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    #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119110200#Comment_119110200

    He's not good enough for Ireland but think if he'd taken an unfair dismissal case against the IRFU he'd have won, presume he was paid off big money to leave tbh.



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    #33
    roverjoyce
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭roverjoyce


    Team with no Salary Cap wins a competition where all other teams have a salary Cap



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    #34
    cuttingtimber22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭cuttingtimber22


    Leinster’s three most astute signings were Mick Dawson, Joe Schmidt and Stuart Lancaster.



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    #35
    arsebiscuits1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,558 ✭✭✭arsebiscuits1


    The biggest hindrance to Womens rugby is not disinterested unions but their own fanbase and the delusions of grandeur associated with it.

    It is not sustainable to have fully professional teams at the moment and calls for it redirect the much needed focus away from grassroots funding for the womans game.

    A top down approach is almost never a successful model in these circumstances.

    Deluded fans with no understanding but an ability make noise in the right places is directing people away from the actual issues at hand.

    Furthermore there are far too many people calling themselves "fans" of womens rugby and only rearing their head if there is an eye catching controversial headline that they can share on their Instagram stories or comment under on Facebook or forums. These fans are subsequently nowhere to be seen when there is actual success to share or encouragement to be gotten. They have all moved on to the next source of controversy to focus 5 seconds of their time on in a desperate need to appear like they have causes and values.



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    #36
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,212 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Dupont is not the be all and end all of rugby players. He's had a fairly mediocre season by his standards.

    Pundits just automatically put him in a god tier out of laziness/ignorance. He was on the long list for EPOTY after only playing a single game in the tournament against the Cardiff third string. He's now on the shortlist after being far from his best in the knock outs for Toulouse. There's a half dozen players who were outperformed him in the last month of European rugby and featured in the semi finals (which is normally the minimum stage required to be nominated).



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    #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Johnny Sexton is the most influential player in Irish rugby history



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    #38
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users Posts: 10,133 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119111360#Comment_119111360

    Just from a Leinster perspective, JGP has been more impactful this season.



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    #39
    cuttingtimber22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭cuttingtimber22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119111603#Comment_119111603

    Unpopular?

    it is arguable. Perhaps but the likes of Keith Wood, BOD, POC paved the way.



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    #40
    Dubinusa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,421 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    Andy Friend is a good coach! So is VanGrann!



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    #41
    Tombo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭Tombo2001


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119111718#Comment_119111718

    What does influential even mean in this context.....



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    #42
    Former Former Former
    Registered Users Posts: 5,771 ✭✭✭Former Former Former


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119112311#Comment_119112311

    Number of followers on TikTok. What else could it mean?



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    #43
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Jamie Heaslip was hugely overrated...

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #44
    cuttingtimber22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭cuttingtimber22


    Peter stringer should have got a Lions cap.



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    #45
    cuttingtimber22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭cuttingtimber22


    A lot of complacency in Leinster. La Rochelle will win on Saturday.



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    #46
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119114859#Comment_119114859

    We are looking for unpopular opinions please.

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #47
    TRC10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,924 ✭✭✭TRC10


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119114859#Comment_119114859

    You've been in with the squad and coaches?



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    #48
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    ROG was good but wasn’t a great. And he also had an attitude problem (I don’t want to play on this team any more because I’m not getting what I want).



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    #49
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    I have a few so I'll put them in seperate posts.

    The Lions tour is outdated and doesn't make sense anymore. I can see the appeal of it decades ago where the southern hemisphere teams were miles ahead of the northern hemisphere and players from the 4 countries came together to try and beat the far greater side.

    Nowadays, the 4 sides players know each other inside out. They're playing each other pretty often at international and club level plus the Irish/Welsh/Scots teams are getting more regular playtime in the southern hemisphere at altitude with the SA making the challenge down south less and less tough over time. There's also social media where they get to know them more, similar to how the England football team used to have rivalries due to club football but now they're all pally.

    I honestly don't see what the challenge is when you get the best players out of 2 or 3 of the best sides in the world and play them against one country.

    It's all a money making thing. You can come at me with stats on win % but I don't buy it.



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    #50
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    Rugby is an incredibly dangerous sport to play physically. Physical injuries are inevitable in every single match and head impacts are doing massive damage. I cringe when I see players like Jamie Roberts or Robbie Henshaw used as battering rams off scrums or lineouts. Every time there's an impact, their brains are bouncing around their skull giving them mini concussions. And players are getting bigger every year.



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    #51
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    Finn Russell is a liability and is the rugby equivalent of Paul Pogba, a player with great skill but can't be trusted to do the basics.



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    #52
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,539 ✭✭✭standardg60


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119109308#Comment_119109308

    Not being bothered by the Angelus is definitely an unpopular opinion



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    #53
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    The crowd at the Aviva are just out for the event rather than the rugby and don't even know the rules of rugby considering the jeers and boo's after some decisions, lads all dressed in their long black coats, scarves and flat caps with their pint of Guinness.

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    #54
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    The Irish womens team, like many women sports, just look to blame everyone else but themselves for their own failures.

    When they lost out to I think Spain to miss out on the world cup, suddenly the IRFU were a joke and to blame yet when they lost to Spain it was a SHOCK, meaning it was surprising and not expected. If the IRFU were so bad and to blame, why were there no indications this result was coming. There wasn't one mention that Ireland could lose.

    Were the players on the pitch good enough to beat Spain? YES.

    Were they expected to beat Spain? YES.



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    #55
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119115004#Comment_119115004

    This is not unpopular....its a fact...you left out the prawn sandwich brigade

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #56
    BoardsMember
    Registered Users Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭BoardsMember


    Chris Farrell is quite average, a poor defender, and wouldn't make the Leinster 2nd string side.



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    #57
    almostover
    Registered Users Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭almostover


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119114962#Comment_119114962

    Agreed, long past its sell by date.



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    #58
    almostover
    Registered Users Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭almostover


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119114984#Comment_119114984

    Agreed, needs to be a max weight limit per team. Players are too big. If you want to play Uni Antonio, there needs to be some 11st guy in the backs to balance him. Not a guy playing in the centre with the physique of a 2nd row.



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    #59
    almostover
    Registered Users Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭almostover


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119114996#Comment_119114996

    Can't image anyone disagreeing with this. Russell is pants, not even interested half the time.



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    #60
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,539 ✭✭✭standardg60


    Paddy Jackson's whatsapp group comments were outrageous compared to all of our own

    Wayne Barnes is an excellent ref and not just a self -entitled barrister

    Donal Lenihan is not biased towards Munster when selecting MOTM



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    #61
    cuttingtimber22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭cuttingtimber22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119114958#Comment_119114958

    I think he was a ‘great’ for Munster and the H Cup, but just a ‘good’ for Ireland - he blew a bit hot and cold. Although he would have had enjoyed the 50 - 22’s…



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