That knacker Quinlan !

[miahp]

15 minutes to go, Leinster hammering them, thank God. Quinlan's gouging of an opponent's eyes was a disgrace. Come on the ladyboys !

[Mick Lyons]

I look forward to the media outrage over this disgraceful act.

[raZor]

Should put an end to his tour really. Before it even begins.

[POL]

sure he is a loin :lol!:

[Mick Lyons]

Yeah.
A cowardly lion.

[cit_gym_rat]

3 month ban id say

STUPID STUPID STUPID

[DogTheLangerHunter]

Fuckin Quinlanimal.

[MinXy]

He is a fine bit of schtuff though.

[Mick Lyons]

This is why girls shouldn't be allowed in the sports forum.
Except for Sunners when there is a golf or wrestling thread.

[MinXy]

This is why girls shouldn't be allowed in the sports forum.
Except for Sunners when there is a golf or wrestling thread.

Whisht you!

I'm merely pointing out a fact.

[Langer Dan]

He is a fine bit of schtuff though.

You wouldn't think it if you'd heard some of the stuff I'v heard about him.

[Mick Lyons]

How would you feel if he stuck his finger in your eye?
He wouldn't be such a fine bit of schtuff then! :D

[MinXy]

Lads lads ye are assuming I care about the sort of person he is. He's dreamy to look at. End of. Now, to get rid of his wrinkley wife...

*Swoon*

[tippat]

You wouldn't think it if you'd heard some of the stuff I'v heard about him.

glad to see you are still bullshitting here langer you heard this you heard that give facts for a change i know alan well and he is a gentelman these things happen in every game he just got on camera

[Mick Lyons]

There's nothing wrong with sticking your fingers in a lads eye as long as ye have a beer together afterwards.

[Langer Dan]

glad to see you are still bullshitting here langer you heard this you heard that give facts for a change i know alan well and he is a gentelman these things happen in every game he just got on camera


A real gentleman will stick his finger in your eye socket and try to blind you

[tippat]

A real gentleman will stick his finger in your eye socket and try to blind you

you know nothing at all about the man all you have is rumors but then you are very good at that dont judge some one you dont know

[Langer Dan]

you know nothing at all about the man all you have is rumors but then you are very good at that dont judge some one you dont know

I'v first hand accounts of what a 'gent' that gurrier is.


Another gentleman yesterday
http://www.sarugby.com/news/images/stories/eye-gouging.jpg

[shamoverhere]

Yeah.
A cowardly lion.


very good

[Lamps]

That animal shouldn't be walking the streets, he just can't help himself, Munstershire were out of the tournament at that point. Bye Bye Loins tour and good riddance
NZYbZQQ3q0Q

[Rebelred]

Disgusting behaviour

[raZor]

I always knew you were 10 years behind us Dan!

That video was up in a flash, no way can he get away with it, POC and Cheika were out trying to defend him.

[Rebelred]

The spin has started already:

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/2009/0502/1224245869284.html

Quinlan faces anxious wait over Cullen incident

Alan Quinlan’s hopes of touring with the Lions are in doubt after he was caught on camera apparently eye-gouging Leinster captain Leo Cullen in today’s Heineken Cup semi-final.

Quinlan, the veteran Munster flanker, was a surprise inclusion in Ian McGeechan’s 37-man squad and now faces an anxious wait to see whether the independent citing officer takes any action.

Recent history, with cases involving Dylan Hartley and Neil Best, suggests that, if Quinlan is cited and subsequently found guilty, he could face a suspension that stretches into months.

Neither Paul O’Connell, the Munster and Lions captain, nor Leinster coach Michael Cheika saw the incident in a ferocious game at Croke Park. But both provided positive character references for Quinlan.

“Quinny isn’t that type of guy,” said O’Connell. “He is a tough player. It is the one thing he hasn’t got in his record book. If it looked bad, I am sure there was nothing in it.”

