Is it just me or is Munster's bench looking distinctly weedy there. Anyway, missed that game, good win for Leinster, hard to believe it's the first time in 22...
I thought the whole team looked distinctly weedy on Friday Frank. Fair dues to leinster for their win, but there are some serious questions to be asked of some...
Richard they shouldn't have been picked in the first place. Plenty of them were there on reputation instead of form. Hopefully Kidney will finally see common...
I thought munster's tactics were weird. I presumed ROG would kick every ball into the corners. No Quinlan really hurt the munster pack and putting 6' 7'' Ryan...
... their limits for a very narrow victory [which obviously meant far a lot to them]...cue Donal with a different perspective :) ... now in serious contention...
To be fair, the talk in the office (in Kildare) was: "nice win but let's see if they can beat Edinburgh". It's a good win and when you thought the conditions...
Ulster seem to be banjaxed, Connacht pulled off a biggie, Leinster left a BP behind and Munster restored a significant quantity of pride. However, in spite of...
Not a great surprise as Willis has consistently shown (so far) that he's not up the playing at the highest level. Michael From RTE.ie, http://www.rte.ie Former...
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Dec 10, 2007 4:34 pm
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Improvement by Ulster was nice to see but still a long way from their best. O'Connor and Campbell did a decent job; Rory Best worked his backside offalong with...
I thought Ulster looked good on Friday night, just a bit lacking up front. Wallace didn't improve much when he came on, that young O'Connor lad looks good but...
I had a feeling Leinster were going to be in trouble when I read Ward's piece on the game on Saturday morning. There should be a gag on muppets like him...
I have to reply to "Campbell had a little cracker" - more like a damp squib - worse than Boss on his worst day. Still with service like that O'Connor did...
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Dec 17, 2007 2:11 pm
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Obviously i hope it doesn't happen but it is highly conceivable that all 4 provinces won't get out of the groups. In our group, Clermont are looking...
Clermont were always going to beat Munster away. I don't think anyone had that in the win column? I don't think it's relevant. Munster will need to get 5...
Peter, You're sending shivers down my spine! To the best of my knowledge (and I'm not that much in the know so others may have better insight) there has been...
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Dec 17, 2007 3:20 pm
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Dave I think that away win was up in the air as no one was sure how Clermont would approach it. Clearly now they are targeting the home matches and then to put...
Michael I hadn't heard what the result was but I assumed he had re-signed. I hope he gets a new 5 year contract . I wonder is the issue the reverse of what...
Maybe they will try to kill the ball all day but they'll have to do it in Thomond park. I'm not so sure that the game in Clermot should be conceded already....
I'm not conceding just yet Michael, but I think it will be one of the toughest away matches that Munster will ever have played. Hopefully the years of HC...
I'd agree re:5 points Peter, but I'd be hoping we'd get a bonus away to Clermont. ... The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is...
Curiously little comment about this so far. It seems that the main finding is that the players didn't play enough high intensity rugby. There are also riders...
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Dec 18, 2007 3:20 pm
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The Irish Times report on it said something about the report making some reference to conditioning. On the plus side, having a rugby-experienced manager in the...
I heard this on the radio this morning. It's a pile of camel dung. We had as many warm-up games as other nations. We then had the two "easy" games first so we...
Michael All in all I thought it quite damning. the fact that the players input was considered constructive might be indicative that it was not all collated...
I'm afraid that's why there's little comment. Expected whitewash; no detail, could have been written by anyone for a lot less money! ... From:...
Brand, John
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Dec 18, 2007 4:03 pm
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I know this is a positive Irish d group but has anybody considered the possibility that, warmup or not, that Argentina was simply a better team? The Pumas beat...
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Dec 18, 2007 4:12 pm
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I'd be perfectly happy to accept that Argentina were a better team and probably France too, especially with the awful form we displayed. What I refuse to...
I fully agree Andrew. In every single facet of this report the problems and proposed solutions refer to failures by Eddie O'Sullivan, albeit obliquely or...
