I thought that too 
Too many penalties for scrums especially for technical fouls in the scrum.
Lawrence Dallaglio, pitchside, says it wasnât a penalty, that Ben OâKeefe made it about himself. Some nomark bird barely up to Lawrenceâs shoulder thinks it was a penalty. Lawerence looks up to the rainswept heavens.
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A thoroughly alright sort is Lawrence.
Youâd see him on the beer at the Galway races.
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Sure thatâs always been the case
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Southern henisphere teams know how to get it done. Piss poor from the northern hemisphere teams in this World Cup again.
The anti crowd a floundering like a drunk on paddies day at 6 pm.
Itâs been an incredible two months of rugby now with four or five all time classics with various upsets and amazing stories.
Thank god weâve a mouth watering final to look forward now next Saturday in Paris.
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I loved the story of him being on the Eurostar to the 2001 Heino semi-final in Lille and drinking with Munster supporters on the train and saying that he loved Munster and he could have played for Munster and Ireland because his Mum was from Munster and how he would love to play for Munster one day. He only stopped short of giving the Munster supporters a pat on the head each afterwards.
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That game was eerily similar to Kerry v Derry in this years All Ireland Football Semi Final.
Steve Borthwick even looks like Ciaran Meenagh.
2004 Munster v wasps was one of the most iconic sporting moments in Irish sport.
A big day for me as my auld lad wouldnât watch a game of rugby but I got the ok from my mum to head to this with my uncle.
It was my first big away day without my parents Iâd say. We set off from Richmond rugby club in Limerick city.
Iâll never forget the crowd and the noise. Nearly 45k Munster fans all over ballsbridge. The game was an all time classic of course with Trevor Leota breaking my heart.
Till the day I die I wonât forget the crowd, the noise and the silence when wasps scored in the corner.
Thereâs a great bit in dallagios book about that game. The wasps bus struggling to make it through ballsbridge with the 1000s of Munster fans all over the place. He stood up in the middle of the bus and was yelling at the wasps players they had to soak it in if they were going to get out with a win.
Great stuff and great childhood memories.
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The two Munster Heino semi-finals in Lansdowne Road in 2004 and 2006 were days of days.
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I was at White Hart Lane on the day of the Wasps v Munster 2004 semi final where I witnessed Woolwich winning the league. A dark day. Thankfully it hasnât happened since.
Thatâs some shift put in by Dan Cole.
Reckon that was the best Iâve seen Freddie Steward play. He absolutely gobbled up Springbok aimless kicking first half. Himself, May and Daly really had excellent games overall when I was expecting them to be torn apart.
I think could be the opposite. Tonightâs frightener will knock any complacency out of the Boks, theyâll know exactly what theyâve to work on etc. Theyâll be laser focussed
Itâs the ABâs who might find it tougher to hit the pitch needed given the ease of the semi
I think I watched the last 20 minutes or so of Barcelona beating Real Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu that night in the Neptune Bar downstairs in the Flowing Tide. I was already well on by that stage. I never went home that night and ended up going in for a double class of God knows what at 9am the next morning after stumbling out of the Herbert Park Hotel about 6:30 am and then going for a walk on Sandymount strand. I had a lot more energy in those days than I do now.
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Anyone?
South Africa have been the best team at this World Cup - only thing possibly catching them is fatigue but Iâll stick with them to lift the trophy next week.
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That was an iconic game played in brilliant April sunshine, Jason Holland was unreal that day after ROG went off early doors
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This is possibly racist but Trevor Leota who got the winning try for Wasps reminded me very much of the Bond villain Oddjob.
I enjoyed the joke about how the writers of James Bond had run out of ideas so decided to create a composite supervillain from the characters Blofeld and Oddjob called Oddfeld.
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