After watching his side book their first Heineken Cup final appearance with a 25-6 victory, Cheika added: “Quinlan is a good operator and a good guy and I have a lot of respect for him.

“He is a hard guy. That is the battle. Between Munster and Leinster it is a war and you have to be as aggressive as you possibly can. I can’t see him doing it.”

[intelinside]

glad to see you are still bullshitting here langer you heard this you heard that give facts for a change i know alan well and he is a gentelman these things happen in every game he just got on camera

You should be embarrassed at trying to defend him on this occasion tippat. He may be a nice guy and all but what he did was disgraceful. It's one of the worst things you can do on a pitch. I've lost a lot of respect for him, as a Munster supporter.

[KD Langer]

i wonder will matt cooper invite his mammy on to say how ashamed she is of what he did yestrerday

[Mick Lyons]

very good

Thanks.

[Action Man]

You should be embarrassed at trying to defend him on this occasion tippat. He may be a nice guy and all but what he did was disgraceful. It's one of the worst things you can do on a pitch. I've lost a lot of respect for him, as a Munster supporter.

I don't think tippat is trying to defend his actions yesterday (no one can), but he is defending him outside of rugby where someone made a rather stupid comment. Read back at what tippat quoted to see.

Great display by Stade Dublique yesterday and fully deserved their win. Lets hope they can build on this victory and go on and win the competition. Whats the story with Dr Phil? Any reports on his injury? He was having a great game up till his injury.

[raZor]

You should be embarrassed at trying to defend him on this occasion tippat. He may be a nice guy and all but what he did was disgraceful. It's one of the worst things you can do on a pitch. I've lost a lot of respect for him, as a Munster supporter.

I lost respect when he kicked at a guys knee in the middle of a rolling maul a fews back against the Newport Gwent Dragons, Munster were coasting at home and there was no need for it. Completely destroyed yer mans knee. I don't know the guy off the field but on it he's a scumbag and a disgrace to the game and Munster. Constantly diving and cheating.

[KolaKubes]

I thought it was pretty disgusting, particularly with them well beaten at that stage.

If it had been an English lad doing that, the pub would have exploded no doubt.

[cit_gym_rat]

Lads lads ye are assuming I care about the sort of person he is. He's dreamy to look at. End of. Now, to get rid of his wrinkley wife...

*Swoon*

keep it in the sweet valley high forum love

[Langer Dan]

I lost respect when he kicked at a guys knee in the middle of a rolling maul a fews back against the Newport Gwent Dragons, Munster were coasting at home and there was no need for it. Completely destroyed yer mans knee. I don't know the guy off the field but on it he's a scumbag and a disgrace to the game and Munster. Constantly diving and cheating.

Repped.

For fellas to say it happens in every game is total bollocks.
It was scumbag behavior, utterly indefensible . There was clear intent and I hope he gets a lengthy ban, the governing authorities need to send out a message that this sort of wanton thuggery will not be tolerated.

[MinXy]

keep it in the sweet valley high forum love

Shup you ya meatball.

[Mick Lyons]

No swooning in the sports forum.

[MinXy]

I was being facetious.

[Mick Lyons]

That's not allowed either.

[HappyMonday83]

I have to say that I nearly choked on my skinny latte when I saw this knacker at it again. It was only earlier in the week that the jocks were trying to claim that munstershire weren't a team of scumbags. A ban isn't good enough for that cheating shit, if you did that to someone on the street you'd be arrested. Quinlan is the lowest of the low.

[cit_gym_rat]

Shup you ya meatball.


its meathead MinXy get it right willya

[MinXy]

its meathead MinXy get it right willya

Point proven.

[raZor]

I have to say that I nearly choked on my skinny latte when I saw this knacker at it again. It was only earlier in the week that the jocks were trying to claim that munstershire weren't a team of scumbags. A ban isn't good enough for that cheating shit, if you did that to someone on the street you'd be arrested. Quinlan is the lowest of the low.

