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Moore aiming to be back end of July, so in time for pre-season!

Well after watching his senior debut yesterday I have to say I called that one wrong!! He looked absolutely to the manor born. In fairness the Lions are the softest SA side, and in particular the loosest in defence so it wasn’t the sternest test, but still it was an extremely impressive performance....

Well saying you ‘don’t give a f***’ about woman’s rugby is an unnecessarily crass way to put it, it is also true of the rugby-viewing population at large… this is the unfortunate truth that women’s rugby advocates keep bumping into. The real world isn’t anything like rugby twitter or the BBC - where...

Well I have to say that the idea of losing JTA, and even Milo, even though he’s not great - to be replaced by some guy who couldn’t make the grade at renowned scrummaging fortress Munster and who is currently playing semi-pro in Aus is extremely [emoji51][emoji51] So much so that I can’t really beli...

Well I’m delighted to see the SA sides get royally hoked today - SA fans on twitter put the Welsh in the shade when it comes to whining and crying about being robbed by the ref / TMO / anyone except their own performance [emoji849] Ironic given that the only genuine cases of hometown officiating tha...

I wonder what the going rate is for the likes or Curtis, Moxham and Sexton? Are Ulster paying top dollar for squad filler and fringe players? Read my earlier post … according to reports £100,000 for those top players not in IQ contracts of which we only have two sooner to be one probably non if the...

I hear we have offered Sam Prendergast (the Leinster Ireland U20s 10) a senior contract. With Flannery re-signing does that indicate he told us to go and do one? Not necessarily - I thought he looked good for the 20s, but IMO his highlight reel was better than his overall performances, which had do...

Understand it is Lyttles decision to leave Ulster. Offered hugely reduced terms, returning to family farm. Yes.. and he isn’t alone on the reduced offer front, apparently pro rugby in general is pretty brutal at the moment, big re-pricing going on across the board - obviously the English clubs are ...

I hear we have offered Sam Prendergast (the Leinster Ireland U20s 10) a senior contract. They guy probably fancies himself as leinster no. 1 in a year or so therefore no chance. He may well, however he has just the small matter of three full internationals (Byrne x2 and Frawley - leaving aside Sext...

I heard a bit of a puzzling rumour - that we’re letting both JTA and Milo go [emoji848] Which would leave us with 5 looseheads contracted for next year, but just 2 tightheads - wondering if we have a new TH lined up, or whether, thanks to Petrie screwing up our budget next year with frozen pitch-gat...

Rob Lyttle is off [emoji22]. Also Gilroy

Ha ha very true

Just popping in to suggest a rumour, just seen Mike Blair is stepping down as head coach at Edinburgh, because he wants to focus on being an attack coach.. [emoji102][emoji102] and just down the road, or more accurately across the water, is a team who have been all at sea since they lost their attac...

I actually wasn’t that worried for Stu - the selection of Aki was the typical Italy road-test for a 50-50 player, and I was pretty sure Stu would have come back in for the next game. It’s funny, I had been thinking that Stu has been good without really standing out, but I saw this morning that he is...

Yeah it’s happening - I heard that Petrie have a presentation to the players, and when some of them tried to say that they weren’t that keen and were concerned about injuries and stuff, he completely shut them down.. which didn’t go down well. But a bit of a fait accompli. In fairness it probably do...