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    The Irish Backrow

    I don't think Dougall is good enough for international rugby yet. He's a textbook 7 and fulfils his role honestly, but I'd agree with rugabee that he's a little underpowered. Completely disagree re McLaughlin, he's easily Leinster's biggest hitter in defence and is a good, if not brilliant...
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    The Irish Backrow

    Definitely too late for Coughlan, Jennings or Wilson. Unfortunately, their ships have sailed and all of them deserved more caps. I think after the Autumn the starting back-row pick themselves. People on here have been criticising O'Mahony based on statistics and I would have been one of them...
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    Heineken Cup 2013/14 Pool 1, Round 3 (Castres v Ospreys, Saints v Leinster)

    I think you mean provinces. And if 'Northern Ireland' claimed the other three provinces, wouldn't that leave Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan to compete on their own as a new entity? Lol.
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    6 nations to 12 nations

    Ireland to play Georgia in Autumn 2014. A good step. On this issue, I personally support the idea of having two 6 Nations, with bottom in the 6 Nations getting relegated to next year's 'B' 6 Nations (georgia,romania,russia,spain,portugal and belgium to begin with I guess). Not only does this...
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    A look ahead: the 2014 Six Nations

    The rankings are often pretty weird, as in all sports the algorithm they use is a bit dodgy. Ireland were third before the 2003 world cup for example, when we should have been about sixth. I think if a team can match England physically (which is a tough task) then if they have decent skill...
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    A look ahead: the 2014 Six Nations

    I'd probably say France. Their results obviously haven't been good but have masked improving performances and immense physicality. I still think England are too limited, they have all the muscle in the world but not enough flair, especially with Wade out injured. As others have stated, Farrell...
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    [EOYT] Wales v Australia, 30/11/13

    Tipuric's early season form for the Ospreys hasn't been great either now that I think about it, he's been anonymous in their H Cup matches and their Pro12 form has been patchy.
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    [EOYT] Wales v Australia, 30/11/13

    I really like Sam Warburton, he conducts himself with class in interviews (think post 2011 World Cup semi-final) . I think today, though, questions have to be asked of his leadership abilities. Others have highlighted the 12-man line-out call when a man up, which was a crazy decision. More than...
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    [EOYT] Wales v Australia, 30/11/13

    A very satisfying moment was when Phillips ran over Cooper and stuck his tongue out at him, only to be driven back 10 yards and dumped on his arse milliseconds later. His tongue was still out when he was thumped to the ground, but was accompanied with a strange, confused expression. He's...
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    [EOYT] Ireland vs New Zealand 24/11/13

    In this particular instance I don't see how an informed, reasonable, objective viewer could say NZ were the better team overall, no. That doesn't mean that I'm against "free thought". Who do you think you are, Voltaire? It just means you lack one of those three things things, or you're being...
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    [EOYT] Ireland vs New Zealand 24/11/13

    Also, to anyone claiming that the fans acted distastefully at the end I'll say a couple of things. 1) Chanting "forward" isn't really distasteful at all. What would you expect? It was a small minority anyway. 2) Booing a kick is never acceptable and they shouldn't have done it. Having said...
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    [EOYT] Ireland vs New Zealand 24/11/13

    O'Brien and Ireland "got away with murder" at the breakdown? What, so legally driving through the middle, on your feet with manic intensity is getting away with murder? It's called great rucking. Kiwis are the first to get annoyed when other teams moan about their brilliance at the breakdown by...
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    [EOYT] Ireland vs New Zealand 24/11/13

    Hmm I'm not sure Blindside, Ireland historically haven't raised their game against the AB's. We normally do it when our backs are against the wall after a poor performance, regardless of the opposition. I think Ireland's forward beasting of the AB's, at least at the breakdown, was far more...
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    [EOYT] Ireland vs New Zealand 24/11/13

    The entire Irish backrow were outstanding, Heaslip had his finest game in a green jersey in years. The captaincy last year really seemed to burden him. If I were a Kiwi, I'd be very concerned at how the Irish backrow completely beasted the renowned All Black backrow in every facet of play. The...
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    [EOYT] Ireland vs New Zealand 24/11/13

    I'm just calming down now, finally composed enough to post a (reasonably) non-emotional response to this match. Obviously as an Irish fan I was devastated for hours after this match. Anyway, here's the post mortem. Ireland definitely deserved to win the game, they were superior in practically...
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    2015 ERC Finals - Italia!

    Finally. Been long deserved for a long time. Hopefully things don't go too commercial though, I wouldn't want to see a H Cup final in Hong Kong or Japan for example.
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