HEC; Toulouse vs Connacht; 15:00 KO; SS red button

thomond2006

Deleted User wrote: »

Stephen Jones enjoyed it

http://balls.ie/rugby/sunday-times-stephen-jones-overwhelmed-connachts-victory/

I'd like to thank the Times for putting this bloke behind a paywall. That being said, his bitterness is sooooooo sweet.

freyners

Deleted User wrote: »

Stephen Jones enjoyed it

http://balls.ie/rugby/sunday-times-stephen-jones-overwhelmed-connachts-victory/

How that man is judged to be a top rugby journalist amazes me. His hate to for irish people borders on racism

George hook put it best on here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64301868&postcount=47

its_phil

Deleted User wrote: »

Stephen Jones enjoyed it

http://balls.ie/rugby/sunday-times-stephen-jones-overwhelmed-connachts-victory/

Makes it all the sweeter. Pin it up in the changing room before Sarries.

thebaz

Deleted User wrote: »

Stephen Jones enjoyed it

http://balls.ie/rugby/sunday-times-stephen-jones-overwhelmed-connachts-victory/

what a bitter man - Connachts achievement is what makes rugby so special - back to your predictable grunt premiership Steve

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

thebaz wrote: »

what a bitter man - Connachts achievement is what makes rugby so special - back to your predictable grunt premiership Steve

He really is one of the most immature well known people on twitter

Delighted for him, guy hasn't a bogs notion anyway, which has been proven time and again

keps

if anyone has free time and Sky - they are doing a re-cap of the HC weekend now. Sky sports 2 until 2pm

snowfinch

Was at the Tigers/Montpol game yesterday and kept getting the live updates on this game and couldn't believe it....spent more time looking at the live timeline of the game in cheery disbelief than watching the game I was at So happy for Connacht and their supporters! Those 200 who travelled will have some story to tell for years...

keps

snowfinch wrote: »

......So happy for Connacht and their supporters! Those 200 who travelled will have some story to tell for years...

that will probably end up like the numbers claiming to have been at the Munster v All Blacks match:)

bridgetown1

How many Connacht supporters were there?

How many Connacht supporters will have been there in 10 years time?:D

What a fabulous weekend for Irish rugby! Heard the result on the way back to Cork from Thomond. I missed the bloody highlights on TG4!!!!

wp_rathead

There were over 200 at the game bridgetown1, I couldn't go as it was on a Sunday and work today

Edit: never mind - just got what ye were on about haha

wp_rathead

wprathead wrote: »

PINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like Parks and Heenan took my sound advice - don't see Ronaldson with a can though

jamiedav2011

I really, really, really dislike Stephen Jones.

Whatever about Hook, at least he's a pantomime villain and can be correct on occasion, Jones is borderline xenophobic.

Anyone read his piece on the Northampton Leinster game on Sun? Disgraceful stuff.

Zzippy

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

I really, really, really dislike Stephen Jones.

Whatever about Hook, at least he's a pantomime villain and can be correct on occasion, Jones is borderline xenophobic.

Anyone read his piece on the Northampton Leinster game on Sun? Disgraceful stuff.

Didn't get the Times yesterday, can you give a brief synopsis?

And +1 on the dislike for SJ...

DDC1990

To dislike him would mean I actually cared enough about his opinion to feel upset with what he said.

He is irrelevant and this is his equivalent of Miley Cyrus twerking (i.e trying to crawl back into the limelight any way possible, regardless how idiotic it makes him look.)

CatFromHue

Rule No.1: Don't read his articles
Rule No.2: Definitely don't pay attention to him.

.......and I actually buy the Times most Sundays!

its_phil

CatFromHue wrote: »

Rule No.1: Don't read his articles
Rule No.2: Definitely don't pay attention to him.

.......and I actually buy the Times most Sundays!

There was a really good feature on Henshaw yesterday too by Peter Reilly

Zzippy

CatFromHue wrote: »

Rule No.1: Don't read his articles
Rule No.2: Definitely don't pay attention to him.

.......and I actually buy the Times most Sundays!

its_phil wrote: »

There was a really good feature on Henshaw yesterday too by Peter Reilly

That's the thing, they have really good sportswriters like Reilly and Walsh, then you have someone like Jones. Do the ST not have a social media policy for employees? I'm sure his inflammatory posts have cost them business - I refuse to buy the paper because of him, I'm sure there are many more. Jeez, even I know what I'm not allowed to say on social media by my employer, and its not like we depend on goodwill; he's a high profile journalist at a respected paper and his behaviour on social media reflects very badly on his employers...

who_me

I guess it's better to be controversial than ignored.

