They take their Christianity seriously up there.
Another fat rugby footballer with a very high grade hamstring injury according to Six One sports news here. 
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Heard that.
Time for the DCYA to step in
Leinsters Hayden Triggs banned for a mere three weeks for eye gouging.
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Incorrect. Banned for contact with the eye area specifically noted that it was not for contact with the eye.
Rugby is so strict you donāt even need to gouge to be banned thelse days
Let me get this straight - he was banned for making contact with the eye area, but not contact with the eye?
Any word on suspected sex attacker Paddy Jacksonās case?
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Which one?
Sweep sweep
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Iāll save @Tim_Riggins and @gilgamboa the trouble
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He was acquitted.
Correct
A point that was specifically made in the findings
Two distinct offences
If youād read past the headline youād have known that
Triggs is alleged to have made contact with the eye area of the Montpellier scrum-half, Nic White (No 9), in the 44th minute of the match in contravention of Law 10.4 (m)," a statement from European Professional Club Rugby read.
The low entry sanction for contact with the eye is 12 weeks, with the highest being 24 to 208 weeks. However, it was ruled that the infringement related to contact with the eye area rather than the eye itself, which resulted in a different sanction length.
The low enty sanction for eye area contact is four weeks, but Triggs had the ban shortened to three for a guilty plea and showing remorse.
I wouldnāt stoop to using a player, not to mind a person of school going age, being injured playing sport to score a point in an internet argument
Iām disappointed in that poster more than anything else heās not normally like that
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Not point scoring Dan although I appreciate this thread is a bit of a spite fest and Iāve no idea whether that young fella was concussed or not.
The debate around parents letting thier kids play rugby seems to be popping up more and more in general lunchtime/water cooler conservations. While I donāt have kids (yet), Iām firmly in the camp of not letting them play considering all the other team sports on offer. I know peer pressure could come into play at a certain stage so the more parents saying no to rugby football can only be a positive in my mind.
I know you are a proper rugby person and you probably disagree but Iāve genuinely being turned off the game in the last 7 or 8 years. Itās nothing to do with the bandwagon element as every sport has that. Although the sanctimonious attitude of a lot of rugby folk and the women social climber rugby āfansā would make ya puke.
Overall itās mainly to do bash fest of bulked up players that modern rugby has turned into. Iād have no interest in letting my kids becomimg a part of it
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Fair enough.
Not just rugby btw. I live in kildare and house riding is massive. Again, Iād prefer my kids doing other things if possible but in the end of the day I wonāt be a dick about it either if they really wanted to do whatever hobby.
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House riding??Wahey!!!
Would you not be afraid theyād fall off ? Or is it just bungalows they be riding ?
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Why wouldnāt you let them go horse riding? From a danger perspective? We always had ponies at home when we were young youād be far more likely to get hurt playing gaa or soccer than horse riding.
I wouldnāt like the social circle around the whole pony club shite but I know a good few lads with teenagers who are involved and they would sing itās praises.
Plenty people will panic at the thought of their kids playing rugby especially people who have never been involved in the game themselves. Havenāt seen it causing any drop off in underage numbers at my own club or anecdotally at other clubs either as yet.
I played pretty much everything up to age 21 and rugby for another 13 years after that. I never thought it was any more dangerous than anything else. Iv said it multiple times here over past while so not gonna repeat it but they are chipping away at the rules all the time to make it safer and will be a different game again in a few years.
There is very little violence in lower level rugby these days. And even less in underage stuff