That could well happen, I just donāt see him coming back here.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
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Heāll do it when theyāre either better funded or have better players
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Bums on seats and a competitive Munster means more money for the Irfu. I wouldnāt be worried about his behaviour.
Said as much myself elsewhere. Both last won the European Cup in 2008 before events in 2008/09 (An Abu Dhabi takeover at City and Leinster hammering them in Croker) saw their blue rivals wrestle control of the rivalry. Both managers whoāve been sacked this week won Diddy Cups against their rivals who had bigger fish to fry too. Albeit Munster still had to win in South Africa after beating Leinster in 2023.
I canāt envisage ROG jumping with joy at the thought of taking the Munster job right now, although it would be Box Office. Iād be interested to see the odds list for next Munster head coach. Felix Jones to take on a more senior coaching role perhaps? Paul Oā Connell would hardly leave the Ireland set-up. Bernard Jackman perhaps (lol).
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Itās mad the way Leinster and Liverpool fans figured winning no cups is better than winning some cups.
Delusion knows no bounds I guess.
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Leinster are a vastly superior team to Munster, the results of games between the two over the last number of years shows this. Leinster are competing at the business end of the league and Champions Cup every season and should probably have had a couple of doubles over the last four seasons.
Munster are nowhere in the Champions Cup and were lucky to win the URC, if Leinster didnāt have a Champions Cup final the following weekend they would have gone stronger in the URC semi and beaten Munster. But, fair play to Munster as they went on and won the final and it was good to see an Irish team win it.
I think Leinster have a good chance of winning both competitions this season.
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Oh I wouldnāt argue with that.
Leinster benefit massively from the funding in the
Private schools and then tend to make up the bulk of the Irish underage teams.
Then they have the bulk of the central contracts so they can create massive squad depth.
It is no surprise they are totally dominant. Itās like a Skoda v a Ferrari in a race.
I said it a number of times the Irfu should rebalance things.
When Leinster won their first European cup they three foreign front rowers on the books and three more niq players. Thatās what got them over the line.
I donāt agree with the irfus recent policy. Iād be signing two propers at Munster straight away. That way theyād be competitive in Europe. It gives the edogbos, gleeson, Crowley and the likes a real chance to develop. That would only help Ireland.
Trying to build a team with a scrum on wheels isnāt easy. I donāt understand the idea myself.
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I couldnāt see ROG touch the Munster job. Would Pat Lam be gettable?
Knows the Irish scene (knows the club, Jeff).
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On munsters European campaigns Leinster and Toulouse are miles ahead of everyone. The French teams can vary on quality but it is not unrealistic to be securing a home game in the last sixteen. You give yourself every chance of making the 1/4s then and keep the money coming in.
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I donāt think itās realistic for Munster to make the last four in Europe. That being said - the group stage performances last year werenāt up to expectations
Standard unrealistic Munster fan stuff.
I think bagging a home last 16 tie is very realistic. Build a base from that.
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Iād agree with that
Munster acting promptly to get their prime target ten haag.
Who are you blaming for this?
OāGara is making a fortune and I think heāll only come back to Irish rugby in 4/5 years once he has built up a pension pot.
I donāt blame anyone really but itās a bitter pill for Munster.
Not everyone thinks like you tim.