New Zealand v Ireland - Test 3 - 16 July 2022

[Leonormous Boozer]

@TRF_Olyy respectfully, go suck a lemon.

 

[Groundhog]

Your drawing is really improving!

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Yeah, my job is a joke right now so I'm getting good.

 

[Amiga500]

Dunno who this Wajne Barnes is... any good? Sounds South African.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Dunno who this Wajne Barnes is... any good? Sounds South African.

Do you know who the refs are for the other games?

 

[Groundhog]

Handwriting experts will now be able to link Alpha Bro to the Zodiac killer

 

[Amiga500]

Handwriting experts will now be able to link Alpha Bro to the Zodiac killer

I'd have thought they'd link him more to someone who'd just graduated from advanced crayon to be honest...

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I thought the whole me drawing that thing was a joke? It's straight from the NZRU website.

 

[munstermuffin]

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@TRF_Olyy respectfully, go suck a lemon.

! thing is for sure. That ain't no BIC pen

 

[duncanb]

Do you know who the refs are for the other games?

Williams
Carley
o keffee

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

NZ 8 point favourites with the bookies, I think I'd have them around 5, away from home, last game of the season and a lot of our guys without an extended break for two years definitely gives them the edge even if I think we're a marginally better team.

We won't win without Sexton but NZ are far less likely to hit him with repeated borderline/late shots than England or France regularly expose him to so hopefully he lasts to the hour mark at least.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Is Sexton a doubt after he limped off on Saturday?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Is Sexton a doubt after he limped off on Saturday?

Nah, things like that don't matter when it's Sexton - IRFU doctors will still be declaring him fit to play for a season or two after he kicks the bucket

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Ooooooh, is Tom Curry taking time off due to legitimate concerns about his current and future health. Waaaaaaaa, is Tom Curry worried about the happiness of those around him and the increased liklihood he'd be dependent on them if he isn't responsible. Blaaaaaaaaa, would Tom Curry not play if he was properly injured to avoid longer injury.

Tom Curry will never be great, Johnny is.




Christ that's a depressing post all the same...

 

[munstermuffin]

This 1 time at band camp ....................

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Tom Curry will never be great, Johnny is.

Tom Curry sounds like Tim Curry so he's already greater than Sexton could ever be

 

[big ginger 8]

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 22 caps

14. Mack Hansen (Connacht) 5 caps

13. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 59 caps

12. Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 39 caps

11. James Lowe (Leinster) 14 caps

10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary's College) 107 caps CAPTAIN

9. Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 19 caps

1. Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 45 caps

2. Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 9 caps

3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 59 caps

4. Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 32 caps

5. James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 45 caps

6. Peter O'Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 86 caps

7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 42 caps

8. Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary's College) 19 caps

Replacements

16. Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 27 caps

17. Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 117 caps

18. Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 24 caps

19. Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 7 caps

20. Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 29 caps

21. Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 98 caps

22. Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 34 caps

23. Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 97 caps

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Exactly as expected. I'd have gone for any of the other backs from Tuesday bar McCloskey at 13 but never expected anything else.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Farrell going to sub Sexton the second Coles comes off the bench - one DC cheap shot and Sexton will end up like Captain Lance Murdock

 

[Which Tyler]

The Raeburn Shield: Ireland defend one man's 'labour of love' against New Zealand

After beating the All Blacks in Dunedin, Ireland are now the lineal champions of men’s Test rugby union

www.telegraph.co.uk