Crowley steered Munster to a first trophy in years lining out against the guy playing 10 for the boks. He played him off the park.
If the situation was reversed, the kiwis 100% would have backed throwing him in sat night. Theyâve no sentimentality in decision-making.
Yeah, thatâs correct except nessans isnât in Moyross as such. Back wall brings you into pineview/cliona park in moyross but school itself in woodview, moylish
he was in Sexton St in first year anyway cos he was in my brothers class
That may have been Colin Earls who went to sexton st, roughly same age
possibly, the brother knows Keith anyway, i thought it was from school, maybe it was through that fella.
Not a rugby player 
No, but decent enough hurler and soccer player when not otherwise preoccupied
Be fairly certain he was in nessans and then munchins
5 posts up
Thatâs the long and short of it.
England against Italy in the 2020 euro final refused to take off a Harry Kane whose legs were gone after about 50 minutes.
Italy on the other hand who were outplayed for large parts were subbing off a lot of their main players as they understood the importance of fresh legs.
Sexton was a great player but Iâm not sure heâs a great captain. That kick early doors down the line was criminal. In knockout rugby you go for the posts. Keep the scoreboard moving.
The missed penalty in the second half and the chip kick to nowhere was just pure tiredness in my opinion.
They had to make the switch and they didnât.
And heâs never going to ask to be taken off so accountability has to be with management on that one
Rassie is tremendous fun
Wouldnât that be very similar to St Kierans in Kilkenny for hurling or The Sem in Killarney for footballing prospects? The lure of St Kierans decimates smaller rural secondary schools around Kilkenny when it comes to hurling ambitions. Even Shamrock Rovers have targeted this with a transition year programme in Ashfield College. Youâd swear hoarding talent in a small number of schools was just confined to rugby the way lads are talking here.
Rugby is held to different standards for pretty much everything on here.
Off the ball are routinely ridiculed on here for their football coverage of Stephen Kenny but yet when it comes To rugby the very same journalists opinions are held up as facts almost.
The private schools thing is interesting but it tells you the power of money in sport for sure.
We arenât far away from counties trying something similar with the gaa.
The fact a small cohort of schools can produce so many quality players is very telling.
Identifying the best 12 year olds and pumping money into them. Just like in the schools many counties wonât compete and will get left behind.
Fuck Ard Scoil
Gilroy deserves mild derision to be fair. Remember his âcountdown to the Grand Slamâ in 2005 that started in January of that year?
Heâs not a real journalist tbf. Andy Dunne is though and is very good. He had called it that Ireland were going to be found out pre 2019 Six Nations.
I find Andy dunne excellent.