Did you lol? Or were you all lol'ed out after the Contepomi injury.

[cit_gym_rat]

Point proven.


to be fair MinXy if he done that on the streets you would have to drag him in cuffed #silly

[MinXy]

to be fair MinXy if he done that on the streets you would have to drag him in cuffed #silly

Ah here, I made no comment on what he did. All I said was that he's a great looking guy.

[cit_gym_rat]

Ah here, I made no comment on what he did. All I said was that he's a great looking guy.


ah i know that

all im saying is you would like to drag him away cuffed id say, you durty durty girl :lol!:

[MinXy]

ah i know that

all im saying is you would like to drag him away cuffed id say, you durty durty girl :lol!:

Feckin' sure I would! In a heartbeat.

[Mick Lyons]

Fair play to Mary Hannigan in todays IT.

Croker clash just a little bit of an Armageddon between friends

MARY HANNIGAN

TV VIEW: THERE WE were, thinking this was going to be the tamest of friendlies, divil a crunching tackle to behold, lots of cries of “no, no, after you”, “how’s the family?” and “will you room with me in South Africa?” Shane Byrne and Mick Galwey, though, tried to educate us on TV3’s preview of Munster and Leinster’s All-Ireland semi-final, suggesting that familiarity does not, after all, breed bonhomie – it breeds fire and brimstone.

Shane: “It’s because they’re your mates that you will kick the bloody head off each other.”

Mick: “Exactly.”

Shane: “You do not want to lose to your friends.”

Mick: “Exactly.”

That was us told. This, then, was going to be rugby’s version of The Wind that Shakes the Barley.

So, with that lesson learnt, we settled down for the game with some trepidation, our initial concern mainly for the well-being of Felipe Contepomi who, Sky Sport’s panel reckoned, would have done on to him by Munster what had been done on to him by the same lads three years before: ie, have his mind fiddled with.

Paul Wallace, in particular, feared for him. “If Felipe has a poor start today – and he doesn’t have the composure that Ronan O’Gara might have to pull himself out of it – he’ll be in a nose-dive and will go down quicker than the Belgrano,” he said.

It was one of those “tell me he didn’t say that, did he?” telly moments. Sky, strictly, should have banished Paul to a Total Exclusion Zone for the rest of the afternoon. Not that he’d be safe there, mind.

Anyway, off we went, Felipe flattening Ronan in an early “Gotcha” moment, which brought to mind Roy Keane, eh, testing Marc Overmars’ resolve in the opening seconds of that World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands a whole eight years ago. Ron Atkinson has a word for a challenge of that nature: a “reducer”. Although, in fairness to Felipe, it should be said, his challenge was legal.

Felipe, though, was reduced, himself, to the role of spectator soon after, having banjaxed his knee. But that, really, was where Leinster’s woes ended. And Munster’s began.

“Nothing good goes on forever,” as Sky’s Stuart Barnes – who proved he was practically a native by referring to the venue as “Croker” – put it when the camera focused on the faces of young Munster fans, so young defeat was as foreign a concept to them as, say, a world without Xboxes.

Leinster captain Leo Cullen dragged his aching body in to the tunnel for a post-triumph chat with Sky’s Mark Robson.

“Well, Leo,” said Mark, “we’ve heard for years all this nonsense about glittering city boys, you’re certainly not supposed to be the creatures from the swamp – what exactly was the game plan today? It looked to be built around ‘assassinate’.”

“Eh . . . yeah,” said Leo, who, understandably enough, appeared to be finding this contest trickier than the 80 minutes preceding it.

“No more ladyboys,” declared Tom McGurk on RTÉ later that night, which at first we took as a personal pledge from our presenter – when we really didn’t want to know – until we realised he was actually talking about Leinster.

Tom then encouraged Conor O’Shea to write Munster’s obituary – “this is an extraordinary result, it has changed everything!” – but Conor resisted, mindful of the fact that, despite the aging process, when Munster return they will, at Paul O’Connell’s signal, most probably unleash hell.

