The Rugby Thread

Ireland: Rob Kearney, Keith Earls, Robbie Henshaw, Bundee Aki, Jacob Stockdale; Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray; Jack Conan, Peter O'Mahony (capt), CJ Stander; James Ryan, Devin Toner; Tadhg Furlong, Sean Cronin, Jack McGrath.

Replacements: Niall Scannell, Cian Healy, John Ryan, Tadhg Beirne, Jordi Murphy, Kieran Marmion, Ross Byrne, Jordan Larmour.

Strong team....

a good test for the team to see what level they are at.

lads does anyone have any links to streams that don’t lag?

That Nordie commentator is a ****.

Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".

Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn

A little bit lucky to win today but deserved to win the series.

Will boost their confidence no end

Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".

Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn

Trap junior wrote:

Will they parade the trophy in Dublin upon their return?

Yes, the players are heading back on a jet and the Lansdowne cup will be paraded at t̶h̶e̶ ̶A̶v̶i̶v̶a̶ Lansdowne road as a warm up for Billy Joel.

I see World Rugby Vice Chairman Augustin Pichot has stepped away from the official marketing line and described the November Test series as 'friendlies'. They might have to send him on a marketing course or something, he won't last too much longer deviating from the official PR around the competition. Might have an adverse effect on DVD sales if he keeps up with this carry on.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/i-do-not-want-to-be-an-accomplice-to-rugbys-ruin-world-rugby-chief-warns-that-they-have-12-months-to-save-the-sport-37311887.html

Just to save ye reading the article, he says of the November series; ''We don't want friendlies, we want games with an edge''.

So egg lads, what's the craic here, is the vice chairman of World Rugby, who has played in some 71 of these tests (the friendly ones and the real ones, so presumably he would be well placed to judge there is a difference between them) incorrect ?? It's a point I have made repeatedly over the years here & elsewhere, but I have to admit I never expected a senior World Rugby figure to agree with me publicly.

He has a bit of form for cutting through absolute bollix too, as the main driver behind extending the residency rules from 3 years to 5, could it be that he has somehow remained immune to the bollixology that surrounds the sport even after his elevation to high office ? Well done anyway, I'll vote for him in the re-election campaign.

Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.....

Ah I know that HF, the main topic of the article is the scheduling of the world rugby calendar and that comment was basically only a very minor, incidental part of the article, but all that said, the VC of world rugby referred to the November test series as friendlies. Which the rugby lads on here have been telling me for years that they most certainly are not.

I'm not sure who to believe any more & would like some clarity....................

Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.....