I’m only hearing bad things about Humph’s leadership. I know people slated Nucifora at every turn but sounds like his successor might have an element of spoofer to him.
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Because he’s a cricket chap?
He’s a failed solicitor if I recall correctly?
Rugby? Has it? It hasn’t really translated into Ulster yet if so. A weaker team than 10 years ago and contributed just one player to the matchday 23 for New Zealand? Ian Henderson.
You’re forgetting Big Stu
Big Stu made the 23 against Scotland iirc but wasn’t on the bench v New Zealand.
You changed the post. Originally said only 2 in the squad
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I did. I forgot Tom O’ Toole and big Stu. Realistically Ian Henderson was the only one in the top 23 though.
I had high hopes Balacoune would have been lighting things up ahead of the world cup. Seems to have regressed
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I see no sign of it here either. Harder to field adult teams at club level, number of underage players from here making Irish squads appallingly low and often now the province with fewest representatives, attendances up a small bit last year at Ravenhill but nowhere near what they were 8-10 years ago. Half the pack being fellas who weren’t good enough for Leinster and were sent north doesn’t help matters at all.
I believe you’re correct. This was more to do with his resource-management skillset from his stint with Ulster, Gloucester and some rumblings about the English association cricket organisation. Spends very big with little regard for best-allocation of said resources.
I thought porter was outstanding, but it’s hard to know. They need to get rid of scrum penalties unless it’s exceptional, and the clock should be stopped as soon as the scrum is called until the ball goes in. As soon as the ref calls for a reset, same again. It’s stop.myriad time wasting and if it went back to a free kick instead of a penalty, it’s stop a lot of the cheating and diving that goes on. Leave it so a penalty try can be awarded for scrum infringement close to the line, and otherwise, if the ball is coming out, leave it out.
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Really? Appears the GGA is failing even amongst the chippy northern nationalist community according to yourself with rugby taking pride of place.
I suspect you missed the nuance there.
According to Halfpipe in his more candid moments the engagement is outstripping the GGA up there.
The nuance that at the height of the GGA Championship there were tvs getting switched over to rugby?
What was it, Ireland v Japan? 
I’m sure @Halfpipe will clarify in due course. As I said, I suspect you missed the nuance, he can confirm if you did.
I’d like to see micro sin bins for infringements near the line.
Jump offside defending in your own 22 and its 3 mins in the bin.
None of those multiple infringements before a card lark.
The nuance being his audience and his guard being down.
Its only fair that the poster in question be allowed time to clarify, but I suspect there was more going on in that post that simply a link to it suggests.