Official Irish Rugby thread 2018/2019

[Coogee]

some win for the springboks this morning in Wellington..great game..36-34..10 or 11 tries I think

Barretts kicking lost it for the all blacks who were the better side and also have to question why they didn't go for a simple drop goal when camped in the springboks 22 for the last 5 mins

Also a great win in Australia for the argies..their back 3 are electric...not missing the likes of Imhoff and cordero at all who were world class at the RWC in 2015

 

[nelly sham]

Delighted for the Argies, Ledesma is a the proper no nonsense coach they needed.
Have the Boks win to catch up on after the Liverpool game now.

 

[Coogee]

Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets):
15. Rob Kearney (197)
14. Jordan Larmour (23)
13. Garry Ringrose (50)
12. Robbie Henshaw (25)
11. Dave Kearney (123)
10. Johnny Sexton (148) CAPTAIN
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (53)
1. Ed Byrne (24)
2. Seán Cronin (154)
3. Andrew Porter (32)
4. Scott Fardy (23)
5. James Ryan (15)
6. Max Deegan (23)
7. Josh van der Flier (60)
8. Jack Conan (75)
16. Bryan Byrne (27)
17. Peter Dooley (49)
18. Tadhg Furlong (85)
19. Ross Molony (65)
20. Caelan Doris (2)
21. Hugh O’Sullivan (0)
22. Noel Reid (101)
23. Joe Tomane (2)

strong backline form leinster...hope to see Henshaw/ringrose get a bit of gametime before the nov internationals..

sexton back too..lets see how he goes injury wise this season

also good to see van der flier back too

 

[Coogee]

Ulster team to play Southern Kings, Guinness PRO14 Round 3, Sunday 16th September, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (2.15pm SA time / 1.15pm BST):

(15-9): W Addison; C Gilroy, D Cave, S McCloskey, H Speight; B Burns, J Cooney;
(1-8): A Warwick, R Herring (captain), T O'Toole, A O'Connor, K Treadwell, M Coetzee, S Reidy, N Timoney.

Replacements (16-23): A McBurney, E O'Sullivan, W Herbst, J Deysel, M Rea, D Shanahan, A Curtis, A Kernohan.

 

[nelly sham]

Ed Byrne starts? Dara o Briain calling in favours!

Perfect game for Conan, he was awful last week, but if he wins the battle with Moriarty it will go some way to keeping the media happy.

 

[nelly sham]

Bit of an altercation between a fan and an Aussie player afterwards.

Apparently Tui’s sister was pushed.

https://t.co/DbxjdlClrG

 

[How bad boy]

some win for the springboks this morning in Wellington..great game..36-34..10 or 11 tries I think

Barretts kicking lost it for the all blacks who were the better side and also have to question why they didn't go for a simple drop goal when camped in the springboks 22 for the last 5 mins

Also a great win in Australia for the argies..their back 3 are electric...not missing the likes of Imhoff and cordero at all who were world class at the RWC in 2015

We have to put our win there in context in the wake of this, Australia have only won one match at home in the championship. Not exactly world beaters.

 

[nelly sham]

Yep, I think anyone that knows their rugby would take Australia with a pinch of salt. Have really fallen away over the last 20 years from where they were.

 

[nelly sham]

Ulster 6 points up in South Africa against the Kings. Cooney scored a lovely scrum half’s try there with a dummy from the base, unfortunately ruled out for a no armed clear out. Yellow card followed for Ulster.

 

[SunshineSupporter]

The Will Spencer red card, what do lads think?

https://twitter.com/btsportrugby/status/1041343631393738752?lang=en