The UAFC

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:50 pm I take it neither team will have any their internationals back?

Big-al wrote:

Dave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:57 pm

big mervyn wrote:I take it we're having a minute's silence, and maybe even a rare Ravenhill rendition of GSTK?, On Sat?

It will take the loyalist 6 months to learn the new words.

What about Unionists?

Dave wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:55 pm

Big-al wrote:

Dave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:57 pm

big mervyn wrote:I take it we're having a minute's silence, and maybe even a rare Ravenhill rendition of GSTK?, On Sat?

It will take the loyalist 6 months to learn the new words.

What about Unionists?

Equally as dumb. Rugby in Ulster and Ireland pretty much ignores the union.

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:56 pm

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:50 pm I take it neither team will have any their internationals back?

Round 2 apparently if fit, timed in conjunction with the players going off to South Africa on this dog and pony show tour.

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:38 pm

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:56 pm

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:50 pm I take it neither team will have any their internationals back?

Round 2 apparently if fit, timed in conjunction with the players going off to South Africa on this dog and pony show tour.

These first 4 rounds it looks like we’ll be quite stretched then… it’s going to be an interesting team selection - we just go and put out our traditionally ‘strongest’ players even if they have seen little/no game time over pre season or will we mix it up? Wouldn’t be surprised to see a McDonald & Flannery half back combo to start and then Doak/Cooney & Burns given more game time off the bench.
Still a lot of unknowns in terms of injuries (ie Warwick, Jones, Marcus rea, Postlethwaite, Addison, Sexton, Moxham) as well as people who haven’t seen any game time over pre season (McCann, Cooney, Baloucoune, McIlroy), so 12pm on Friday afternoon is going to make for some interesting reading! Hopefully Hendy, Big Stu, Hume, Addison and Lowry will be back soon as well as the rest of the Irish contingent who they didn’t manage to break!

justinr73 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:56 pm Wonder if Carter will get picked ahead of Big Frank?

Gotta be the tallest set of locks Ulster have ever had!

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:05 pm

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:38 pm

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:56 pm

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:50 pm I take it neither team will have any their internationals back?

Round 2 apparently if fit, timed in conjunction with the players going off to South Africa on this dog and pony show tour.

These first 4 rounds it looks like we’ll be quite stretched then… it’s going to be an interesting team selection - we just go and put out our traditionally ‘strongest’ players even if they have seen little/no game time over pre season or will we mix it up? Wouldn’t be surprised to see a McDonald & Flannery half back combo to start and then Doak/Cooney & Burns given more game time off the bench.
Still a lot of unknowns in terms of injuries (ie Warwick, Jones, Marcus rea, Postlethwaite, Addison, Sexton, Moxham) as well as people who haven’t seen any game time over pre season (McCann, Cooney, Baloucoune, McIlroy), so 12pm on Friday afternoon is going to make for some interesting reading! Hopefully Hendy, Big Stu, Hume, Addison and Lowry will be back soon as well as the rest of the Irish contingent who they didn’t manage to break!

Read the target for Hendo is Round 5 v Lions in South Africa.

UlsterNo9 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:00 pm

justinr73 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:56 pm Wonder if Carter will get picked ahead of Big Frank?

Gotta be the tallest set of locks Ulster have ever had!

Is Carter our 6th choice lock?

1 Henderson 2 Strangler 3 Treadz 4 Izzy 5 Big bad Bradshaw 6 Carts?

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:04 pm

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:05 pm

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:38 pm

Neill_M wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:56 pm

SUFTUM_19 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:50 pm I take it neither team will have any their internationals back?

Round 2 apparently if fit, timed in conjunction with the players going off to South Africa on this dog and pony show tour.

These first 4 rounds it looks like we’ll be quite stretched then… it’s going to be an interesting team selection - we just go and put out our traditionally ‘strongest’ players even if they have seen little/no game time over pre season or will we mix it up? Wouldn’t be surprised to see a McDonald & Flannery half back combo to start and then Doak/Cooney & Burns given more game time off the bench.
Still a lot of unknowns in terms of injuries (ie Warwick, Jones, Marcus rea, Postlethwaite, Addison, Sexton, Moxham) as well as people who haven’t seen any game time over pre season (McCann, Cooney, Baloucoune, McIlroy), so 12pm on Friday afternoon is going to make for some interesting reading! Hopefully Hendy, Big Stu, Hume, Addison and Lowry will be back soon as well as the rest of the Irish contingent who they didn’t manage to break!

Read the target for Hendo is Round 5 v Lions in South Africa.

I wonder if the emerging Ireland players will just stay in SA and link up with Ulster there

Big-al wrote:

Dave wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:55 pm

Big-al wrote:

Dave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:57 pm

big mervyn wrote:I take it we're having a minute's silence, and maybe even a rare Ravenhill rendition of GSTK?, On Sat?

It will take the loyalist 6 months to learn the new words.

What about Unionists?

Equally as dumb. Rugby in Ulster and Ireland pretty much ignores the union.

Only in your republican head.

Your statement doesn’t correlate with the messages of sympathy from ulster rugby last weekend, the cancellation of all rugby in the province as a mark of respect to the head of the Union and the highly likely event of a minutes silence on Saturday night.

UlsterNo9 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:00 pm

justinr73 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:56 pm Wonder if Carter will get picked ahead of Big Frank?

Gotta be the tallest set of locks Ulster have ever had!

Is Carter our 6th choice lock?

1 Henderson 2 Strangler 3 Treadz 4 Izzy 5 Big bad Bradshaw 6 Carts?

Dave wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:12 pm

Big-al wrote:

Dave wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:55 pm

Big-al wrote:

Dave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:57 pm It will take the loyalist 6 months to learn the new words.

What about Unionists?

Equally as dumb. Rugby in Ulster and Ireland pretty much ignores the union.

Only in your republican head.

Your statement doesn’t correlate with the messages of sympathy from ulster rugby last weekend, the cancellation of all rugby in the province as a mark of respect to the head of the Union and the highly likely event of a minutes silence on Saturday night.

FFS Al, this is not a politics thread. Please take this elsewhere. I'm not a republican either ffs, not that type at least. Shirley, you can see the all ireland model is the antithesis of unionism. That's what I mean by ignore the union. Now pi$h off to the politics thread.

Big-al wrote:
You brought politics into it.