George Hook hosting a post match live chat 1400-1500 today.

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Hi

George Hook hosting a post match live chat 1400-1500 today ( monday mar 1st 2010).

http://www.georgehook.com/component/option,com_jpfchat/Itemid,41/

He will be there I can assure you all.

enjoy.

PeteSanchez

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01/03/2010 14:36:51 * Johnnie Bunny joins Rugby
01/03/2010 14:36:53 ‹athtrasna› O'Gara as an impact sub...brought on sooner?
01/03/2010 14:36:58 ‹thomond2006› Do you fancy doing Q&A on boards.ie again George? It was excellent the last time.
01/03/2010 14:37:03 ‹conf101› Johnson is a sour, sore loser, he never gave ANY credit to Ireland for the victory, just blamed bad refereeing decisions
01/03/2010 14:37:11 ‹Jules76› Mullins q'fied for Israel? Are you sure that it wasnt just his passpost was used by MOSAD last week?
01/03/2010 14:37:13 ‹thomond2006› +1 conf101
01/03/2010 14:37:16 ‹george› interview was shot in one take - n repeats
01/03/2010 14:37:24 ‹WeeBushy› I've got to go... i just wanted to thank you for your work with Trinity for their Med DAy when you were the patron. My girlfriend was helping organise it and she can't speak more highly of you. Said you were a pleasure to work with and a great face for the day. So I just want to thank you on her behalf.
01/03/2010 14:37:33 ‹conf101› I'd keep sexton, but I don't think Deccie will
01/03/2010 14:37:45 ‹george› thanks WeeBushy
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01/03/2010 14:38:02 ‹george› Happy to Q&A on Boards - just ask me
01/03/2010 14:38:10 ‹RugbyClub› I don't think I would try and second guess Kidney
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01/03/2010 14:38:35 ‹george› If I was Johnson I woulsd be inconsolable after Saturday
01/03/2010 14:39:01 ‹thomond2006› I'll talk to a moderator about starting another thread tonight so. Cheers George. Much appreciated.
01/03/2010 14:39:18 ‹Jules76› George, you have always said The Bull couldnt scrum so maybe Ross can go and earn 100 caps to prove you wrong?
01/03/2010 14:39:23 ‹athtrasna› you're a better Loser than Johnson George...you also know what sportsmanlike behaviour is
01/03/2010 14:39:28 ‹george› Kidney timed arrival of ROG tgo perfection - if we had kick to win the match sexton would have been under npressure after his misses
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01/03/2010 14:40:07 ‹george› I enjoyed my time on boards.ie
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01/03/2010 14:40:13 ‹RugbyClub› Ross was voted on A GUINESS Premiership team of the season a few years back. Look what the GP has done for English Rugby! He aint good enough
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01/03/2010 14:40:44 ‹george› Ross is not good and I said so when he won his fiorst cap
01/03/2010 14:40:46 ‹thomond2006› When are you available to answer questions George?
01/03/2010 14:40:49 ‹conf101› I think sexton is getting a hard time over his misses, they were very difficult kicks after all
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01/03/2010 14:41:08 ‹george› email me at george@newstalk.ie to set up boards
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01/03/2010 14:41:29 ‹conf101› George, what did you make of earls on saturday. Personally I think he silenced a lot of critics
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01/03/2010 14:41:43 ‹Boy_Wonder› Yeah some people are giving Sexton a hard time. O'Gara would have been hard pushed to make those kicks too.
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01/03/2010 14:41:59 ‹george› Sexton did not get a hard time over the kicks - Kidney just took the pressure off - he did not want a young player to start his career missing a vital kick
01/03/2010 14:42:10 ‹b0c0› do you think Healy is in to stay or is horan still on kidney's radar?
01/03/2010 14:42:24 ‹athtrasna› O'Gara wouldn't have gone for goal from just inside our own half though
01/03/2010 14:42:43 ‹thomond2006› I think the Lions Tour came a bit early for Earls.
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01/03/2010 14:43:47 ‹Boy_Wonder› I was under the impression that is more Dricos choice to go for that kick than Sexton..@Athrasna
01/03/2010 14:44:14 ‹george› Healy has a lot to learn - promoted too soon
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01/03/2010 14:44:56 ‹pickarooney› did anyone think we really missed Rob Kearney on Saturday? I was happy to see Murphy back and playing with confidence
01/03/2010 14:45:01 ‹RugbyClub› not too many options at 1 with Horan out
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01/03/2010 14:45:04 ‹george› Lots of 19 year ols have been stars for the Lions - Earls waS PLAYED OUT OF POSITION - S
01/03/2010 14:45:07 ‹b0c0› so you think horan will be back as soon as he is fit? I dont think healy has weakened the set piece and adds at least as much if not more around the park than horan...
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01/03/2010 14:45:22 ‹Girvtheswirve› Geroge, why does Buckley play better for Ireland than Munster? An awful inditement of lawrie fischer me thinks!

