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by richardt84
Tue May 30, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Petries Answering Questions
Replies: 152
Views: 121815

Re: Petries Answering Questions

Do you feel Ulster are approaching next season with a stronger squad than this season and if so, where do you feel the improvements are?
by richardt84
Sat May 27, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Provincial an' aither teams
Topic: URC 2022/23 - Other Sides
Replies: 578
Views: 429857

Re: URC 2022/23 - Other Sides

It would be interesting to see how many Ulster players have filtered out of the recognition for RWC since the end of the regular season. I’d read a 45 man training squad is due to be announced this week and realistically, I can’t see any more than Herring, Stewart, O’Toole, Henderson, McCloskey and ...
by richardt84
Tue May 23, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: Provincial an' aither teams
Topic: Heineken Cup Final Venue 2022/23
Replies: 85
Views: 12739

Re: Heineken Cup Final Venue 2022/23

I must admit I am taking a rather perverse sense of enjoyment in how ROG seems to be living rent free over on the babbling Brook forum. For a set of supporters who routinely point out how obsessed munster fans seem to be about beating leinster, they haven't half fallen for some good old fashioned t...
by richardt84
Sun May 21, 2023 8:41 am
Forum: Provincial an' aither teams
Topic: Heineken Cup Final Venue 2022/23
Replies: 85
Views: 12739

Re: Heineken Cup Final Venue 2022/23

Summary of posts on Leinster a fan forum Our scrum was roasted We need more props Kicking was rubbish Couldn't change tactics Ignored drop goal opportunities Referee was biased You would think they could make up their own excuses instead of using ours! Heaslip has also seemingly blamed the URC for ...
by richardt84
Sat May 13, 2023 10:01 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Where do we go from here?
Replies: 139
Views: 62397

Re: Where do we go from here?

Baggy is right. In the circumstances, aiming for 2nd / achieving 2nd is as good as we are going to get. But playing like last week , we will be lucky to finish in Top 8 ( and this end of season anyway as we have away we against top 4 etc) What was most disappointing was the lack of "fight"...
by richardt84
Tue May 09, 2023 2:03 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Ulster v Connacht
Replies: 476
Views: 83105

Re: Ulster v Connacht

So many issues in the game came down to one thing: Mindset, those players took the pitch totally in the wrong headspace for a knockout inter pro…..how that was allowed to happen was a disgrace. They lacked aggression, focus, accuracy, cohesion….because they weren’t in the right headspace. For an ho...
by richardt84
Tue May 09, 2023 6:34 am
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Ulster v Connacht
Replies: 476
Views: 83105

Re: Ulster v Connacht

Friend used some of his post match interview to support McFarland but one quote that stood out for me is below. He must have been licking his lips after that coffee if McFarland brought that up as it shows he didn’t want to embrace being favourites. On one hand we can’t compete with Leinster because...
by richardt84
Sat May 06, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Ulster v Connacht
Replies: 476
Views: 83105

Re: Ulster v Connacht

Gutted doesn't cover it. The intensity of the last 5- 10 mins - where was that earlier in the game. All the bon homie- jacob at the start, leaving at the end- it's not a fecking carnival. Game head on, kill dead things, then do social media tom kite another day, not during a knock out. Tell you wha...
by richardt84
Mon May 01, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Ulster v Connacht
Replies: 476
Views: 83105

Re: Ulster v Connacht

Not if Sharks win the URC. Correct me if I'm wrong Neil By the book you are correct. One step closer then 🫡. The sharks are so far away from winning it it is basically there. Suspect it will be confirmed next week. The Sharks are an enigma- very good squad poorly motivated and managed Question, do ...
by richardt84
Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:39 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Ulster v Dragons Fri April 14 7:35pm
Replies: 112
Views: 18386

Re: Ulster v Dragons Fri April 14 7:35pm

O'Toole with crutches at the sideline. Did people see what happened? It happened when he was trying to charge down a box kick. No contact at all with anyone or anything but the pitch. Very similar to Martinez for Man Utd last night who was running with the ball before going down with what has subse...
by richardt84
Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: A new low…?
Replies: 79
Views: 16132

Re: A new low…?

https://ulster.rugby/content/ulster-rugby-builds-on-player-pathway-for-next-generation-of-ulster-players I don't know much about these things. How much of what is in this link is new and how much has been going on for ages? On that question I’d be particularly interested in the point below: ‘Integr...
by richardt84
Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: Leinster VS Ulster HC QF 01/04/23
Replies: 451
Views: 52554

Re: Leinster VS Ulster HC QF 01/04/23

So that's two Leinster trys disallowed and Hume's yella rescinded so far. We've almost got this won. :lol: Murray Kinsella posted a clip of this line out in lead up to Baird’s try and a few replies are questioning the legality of Leinster’s actions so that’s another try ruled out :lol: https://twit...
by richardt84
Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:52 pm
Forum: View frae thae Hill
Topic: A new low…?
Replies: 79
Views: 16132

Re: A new low…?

Numbers is an issue but what we do with the numbers we do have is another issue, particularly in the forwards. As an example McCann was captain of the same under-20s team as Cian Prendergast. I know captaincy isn’t a sign that he was a better player but given Prendergast didn’t get in to the Leinste...
by richardt84
Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:45 pm
Forum: International rugby
Topic: 6 Nations 2023
Replies: 576
Views: 51056

Re: 6 Nations 2023

To be fair what can Genge really come out and say?….they were embarrassed, record score, at home, physically smashed, totally outplayed, tactically out thought, dreadful attack, poor basic skills. The coaching was massively shown up too. It was shocking on all levels. Everyone associated with that ...
by richardt84
Sun Mar 12, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: International rugby
Topic: 6 Nations 2023
Replies: 576
Views: 51056

Re: 6 Nations 2023

2 Ulster hookers and treadwell in the match day squad next week? Be surprised if any of the 5? Irish injured feature in 6 days time. Good opportunity for a bit of English redemption for Stu. He deserves a start at 12 but it wouldn’t surprise me to hear ‘Stu’s trained well during the week as have Bu...