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Stockdale’s only chance of getting into a green jersey any time soon is if he picks one up in Lifestyle Sports for himself.

We’re some team.

Dave wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:34 pm Marty Moore no where near fit.

Which is an absolute disgrace.

justinr73 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:35 pm Munster’s third choice 9 started 8 games last season.

That's because their 1st and 2nd choice are Ireland internationals.

I view Shanahan in a different light to the other not-quite-good-enough players. I imagine he has always been on a relatively cheap contract, and he has never, to my knowledge, blocked any other young 9 coming through. I honestly wouldn't mind keeping him as it's hard to see us signing a more capabl...

But for the" blazers " most rugby clubs would cease to exist most are volunteers unpaid who devote many hours to enable the game to exist at club level -- many are competent networkers but there are a few who are there for the ego trip. Post matches dinners are either paid for in advance ...

Rugby has been professional now for almost 30 years, there is no excuse any more for amateurs to have oversight of professional teams.

Every time TOT comes on for Ireland I watch the first few scrums from behind the sofa, only to find that he rarely lets the side down. While for us he has had his behind handed to him on a number of occasions. Coaching? Application? Rest of pack? I think it’s part coaching, part Stewart being a wea...

Today's Ireland squad announcement is absolutely mortifying for McFarland and Petrie. I genuinely hope they walked around red-faced all day.

Imagine ballsing things up so badly that you cannot get a single one of your players into an Ireland 23.

I think the more worrying part of the report is that we are doing this as part of a cost cutting exercise. That means there will be no big money NIQ replacement. Or I think any replacement at all. If the Leinster players were moving they would go to Munster, just like carberry, though that was a lu...

I see there’s some doubt over the future of Mako and Billy Vunipola at Saracens. Given the level of dislike of all things Saracen on this site, would you be in favour of them having contracts with Ulster, if the NIQ nonsense was gone? Supposing they had not played for England and were free? I think...

If we plan on using Doak as Burns replacement we are in big, big trouble. Why? Because Doak has almost no experience as a professional 10 and our other 10 is Flannery. If Ulster do see Doak as a 10 why haven't they invested more time in him there? Playing there for the last few mins of games after ...

If we plan on using Doak as Burns replacement we are in big, big trouble.

why not go for 29 year old Ross Byrne? OK, he picked up an injury post RWC but he has plenty left and loads of experience. Leinster don't make the length of contract extensions public so unsure which of the 10s in Dublin have a renewal this Summer. Would that really matter for an inter-pro move?

Dublin4 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:53 pm why not go for 29 year old Ross Byrne?
OK, he picked up an injury post RWC but he has plenty left and loads of experience.

I would absolutely love to sign Ross Byrne but there is absolutely no chance, he is Leinster's main man and that's not going to change in the immediate future.