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Da iawn/Well done Munster completely deserved. Were brilliant in the 1st half and came back strong in the 2nd, a great performance!

Commiserations to Leinster fans

Thoroughly enjoyed that match, really just superb from both sides, both definitely the best two sides in the Magners too.

Ah, I rugby.

Delighted for Munster.

Staggy! I wanna be at Thomond to do a pitch invasion, and you know what I'll be making a b-line for!

Did you find the match boring Scotland?

"final whistle finally"
"it will make the game seem more exciting".

Did the neutrals not enjoy it. I thought it would be a great spectacle.

Exactly Notch...and don't forget poor Connacht who had a great season too. Bring on the world cup and 2012 8)

Commiserations Leinster fans but you have your shiny cup in the cabinet too

Come on, get Wally on telly!

red_stag wrote:Did you find the match boring Scotland?

"final whistle finally"
"it will make the game seem more exciting".

Did the neutrals not enjoy it. I thought it would be a great spectacle.

I didnt mean it like that just the end was quite unnecessary when we already knew who had won, and a closer score line alqways looks better on the 10 o clock news afterwards.

MR. scotland27 wrote:

red_stag wrote:Did you find the match boring Scotland?

"final whistle finally"
"it will make the game seem more exciting".

Did the neutrals not enjoy it. I thought it would be a great spectacle.

I didnt mean it like that just the end was quite unnecessary when we already knew who had won, and a closer score line alqways looks better on the 10 o clock news afterwards.

Keep digging Scotland

mrsuperclear wrote:Exactly Notch...and don't forget poor Connacht who had a great season too. Bring on the world cup and 2012 8)

It could be worse...you could be Welsh fans

I thought it was great. Compelling. Most of the errors came from immense pressure. That's the game. The breakdown was a marvelous tussle by both sides.

Good season Joe Schmidt. Not bad for a 1st one.
McGahan has something to build on now.

I thought POC showed great leadership in his play and as a captain. He was literally HUGE today.

Now onto the Champions league! Berbatov not in the matchday squad.Owen takes his spot on the bench.Puyol withdraws and Mascherano starts at centre back.

WAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEE interview

Notch wrote:

MR. scotland27 wrote:

red_stag wrote:Did you find the match boring Scotland?

"final whistle finally"
"it will make the game seem more exciting".

Did the neutrals not enjoy it. I thought it would be a great spectacle.

I didnt mean it like that just the end was quite unnecessary when we already knew who had won, and a closer score line alqways looks better on the 10 o clock news afterwards.

Keep digging Scotland

this isnt getting easy I must admit....

It's fitting that the side that's been top of the table virtually all season gets the title.

Champions League final in a bit - I may pop over to the football boards to see what it's like...

I think the chat box is opening pedestrian

MR. scotland27 wrote:

red_stag wrote:Did you find the match boring Scotland?

"final whistle finally"
"it will make the game seem more exciting".

Did the neutrals not enjoy it. I thought it would be a great spectacle.

I didnt mean it like that just the end was quite unnecessary when we already knew who had won, and a closer score line alqways looks better on the 10 o clock news afterwards.

Yea thats not how we do it in Leinster v Munster games.

As a side note the Munster boys are very emotional. I see Derbyshire is up there with them. Very emotional!!

Enjoy the win Munster fans I loved it when the O's won last year

Did I hear right? Wally was MOTM. Good tune in the background too!

yeah Lucky just get yourself into the chatbox, reckon that's where I'm going to now anyway.

Thanks, Mr S. If enough of us are staying here I might hang around. I don't think the banter will be the same on the football boards.

Lost connection at the end - only just back on

KiaRose wrote:Lost connection at the end - only just back on

How much did you miss?! How frustrating.

After watching two games of rugby, switching over to the football seems like an anticlimax. Hopefully it's a good game.

Cari wrote:

KiaRose wrote:Lost connection at the end - only just back on

How much did you miss?! How frustrating.

I didn't miss any of the game Cari - just the banter at the end.

Not sure about Wallace as MOTM. Munster backrow weren't at the races in the first half.

Apologies to Dreamer if she comes in - I tried that live text box and it was like being bombarded with irrelevances when you're trying to watch the game! Things are more sedate here

Michael Carrick needs a good game tonight. He was a spectator last time these two sides met in the final.

Lucky - It does take a bit of getting used to in there!

I don't mind it until they go off on one about wrestling

Enjoying the footy so far, although I don't understand why berbatov isn't even on the bench!

Wrestling fans are great though really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTNyKIGXiI

He's not on the bench? That's an odd decision. If you need someone to change a game, Berbatov's someone who can do it.

I love Park Ji-Sung. It's a cliche to say he's hard-working when he's actually a canny footballer too.

I love him too Lucky, he's been one of our best players this season

Barca turning up the pressure here.

Notch - I don't mind them being wrestling fans, its just odd when we're supposed to be watching the football and they launch into wrestling speak about all their promo's and things. Just baffling really.

It's worrying for United that Barca snuff out their attacks more easily than they snuff out theirs Barca's

Rule number one: don't give Xavi time on the ball.

oh dear, goal for Barca, Man U with it all to do now

Well in United. It's hardly with the run of play, but that was a quality finish from Rooney.

Notch wrote:Wrestling fans are great though really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTNyKIGXiI

Bout ye big lawd?

twas a lovely goal Lucky, am v happy with them at the moment

This is a wonderful game of football. Both teams know which is the better, but the aim of the game - as it's always been - is to finish with more goals than your opponent.

a very enjoyable first half of football I've got to say, glad that neither side is diving too much either, was worried it would ruing it slightly. Going to be a tense 2nd half I think, well it will be for me anyway!

Lucky,when did that start?! How come I wasn't informed?!

Random question: when is father's day this year?

June 19th

3rd Sunday in June in UK
oops Thomond beat me to it

That entrance of mine was rather abrupt. I'm from Norn Iron and would follow Ulster a wee bit. Our school wasn't great at rugby though.

Thank you both!, thank goodness that's after pay day for me so I'll be able to get my wonderful dad something! Might actually go home that weekend now I think about it, felt so bad that I stayed in Cardiff for the Amlin instead of going home for his birthday.


Welcome to the pub Dave! here's an for you if you want one

Which one was that Dave?

Good to have ye aboard Dave

Sorry I was away watching the football there. Good to have another Ulster fan around the place!

Forgive me, Thomond - I'm trying to drink single malt whisky, listen to the Beatles and watch a fairly important football match!

Hence why you got a 'bout ye big lawd. Strabane Grammar, mind you we won the Trophy at Ravenhill. Once.

that's some pretty impressive multi tasking Lucky!

Ah, Paul McCartney singing 'For No One' with the French Horn. Look up 'apposite' and you'll get a link to that song!

Did you go to school out in Tyrone Dave? It's not the rugby heartland but the growth of rugby in Ulster depends on the game catching on at the grassroots all over the nine counties of Ulster.

Edit; I see you did. I love to see the teams from non-traditional rugby strongholds do well at school and club level. The growth of rugby in Donegal, in particular, is very encouraging!

Once is good enough in my book!