Barca like or kilkennyesque

[glenageary]

In reading the munster fans forum recently , they were very complimentary calling us the Barcelona of rugby, however others with a better analogy and in keeping with us being Leinster called us kilkennyesque!

After watching barca tonight I can say rubbish to the football analogy - actually rubbish to soccer full stop - but being compared to kilkenny I find quite fitting.

It's funny that blue and yellow (gold) are ASM's colours!

hopefully the cats vs tipp this weekend will be another classic with us Cats winning, meow!

[simplythebest]

"Kilkennyesque" is very high praise indeed.

[sid]

In reading the munster fans forum recently , they were very complimentary calling us the Barcelona of rugby, however others with a better analogy and in keeping with us being Leinster called us kilkennyesque!

After watching barca tonight I can say rubbish to the football analogy - actually rubbish to soccer full stop - but being compared to kilkenny I find quite fitting.

It's funny that blue and yellow (gold) are ASM's colours!

hopefully the cats vs tipp this weekend will be another classic with us Cats winning, meow!

Indeed it's an apt comparison, and I feel extremely privileged to be a supporter of both teams.

It's just a pity that Munster's Pride&Honesty® marketing campaign seems to have been effective in pinching some of their fanbase from around Leinster's fringes where people might tend to see it as a city versus country thing.

[yellabelly1961]

In reading the munster fans forum recently , they were very complimentary calling us the Barcelona of rugby, however others with a better analogy and in keeping with us being Leinster called us kilkennyesque!

After watching barca tonight I can say rubbish to the football analogy - actually rubbish to soccer full stop - but being compared to kilkenny I find quite fitting.

It's funny that blue and yellow (gold) are ASM's colours!

hopefully the cats vs tipp this weekend will be another classic with us Cats winning, meow!

And what about poor DJ - wishing him a speedy recovery despite his having broken many a yellabelly's heart on many a day...

[glenageary]

In reading the munster fans forum recently , they were very complimentary calling us the Barcelona of rugby, however others with a better analogy and in keeping with us being Leinster called us kilkennyesque!

After watching barca tonight I can say rubbish to the football analogy - actually rubbish to soccer full stop - but being compared to kilkenny I find quite fitting.

It's funny that blue and yellow (gold) are ASM's colours!

hopefully the cats vs tipp this weekend will be another classic with us Cats winning, meow!

Indeed it's an apt comparison, and I feel extremely privileged to be a supporter of both teams.

It's just a pity that Munster's Pride&Honesty® marketing campaign seems to have been effective in pinching some of their fanbase from around Leinster's fringes where people might tend to see it as a city versus country thing.

Feck the lunsters , if people equate Leinster with D4 nowadays they clearly don't know Leinster rugby and the real fans. Last hec final and the Tullow tank bus full of fans and the lots of bunting around Rosslare show that some leinster folk do know their roots and geography. We should all support Leinster teams over any other provincial teams, and I will support Meath in football if Dublin are out!

[simplythebest]

Indeed it's an apt comparison, and I feel extremely privileged to be a supporter of both teams.

It's just a pity that Munster's Pride&Honesty® marketing campaign seems to have been effective in pinching some of their fanbase from around Leinster's fringes where people might tend to see it as a city versus country thing.

Feck the lunsters , if people equate Leinster with D4 nowadays they clearly don't know Leinster rugby and the real fans. Last hec final and the Tullow tank bus full of fans and the lots of bunting around Rosslare show that some leinster folk do know their roots and geography. We should all support Leinster teams over any other provincial teams, and I will support Meath in football if Dublin are out!

Try going down to the Blue Bar in Kilkenny for a Leinster game, and look at some of the half wits (there's only a few, mind you) in their Toyota jerseys cheering on the opposition. It is actually nauseating. Ask them what it's all about, after all, KK and Tipp & Cork are such rivals that they wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire, and they try to make out that it's different. It's definately a Dublin thing, but this is where the likes of SOB are so important to us.

