Of course none of the roasters posting here spotted the deliberate in joke that Gav put in there to sort out the Blackrock wheat from the non Blackrock chaff. About it taking 5 years to get through the college from start to finish.
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It’s the second most read article on the Irish Times. This competition just excites the Nation.
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The dedication of some of the lads to go back to ensure the dream team dream stayed alive is admirable.
I see my beloved Gonzaga beat Wesley College yesterday 19-10. On an artificial pitch.
It’s such a good piece, I’m actually surprised it hasn’t made the print edition yet. Maybe they are holding it back for the Weekend editions.
The comment by James R at the end is smashing by the way.
Plastic pitch, plastic people
Heard a good Gonzaga rugby joke yesterday.
For the Wesley game they had to change the line out calls and they delivered them in Latin. Why? Because one of the second rows didn’t do Ancient Greek. 
It’s one of the funniest articles I’ve ever read. Is it meant to be a Ross O’Carroll Kelly style piece, loaded with irony and sarcasm? I don’t actually think so.
No, I actually think Gav is too simple to do irony.
Proper order.
Not a prayer. That is straight up. @Fagan_ODowd, I have no idea of Gavins background, is he a Rock boy? Would he have been one of these hangers on around successful sporting teams, maybe he carried the water, or did reports on the match for the school missive?
Larry Ryan of the Examiner looks in here (good morning, Larry) and I see he mockingly tweeted a link to the article after I posted it here. I wouldn’t be surprised if he mentions it in his humorous Saturday column.
I’d say that Rock team were the inspiration for ROCK. It was a couple of years later that the articles started appearing in the Tribune. Paul Howard made a good move ditching the American Physcho mimicking after the first year or two, he’s made an absolute fortune off it.
Cummiskey went to Rock alright. He bigs the competition up to its correct level. These are gladiators of the civilised world fighting for the supremacy of their religious order
John O’Sullivan of my alma mater was the previous dedicated Schools Rugby correspondent for the IT. He was always more reserved.
Gerry Thornley, unlike previous Rugby Correspondent the great Edmund Van Esbeck, won’t write about schools rugby. Though I’ve seen him at games in the past.
Here is Gerry and Gav taking shop
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Gav’s article has inspired the blue and white. Looks like another top quality outfit from Williamstown.
The42 described the draw for the Elite Eight as mouthwatering and I’d have to agree
That is some line-up. I’ve a wad of toilet roll at the ready.
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Rock vs Belvo will be epic in fairness. I might go if it’s on a Sunday in Donnybrook.
Don’t fret Fagan, I believe Setanta Sports have retained live and exclusive rights to the competition even after a bidding war. There’ll be men in suits all over Dublin city huddled around screens for the weekday afternoon kickoffs. Nothing else unites the decent folks in this country like the Schools Cup.
Why have they used a soccer pitch as the background for the image?
Big Bob Casey and Wee Seanie Johnston was the greatest hurling full-forward line combination you never saw.
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