Loath to take the focus off Leinster’s distinguished day, Tom, reluctantly, turned his attention to that ugly moment.

“There’s one incident we have to deal with very quickly . . . Cullen didn’t seem to be hurt, it’s not up to us to call it, but we’ll show it any way,” he said.

“This is not an issue for us, it’s an issue for the citing referee,” said George Hook, who, let’s be honest about it, had never before stumbled upon a rugby issue that he was shy about commenting on.

A bit of auld displeasure wouldn’t have gone amiss, given the offence, after all, the cameras seemed to indicate, was so wretched it was the least it merited – whatever the citing officer decides.

The RTÉ panel has, quite rightly too, often scoffed at those moments when footballers – from the soccer code – somersault in agony after being chopped down by, well, fresh air.

But when a rugby man has his face momentarily rearranged and the victim or his team-mates/ coach brush it off as “one of these things that happen in the heat of battle”, they purr in manly admiration. No squealers in this sport! The latter, surely, is the more damaging deceit, especially for those having a think about which code they want their kiddies to join.

Cheating is less than pleasant, but this? That’s a whole new ball-game.

Even when the perpetrator is, uncomfortably, one of our own. It’d be nice if our commentators had the oval balls to call it for what it is.

[raZor]

Quinlan is loved by commentators for whatever reason Stuart Barnes was highlighting his theatrics in the final last year as some sort of shining beacon.

[Mick Lyons]

In rugby it's ok to bite a lads thumb off and swallow it as long as you have a beer together afterwards.

[midletonman]

quinlan will have to go, its a complete farce if he gets off scot-free, and even more so if any of his team mates try and protect him. theres no place for that carry on. people saying he barely touched him?I havtn seen the pictures but the marks on Cullens face if the papers are anything to go by show there was more then a little rub.

[Rebelred]

twas only high jinx!

[cit_gym_rat]

quinlan will have to go, its a complete farce if he gets off scot-free, and even more so if any of his team mates try and protect him. theres no place for that carry on. people saying he barely touched him?I havtn seen the pictures but the marks on Cullens face if the papers are anything to go by show there was more then a little rub.

while im not saying quinny should get off scot free, the marks on Cullens face were not a result of quinnys gouging. It was the opposite side of his face that quinny gouged. Ever hear the saying dont judge a book by its cover?

[midletonman]

while im not saying quinny should get off scot free, the marks on Cullens face were not a result of quinnys gouging. It was the opposite side of his face that quinny gouged. Ever hear the saying dont judge a book by its cover?

fair enough, as i said hadnt seen it and the papers made what the wanted of it. he shold still be getting the same treatment as best etc, thats just the way it goes.

[STEVIEG]

gentlemans game!

[legend76]

just said on SSN that Quinlan has been cited for the eye gouging

[legend76]

Munster flanker Alan Quinlan has been cited for allegedly making contact with the eye or eye area of Leinster's Leo Cullen in Saturday's Heineken Cup semi-final defeat.

The independent citing commissioner John Byett decided Quinlan has a case to answer after television cameras appeared to show him making contact with Leinster skipper Cullen's right eye during the game at Dublin's Croke Park.

Quinlan , 34, has been called to appear before a European Rugby Cup disciplinary panel, which is to be appointed "as soon as is practicable".

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12332_527899 4,00.html

[CathedralRoad]

Leo said it was all part of the game!
Play away in SA Quinny - dont mind the begrudgers.

[KD Langer]

In rugby it's ok to bite a lads thumb off and swallow it as long as you have a beer together afterwards.

heh heh hehe.

heard mick galwey on the radio earlier saying "era it wasn't that bad. things happen in the heat of battle."


can you imagine the outcry if a meath footabller, a cork hurler or even wayne rooney had done that?