[Mauler]

I was heartned to hear Jerry Flannery on Newstalk this morning saying that the first time he was at a match in Croke Park was the first rugby game there v France when he was on the bench. He said he was not much into GAA. I'd compare us to the West Indies Cricket team in the 80's & early 90's when Viv Richards and Brian Lara were smashing 6's for fun. Playing with panache, style & a joie de vivre.

[West Brit]

I'd compare us to the West Indies Cricket team in the 80's & early 90's when Viv Richards and Brian Lara were smashing 6's for fun. Playing with panache, style & a joie de vivre.

And look how quickly they crashed back to earth. I think I'm about describe this thread as "Munster fans circa 2006."

[Dave Cahill]

Barcelona are currently on track to finish the season potless (cdr final left to play).

[Twist]

Feck the lunsters , if people equate Leinster with D4 nowadays they clearly don't know Leinster rugby and the real fans. Last hec final and the Tullow tank bus full of fans and the lots of bunting around Rosslare show that some leinster folk do know their roots and geography. We should all support Leinster teams over any other provincial teams, and I will support Meath in football if Dublin are out!

11 teams to choose from and you pick the dirty Royals???

[tate]

We havent won anything back-to-back so kilkennyesque is out of the question.

Barca-like in approach maybe, but let's see if we win anything before we start the circle jerk and naval gazing.

[Degz]

We are Leinster.

[ceemec]

We havent won anything back-to-back so kilkennyesque is out of the question.

Barca-like in approach maybe, but let's see if we win anything before we start the circle jerk and naval gazing.

Yup. Don't recall Kilkenny going into a semi final in their peak years being anything other than distinct favourites, which we're not. Kilkenny have won 7 or the last 10 titles. We've won 2 in 16 years. Lets calm ourselves a wee bit.

[sid]

Yup. Don't recall Kilkenny going into a semi final in their peak years being anything other than distinct favourites, which we're not. Kilkenny have won 7 or the last 10 titles. We've won 2 in 16 years. Lets calm ourselves a wee bit.

At their best Kilkenny are simply a joy to watch and I don't think there's anything wrong with saying the same about Leinster. I wouldn't go much further than that since I think comparing numbers of trophies is meaningless when the competitions the teams play in are completely different.

[simonno6]

I'd compare us to the West Indies Cricket team in the 80's & early 90's when Viv Richards and Brian Lara were smashing 6's for fun. Playing with panache, style & a joie de vivre.

And look how quickly they crashed back to earth. I think I'm about describe this thread as "Munster fans circa 2006."

Leinster Rugby in its current shape and form, from the 1st team squad all the way down to the u16 summer training camps for the top JCT players, are in a TOTALLY different place than the West Indies team of that era were in! The comparison to playing style and team ethos is accurate, but you cannot say that 'just because they fell apart at the seams, we will too'

They fell apart for many reasons. Funding, the retirement of several top players without adequate development systems in place to replace these world beaters in the long run and the complexities involved in banding together a team from several small island nations. They never fully emerged from the 'amateur era' if you like. (As an aside, once Garner, Holding, Richards, Marshall, Dujon and Greenidge had retired or passed away, they still didn't lose a series for 5 years. Hardly a crash back down to earth, although it is when the cracks started to appear).

Leinster have fully legislated for player retirements with one of the top academy structures in world rugby.

We have coped exceptionally well with losses such as Girv, Disco, Big Mal, Gleeson, Contempomi in recent years and will continue to produce world class replacements when the likes of O'Driscoll and Dorce are put out to stud.

All this doesn't guarantee success, but it goes a long way to ensuring we will be there or there about's as a top NH power for many a year to come. Mick D knows what he's doing - a little faith please West Brit!

[Grumpy Old Man]

We have coped exceptionally well with losses such as Girv, Disco, Big Mal, Gleeson, Contempomi in recent years and will continue to produce world class replacements when the likes of O'Driscoll and Dorce are put out to stud.

Will there be a cover charge?

[Slipper1]

We have coped exceptionally well with losses such as Girv, Disco, Big Mal, Gleeson, Contempomi in recent years and will continue to produce world class replacements when the likes of O'Driscoll and Dorce are put out to stud.

Will there be a cover charge?

Do you plan on watching?

[glenageary]

This discussion ain't going where I thought it would!