Does anyone know the make-up of the Irish training squad? I assume with Eddie still at the helm it maybe includes one new face at most. Gosh it feels good,...
There is no training camp per say, I think Mcgurn is travelling to all 4 Provinces to watch there progress, then there is a 4 week camp in Sept ! I see Mick...
From the Irish Times.... Kidney opts for experience Gerry Thornley Rugby correspondent Rugby News: Declan Kidney officially began his tenure as Leinster coach ...
All positive stuff IMO. Not looking forward to facing Leinster this season with Kidney at the helm. Interesting that they've dropped the Lions tag too, is...
Frank As far as I can see most the players are training with their provinces with Mike McGurn checking up on them. ATB Glenn Inventory Integrity Ext 3436 ... ...
Frank Did you know that Gerry Murphy was lined up to take over as coach of Highfield, but took the Irish job instead. Bet he wished he hadn't !!! ;-) Peter ...
I don't think i ever called them lions.....lots of other names but never lions ... I find this strange but i suppose the point of the lack of matches is to aid...
Thank god for that! So no actual training, just as well like. Thanks Glen, twould be mad for the provinces to empty so soon into their CL campaigns. When is...
Gerry Murphy was my first rugby coach in primary school....i remember him shouting at me due to my appalling binding during lineout mauls...he wasn't a very...
Considering I was playing U12s at the time its unlikely it'd have affected me. Sure didn't they get that genius Purvis in, how many divisions did he bring us...
The rot had set in when they hired Ian "The Poser" Bremner on 40,000 punts a year. I bet he still sends them a Christmas card ! Peter From: "Frank Long"...
Yep, Peadar. Plus expenses. I think he was there for 3 years in all, back in the early 90s. Nice money if you can get it. Eventually he went off to Wales and...
It's things like that make it so hard for me to feel any sympathy for the clubs in Ireland. I mean they are getting shafted royally by the IRFU/provs but they ...
Ah, Highfield were one of the richest clubs in the country at the time, had sold off land to property developers and owned their own grounds. They were also in...
"It's things like that make it so hard for me to feel any sympathy for the clubs in Ireland. I mean they are getting shafted royally by the IRFU/provs but they...
From what I've read on this, it would appear that the players have been given a 10 week training regime to follow in pre-season. This is thought to be the...
Basically last day of season, all teams playing same time, Wanderers postponed their game so that they would know what points they needed to score in order to ...
Cormac Mark McCall sadi in an interview that the 10 weeks wasn't set in stone. From what he said the players have a 10 week period to reach certain targets,...
It'll be interesting to see if anyone does meet those criteria early then. I presume this only affects the Irish-based players, and I'd still love to know who...
cormac They SHOULD make it known, but I don't know if it would do much for team morale. It might jolt a few into action though. The BIG question which I would...
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