The Official Irish Rugby Thread

[HighKingLeinster]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

[PornDog]

I can’t remember an Irish bench with as much impact as this one . Apart from Ross Byrne they’ll all bring speed or huge physicality. Sheehan’s absence will be felt though , no getting around that.

Herring's a fine player, I have no worries about him. He's not Sheehan, but he wont be letting us down any. Strangely I'm more nervous about Kelleher, obviously he's a monster about the park, but his darts have never been as good as Sheehan's and his last day out in blue was a disaster for him from touch. Hope he's got it sorted.

I don’t think it’s being disrespectful to Herring, or any other hooker really to suggest Sheehan is playing a different sport to them at the moment. Rob will hit his darts , arrive the rucks early , put in a few tackles and possibly improve the scrum . What he won’t do is carry to the same affect Sheehan will , racking up metres every time he’s given the ball and causing huge panic in the opposition defence . In fact Rob probably won’t carry much at all tomorrow if his stats are similar to previous appearances. So as solid as he is we can’t really overestimate the loss of Dan Sheehan

Ah yeah, I agree with you totally there to be fair. I guess my post was more about while the drop off is there (and losing the carrier as you say), its not as bad as losing say Sexton, Derek or Ringrose, for whom I would have much greater concerns.

[Camroc2]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

Don't worry.

If PR stays down over the weekend, we'll remedy that.

[happytramp]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

Challenge accepted

[Uncle fester]

An Irish Rugby thread. There's a novelty

The swerm will be intrigued.

[CM11]

Was looking at some odds there and spotted that we're only 6/4 to score 4 tries. Mad altogether how far we've come.

[Holy Moly]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

Just start tearing into Stockdale and watch the post count soar.

[Munster-fogs]

Has Conor Murray's father been discussed? Surely he shouldn't be starting?

[Camroc2]

Has Conor Murray's father been discussed? Surely he shouldn't be starting?

Pretty sure it would have been Murray and his family's decision.

[CM11]

Has Conor Murray's father been discussed? Surely he shouldn't be starting?

Not discussed per se. I linked the story above and said kudos for deciding to play.

Not our call. Nor Farrell's. Up to Murray to make himself unavailable for selection. We could discuss his thinking or we could just wish him, his family and his father the best and leave it at that.

[fishfoodie]

Is it very crowded in here all of a sudden, or is it just me ?

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It's like going into your favorite boozer, & it's rammed, because some plum has told the world how nice it is.

[CM11]

Is it very crowded in here all of a sudden, or is it just me ?

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It's like going into your favorite boozer, & it's rammed, because some plum has told the world how nice it is.

Why does your favourite boozer ban chatting?

[lemonhead]

Was looking at some odds there and spotted that we're only 6/4 to score 4 tries. Mad altogether how far we've come.

Andy Dunne's gone and predicted a 15pt win.

Which normally signals an upcoming market correction but hopefully the team don't buy any of that shite. Must say Farrell's played a blinder with the media this week.

[Munster-fogs]

Has Conor Murray's father been discussed? Surely he shouldn't be starting?

Not discussed per se. I linked the story above and said kudos for deciding to play.

Not our call. Nor Farrell's. Up to Murray to make himself unavailable for selection. We could discuss his thinking or we could just wish him, his family and his father the best and leave it at that.

Ah yeah, fair play to him for making himself available. Must be very difficult for the fella.

[CM11]

Has Conor Murray's father been discussed? Surely he shouldn't be starting?

Not discussed per se. I linked the story above and said kudos for deciding to play.

Not our call. Nor Farrell's. Up to Murray to make himself unavailable for selection. We could discuss his thinking or we could just wish him, his family and his father the best and leave it at that.

Ah yeah, fair play to him for making himself available. Must be very difficult for the fella.

[fishfoodie]

Is it very crowded in here all of a sudden, or is it just me ?

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It's like going into your favorite boozer, & it's rammed, because some plum has told the world how nice it is.

Why does your favourite boozer ban chatting?

The old boys playing 25 in the corner don't want any distractions

[CM11]

Is it very crowded in here all of a sudden, or is it just me ?

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It's like going into your favorite boozer, & it's rammed, because some plum has told the world how nice it is.

Why does your favourite boozer ban chatting?

The old boys playing 25 in the corner don't want any distractions

Sounds about right!

[Camroc2]

Sonny Bill Williams blowing smoke up Sam Prendergast's backside according to the42.

https://www.the42.ie/sam-prendergast-ir ... 0-Feb2023/

It'll be interesting to see whether Leinster give him an early cap next season.

[anonymous_joe]

What happened to PR?

