Read Moss Keane's book - lovely read. Bought it for the Da for Christmas, then swiped it as soon as I could get away with!

He once considered becoming a priest - and said, that he would have made a good one. "Full of compassion and altar wine". A truly great expression....

An old style giant of a man - gentle and wise and seemingly incredibly popular with one and all. Even Neil Francis had good things to say about him and he wouldn't always come across as a great fan of Munster rugby

I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash

Biker Pat wrote:

Leinster were superb tonight.

Not an expert but something like 20 phases against them at the very end and never gave in or gave away a penalty.

And Munster won as well as far as I know.

30 phases and squeaky bum time at the end but great defending. Sexton from first minute shimmy was on fire.
Next up, away to Connacht.

A man must have a code

finno wrote:

IRFU's hard sell over tickets leaves clubs counting cost

Have had 3 emails (hasnt happened before) offering me tickets for these games

THe clubs are really being hit with this. If they return tickets for the Autumn Internationals they same amount will be deducted from the six nations allocation

Blackmail or what......

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST

You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave

Just got another messege. Still trying to sell the november tickets

A man must have a code

Clubs see through IRFU's restricted view of ticket mess

Putting bums on seats for international fixtures at the revamped Lansdowne Road remains a disaster, writes Brendan Fanning

A man must have a code

Biker Pat wrote:

Can somebody please explain the logic behind the rugby scrum rules re this touch, pause..............etc.....

It appears to me to be a disaster...................

�A scrum is formed from at least eight players from each team. They join together to close around the ball which is placed on the ground. The front row of players must be interlocking, which serves to make a tunnel between the players. The players use their feet to control the ball. A scrummage is always used to restart play after an infringement occurs.�

- That is a dictionary definition.

The reality is that as players have got bigger, stronger the �collision� or impact is more like trucks colliding. My understanding is that in order to lessen the �hit� the referees have tried to control the impact. A couple of years ago it was decided to instruck the scrum: � touch�, �pause�, and �engage�. Now we have gone to � touch� ,�pause�, �and have a cup of tea*� and then �engage�. The duration of the pause varies, and Instead of restarting the game now, in general, just leads to a free kick or a penalty.

*Bob Casey of London Irish coined the phrase

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IRFU climb down over ticketing 'error'

GERRY THORNLEY

INTERNATIONAL SERIES: IN WHAT may well be the biggest climbdown in its 131-year history, the IRFU late last night conceded that �it had made an error in its ticketing strategy� for the Guinness International Series and vowed it will review the policy for the Six Nations.

A man must have a code

Subject: 15 good reasons why GAA is better than soccer

1) The GAA players who played in front of 82,000 + crowd at the weekend

will be teaching your children, selling you meat or fixing your drains on

Monday morning. The soccer player who plays in front of 80,000 will be

moaning about playing too many games and will be trying to sell you his

personalised brand of leisure wear

2) GAA nicknames are better. Soccer players just add a Y to their surnames

3) Dublin vs Meath is a real derby. What does Utd. Vs City mean to

Berbatov or Tevez

4) How many soccer players does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Answer: 11. One to stick it in and ten to surround and kiss him after he

does it

5) Soccer players go to the papers after a game. GAA players go to the pub

6) John Terry would run a mile if he came up against Francie Bellew

7) GAA teams are numbered 1-15. A soccer team reads like the lottery

results.

8) All soccer players wear shin pads. Some hurlers wear helmets

9) Television runs soccer. Schoolteachers run the GAA

10) The GAA is about where you're from. Soccer is about who you like

11) No segregation at GAA games

12) No soccer team has a nickname quite as good as the Fighting Cocks of

Carlow

13) Bubble perms never made it to Croke Park

14) A scoreless draw in the GAA would be quite a novelty

15) Roman Abramovich can buy the League. You can't buy Sam (Sam is the name of the All Ireland Football Champions Trophy)

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Edited by DONDON

Grover from 73(old Grove)

In the year of the bankers and developers
When recession raged across the land
there were many driven by the hopelessness to set sail for the Americas and Australia

Lee Westwood is now the world number 1 ranked golfer taking over from Tiger last monday.

He could however have the shortest reign as number 1 in history because it is so close at the top of the rankings - any one of 4 players (Westwood, Woods, Kaymer, Mickelson) could be number 1 by Monday if they win the big tournament in Shanghai this weekend.

Edited by Uncle Arthur

UA

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity but an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty"

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