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Just home.It was awful. The first half must rate among the worst matches in Irish rugby history. Redeemed a little by the last fifteen. What a lineout shambles. MOD to the abbatoir please. Sorry MOD but I am in bad form. No atmosphere what with the huge gaps in the stadium. The IRFU deserve it for t...

Backaway is right. He and I must be contemporaries because I always say the same about the Triple Crown. I was 26 when Ireland won it for the first time in a third of a century in 1982. It was just massive. So much so that the team went on the pish for a month and didn't bother to prepare for the la...

Philip Browne confirmed this morning that they cannot fill the stadium for the first match against the world champions due to the catastrophic mis-sale of the tickets. What a shambles. This will have huge repercussions down the line for the financing of the Union. They will have to pay off the debt ...

We won though. With a lot of second choice players. Look, I am sorry I seem to offend you, but all the provinces need to learn lessons and be very cagey about who they import from the SH. Money is very scarce at the moment and it has to be made go as far as possible. Leinster fans suffered enough wi...

Point taken, Big Al, but we got rid of CJ van der linde as soon as his contract expired. His example should not be repeated by any province.

Thanks for putting me in my place, Jack the lad, and I really feel like the little rodent's bag of balls after that. I was trying to be helpful by pointing out the unacceptable. For the money paid, Pienaar's hospital pass to Ian Humphreys leading to the loss of the bonus point was unacceptable. The ...

I hesitate to join in internal Ulster debate but I really question some decisions up there. Ruan Pienaar was a massive disappointment. He is not worth the money, so far, and I question why you dispensed with Isaac Boss. Boss impresses me and many others at the RDS. Some of the other imports, apart f...

what a boring game.
Straight out of the memory of 1970s and 1980s interpro rugby 6 3 type scorelines.

Marcus Horan out for a month or more after breaking a bone in his hand in the gym doing weights.
No end to the injuries!

Sexton absolutely cemented his place as the Irish 10. ROG played well too and will be a good back up. Anyone share my view that it's an absolute pleasure to see Stringer's pass again? His linking up with team mates is like a lubricant. For a baldy little midget he gets a few tackles in as well. Stri...

Having really enjoyed our win at Sarries and the boggers' achievements at Thomond, I was looking forward to Ulster getting a bonus point in defeat at least at Biarritz. Instead there was major disappointment. Your second half was woeful and just not at the level required. I expected more from your S...

Leinster at the RDS yesterday was sublime. Rarely do we get a performance where ALL players perform so well. Munster's last minute try and bonus -point was astonishing. Wallace is still some player. I didn't see any of your game but it's a good start. You'd have to worry about Biarritz after their w...

The Union was always going for the kill once they saw how they could fill Croker. If 30,000 are p ed off well then there's still 50,000 going and can't you watch it on telly anyway? Consolations: the money is well spent and will keep the best players here. Rugby fans can also go to a couple of cheap...

Sadly Eoin Reddan's mother died after a very long illness on Sunday. RIP. Funeral today.

~Today's Irish Times is very informative: THE INTRODUCTION of two Italian teams, the Benetton Treviso and Aironi franchises, to this season’s Magners League tournament has allowed Leinster two potential lucrative pay days at the Aviva Stadium. The Irish province will play their home fixture against ...