The Official Irish Rugby Thread

[Hellraiser]

will be interesting to see what Noel Reid does next ...

I'm sure there will be some French club stupid enough to let him continue to steal a living.

[Lazy couch potato]

Tualigi got some nerve after all the years of being a sick note

Still if he’s not in the premiership England won’t pick him so manu I hear the south of France is lovely

[Locke Lamora]

one for Scott Penny fans, when he was playing Leinster u-18



go to 17:48 on the clock

[Lazy couch potato]

Luke McGrath at 9
COB at 12 could be an option
Connors over Penny

I presume you're talking about Harry Byrne at 10?

Personally I think all 3 are guy who excell in the Leinster shirt in a winning environment. I feel at a higher international level the deficiencies in their game would we exposed

Im a huge fan of connors tbh. Total tacklebot adds huge physicality to a pack but doesn’t really add a lot in terms of carrying and I think his lack of pace would be exposed at top level. I think he might be more suited to 6 long term. Personally I think Penney will be a star.

McGrath is grand. Won’t let you down good decision maker but With Murray playing like a drain for 12-18 months the fact that none of the other nines have threatened to oust him bar cooney says a lot.

[irishrugbyua]

Who are the 4 players or coaches that make up your Leinster Mount Rushmore?

I'd probably go with Leo Cullen, Isa Nacewa, Brian O'Driscoll & Jonny Sexton.

[Jim Lahey]

Swap Cullen for Balcony Bob for the sake of the female tourists FFS.

[ASMO]

Swap Cullen for Balcony Bob for the sake of the female tourists FFS.

and the local wildlife

[HighKingLeinster]

Bod, Isa, Schmidt, & Shane Byrne as his hair would be magnificent in Stone

Special mention to Shaggy, Dr Phil and Eddie Hekenui



Stattos would be

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Des Dillon, Des Dillon, Des Dillon, Des Dillon

[Jim Lahey]

My only memory of Des Dillon was that he was an average player in the Leinster squad in one of the EA Rugby games.

I assume he was a false prophet type player that was built up but ended up being meh?

[iarmhí]

I maintain Eddie Hekenui is Leinster's worst player of all time. The fly half before him from NZ Spooner was pretty good

[The Milky Bar kid]

Davy Holwell needs to be mentioned if we are talking about great fly halves

[CM11]

My only memory of Des Dillon was that he was an average player in the Leinster squad in one of the EA Rugby games.

I assume he was a false prophet type player that was built up but ended up being meh?

Des was a superb schools player, up there with D'Arcy for impact at that level and just stopped bothering after leaving school. Never really applied himself. Ciaran Fitzgerald was the u21s coach who had him, I think, and allegedly said to him that he'd get 8 or 80 caps, it was up to him. He didn't even get close to one.

[HighKingLeinster]

I maintain Eddie Hekenui is Leinster's worst player of all time. The fly half before him from NZ Spooner was pretty good

Spooner was an Aussie. Won a handful of caps and played for the Tahs iirc

[iarmhí]

Think he played in this match

[CM11]

Pretty sure Spooner was after Hekenui.

The former was excellent for us initially, then got injured and never really made it back.

[Nols]

My only memory of Des Dillon was that he was an average player in the Leinster squad in one of the EA Rugby games.

I assume he was a false prophet type player that was built up but ended up being meh?

Des was a superb schools player, up there with D'Arcy for impact at that level and just stopped bothering after leaving school. Never really applied himself. Ciaran Fitzgerald was the u21s coach who had him, I think, and allegedly said to him that he'd get 8 or 80 caps, it was up to him. He didn't even get close to one.

Was it painful to type that out?

[CM11]

My only memory of Des Dillon was that he was an average player in the Leinster squad in one of the EA Rugby games.

I assume he was a false prophet type player that was built up but ended up being meh?

Des was a superb schools player, up there with D'Arcy for impact at that level and just stopped bothering after leaving school. Never really applied himself. Ciaran Fitzgerald was the u21s coach who had him, I think, and allegedly said to him that he'd get 8 or 80 caps, it was up to him. He didn't even get close to one.

Was it painful to type that out?

[Hank the DJ]

What's a Des Dillon?

[HighKingLeinster]

fucking hell lads, page 2. And the Sweaties have twice as many pages on their thread as us.

Need a few topics to get the ball rolling

1. If you could "sign" any player from another province who and why: For me it would be Cooney back from Ulster

Other topics welcome

[PornDog]

Ulster - Cooney
Connacht - Tom Farrell
Munster - Conway

:o

[Jim Lahey]

Leinster - James Ryan
Munster - Killer
Connacht - meh

[HighKingLeinster]

ok my full list:

Ulster: Cooney
Munster: Snyman just so they dont have him
Connacht: yeah you're alright thanks

[The Milky Bar kid]

For a few topics to get the discussion going:

Ireland have been crap since the Munster vs Leinster match in late 2018. Whose fault is it? All of Munster or a combination of Murray & O'Mahony being picked even though they actually detract from the team when they play.

