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I thought our 6 and 8 were very good, as were the centres who tackled well all night. As has been said above Burns was badly missed. It seems in every match we have players who either catch the ball or carry it trying to make a line break then get isolated because our players are not backing up in ...

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I thought our 6 and 8 were very good, as were the centres who tackled well all night. As has been said above Burns was badly missed. It seems in every match we have players who either catch the ball or carry it trying to make a line break then get isolated because our players are not backing up in ...

I've been very concerned about the mentality of this squad for some time. When we start well all it takes is one moment to go against us and we never seem to gain the upper hand again. Same happened again tonight, we hardly fired a shot after they scored their first try and spent the whole time def...

Shanahan looked very good again after coming on. Whisper it quietly, but on this form might he be pushing his way up the pecking order? Think we lost a bit of shape in attack with the Burns injury, pleasantly surprised with how our back row has got on, all three of the lads have put in a shift to b...

I've been very concerned about the mentality of this squad for some time. When we start well all it takes is one moment to go against us and we never seem to gain the upper hand again. Same happened again tonight, we hardly fired a shot after they scored their first try and spent the whole time def...

Turning point was Weegies 3rd try to take the lead. Nevr gonna relinquish it from that point. And what was particularly galling about it was it came from a penalty when Jacob got isolated and Addison went off is feet, BUT both chasers for Glasgow were clearly ahead of the kicker - should have been a...

Bobby still pulling up short and not engaging in garryowens. Frustrating. My view is that he has learnt when to compete and when to wait for his opponent to land and then tackle him. He does challenge for the ball if he's up quickly enough to do so, but if he sees he can't challenge in the air, he'...

23 :salut: And nearly all.Ulster born. One bright point. I was only guessing but No9 hasn’t corrected me (yet)! Predictably, last night’s fare has already prompted calls in some quarters for fresh coaches 🙄 Shame Wilson didn’t end up under the posts in front of the Family Stand - he’s no slouch by ...

Marco wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:58 am . . . . and would someone please buy Jacob a pair of Velcro gloves ffs, moving on….

I lost count of the number of times I saw him getting spray adhesive applied to his mits - or swapped the lable on the can with the spray-on teflon?

Bobby still pulling up short and not engaging in garryowens. Frustrating. My view is that he has learnt when to compete and when to wait for his opponent to land and then tackle him. He does challenge for the ball if he's up quickly enough to do so, but if he sees he can't challenge in the air, he'...

The half-time kids certainly got the biggest crowd reception and, one could argue, deservedly. On the other hand, I don’t buy into the team need to enthuse the crowd theory. Nor do I. AGAIN atmosphere was poor until the team did something to waken them up, or ref gave us something to feel agrieved ...

That Lions team were tiny. Would have liked to have seen Lowry getting a run at them. While we're on the subject, the wee girl? In the pink bobble hat playing for the minis at the Aquinas end must be the smallest player ever to play at Ravers.The half-time entertainment was particularly good this w...

Just musicals this summer Merv. Treated the wife to a box at Mrs Doubtfire whilst we were over the water for the cricket. The ROH staged a pretty decent Evita the other week too. The lady off the breakfast show on U105 was on our row. Anyone know what’s happened to Jerry Lang btw? Got tickets for B...

Over the last 20 years or so we have rarely had a squad free of passengers. Far too often we have had great players supported by decent triers without the bit of stardust that elevates them to that special status. However the layer below these is littered with injured has beens, injured never were'...