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Munster to take on London Irish....

https://www.the42.ie/munster-london-iri ... 2-Jul2022/

Cap'n - it was completely unexpected with friends and family in shock.

Very sad news. He was a top guy and passionate supporter. First met him outside of UR but then many times over the years at ravers and at some away games. He was the kind of guy who helped make those trips great occasions.

Never played Sale Sharks. I'm 99% confident we never played the original Sale club either. Cabl ... ahh bugger! Certainly not in the professional era. And almost certainly not in the amateur days either. A fixture against a North of England select used to be a fairly common event back in the day. T...

Pre season games - meh.

Matt Faddes looked world class in one of them

Dave wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:09 am

Bart S wrote:Bench looks weak

Not surprised with all those fatties on it.

Aye. Dan needs to stop putting Fatty Rea on there for a start

Bench looks weak

When's the team announced?

Listened to off the ball rugby this morning re Bods thoughts on ire nz squad, which inevitably bled into a Leinster review. A lot of discussion re porter being over played and how Healy is way behind, lacking impact from bench, and how unlikely to last to wc. There was a lack of LHs in ire to choos...

Farrell doesn't select on form. Conor Murray has zero form at present. Conor Murray was a great player up to 2018 but that was 4 years ago now. His form since then has not warranted inclusion. Cooney plus the 2 Connacht scrum halves have been way better during this period. I know we hate doing it, ...

Justin - did your liver tough it out to make it to today's game or were you and the rest of the ulster contingent wise enough to draw stumps after Friday's session?

I heard that the Dutch were missing a few of their better players. Real shame if they can't get them for these big games. Teams like NL and Ireland need their big guns to have any chance of an upset and that's what will generate the most publicity and exposure.

Looked like a good day out. Barmy Army in full voice!

Stockdale, Baloucoune and Lowry in a back three will be delicious. Of course Jacob has to win his place back. There will be fierce competition in the backline. The forward stocks are not so abundant with the talent needed . When Hendy doesn't play the drop in quality is stark. Let's hope big Frank ...

I may be wrong but from memory it was quite close to the touchline and therefore not an easy kick.

This list doesn't include other games such as Clermont at home, Northampton (home and away I think) where ulster capitulated after the bench was emptied. There are clearly some bench players like Doak who are good enough to come on with 20 to go, but being brutal here, some aren't, as we have seen. ...