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Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:26 pm**

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.

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:29 pm**

Must be the most decorated limited player of all time.

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:31 pm**

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

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:36 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:31 pm 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.

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:51 pm**

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.

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:00 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:31 pm 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.

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:06 pm**

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.

Posted: **Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:14 pm**

A top player to be sure

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:39 am**

Uncle fester wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:26 pm 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

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:46 am**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:52 am**

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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:53 am**

Probably best Sexton follows him soon.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:10 am**

Glaston wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:52 am 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

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:21 am**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:26 am**

Uncle fester wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:51 pm 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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:20 am**

EnergiseR wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:21 am He was a god and I think he rode HR's missus

As I said the bar is not very high

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:23 am**

EnergiseR wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:21 am He was a god and I think he rode HR's missus

As I said the bar is not very high

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:28 am**

Not bad for a plodder.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:04 pm**

Biffer wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:28 am Not bad for a plodder.

You talking to me?

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:09 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:24 pm**

A poor mans Mike Brown

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:28 pm**

Yeeb wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:24 pm A poor mans Mike Brown

An even poorer's man Lee Byrne?

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:24 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:23 pm**

frodder wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:28 pm
Yeeb wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:24 pm A poor mans Mike Brown
An even poorer's man Lee Byrne?

Not so much of a dirty bastard as Byrne.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:40 pm**

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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:23 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:31 pm 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?

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:56 am**

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.

Posted: **Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:00 am**

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.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:18 am**

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

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:30 am**

Western Force, the Saracens of SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE RUGBY?

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:11 am**

redderneck wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:40 pm 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

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:05 pm**

Green light echo wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:11 am
redderneck wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:40 pm 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

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:37 am**

ASMO wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:05 pm
Green light echo wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:11 am
redderneck wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:40 pm 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?

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:52 am**

Green light echo wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:37 am
ASMO wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:05 pm
Green light echo wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:11 am

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.

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2020 3:00 pm**

ASMO wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:52 am
Green light echo wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:37 am
ASMO wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:05 pm

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.

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:59 pm**

Green light echo wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 3:00 pm
ASMO wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:52 am
Green light echo wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:37 am

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.

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:09 pm**

How many Rugby World Cups did Izzy win?

Posted: **Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:06 am**

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:09 pm How many Rugby World Cups did Izzy win?

No World Wars and no World Cups.

Posted: **Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:34 am**

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

Ever.

Posted: **Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:25 am**

Maybe Ireland should have picked Devin Toner at fullback then

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