01/03/2010 14:45:28 ‹RugbyClub› Agree George - it was great to have Murphy come in and he was excellent
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01/03/2010 14:45:53 ‹george› geordan was super - remeber Eddie always treated him badly
01/03/2010 14:46:12 ‹george› Horan is also a bad scrummager - we need Healy to improve fast
01/03/2010 14:46:22 ‹RugbyClub› Declan seems to have taken a very different approach with players in the UK
01/03/2010 14:46:39 ‹thomond2006› George, if Hayes (god forbid) got hurt, who would you pick at tighthead?
01/03/2010 14:46:57 ‹george› Buckley surprised me on saturday - but he faced few scrums which maybe saved him - but he did well on the big one
01/03/2010 14:47:44 ‹Girvtheswirve› ?

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01/03/2010 14:48:09 ‹RugbyClub› Gary Gold of SARFU reckons there are an average of 8 scrums per game

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01/03/2010 14:48:22 ‹RugbyClub› so maybe Buckley needs to work on his lineout lifting more?
01/03/2010 14:48:22 ‹Girvtheswirve› maybe buckley is a 7 in a fatman disguise!!!

01/03/2010 14:48:30 ‹george› We do not have an international tight head in Ireland - if hayes goes - trouble

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01/03/2010 14:48:51 ‹b0c0› do you think there is any scope for converting court?
01/03/2010 14:49:11 ‹george› The average number of scrums is nearer ten but remeber the resets making it closer to 15
01/03/2010 14:49:13 ‹thomond2006› George, do you care about what other pundits think of your punditry?
01/03/2010 14:49:40 ‹Girvtheswirve› you really dont rate the Irish front row do you George? The only way i can imagine you having less time for them is if they all happened to be low paid public servants!

01/03/2010 14:50:09 ‹george› I do not care what people think of my punditry - it is me and I speak for experience as an international coach

01/03/2010 14:50:25 ‹thomond2006› Fair play.
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01/03/2010 14:50:29 ‹george› I hold opinions - that is my job - not to worry about others
01/03/2010 14:50:40 ‹Girvtheswirve› did you care the night they Thomond Crowd rocked you in the commentary box George

01/03/2010 14:50:47 ‹thomond2006› What do you think of COS taking over at Harlequins?

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01/03/2010 14:50:57 ‹Jules76› George, your punditry is the only reason I watch rugby on RTE!
01/03/2010 14:50:59 ‹RugbyClub› So you are there for your expertise, Conor is there for his knowledge, Popey is the thinking woman's crumpet. Who needs McGurk?
01/03/2010 14:51:02 ‹george› I consider low paid public servants to be muchj more efficient than the Irish front row

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01/03/2010 14:51:34 ‹b0c0› at least we have a couple of decent hookers...

01/03/2010 14:51:37 ‹george› McGurk is the catylist for the punch up!!

01/03/2010 14:51:58 ‹Girvtheswirve› McGurk needs to stop interrupting people!

01/03/2010 14:52:03 ‹george› COS will be good for Quins - wish he was working in Ireland

01/03/2010 14:52:04 ‹RugbyClub› ah George less of the sensationalism. So they are not the best front row in the world but they have still helped us win a bloody Grand Slam

01/03/2010 14:52:19 ‹belvo› Who do you think is our best option at hooker?

01/03/2010 14:52:21 ‹RugbyClub› COS - a future Ireland coach?

01/03/2010 14:52:29 ‹McG› Will O'Shea be leaving the RTE coverage because of the new job?