[cit_gym_rat]

fair enough, as i said hadnt seen it and the papers made what the wanted of it. he shold still be getting the same treatment as best etc, thats just the way it goes.


oh i think nothing less than a 3 month ban would be a disgrace

his antics on saturday have no place in rugby

[leftback]

If you do the crime, you do the time..

[Lamps]

Murder on Prendy this morning over this scut. Jocks everywhere saying there was no intent.

PrendY rightly asking what parent would send a child out to play a game where animals like this are lauded.

[How bad boy]

Murder on Prendy this morning over this scut. Jocks everywhere saying there was no intent.

PrendY rightly asking what parent would send a child out to play a game where animals like this are lauded.Please find any examples of where this is lauded.

I would be genuinely surprised if you did. In 20 years of playing rugby, I have never heard anyone laud gouging.

If you get a finger in the eye by accident, then rugby people understand that this happens sometimes.

I've never seen anyone try to justify deliberate gouging.

If you have, post it here.

[Rebelred]

Murder on Prendy this morning over this scut. Jocks everywhere saying there was no intent.

PrendY rightly asking what parent would send a child out to play a game where animals like this are lauded.

Tom McGurk was almost apologetic for having to discuss it the other night. If it was an English player they wouldn't have been so quiet

[Lamps]

Please find any examples of where this is lauded.

I would be genuinely surprised if you did. In 20 years of playing rugby, I have never heard anyone laud gouging.

If you get a finger in the eye by accident, then rugby people understand that this happens sometimes.

I've never seen anyone try to justify deliberate gouging.

If you have, post it here.

Its always filed under he didn't mean it, he's a great guy who doesn't normally stamp on neck/gouge the eye/hand up the hole, he'll miss his loins opportunity. This scut should be behind bars at this stage.

I've had enough of sure he plays on the edge at this stage.

[Lamps]

Tom McGurk was almost apologetic for having to discuss it the other night. If it was an English player they wouldn't have been so quiet

As you know Michael Corcoran would only identify the culprit "as a man wearing a glove."

[Rebelred]

As you know Michael Corcoran would only identify the culprit "as a man wearing a glove."

I know, I heard that live, thought I was listening to a game of Cluedo for a minute.

"It was a man wearing a glove in the garden who dunnit.... but he didn't mean it and he's a jolly good chap most of the time!"

[elwood blues]

As you know Michael Corcoran would only identify the culprit "as a man wearing a glove."

he was trying to finger Michael Jackson for it.
He may have been an alleged kiddie fiddler but he's no gouger.

[Lamps]

I wouldn't be fair to the "man in the glove's" mam to name him on the national airwaves. :lol!:

[HappyMonday83]

Please find any examples of where this is lauded.

I would be genuinely surprised if you did. In 20 years of playing rugby, I have never heard anyone laud gouging.

If you get a finger in the eye by accident, then rugby people understand that this happens sometimes.

I've never seen anyone try to justify deliberate gouging.

If you have, post it here.

Look no further than "the claw". A man who's celebrated for his cheating and scummy behavior on the pitch.

[Langer Dan]

As you know Michael Corcoran would only identify the culprit "as a man wearing a glove."

Good grief, it's sad really how the old boy's club mentality swings into action every time theres an incident like this involving an Arish hero.

A real man would stand up and take ownership of his actions and apologise sincerely to his fellow player.

Quinny is happy to keep his head down and hide behind the coat-tails of Gaillimh and the other gutless apologists for thuggery.

[BangorFeen]

Look no further than "the claw". A man who's celebrated for his cheating and scummy behavior on the pitch.
And dislike by more than one Munster supporter because of it...

[HappyMonday83]

And dislike by more than one Munster supporter because of it...

There can't be too many seeing as his pub is packed with red jerseys on matchday.

[Langer Dan]

There can't be too many seeing as his pub is packed with red jerseys on matchday.

The man can't even operate a barbeque without nearly exploding himself. Is it any wonder that this neanderthal thinks nothing of jamming his fingers into an opponent's eyes.

