Rob Kearney goooooooone

[Uncle fester]

Off to the sunset he goes.
2 Grand Slams
4 Six Nations
4 Heineken Cup medals
6 pro12/14
1 Challenge cup
With 95 Ireland caps, 5 lions caps, 219 Leinster caps, 2 Lions tours

What a career and Ireland's struggles to replace him tell their own story.

[Hellraiser]

Must be the most decorated limited player of all time.

[Uncle fester]

Easy to say but we can't seem to get another player capable of catching a high ball!

[Hellraiser]

Easy to say but we can't seem to get another player capable of catching a high ball!

I'm not surprised players fucked up their chances when they knew that any mistake was an excuse for Joe to shove Rob back in.

[Uncle fester]

It's a pretty weak selection across all the provinces right now. The only lad who could conceivably have done a job fecked off to France.

[Sandstorm]

Easy to say but we can't seem to get another player capable of catching a high ball!

I rewatched the 2009 Lions Series. He was just phenomenal under the two million bombs we sent his way. Player of the Series.

[Slick]

Very good player. Went through a lull a couple of years back but I think he has been excellent again for Ireland over the last 2.

[frodder]

A top player to be sure

[Green light echo]

Off to the sunset he goes.
2 Grand Slams
4 Six Nations
4 Heineken Cup medals
6 pro12/14
1 Challenge cup
With 95 Ireland caps, 5 lions caps, 219 Leinster caps, 2 Lions tours

What a career and Ireland's struggles to replace him tell their own story.

What was his record like when the big boys were involved? Zero World Cups so another mildly above average player from the North.

The bar is not high is it lads

[Mr Bungle]

Pffft, never beat the All Bla... ah fuck!

[Glaston]

Dont know why folks are trying to belittle him.

He was pretty good for Ireland and Lions over the years.
Might have lost a bit of form recently but he had an excellent career.

[assfly]

Probably best Sexton follows him soon.

[Slick]

Dont know why folks are trying to belittle him.

He was pretty good for Ireland and Lions over the years.
Might have lost a bit of form recently but he had an excellent career.

It’s only this Green light person doing that. Just arrived and started being a cock

[EnergiseR]

He was a god and I think he rode HR's missus

[PornDog]

It's a pretty weak selection across all the provinces right now. The only lad who could conceivably have done a job fecked off to France.

Yeah but he's not "Irish" enough for Hellraiser though is he? So I'm not sure who he would have wanted in his place.


FWIW, I'd love to see Conway get time at fullback for Munster with an eye to him taking the green shirt, but its probably unlikely with Haley, Gallagher there and now Daly coming through.

[Green light echo]

He was a god and I think he rode HR's missus

As I said the bar is not very high

[Green light echo]

He was a god and I think he rode HR's missus

As I said the bar is not very high

[Biffer]

Not bad for a plodder.

[frodder]

Not bad for a plodder.

You talking to me?

[Nols]

The fact that some Munster heads hate him only makes him more of a legend.

[Yeeb]

A poor mans Mike Brown

[frodder]

A poor mans Mike Brown

An even poorer's man Lee Byrne?

[PornDog]

Lee Byrne did burn a little brighter than Rob, but for a much, much (much) shorter amount of time.

[Biffer]

A poor mans Mike Brown

An even poorer's man Lee Byrne?

Not so much of a dirty bastard as Byrne.

[redderneck]

He's not gone, although given his one on one defence you could be forgiven for thinking he was. He's just, ahem, adjusting his feet, to, eeeehhh, make the dummy-buying that bit more convincing.

Legend under a high ball. The best blindside flanker never to wear a six shirt in all other situations.

But a legend under a high ball indeed.

[eldanielfire]

Easy to say but we can't seem to get another player capable of catching a high ball!

Strange, I was under the impression a few years ago that Irish sports tended to create rugby athletes who are great under the high ball. Is this possibly an unintended outcome of the more professional and focused pathways for developing players? Now they focus more purely on rugby in their devloping years is it possible the skills they gained from other Irish sports (GAA? Galic football?) are being eroded?

[Magpie26]

Never my favorite player (while you always want a dependable player at the back, I think you also want a bit more than just dependability) there is no arguing that he has a pretty impressive record. 15 years for the same team is pretty special these days.

[EnergiseR]

You wash your fücking mouths out. Rob was a man, a scholar and a saint. No Rob was a legend, a saint, a scholar and a bard. Close. Realistically Rob was something mystical that words cannot properly encapsulate AND I heard he rode like the clappers. We won't see a face as beautiful as his again. Goodnight sweet prince.