The guy deserves credit for being a professional troll, nice work if you can get it.

errlloyd

wprathead wrote: »

Looks like Parks and Heenan took my sound advice - don't see Ronaldson with a can though

Heenan hasn't even bothered taking off his boots and he's already on the sauce, are we sure he isn't already Irish qualified?

keps

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBIPU3ITklpKkDSUp8xqrVuFCyCw?docId=d1946d9f-5952-4711-bed2-faf20be89611

AngeGal

Zzippy wrote: »

I refuse to buy the paper because of him

Likewise and I bought it weekly for a long time.

Great analysis by Murray Kinsella over at The Score, proving the best journalism these days is frequently exclusively online.

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/connacht-toulouse-analysis-1214919-Dec2013/

freyners

I could watch the healy gif all day. Murray kinsella really is one of the best sports journalists there is, in any sport

ouncer

What a fantastic performance 1 to 23. Henshaw was simply sublime. Connacht's line was in Toulouse's face for the complete 80 minutes. Oh to see that type of concentration week in week out. Dan just needs to reach touch with his kicks. It was clear Toulouse thought they could run in tries with the mad style of open rugby they played. Come Saturday they will be be a bit more conservative but if we keep the line pressure we had last weekend no reason to think a double isn't possible.

Its only a matter of time before the ref asks the tmo to follow all the moves from the last breakdown leading up to a try. Really thought it was crazy to let the play develop right up to henshaws try and then drag it back so far. The ref was on the spot to make the call and I really don't think Toulouse would have thought to object as there was no obvious knock-on. I suspect if you have the tmo analyse every reffing decision half of them would be overturned

Swiwi.

Deleted User wrote: »

Stephen Jones enjoyed it

http://balls.ie/rugby/sunday-times-stephen-jones-overwhelmed-connachts-victory/

Death, taxes, and Stephen Jones having no word of praise for anything Irish or Kiwi.

Whether he actually believes what he writes only he can answer, but no amount of gnashing of teeth or sack cloth wearing will get Jones to change his ways...especially as he has made his career out of it.

Zzippy

Connacht Fans Stay Grounded Following Victory Over Toulouse

its_phil

ouncer wrote: »

What a fantastic performance 1 to 23. Henshaw was simply sublime. Connacht's line was in Toulouse's face for the complete 80 minutes. Oh to see that type of concentration week in week out. Dan just needs to reach touch with his kicks. It was clear Toulouse thought they could run in tries with the mad style of open rugby they played. Come Saturday they will be be a bit more conservative but if we keep the line pressure we had last weekend no reason to think a double isn't possible.

Its only a matter of time before the ref asks the tmo to follow all the moves from the last breakdown leading up to a try. Really thought it was crazy to let the play develop right up to henshaws try and then drag it back so far. The ref was on the spot to make the call and I really don't think Toulouse would have thought to object as there was no obvious knock-on. I suspect if you have the tmo analyse every reffing decision half of them would be overturned

This clip sums that very good post for me. Three sizes and more perhaps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8J-YmVs1j0

ouncer

I hear ya its_phil. Very appropriate post :-)

It amazes me that anyone takes Stephen Jones seriously. I read his stuff just for the comic value alone. Always good for a laugh on a Sunday as long as the result has gone the right way. When the Aviva Premiership teams inevitable fall flat on their face its great to see the knots he ties himself up in trying to find some bizarre concoction of reasons why the injustice of defeat has been inflicted on one of the great institutions of English Rugby.

When all the controversy around the breakaway European competition was in full flight he mentioned something like the following:
Would it really be a European competition without Leinster, Ulster, Ospreys or Glasgow. I was just waiting for him to include Dragons. He deliberately left Munster to sh1t stir as he knew it'd get a reaction. He's priceless. You can only laugh at him.

wp_rathead

Proposal for ammendment to Rugby charter:

Stephen Jones to become from henceforth "He Who Shall Not Be Named"

thomond2006

wprathead wrote: »

Proposal for ammendment to Rugby charter:

Stephen Jones to become from henceforth "He Who Shall Not Be Named"

The anti-ligind?