The Arish old boys are a shameful lot.

[KD Langer]

Please find any examples of where this is lauded.

.

ok it wasn't lauded but i did hear mick galwey saying it wasn't much yesterday. is it because he knows it goes on much more than he lets on?. like mick lyons said , it's acceptable really once you don't back chat the ref and have a drink in the bar later.

[KD Langer]

The man can't even operate a barbeque without nearly exploding himself. Is it any wonder that this neanderthal thinks nothing of jamming his fingers into an opponent's eyes.

The Arish old boys are a shameful lot.

indeed they are. ronaldo and co. get hammered for diving, the GAA did last summer for handbags, but an old thumb to the eye in rugby?. sure it's only high jinks, they're all gentlemen really.

[blocker]

In Quinlans defence it was "Leo Cullen"! It wasnt if he could do much damage to that face! Now if it was BOD "the beauty queen" that would be a different story.

[frankeechops]

indeed they are. ronaldo and co. get hammered for diving, the GAA did last summer for handbags, but an old thumb to the eye in rugby?. sure it's only high jinks, they're all gentlemen really.Just wait and see, Quinlan will get a least 8 weeks for this, and there will be no appeals and no use of loopholes to get him off.

[Lamps]

Its alright. I heard on the radio that Leo said it was only a bit of handbags

[Edmund Blackwater]

In Quinlans defence it was "Leo Cullen"! It wasnt if he could do much damage to that face! Now if it was BOD "the beauty queen" that would be a different story.
Sure that's alright then.

[HappyMonday83]

In Quinlans defence it was "Leo Cullen"! It wasnt if he could do much damage to that face! Now if it was BOD "the beauty queen" that would be a different story.

http://www.loungelightmedia .com/images/smilies/worf.gif

[Mick Lyons]

Its alright. I heard on the radio that Leo said it was only a bit of handbags

I'd say Cullens being leaned on big-time here by the powers that be.

[cit_gym_rat]

as a side note - people ive spoke to that were at the game said it was one of the dirtiest rugby matches they ever witnessed, loads of off the ball incidents, from both sides, said it reminded them of the compermissed rules series.

[KD Langer]

Just wait and see, Quinlan will get a least 8 weeks for this, and there will be no appeals and no use of loopholes to get him off.

you're probably right. my point was more about the media's role in this however.

[ANVIL]

As Quinlan was cited as a direct result of the video evidence it is hard to see any other punishment except a ban as the offence is blatantly obvious.
But in a sports as political divisive as rugby stranger events have gone unpunished.
It should be a costly mistake by Quinlan but ...

[Professor Piehead]

Haalandesque in it's brutality. This ghoy should be banned for life.

[legend76]

NZYbZQQ3q0Q

[Coogee]

Good grief, it's sad really how the old boy's club mentality swings into action every time theres an incident like this involving an Arish hero.

A real man would stand up and take ownership of his actions and apologise sincerely to his fellow player.

Quinny is happy to keep his head down and hide behind the coat-tails of Gaillimh and the other gutless apologists for thuggery.

quinlan apoligised on tv and also was seen talking with Leo cullen after the game....

He deserves to get a lengthy ban though

[Coogee]

The man can't even operate a barbeque without nearly exploding himself. Is it any wonder that this neanderthal thinks nothing of jamming his fingers into an opponent's eyes.

The Arish old boys are a shameful lot.

i presume you are talking about the time he burnt himself before the 2002 hec final...he was actually burning rubbish in his back garden...nothing to do with a bbq:rolleyes:

[HappyMonday83]

i presume you are talking about the time he burnt himself before the 2002 hec final...he was actually burning rubbish in his back garden...nothing to do with a bbq:rolleyes:
So he was breaking the law. It doesn't surprise me.

[HappyMonday83]

quinlan apoligised on tv and also was seen talking with Leo cullen after the game....

He deserves to get a lengthy ban though

I didn't hear him admitting to gouging.