Babbling 'brook

If he moved to the UK without retiring from playing rugby professionally mu understanding is that he would lose the Sportsman’s tax relief unless there is some small print in the legislation allowing it. If so he would lose more than the value of any contract in Wales No small print, they completel...

I’m fairly sure the term gate was only added to the laws in the last 5 or so years, prior to that, it was common in rugby vernacular when talking about the breakdown but not specific mentioned in any official law.

Faasalele for Toulouse got Red. No, he got yellow Lavault for LaR got red I stand corrected. looks really nasty. https://twitter.com/brettruganalyst/status/1741212217989595501 Wow that’s an awful red card. He had to stoop so low to hit the lad in the head, it couldn’t be anything but deliberate. Sc...

Jackman has no credibility left in the tank. I’m pretty sure that I read or heard that Jackman is not welcome around Leinster. I wonder about that. Leinster had a 10 year reunion last season for the 2012 Heineken Cup winning team and he was there. That was within the last 12 months I think. I’d be ...

I notice that the last time Frank Murphy refereed this game, it was in the RDS, Ulster won 20-10 with 6 of their points coming from ridiculous penalties. He awarded 15 penalties against us that night.

I don’t get the criticism O’Callaghan mentioned around central contracts in the preamble. As mentioned above, central contracts are designed to keep players developing and available for the national team. Firstly, the idea that the system should be “fair” and that we should spread the contracts arou...

We had to get him eventually. Just glad it’s for this one and not the Munster game.

LeinsterLeader wrote:JGP out. Luke to start. Ben Murphy to bench.

That’s a big big change imo, weakens the half backs significantly

Nice one, cheers for the clarification.

Brilliant to have Snyman for a year, but I can’t see a renewal so will be interesting to see what happens after that. Eoin Toolan on the 42 podcast (who is generally a very good analyst imo) is talking about this deal blocking the development of Leinster locks and wondering who we pick out of Ryan,...

What’s the difference between a dev deal and an academy / senior contract?

Kind of wild to think Munster haven’t beaten us in Thomond for 5 years, and that was a game where we were largely dominant, but James Lowe was sent off, derailing us for the rest of that game. Would love to keep that streak going. Last season was the closest they had come with a one point loss, I th...

Regarding the Salanoa vs Aungier situation, the main reason the fans and Leo Cullen were upset was because we were deciding which one to keep, with a preference for Salanoa. He agreed to stay, so we released Aungier, but Salanoa went back on his word and signed for Munster. In that case, he was out ...

The biggest issue with the tournament is there’s zero jeopardy — La Rochelle have lost at least 50% of their group games, but they’re still more likely to go through than go out.

Mags wrote:I presume printed tickets will be accepted ??

Yeah, I’ve used them a couple of times this season at the RDS already

https://youtu.be/4m85Z0zE774?si=URU7KlO-5P8g0EUt ROC frantically spinning for Munster. Ridiculous stuff but entertaining That's hilarious stuff :lol: ROC so pissed off. His comment to Cian Tracy: wait till you talk to rational Munster fans this weekend :lol: :lol: :lol: An oxymoron surely? In fairn...

I’m sure he Raffi would have been capped again but a cruel run of injuries has limited his appearances and he even fell behind Gus Warr in Sale selection. To many he is the best English (!) scrum half prospect and certainly better than Jack Van Poorpass. Also be interesting to see Nye Thomas on the...

https://youtu.be/4m85Z0zE774?si=URU7KlO-5P8g0EUt ROC frantically spinning for Munster. Ridiculous stuff but entertaining Cian Tracy the voice of reason, while the bould Ruaidhrí takes up the cudgels on behalf of "aggrieved" Munster fandom. Hilarious!!!! [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][e...

DavenportSharky wrote:Raffi Quirke has played twice for England so is not currently available for Ireland

True, but he would be available for Ireland from the 20th November 2024 due to his Irish grandparent, unless of course he’s capped for England again in that period.

Mostly as expected but Clarkson to start is interesting, and Snyman straight into the starting 15…