Rugby World Cup

Hmmm, Southern Hemisphere rugby is better?

God, I’m sickened, like me mate Bock
Now I know I said that the All Blacks might choke in an earlier post but it was in the context of Ireland being where Argentina are now. I hope to god we get an Argentina Vs France final and it’s quite possible, as to me it looked like [...]



Ireland Team To Play Argentina

IRELAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Argentina, Parc des Princes, Sunday, September 30, 4pm Irish time/5pm local time):
15 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
14 – Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (captain)
12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 – Denis Hickie (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
10 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9 – Eoin Reddan [...]



No pressure?

As I count down the hours and minutes to “Le Crunch Match” a few questions are running through my head that I would like to ask you all to share your views on.

Are we doing our traditional “Play crap against the crap and step up for the big ones”?
If France don’t get a fifteen point [...]



Bruff 27- Young Munster 18, 1st XV take the cookies at the Killing Fields.

Yup you read it right, Bruff ran in four tries from James Taylor, John Shine and the Cahill brothers Eoin and Tony , with Tony cahill adding two conversions and a penalty.
Munsters got two tries, a conversion and a two penalties in what was by all accounts a great game for the lads. This gives [...]



Missing, Answers to the name of ROG….

God,
The pack were bad, tired and lacking cohesion, the back line were lacklustre, Hickey had a nightmare after being hit, Maybe he should have come off as soon as it happened. Captain Fantastic showed his lack of game time, about the only one that stood up was Denis Leamy, and that’s a relative term by [...]



Now that throws the cat among the pigeons…

Well, looks like second place has just possibly gone out the window.
The games against the so called minnows of the group have now taken on a new meaning. If we don’t win all the games and end in a three way tie, the scores against Namibia and Georgia may well decide who goes through. Tonight’s [...]



Big Hits…YouTube – Chabal, l’impact player….

I might start a big hits section here as well while I’m at it.
For the Chabal fans, here is another beauty by Chabal on Masoe.
Talk about looking like a cat after being hit by a car………
YouTube – Chabal, l’impact player



A little reminder, just in case Chabal forgets…….

Click Here
I told another auld git from the club that I’d find this and put it on the site for him so here goes.
This comes courtesy of the “Fear Of God” Blog and youtube.



WHAT IF? It could be alright on the night, the Rugby World Cup that is…..

After all the things I’ve said about the Irish team heading into the world cup, I sat down and watched the rugby programme on TV3 tonight and the blood began to stir. Now, rabble rousing it may be and with the hurling coming up at the weekend maybe the blood was stirring anyway, but all [...]



Munster Rugby : Important Notice – Kick Off Times Ammended

The home Munster friendlies kick off times have been brought back to 6:30 to allow viewing of the RWC2007 games taking place on the same nights.
Munster Rugby : Important Notice – Kick Off Times Ammended