even in the extended extended thinking of the coaches. Larmour or Shane Daly would be have ...

The lowest rating from The Irish Times was an 8.

South Africa 8 Ireland 13: How the Irish players rated at the Stade de France

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... de-france/

That was a brilliant win made even better by us not playing that well and the lineout issues coming back. I was surprised to see Ryan off so early and POM also going off when it was unlikely Sexton was going to last the full 80. I thought it might leave us without the leadership needed to hang on to...

And the talk of expanding to 24 teams will result in even weaker teams qualifying and us going back to the crazy results we were seeing in the 90s.

You were close enough, I see reports now that Dupont could be injured.

I see Gerry has added another 18,000 seats to the stadium in Bordeaux. That will help with the demand for tickets.