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Good post by Columbo. Yet accounts highlight a developing more & more weak financial situation over the last few years. Suggests poor financial management. IRFU will bail them out, of course, but at a price which seems to be more aimed at cutting direct costs (squad) rather than administrative ...

They’ve doubled down on that online. Can’t find the tournament rules - could be a head to head element or something? No it is points difference, then tries scored. They were wrong and are just burying their heads in the sand. England +59 v Ireland +41 PD, Ireland 18 tries v England 17. Ireland Scot...

I switched off when Ireland knocked on in injury time, assuming that they had lost and it wasn’t until about ten mins later scrolling through Twitter that k realised he went back for the pen! Tbh I was expecting an England win, but the scrum held up surprisingly well, and our skills and attacking pl...

Sorry to be a downer on a Friday, but I’ve heard that the one rumour that I was hoping would prove to be unfounded in fact has legs… namely that in fact it is 12 contracts that are going, with the 12th being Stu [emoji30] Not a done deal yet but Ulster are expecting him to go. Looking forward to Pe...

Sorry to be a downer on a Friday, but I’ve heard that the one rumour that I was hoping would prove to be unfounded in fact has legs… namely that in fact it is 12 contracts that are going, with the 12th being Stu [emoji30] Not a done deal yet but Ulster are expecting him to go. Looking forward to Pe...

Sorry to be a downer on a Friday, but I’ve heard that the one rumour that I was hoping would prove to be unfounded in fact has legs… namely that in fact it is 12 contracts that are going, with the 12th being Stu [emoji30] Not a done deal yet but Ulster are expecting him to go. Looking forward to Pe...

Sorry to be a downer on a Friday, but I’ve heard that the one rumour that I was hoping would prove to be unfounded in fact has legs… namely that in fact it is 12 contracts that are going, with the 12th being Stu [emoji30] Not a done deal yet but Ulster are expecting him to go. Looking forward to Pet...

I think there’s a lot of confusion around about Ulster / the IRFU / finances etc, leading IMO to this situation where while Ulster are definitely in a bit of a squeeze, it’s been blown out of all proportion, to the extent where I’ve been seeing people responding with surprise to the contract extensi...

If correct, that’s good news as I never liked watching on Amazon. On a similar topic can anyone shed light on the URC contract with Viaplay? As I understand it Viaplay sold their sports coverage back to Premier Sports effective 2024. It’s 2024 now but I’ve heard nothing. So Viaplay/Premier Sports h...

Cockatrice wrote:

TheBoat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:51 pm Why if we're so broke did you sign off on the expense of a plastic pitch?

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Because D4 payed for it in full…

Well they funded it with a loan - whether it’s a loan we have to pay back, or a ‘Munster loan’ remains to be seen!

Well it hasn’t been a great couple of weeks for online ‘ITK’-artists… Neil Fissler ended up with egg on his face when Huw Jones ‘done deal at Montpellier’ turned out to be ..er.. not done - I mention in passing that he is the source of the Kok rumour.. Also a rake of Munster rumours faltering, Galla...

On VAT I would very much like to know what he’s talking about - apart from anything VAT is levied in Ireland as well. I’m not an expert on VAT in the south but struggle to see why Ulster should be at any meaningful disadvantage. In the UK VAT will be due on the full selling price of tickets sold at...

Apologies, I quickly updated at halftime so the point on Flannery may have been open to misinterpretation. He said that Burns would be leaving but it wasn’t for him to disclose the destination to which someone replied ‘we already know where he’s going to’ and there was no response which I took as c...

Thanks Richard. As McCloskey is still under contract, then unless the IRFU were countenancing letting him leave for a transfer fee, I’d have thought he could have been a bit more categorical about him being around next year. I’d be a bit surprised if he left, now that he’s right in the Ireland mix. ...

For the week that’s in it, that’s a decent result - certainly played with the shackles off in attack as compared with the rest of the season, and it was a big loose but also pretty tasty at times and a reminder that we can play ball when we want to. On the flip side defence was very ordinary, especi...