Munster Rugby - We DID start the fire (Part 1)

[Tim_Riggins]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Keith wood left Munster in the mid 90s and only played 10 games for them around 2000? And then left again ? He was due to come back in 03 but had to retire I thought?

Yeah he barely played for them in the pro era but was there in 2000 for his sabbatical which added to the myth at the time.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Taxi for @anon26343222 . Was he resigned For Munster in 03 and got injured or did he just retire after the World Cup?

[TreatyStones]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

What a fucking day that was.

I had a great day out at that, a scorcher of a day, with a heap of pints in Searons before and after it.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Did Charlie have searsons back then?

[anon26343222]

Aww you missed wc 94 And I doubt you remember 02 .those were the days . I feel sorry for you talking a big game and you didn’t even witness any of it .

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Wtf are you on about

[anon26343222]

Guess that’s why he trys to stay relevant with talking about horses and ponys

[TreatyStones]

No idea. It was rare we crossed the canal.

[Julio_Geordio]

Charlie got searsons well after the recession. It was closed for a good while post recession when I was in Dublin. Apparently the previous landlord was paying extortionate rent. I’d say Charlie got it for a song

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Landsdowne road was a great stadium. You’d miss terraces in soccer and rugby games like that nowadays. I hate the aviva. Always a poor atmosphere.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

He has it for nothing alright I know the son a tiny bit. Bill junior. Hard to believe a place like that would be closed down.

[gilgamboa]

@Julio_Geordio

Apparently the previous landlord was paying extortionate rent. I’d say Charlie got it for a song

He didnt. It is a guinness owned pub and they charge through the nose for it

[Tim_Riggins]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Taxi for @codegreen . Was he resigned For Munster in 03 and got injured or did he just retire after the World Cup?

His body was destroyed so he was always retiring IIRC, certainly it’s what he told Quinns. I don’t believe he played a lot of rugby in 2002/2003, didn’t play in 2002 vs Australia (O’Driscoll captained for the first time, there was the great image of himself and Eddie walking around after) or the 2003 Six Nations anyway. He basically trained for one last go round with Ireland.

Maybe that was a backup plan, he was on 31/32 retiring, but I had thought he had some career lined up in London for after retiring.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Kearney was on the bench in 06. That was some career.

[cowpat]

There were plenty of alikadoos on the Munster team. Just because they weren’t from south Dublin…

[Tim_Riggins]

@Julio_Geordio

Charlie got searsons well after the recession. It was closed for a good while post recession when I was in Dublin. Apparently the previous landlord was paying extortionate rent. I’d say Charlie got it for a song

Probably after selling his share of Sunderland.

[Tim_Riggins]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Kearney was on the bench in 06. That was some career.

Kearney started out in 2005 playing for Leinster in Donnybrook. He would be the last to have played a competitive game there for Leinster which is a bit sad.

[Julio_Geordio]

Winning all round on that transaction

[Julio_Geordio]

Informative I didn’t even know Guinness owned pubs. He must have got a sweetheart deal initially at least. It was idle a while

[Tim_Riggins]

Searsons are now selling takeaway grub. The food is good there but can’t imagine it would generate the kind of cashflow a big place like that would need to cover loans.