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The main drivers of the Sam vs Jack "discourse" have always been, and continue to be, the mainstream rugby media.

It's too lucrative. Almost all the divisiveness has its root there. Why? It creates click-through, and listens, and that's all that matters.

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I always find it a bit odd when Irish journalists have a pop at South African rugby and PEDs, especially when it comes to any mention of drug testing in schools, like during Craven Week.

They are actually finding positive tests at that age grade, whereas we don't test at that level at all.

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My Google feed in my phone is basically chock full with media outlets trying to twist POMs wildly positive remarks about Rassie Erasmus into barely credible rage bait with out of context scare quotes.

Times are tough out there in the slop mines.

That was some scrap.

Cardiff are such a tricky, gnarly side. Great at playing on the back foot, good set piece, no problem kicking at volume and playing off that.

Not a vintage win by any means, but a good one

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How Piardi missed that penalty against Moodie I'll never kn-

[Remembers the "too many rules" fiasco in Thomond Park a few months ago]

Actually never mind.

No, it was an RTE journalist

I was on for this press conference, and it was pretty clear that McMillan was joking when he said "never say never" and plainly didn't want to give a "we're not interested" answer that might be seen as disrespectful to Murray, especially after the controversy of a few weeks ago

Not injured, integrating back in with full training. McMillan said he wasn't considered here because we have cover but should be in the mix soon

And when I say he was asked *repeatedly*, the journalist from RTE brought Conor Murray up over and over again in the space of a few questions.

Seven of those twelve are minor injuries that will see the player back in training next week

But that doesn't get the click.

#thirsty

He was training at the open day in Castleisland, but separately. Heard he had a knock that isn't an injury but that might keep him out for an extra week

He's back training fully, just a week or two behind. Not listed as injured in the most transparent injury report in the URC

Most of the injured players are back in training next week.

MUNSTER NAME TEAM FOR #MUNvCAR

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"I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook, and by gum, it put them on the map!"

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Clinical violence.

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Fantastic performance from Munster. Real physicality and played right on the edge.

Set piece was superb. Lots to like for a seasonal opener on the road.

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Edinburgh looking like they ate a few airport sandwiches right now

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There is no big lead in.

The heat comes on immediately.

We know it, Clayton McMillan knows it, Munster knows it.

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We're in the paid content era.

Rage bait doesn't sell subscriptions. What got real views (not bots) in 2019 won't pay in 2025.

The more I see of mainstream rugby media in Ireland, the more I see stuff that's living in the past, where it's perennially 2019.

No wonder soccer & GAA subsidise so much of it.

I think you can play a more forward orientated game as part of a rock solid set piece, which we didn't have last season in any facet

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So I've read Conor Murray's autobiography.

It's... grand. Conlon writes it well enough.

I will say this, though, I can see why they led with the Munster Bad stuff in the serialisation. There's very little else that's even remotely interesting.

On Football Twitter, there's a new account making waves called Hater Central. It was an NBA account earlier this year, but got nowhere (here's their Bluesky account), so they moved to soccer.

My hot take is that content like this becoming so popular is a key recession indicator.