I’m sure it’ll pop up on the refs review - but the Ref yellow carded completely the wrong guy for Munster
Track Josh from the scrum and listen to the ref mic
Almost like the ref or TMO made it up (although it probably was meant for Fineen)
Really shoddy officiating as usual
Pollock surely pencilled in on the lions squad now isn’t he?
That’s RGs tackle he ghosts to canter in from 50 metres
Really tidy first outing for Michael Milne.
Sends Kieron Assiratti into orbit here for the penalty which is no mean feat.
The sharks line speed and defence is nothing short of ferocious
Two of them did alright
For the week that’s in it and because I haven’t done one of these in a while
Can you name 8 players who have played senior games for both Munster and Saracens?
Answers date back to mid 90s. Not counting Oli Morris (no game played for MUN)
No fancy googling. Have a cut off it
Tom Pearson getting nuked out of the ruck is quite something
Absolutely can’t be doing that. Nasty stuff
Absolute space cadets here in Thomond Park
Had a few DMs about Gus McCarthy since Sat and whether a move to munster would be good. Thought he was excellent
Opportunity for Humphs to do a Kleyn/RG on it. Give Leinster the choice of Kelleher/ Gus but not both then dangle the carrot of a central contract for RK to Munster
Word out there that RG will be extending his stay at Leinster. More power to him and I hope he does
As an aside, I think the move from Munster to Lein has given the IRFU/Humphs a template to counter the we can’t force players to move argument. They just haven’t realised it yet!
Glad to see Hendo re-signing for the next part of his career but it just highlights the failings in the union.
Only 2 centrally funded contracts in the country now outside of Leinster. Throw in budget cuts for Mun/Uls/Con last preseason and it’s clear what the plan is.
Prendergast will be ruined by all the hype princesses surrounding him.
Harry Byrne played in the 6 nations just gone and is already on the scrap heap at 25. When Sam P has two poor games in a row the whole bandwagon will move on to Casper Gabriel. It’s mad stuff.
Really enjoyed this from Crowley. Soft hands to force Porter into contact and then dropped back to swish it through
Ireland hadn’t scored in 15 mins,were down a man and had just turned down a kickable penalty to go to the corner and lost 20 yards off the lineout. Smart stuff
Thought Crowley was excellent last night while still having room to improve
His ability to take it to the line along with his physicality is what puts him well ahead of the rest of the 10s in Ireland
Rest him vs Fiji and let the other two fight for the bench spot for Oz behind JC
Blink and you’ll miss it.
Tadhg Beirne with the dexterity of a pickpocket quickly followed by James Ryan’s dustbin lid hands
Still plenty of tickets on Ticketmaster for tonight’s game so if you want to bring the kids to the Ireland Argentina match tonight get on it.
Prices start at just €110 each.
I haven’t seen an Irish player overhyped as hard since Scott Penny 6 years ago
Harry Byrne maybe?
The same guys who’ll tell you they’re era defining players will be the first ones to write their obituaries. Leave the young lad play without the titles
