Russ wrote:Shut up MikeHwoodMike2umate wrote:Just goes to show that you don't want to be winning at half-time.
Poor Mike.
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Russ wrote:Shut up MikeHwoodMike2umate wrote:Just goes to show that you don't want to be winning at half-time.
Don't be sorryCockatrice wrote:Sorry I am with Russ on this but what a cringeworthy statement from UR…. how pathetic just to run off a list of other clubs that didn't wear a poppy either as some form of justification.
They could have gone further and highlighted the fact that many Irish Rugby players paid the ultimate sacrifice in both wars when referencing the War Memorial and dropped all that other rubbish..
and yes I also agree with kofi with UR's pathetic attempt to try and sell rugby as an inclusive sport played by everyone when it has been that way since its inception.
Kofi Annan wrote:I guess there will now be footage of the President and entourage tomorrow at 11 am respecting the fallen at the memorial arch. just to win the hearts and mind.
Had a great day yesterday at Dave Parade, quiet a few fans did comment about the lack of poppies on players shirts etc, personally i think its a decision each of us has the right to make without being forced upon anyone . How did i remember , well i had a wee drink to those who are no longer with us. simple, then got on with getting smashed.
However, its not one that the politically correct brigade at Ravers would ever make as its too controversial and does not sit with "their" view of inclusiveness, ie the team they put to together with residents from lower Ormeau and two Rhodesians, sorry Zimbabweans. that ticked a box even if it was highly offensive, as Rugby in Ireland has always been inclusive without a manufactured team for a bit of spin.
Thoughts on the game, we done alright. McCall stood tall, Mulholland not so much. the standard of Pro12 is pants to be honest.
I elevated him to mediocre to be fair. And Stankovich is a good (not great )loosehead from a hard scrummaging school..Cockatrice wrote:Surprised that not more have chosen to query the much more experienced and highly acclaimed Herbst who not for the first time this season was poor..
CI… that too has worried me constant pinging and the puzzled look. It has happened with more than one ref so I must assume that he is doing something wrong which as you say with proper input would be corrected. It is as if no one can be arsed to de-brief the refs and then sit down with him and correct the fault. I am sure that in the scrum before he was taken off the ref had a word with him and told him to stop doing what he was doing… if it had been just the one game then fine but it is game after game.CIMANFOREVER wrote:I elevated him to mediocre to be fair. And Stankovich is a good (not great )loosehead from a hard scrummaging school..Cockatrice wrote:Surprised that not more have chosen to query the much more experienced and highly acclaimed Herbst who not for the first time this season was poor..
Seems to be getting a modicum of his mojo back, but not the force of last season. I still think he looks unfit and lethargic.
Whats worries me, is he still looks genuinely puzzled when he gets pinged... where's our scrum coach fs?....