[Camroc2]

What happened to PR?

Sefton used the codez, which he had surreptitiously held onto since his days as mod, to banjax the site.

[Frop.E]

[laurent]

Et merde :P

How are things ?

[Duff Paddy]

Sheehan is out with a hamstring as well!!!
For fuck sake that’s JGP, Healy and Sheehan all out with a hammer injury - that’s suss as fuck

[Duff Paddy]

Has Conor Murray's father been discussed? Surely he shouldn't be starting?

Didn’t realise it was a serious crash - is he critical? Murray should be stood down if it’s that serious. things really going against Ireland in the run up to this match.

[Duff Paddy]

Murray's Dad in an induced coma after a traffic accident.

Fair dues to the lad for playing. Hope his Dad pulls through.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/con ... 30528.html

Didn’t see this. Okay how the fuck is he not stood down that’s crazy.

[CM11]

Murray's Dad in an induced coma after a traffic accident.

Fair dues to the lad for playing. Hope his Dad pulls through.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/con ... 30528.html

Didn’t see this. Okay how the fuck is he not stood down that’s crazy.

His choice. I'm sure Farrell discussed it with him at length.

[Duff Paddy]

Murray's Dad in an induced coma after a traffic accident.

Fair dues to the lad for playing. Hope his Dad pulls through.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/con ... 30528.html

Didn’t see this. Okay how the fuck is he not stood down that’s crazy.

His choice. I'm sure Farrell discussed it with him at length.

Nah the player will always want to play, sometimes you have to take the decision out of his hands for his own sake. It’s only a game, his family is more important than any match, he should be at home with his family

[Nols]

This is weird. So many old names.

[CM11]

Duff, I'm trying to avoid getting into his head too much as it's none of our business but I think it would do far more damage to Murray personally to yank him without his permission than it does to let him make his own decision. And it'd probably break employment law too.

Unless he removes himself from selection he gets considered.

[themaddog]

It has to be Murray's call. Hopefully his decision to play is a positive sign that his father is recovering.

[Blackmac]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

It's all the decent posters over here, so clearly less Irish would make the transition.

[CM11]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

It's all the decent posters over here, so clearly less Irish would make the transition.

Hmmmmm. I reckon I've grounds for complaint on two of this bored's rules.

[Blackmac]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

It's all the decent posters over here, so clearly less Irish would make the transition.

Hmmmmm. I reckon I've grounds for complaint on two of this bored's rules.

We are all mates and know our audience. Anyway, it's not a problem as long as PR is back up before tomorrow so all the Welsh can fuck off back before the game starts.

[Jim Lahey]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

It's all the decent posters over here, so clearly less Irish would make the transition.

This.

Not one Madigan/Diack GIF posted or shitfight about Paddy Jackson, or 20 pages dedicated to whether or not Stockdale is actually playing well and its the 99% of the rugby watching public that are wrong, and can't see it.

[salanya]

I was wondering why this thread was at the top...

And I assumed correctly that it was a wave of bandwagoners after the first Irish victory of the year.

Hope that wagon isn't too crowded there ...

[Frop.E]

Serious amount of trolling on this forum, not a fan of that.
Sign of weak mods.

[Frop.E]

Sheehan is out with a hamstring as well!!!
For fuck sake that’s JGP, Healy and Sheehan all out with a hammer injury - that’s suss as fuck

It's some coincidence alright.

[CM11]

How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

It's all the decent posters over here, so clearly less Irish would make the transition.

This.

Not one Madigan/Diack GIF posted or shitfight about Paddy Jackson, or 20 pages dedicated to whether or not Stockdale is actually playing well and its the 99% of the rugby watching public that are wrong, and can't see it.

I've a funny feeling you might be seeing those gifs before the end of the day!

And it'll make this thread all the better.

[CM11]

Sheehan is out with a hamstring as well!!!
For fuck sake that’s JGP, Healy and Sheehan all out with a hammer injury - that’s suss as fuck

It's some coincidence alright.

Players are injured all the time. We generally have a better injury record than most nations. It's frustrating when we've done all the hard work to get a nearly full squad fit and then have players injured but we're still in good shape.

[earl the beaver]

Sheehan is out with a hamstring as well!!!
For fuck sake that’s JGP, Healy and Sheehan all out with a hammer injury - that’s suss as fuck

It's some coincidence alright.

Players are injured all the time. We generally have a better injury record than most nations. It's frustrating when we've done all the hard work to get a nearly full squad fit and then have players injured but we're still in good shape.

It is odd to lose JGP and Healy in the captains run, Kelleher, Sheehan and Baloucoune in training all with the same injury