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You have Clogher Valley down there (other end of the county mind), they are always there or there abouts. Omagh I think are in Quali 2? Numbers would have hindered us too, only about 400 total, then 200 boys maybe.

Yeah, some good players have come out of Omagh. David Pollock most recently.

Rugby in the NorthWest is picking up - there seems to be a lot more interest in Donegal in the recent past and its a good sign

Too easy for the footballing sprite that is Lionel Messi. Stand off them at your peril! It's the best midfield ever!

See, we are more a cricket heartland as well. Good to see mind. Pollock isn't that old either is he?

curse the little hobbit! Barca deservedly in front through really, although they are starting to dive a bit more now.

It seems thoroughly forlorn, but there's plenty of time for an equaliser and a winner.

Barca is a great city. Fake beach and all

Dave wrote:See, we are more a cricket heartland as well. Good to see mind. Pollock isn't that old either is he?

No, but he had to retire this season due to injury
Which is sad, he had everything a 7 should have.

Remember 1999!

Mind you, another goal would kill ye. And it could come at any second. They are purring.

red_stag wrote:Silly by Howlett but its a fine line and was very nearly legal. Wouldn't criticise him too much.

Put that up in the dressing room! It is the Munster Fan's Charter, try to get away with whatever you can!

oh holy cow, what a goal. I dislike Villa a lot but you can't argue with that.

And that's dance. Beauty and direct movement.

Glas a du wrote:

red_stag wrote:Silly by Howlett but its a fine line and was very nearly legal. Wouldn't criticise him too much.

Put that up in the dressing room! It is the Munster Fan's Charter, try to get away with whatever you can!

And they've got the Heineken Cups to justify it


I just hope Barca don't go on to hit 4 or 5 in this game. I hope it's a respectable defeat and not a rout.

Here's Rupeni Caucaus second try for Friday;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgH2qIcCt3w

Like I said before, someone that shape shouldn't move like that!

He's rapid, simple as! It is phenomenal to see him go though.

Oh, does anyone else love Os Mutantes?

IMO Shane Jennings and Donnacha Ryan justified their places on the plane to NZ.

Stag, was it you who said Mafi had a good game?

Nos da.

Stag you're obviously otherwise engaged in your swanky Hotel.



Well done son. Show her the time of her life!

Yeah, I think they enhanced their chances. But ultimately the last calls might come in August. I'd certainly back those two. If other players come in and are particularly impressive in the warm-up games that would supersede this seasons for for me, but I've been backing Ryan for a while and the way Leamy is playing worries me. Leamy can redeem himself yet of course.

I do feel that the backrow selection could come down to tactics. Should they decide they don't want that type of 7, they won't take Jennings. If they do, they will. Rather than just picking the best five backrows I feel hi place on the plane comes down how the coaches view our backrow.

Am I right in thinking there will be 30 in the RWC squad? When does it have to be named? Is DK going to name the 50 he has had "filling in forms"?

Glas,think it was me,I said he had a decent game but he probably looked better because of the flashy stuff.To be fair though,that was some goosestep!

Home after another awesome couple of rugby days!

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

Hero.

Munsty, glad you had a good time down here. If you hook up with the rugby community in London it's a good gas.

Morning all

Reds v Crusaders about to start, this should be a goody!

Reds in front, forward pass for the try though. Frenetic pace so far in this one.

Morning everyone.

Hope all are well. Pretty dreadful day for me sports wise yesterday but what can ye do. Win some you Lose some.

Well done to munster though. Hopefully with Leinster winning in Europe. Munster winning the league and ulster making huge strides this year as well as coonnacht getting a HC spot, the confidence going into Irish squad will be strong.

Ridiculous pass by cooper under pressure.

Morning All,

Micky - as I said to the others, it could be worse - you could be Welsh fans

Looks like Kiwi's fear of cucumbers is justified. The BBC has the headline on its newspage "Deadly cucumbers claim more lives". Sounds like something out of a naff B-movie.

Morning cari. Yeh I'm not as disappointed as much as I thought but would have been a fantastic double.

Ah well, and I've band practice 11-6 today would love to just do nothing.

There you go you can take your frustration out on the band practice

I'm in some physical discomfort today so I don't know if or what I'll be doing...oh hopefully there'll be some GAA on later to listen in on.

You ok? Hurt yourself!?

*whispers* wimmins things.

Indeed. Say no more.

Exactly! You watching some rugby there?

Bore da.

Micky, I think that whole game revolved around a quick tap taken by Redden. There was five minutes on the clock. Should have gone to touch and started again. Mind you Nigel did miss the fact that Munster were not even 5 yards back. I thought he had a poor game yesterday. He is the strongest ref in the league but even he won't stand up to Munster in Thomond Park.

Mind if I pop in for a quick ?

This seems to be the only part of the site that is actually awake at the moment

I thought the crucial part of the match was DOC's binning. If Leinster were going to be a significant threat, it should've been then. They were so close to scoring tries a few times and all, which just makes it more frustrating for them.

I wonder though, does the Heino take the wind out of their sails a bit? They fell short at the Magners final last year too.

Knock yourself out Legend...well not literally...

Reds get a last minute peno to win. At least one of my teams get a win.

Luck I agree. Reddans quick tap was ridiculous. But as you said i was very disappointed with Nigel Owens yesterday.

Also the big change for me was Sextons clearance that barely went 10 metres this was the line out that led to the try.

It was right in front of us and I'm not sure who it was but a munster player was about 5 yards off side from the ruck that narrowed the angle down significantly which meant we didn't get the clearance. Owens and his assistant HAD to have been able to see that and we were leading before that so.

Rant over cause can't have too many complaints really after that.

Jennings I thought was excellent yesterday and made some good carries as well.

Was SOB injured when he went off? Or just shattered?

Micky - SOB didn't appear to be injured, so I assume he was just worn out. It has been a big season for him both in the blue and green shirt.

606 still open. Hmm. Maybe after the play off final Monday it will close

"The 606 website will close at the end of the current football season"

I assume this means once all the play-offs are complete

I would've thought so Micky. They did say "...at the end of the football season". What they should've said was after all the matches had been played. If the Jacks (Swansea) go up tomorrow the Welsh press will go bananas. I wonder if it'll affect the O's at the Liberty?

It's Swansea v Reading is it?

Can't wait to watch the Munster v Leinster game later on.

Micky,

You really don't do well in our bets do you?

Munsty. I haven't lost the hurling one my friend. But I'm thinking for the most part you are right.

I think you cheated

Legend wrote:It's Swansea v Reading is it?

sure is legend. Think reading are better equipped to go up

Legend wrote:It's Swansea v Reading is it?

Yes it is. I think Swansea have beaten Reading before...I don't follow football at all to be honest, but it's quite difficult to avoid the play offs in the local news right now.

If Glas appears, I think he'd be best suited to comment here:

https://www.606v2.com/t5779-this-is-a-bee-in-my-bonnet#131456