The UAFC

As already pointed out, Mr George Clancy is the ref for this one. Game is on Premier Sports 1 & Eir Sport 1 with deferred coverage on TG4 at 9:30pm. The teams are announced tomorrow at lunchtime.

That is all.

Anyone going?

Giving it a miss this year and heading to Cambridge v Bishop's Stortford instead.

Now that's a proper grudge match - the 'M11 derby' as it's known in these parts.

By me.

justinr73 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:38 pm Anyone going?

Giving it a miss this year and heading to Cambridge v Bishop's Stortford instead.

Now that's a proper grudge match - the 'M11 derby' as it's known in these parts.

By me.

Much as I like a wee trip to D4 I can't thing of a single reason to attract me to this.

HWM might invade the pitch again.

On previous occasions, we've visited the Abbey Theatre, done the Guinness tour and been to the Whiskey Museum. Went to the Emigration Museum last year which was good. Had 6 oysters at the Temple Bar and then went to JW Sweetnams for something more substantial.

It's always a good trip apart from the rugby!

I live here in Mexico and I'm not even sure I can be arsed making the jaunt up the road for this. Waiting to see what sort of team we're sending down.

justinr73 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 6:17 pm HWM might invade the pitch again.

On previous occasions, we've visited the Abbey Theatre, done the Guinness tour and been to the Whiskey Museum. Went to the Emigration Museum last year which was good. Had 6 oysters at the Temple Bar and then went to JW Sweetnams for something more substantial.

It's always a good trip apart from the rugby!

Boycott Guinness.

Mr Clancy is bad news.
Hopelessly biased against Leinster, he ruins matches we are involved in with his idiosyncratic decisions. Will he ever just go away?
Anyway, it's a run out for our thirds against your seconds. Sooner or later the public is going to rebel against this "holiday" fare.

I think he's biased against the sport of Rugby Union

Dublin4 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:21 pm Mr Clancy is bad news.
Hopelessly biased against Leinster, he ruins matches we are involved in with his idiosyncratic decisions. Will he ever just go away?
Anyway, it's a run out for our thirds against your seconds. Sooner or later the public is going to rebel against this "holiday" fare.

I'd like to think you're right, d and the public will rebel but I can't see it any time soon, at least as long as Leinster are still top of the pile and ulster are still churning out a fair number of good wins and filling us with some sort of hope.

Faddes seems to think he’s involved on Friday.

Pre team announcements, the bookies have Leinster 21 points favourites....

Leinster Rugby:

15. Rob Kearney 14. Fergus McFadden 13. Tommy O’Brien 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. Cian Kelleher 10. Harry Byrne 9. Whiskey Malone RFC 1. Peter Dooley 2. Seán Cronin 3. Andrew Porter 4. Scott Fardy (C) 5. Josh Murphy 6. Will Connors 7. Scott Penny 8. Max Deegan

16. Bryan Byrne 17. Cian Healy 18. Jack Aungier 19. Oisín Dowling 20. JVDF 21. Hugh O’Sullivan 22. Ciarán Frawley 23. Conor O’Brien

Ulster team to play Leinster, Guinness PRO14 Round 8, Friday 20 December at the RDS Arena (kick-off 7.35pm, live on Premier Sports / eir Sport):

(15-9) Rob Lyttle, Craig Gilroy, Matt Faddes, Angus Curtis, Angus Kernohan, Bill Johnston, David Shanahan.

(1-8) Andrew Warwick, Adam McBurney, Tom O’Toole, David O’Connor, Alan O’Connor (Capt.), Matthew Rea, Nick Timoney, Greg Jones.

Replacements: John Andrew, Kyle McCall, Ross Kane, Jack Regan, Azur Allison, Jonny Stewart, Stewart Moore, Ethan McIlroy.

cricket score

I see they are moving this one to Elm Street.