The Rugby Thread (Part 2)

Nucifora signed off on all those deals.

Larkham was absolutely phoning it in Munster who was a buddy of his.

It was Farrell who wanted Munster to keep picking carberry when a blind man could see Crowley was the man.

If you keep Leinster happy nobody will give a shit what happens elsewhere.

If the Munster squad are as moany and whiny as some of their supporters then itā€™s surely no surprise that that the vibe in camp wouldnā€™t be great

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Healy didnā€™t want to go to Connacht, that was reported at the time of his move.

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Farrell demoted Carbery before Munster did.

Carty wasnā€™t in the international fold so they didnā€™t need approval from Nucifora. Connacht generally only need sign-off on NIQā€™s and interprovincial moves so they donā€™t outbid another province. Renewals only count for lads in international consideration.

Apparently he had no agency in the whole thing though - it was a combination of Farrell and Nucifora doing him down :joy:

Thatā€™s exactly the point. He shafted Munster.

Then the Scots kidnapped him and stuffed his pockets full of cash. He had no luck

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In correct.

He was told heā€™d no future with Ireland.

Wasnā€™t brought with the Bs to South Africa.

Then he left.

Heā€™s stone useless :joy:

No heā€™s not.

How so?

How about him making POM Ireland captain forcing the irfu to give a decent contract?.

Howā€™s he going with Scotland?

Nuicifora has been medalling in everything. Heā€™s going with the 7s team to Paris. Involved with the womenā€™s team too. He has in put to everything.

He was told where he stood in the pecking order at the time. If heā€™d stayed heā€™d be second behind Crowley at best, heā€™d probably have left for the huge contract in Scotland for that anyway.

If they capped him he couldnā€™t play for Scotland.

Three players now that would be Irish qualified in Kleyn, Healy and potentially frish will be lost by not capping them.

Those players will all be either replaced by inferior players or niq players.

That weakens Munster and in turn weakens Ireland.

Ireland rightly or wrongly pick from four teams only. Having those four teams in flying order is imperative for the national team to thrive.

Theyā€™ve made a complete balls of the whole thing. No fly halves at Connacht and Ulster. Munster with billy burns as back up and Leinster with the next four best out halves after Crowley.

Itā€™s beyond bad planning.

The two 7s teams that qualified for the Olympics for the first time under his watch.

Very nasty stuff to cap a fella just to clip his wings.

Very nasty

And then they plucked the best players from the ladies team and put them in the 15s team and now theyā€™ll miss vital prep time for the Olympics.

How times has rugby been in the World Cup? 3 times? Itā€™s hardly a major achievement for Ireland to qualify.

Heā€™s a high end spoofer that realised quickly if he didnā€™t upset Leinster heā€™d last away in his job.

Nucifora should have been in front of the firing squad for offering van graan another deal.

Likewise Farrell for the sexton decision but all these things get glossed over like itā€™s a corporate gig. Theyā€™ve graphs and pie charts which show they are doing well and thatā€™s all that matters.

Unfortunately sport doesnā€™t work like that.

I disagree entirely with all of that. Ireland cals should be properly earned. You also show some amount of disrespect for Healy as a player and a person to cap him just to block his move elsewhere.

Totally agree on the poor planning on outhalf placement around the country.

Also fully agree on leaving sexton in that NZ game, inexplicable. Sexton also gets no stick for missing the kick in that game that left Ireland needing a try. Thatā€™s the Irish rugby media for you though.

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