01/03/2010 14:52:36 ‹george› I do not do sensational - they are the worst front row in international rugby
01/03/2010 14:52:38 ‹b0c0› a future england coach!?
01/03/2010 14:53:01 ‹conf101› COS - future Irish coach?
01/03/2010 14:53:02 ‹athtrasna› I think Buckley is improving...don't forget he had a rotten time last year with Glandular Fever just when he was starting to play well
01/03/2010 14:53:04 ‹Girvtheswirve› george, i saw you picked Bull in the all time Irish Front Row a while back, yet you constantly castigate his scrummaging...is Irish Rugby History THAT poor?

01/03/2010 14:53:05 ‹george› COS will continue at RTE

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01/03/2010 14:53:52 ‹b0c0› we are doing alright with the worst front row ever! What do you think the team could achieve with a world class front row?
01/03/2010 14:53:53 ‹george› I NEWVER EVER EVER EVER Picked hayes in all time Irish team
01/03/2010 14:54:09 ‹Girvtheswirve› george, can you tell claire byrne to return my calls....i have changed!

01/03/2010 14:54:10 ‹thomond2006› lol

01/03/2010 14:54:22 ‹conf101› george, would you ever like to do any match commentary or will you just stick with the pre/post match analysis?

01/03/2010 14:54:25 ‹b0c0› is the front row the think holding this team back from being real world cup contenders and nost just outsiders?

01/03/2010 14:54:33 ‹RugbyClub› "I do not do sensational - they are the worst front row in international rugby " Irony thy name is George

01/03/2010 14:54:36 ‹george› Claire Byrne gets up too early for me to chat with her
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01/03/2010 14:55:03 ‹george› The front row has cost Munster two Heineken cups
01/03/2010 14:55:32 ‹athtrasna› Not an all Irish front row though?
01/03/2010 14:55:33 ‹Girvtheswirve› about 5 yeats ago RTE had some "Irish team of the century" or some lark like that, you were a judge, and Hayes was on it??

01/03/2010 14:55:33 ‹RugbyClub› and also delivered two George

01/03/2010 14:55:43 ‹george› I would love to do match commentary but am not good enough - watch the new guy at RTE - Hugh Cahill
01/03/2010 14:56:18 ‹thomond2006› In your opinion, what was the most complete international team (in a certain year) in the professional era?
01/03/2010 14:56:18 ‹conf101› what do you think of Flutey (possible) moving to Munster?
01/03/2010 14:56:20 ‹george› Repeat NEVER EVER EVER EVER picked hayes on any compositre team
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01/03/2010 14:56:29 ‹RugbyClub› agree George - Hugh's commentary on club games has been very good
01/03/2010 14:56:47 ‹george› Flutey would be good for Munster and Munster would be good for Flutey
01/03/2010 14:57:01 ‹McG› But will this Cahill character de-throne Ryle Nugent? (I hope so)
01/03/2010 14:57:07 ‹belvo› @girv I think that was a load of judges and not just george

01/03/2010 14:57:37 ‹thomond2006› .
01/03/2010 14:57:49 ‹george› NZ wre the best professional team in the run up to the last RWC - then they lost their way
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01/03/2010 14:58:24 ‹thomond2006› Agreed. especially around 2005 when they beat the hapless BI Lions.
01/03/2010 14:58:25 ‹RugbyClub› Have to sign off, thanks for your honest opinions George in particular on non rugby matters
01/03/2010 14:58:30 ‹Girvtheswirve› fair enough. Apologies Georgie! Flutey would be a far better option than Henson, altho Earls and Dowling would be the better option for Ireland...yes that is Ian Dowling....

01/03/2010 14:58:35 ‹george› Gotta go shortly folks - radio programme to prepare

01/03/2010 14:58:42 ‹george› thanks for the questions
01/03/2010 14:58:58 ‹athtrasna› Thank you!
01/03/2010 14:58:58 ‹GenLeeSpecific› thanks for the answers
01/03/2010 14:58:59 ‹george› Married 41 years on Friday
01/03/2010 14:59:02 ‹conf101› NZ to bottle it on 2011 or will they finally go all the way?
01/03/2010 14:59:08 ‹Girvtheswirve› thanks george. and leave low paid PS's alone

01/03/2010 14:59:08 ‹b0c0› so in your opinion is there any point turning up at the next world cup with this front row or can we already start looking forward to an inevitable quarter final exit?

01/03/2010 14:59:13 ‹GenLeeSpecific› good news week for you then!

01/03/2010 14:59:16 ‹conf101› cheers george