The media are a bunch of cowardly cunts. They, and the Leinster fan boys, wouldn't hear a word of criticism against Prendergast from November onwards. Everything was viewed through the lens of provincial bias, but now the fuckers are coming out of the woodwork, when it looks more like it'll hurt Leinster. They didn't give a fuck about Ireland as long as Munster was getting screwed. Those defensive inadequacies were obvious 6 months ago. I've heard a few lads falling over themselves to say that it's not that he's afraid to tackle. I don't know how they know that, but that's what it looks like to me; I was a chicken shit tackler and I know what one looks like!
I couldn't be arsed, but I'm pretty sure that if you trawl back on this out the Irish Rugby thread you'll find me and a few others predicting that he'd be figured out fairly quickly, given that he won't take it on himself. Guess what's happening now? Defence is standing off him and getting into the passing channels because they know he'll only pass or kick. It didn't take a genius to figure that out.