Farrell will not last as a coach for Ireland beyond two (more) years. We'll end up having to replace him at short notice and the IRFU will force Lancaster to accept it and put him in a position that he obviously doesn't want. This will mess up Lancaster (personally), Leinster and Ireland. Should we not just bit the bullet and remove Farrell now?

Do Leinster need to have an Australian import in order to clarify / sharpen their brilliance? Rocky, Hines, Thorn and now Fardy. Discuss

[Locke Lamora]

lads, am I imagining it, or did someone here post a screen grab of the leinster youths teamsheet featuring Cillian De Gascun?

can someone please link me to it? Want to show it to a couple of mates who were also on the teamsheet

[Jim Lahey]

For a few topics to get the discussion going:

Ireland have been crap since the Munster vs Leinster match in late 2018. Whose fault is it? All of Munster or a combination of Murray & O'Mahony being picked even though they actually detract from the team when they play.

Farrell will not last as a coach for Ireland beyond two (more) years. We'll end up having to replace him at short notice and the IRFU will force Lancaster to accept it and put him in a position that he obviously doesn't want. This will mess up Lancaster (personally), Leinster and Ireland. Should we not just bit the bullet and remove Farrell now?

Do Leinster need to have an Australian import in order to clarify / sharpen their brilliance? Rocky, Hines, Thorn and now Fardy. Discuss

To add some balance to your first point, Sexton has been completely shite in a green Jersey since November 2018, along with the mentioned Munster players, and Stockdale and a host of others.

[HighKingLeinster]

Farrell for Ireland for another 2 years and then Leo can take over

Foreign imports have always been valuable to freshen squad, bring in best practise from elsewhere and keep things competitive and stave off complacency. their value is further enhanced when senior Irish players are away at Ireland camp

Ireland poor performance are entirely due to shit Munster players

[The Milky Bar kid]

Completely agree about Sexton. He's been a passenger for the past year.
Giving him the captaincy was a dumb move - and between that and still picking O'Mahony we have a clear indication that Farrell is not going to be the saviour of Irish World Cup hopes.

[The Milky Bar kid]

Don't get me wrong I think that the 4 Ozzies named have been brilliant for Leinster and that's before you mention Le Roux, Nacewa or Dr Phil. Leinster have always played well with an exceptionally talented import in the mix.

What I am curious about is that we seem to need a bit of Ozzie mongrel in the pack and that when we have them it corresponds with periods of Leinster dominance. Baird looks like he might have it. Leavy certainly did before the injury and Doris has potential.

[HighKingLeinster]

Technically Thorn is a Kiwi thus invalidating all past current and future posts from you

[Nols]

For a few topics to get the discussion going:

Ireland have been crap since the Munster vs Leinster match in late 2018. Whose fault is it? All of Munster or a combination of Murray & O'Mahony being picked even though they actually detract from the team when they play.

Farrell will not last as a coach for Ireland beyond two (more) years. We'll end up having to replace him at short notice and the IRFU will force Lancaster to accept it and put him in a position that he obviously doesn't want. This will mess up Lancaster (personally), Leinster and Ireland. Should we not just bit the bullet and remove Farrell now?

Do Leinster need to have an Australian import in order to clarify / sharpen their brilliance? Rocky, Hines, Thorn and now Fardy. Discuss

To add some balance to your first point, Sexton has been completely shite in a green Jersey since November 2018, along with the mentioned Munster players, and Stockdale and a host of others.

I blame Fineen Wycherley for the entire RWC debacle.

[The Milky Bar kid]

Could I get away with changing it to Antipodean and thus pathetically try to save face?

Alternatively I'll just go back into my corner now.

[HighKingLeinster]

no you're fucked. You will be sentenced to 5 years transportation to Van Diemens land (F365 forum)

[The Milky Bar kid]

A fate worse than a fate worse than death?

How about I just rave about Maddog's hair from the early 10's and while being openly happy about his return to our shores, inside know that I am weeping that he was driven from us in the first place?

[HighKingLeinster]

Alright, new topic. if you could pick one player from another nation to play for your province, who would it be?

For Leinster, I reckon Dane Coles

[Hobo Hooker]

Alright, new topic. if you could pick one player from another nation to play for your province, who would it be?

For Leinster, I reckon Dane Coles

for Ulster Isreal Folou, just to see the hand wringing of the Ulster's various religious nutters

[irishrugbyua]

Farrell was a poor hire by the IRFU.

[irishrugbyua]

Alright, new topic. if you could pick one player from another nation to play for your province, who would it be?

For Leinster, I reckon Dane Coles

Antoine Dupont - Leinster

[Immaculate Pasta]

lads, am I imagining it, or did someone here post a screen grab of the leinster youths teamsheet featuring Cillian De Gascun?

can someone please link me to it? Want to show it to a couple of mates who were also on the teamsheet

He won a Leinster schools senior Cup for Terenure v Belvo in 92 I'm almost sure played centre

[Lazy couch potato]

Wootton going west for the year.

[Crouchy]

Alright, new topic. if you could pick one player from another nation to play for your province, who would it be?

For Leinster, I reckon Dane Coles

I'd take Kieran Read at Ulster.