[Sinkers]

Got the impression he was retiring completely. But just heard he’s heading for western force?

Deserves a couple of years in the sun I guess

[stemoc]

Western Force, the Saracens of SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE RUGBY?

[Green light echo]

He's not gone, although given his one on one defence you could be forgiven for thinking he was. He's just, ahem, adjusting his feet, to, eeeehhh, make the dummy-buying that bit more convincing.

Legend under a high ball. The best blindside flanker never to wear a six shirt in all other situations.

But a legend under a high ball indeed.

Listen to you guys, the bigging up of bog average players as Kearney goes directly as to why the North has won one RWC out of nine. One out of nine for fucksake. Decent people would hang their heads in shame. Not you lot though. Palpable delusion.

And for the record, Kearney was not fit to lace Israel Folau boots when it comes to the high ball.

Kearney bog average player representing a bog average rugby nation. Keep stroking each other though. Suppose that's all you've got really

[ASMO]

He's not gone, although given his one on one defence you could be forgiven for thinking he was. He's just, ahem, adjusting his feet, to, eeeehhh, make the dummy-buying that bit more convincing.

Legend under a high ball. The best blindside flanker never to wear a six shirt in all other situations.

But a legend under a high ball indeed.

Listen to you guys, the bigging up of bog average players as Kearney goes directly as to why the North has won one RWC out of nine. One out of nine for fucksake. Decent people would hang their heads in shame. Not you lot though. Palpable delusion.

And for the record, Kearney was not fit to lace Israel Folau boots when it comes to the high ball.

Kearney bog average player representing a bog average rugby nation. Keep stroking each other though. Suppose that's all you've got really

At least he didn't condemn gay people to the fires of hell

[Green light echo]

He's not gone, although given his one on one defence you could be forgiven for thinking he was. He's just, ahem, adjusting his feet, to, eeeehhh, make the dummy-buying that bit more convincing.

Legend under a high ball. The best blindside flanker never to wear a six shirt in all other situations.

But a legend under a high ball indeed.

Listen to you guys, the bigging up of bog average players as Kearney goes directly as to why the North has won one RWC out of nine. One out of nine for fucksake. Decent people would hang their heads in shame. Not you lot though. Palpable delusion.

And for the record, Kearney was not fit to lace Israel Folau boots when it comes to the high ball.

Kearney bog average player representing a bog average rugby nation. Keep stroking each other though. Suppose that's all you've got really

At least he didn't condemn gay people to the fires of hell

So to be clear, you concede that Kearney isn't fit to lace Izzys boots when it comes to the high ball?

[ASMO]

Listen to you guys, the bigging up of bog average players as Kearney goes directly as to why the North has won one RWC out of nine. One out of nine for fucksake. Decent people would hang their heads in shame. Not you lot though. Palpable delusion.

And for the record, Kearney was not fit to lace Israel Folau boots when it comes to the high ball.

Kearney bog average player representing a bog average rugby nation. Keep stroking each other though. Suppose that's all you've got really

At least he didn't condemn gay people to the fires of hell

So to be clear, you concede that Kearney isn't fit to lace Izzys boots when it comes to the high ball?

I would definately agree that Izzy was probably the best in the world under the high ball, but you could then argue that Kearney was a far better overall defender then Izzy was, it is swings and roundabouts.

[Green light echo]

At least he didn't condemn gay people to the fires of hell

So to be clear, you concede that Kearney isn't fit to lace Izzys boots when it comes to the high ball?

I would definately agree that Izzy was probably the best in the world under the high ball, but you could then argue that Kearney was a far better overall defender then Izzy was, it is swings and roundabouts.

Fair enough.

[Mr Bungle]

So to be clear, you concede that Kearney isn't fit to lace Izzys boots when it comes to the high ball?

I would definately agree that Izzy was probably the best in the world under the high ball, but you could then argue that Kearney was a far better overall defender then Izzy was, it is swings and roundabouts.

Fair enough.

so not ‘bog standard’ then.

[JM2K6]

How many Rugby World Cups did Izzy win?

[MungoMan]

How many Rugby World Cups did Izzy win?

No World Wars and no World Cups.

[Green light echo]

Perhaps not but he was the best ever under the high ball.

Ever.

[JM2K6]

Maybe Ireland should have picked Devin Toner at fullback then