Ryle Nugent

And so to round 5 in the blink of an eye.. French coronation? Likely and deservedly so..

And good bye to O’Mahony and Murray in the sun in Rome..

Enjoy the day.. #6Nations #irevita #walveng #fravs

That was just a fantastic #6Nations test match. Absolutely loved every second - the competition that keeps on giving! #engvfra

Hmmm - that wasn’t great from Munster tonight. Error strew and unconvincing.. that stated Castres are unbeaten at home this season and you can see why.. was a pretty forgettable game! #munvcas

Next weekend on Premier Sports in Ireland …

Autumn Nations Series take away - I don’t know who’s in pole position for the Lions #10 jersey… #lions

Love that even after 25 odd years doing this I still get something new.. first time in Turin at Allianz stadium - they have one here also 😉. Italy v Nz as we say goodbye to Cane and Peranara.. #itavnzl #AutumnNationsSeries 🥶

Hollie Davidson is an excellent referee. #irevfij

Election debate special on the issues facing sport in Ireland hosted by Matt Cooper on Premier Sports next Monday at 20.00 #election #sport #ireland

Interesting, and on paper, nicely balanced team for Saturday.. Although he isn’t the creator of the hype it’s a first chance, at this level, to live up to the billing for Sam Prendergast.. probably not a fair pressure but it’s the reality.. #irishrugby #ireland #autumnnations #irevfij

Good to have you on board Doc!

Some achievement.. really impressive.. congrats to all involved @gcooney93.bsky.social

If you kids can’t play nicely then off you go back to the other place..

Ref’s at Aviva, Stade, Principality and Twickenham - Paul Williams, Nika Amashukeli, James Dolman & Andrew Brace.. thought they collectively did a top class job this weekend.. don’t know how they do it or why - they deserve huge credit for getting most calls right.. #AutumNationsSeries

Not wishing to get overly technical.. Wales are in deep, deep doo-doo and I can’t see a short way out..

The significance of Australia’s reemergence will be measured on how the next 2 weeks go - right now, you have to say, Schmidt looks the have them in great shape.. #WALvAU

How good is Tom Wright? Very.. very #walvaus #autumnations

Will be really interesting to see how @wallabies.bsky.social pick up from last weeks high.. hopefully a decent contest after last nights cracker.. #walvaus #autumnations

Consistently @Springboks most complete team I’ve seen. Beat u any way they want. Power - clearly. Pace - absolutely. Ariel - definitely. Set piece - of course. Defence - all day. Pen kicks - Handre. Game plan - which one ya wanna see. Just awesome really. #ENGvRSA #autumnati

Have a feeling SA are gonna make this a very long night for England. For context, I thought Ireland would lose last night.. #autumnations #EngvSa

And Rory Lawson - the Scottish accent provides commentary comfort..

Stutters and stumbles but somehow stand up.. Ireland, just… #irevarg

Credibility of the neighbourhood just increased with the arrival of @dk3lly.bsky.social

Ok so while it’s relatively quiet around these parts - which it won’t be for long.. here’s the call on the weekend.. it’s a safe space so I know it’ll go unmentioned when most if not all of this backfires..

Argentina by 3
Scotland comfortably
SA by 5
France by 3
Italy by 7
Australia by 7

#rugby

Big weekend ahead - have serious concerns for Ireland tonight and having seen Argentina last week I’m afraid it may be a double LL start to the Autumn Nations.. #autumnnations #IrevArg

Brave new world! Nice to be with you .. #rugby #sport #broadcast #ireland #tv

Hey fella - hope all well