He’s gonna do a series of marathons to get there
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Ouch
Who on earth, (well apart from your good self) would find this funny?
Yes. I’m off tomorrow morning. Going to the second test in Wellington on Saturday. Don’t know yet whether I’ll make it back up to Auckland for the third test. Got to head down to the South Island on business when I’ve over there as well.
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its hilarious that Oirish rogbee let their players go off to NZ and get fucked up in a shitty friendly game.
it completely belittles the provinces and the Oirish national team and highlights the farce that is the Loins
great stuff
looking forward to photos from the stadium
imagine going to NZ just to prove a point on the internet- 
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Enjoy it mate
I’m going to New Zealand on business mate. Like I do with a lot of my business travel, if possible, I will schedule it around sporting events of interest if at all practical.
huh?
if possible you will go to the test?
Mhmm because the FAI have great control over the Irish professionals who play association football.
Wed better get celtic vs srfc cancelled.
Like Martin o Neill playing McCarthy injured and sending him back to Everton hobbled
In 2001, our best player Roy Keane didn’t tog out for the ROI team in our most important match in years because Ferguson wanted to keep him fresh for the Premiership and Champions League.
The IRFU are shareholders in the British and Irish Lions Limited, making money off poor Robbie Henshaw here as they would if he played for a province or our national side.
The New Zealand side of 1996 is rated by many commentators as their finest ever. I rate it the best I’ve seen. In the space of eight weeks, New Zealand won all four games against South Africa and Australia in the Tri Nations and then became the first New Zealand side to win a series in South Africa. Michael Jones played in all 7 of those tests at Number 6 and was consistently outstanding.
I see @Sidney has provided some journalistic evidence in that regard.
I think they are centrally contracted in rogbee?
For a guy that hates the concept of the loins you get fairly defensive when they are queried
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Your criticism was of the IRFU pet
Yeah mate.
And we are using our assets to play for teams that we have a financial interest in.
Their star player has just got a career ending injury playing for the loins, Id be seething if I was you