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All Ireland League 2019-2020 Talk/Gossip/Rumours

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  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep




  • Registered Users Posts: 21,601 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Interesting appointment, Prendergast has done well down in YM the last couple years but they're off to a brutal start this season, yet to win a game.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    2 games in cork tomorrow night then 23 games Saturday. Not sure if it will be the wegians or Corinthians game that I go to Saturday.


  • Registered Users Posts: 15 telmah


    Navan have conceded their match to Highfield in 1b.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    telmah wrote: »
    Navan have conceded their match to Highfield in 1b.
    mumps outbreak in squad unfortunately I believe. Have had to postpone all adult games in club for this weekend.

    Shame for them especially with last weekends game also not played. Hopefully all will be fit and well soon and they can get back playing at all levels...


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  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Some big players lining out tomorrow it seems.

    Robert Baloucoune and Bill Johnston for Ballynahinch while Cian Kelleher and Harry Byrne start for Lansdowne.


  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Ryan Baird lining up for Trinity in that game against Hinch.


  • Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭luke9311


    Faugheen wrote: »
    Some big players lining out tomorrow it seems.

    Robert Baloucoune and Bill Johnston for Ballynahinch while Cian Kelleher and Harry Byrne start for Lansdowne.

    Hunch game is gonna be a lot closer than paddy power predicts at +12 I think hard to hammer lansdowne 7 days prior and then go play the students and expect to be beaten by 12 or more


  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    luke9311 wrote: »
    Hunch game is gonna be a lot closer than paddy power predicts at +12 I think hard to hammer lansdowne 7 days prior and then go play the students and expect to be beaten by 12 or more

    Trinity have been outstanding since going back to full-strength and boosted even more with Baird playing this weekend.

    Plus Hinch don’t have the best historical away record in 1A


  • Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭luke9311


    Faugheen wrote: »
    Trinity have been outstanding since going back to full-strength and boosted even more with Baird playing this weekend.

    Plus Hinch don’t have the best historical away record in 1A
    Never once said they will beat them although with the way the league has gone so far this season it’s possible all I said was based on last weeks performance +12 is gonna be way off think it’s gonna be closer than that


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  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Conor O’Brien in the ‘Tarf starting line up to play Garryowen.

    EDIT: As is Ben Murphy - the som of skills coach Richie Murphy - at scrum-half. Will probably be playing 9 for the Irish 20s this year.


  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Well call be proven incorrect re: Hinch and Trinty. Sounds like an absolute cracker of a game.

    Tarf and Lansdowne losing again.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,601 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Penalty try from a maul left us down 3 after 50 minutes after we went into half time 4 points up.

    Extremely frustrating start to the season for Clontarf, two games back to back lost after being ahead for a good part of the game, all 4 of our losses have been less than a converted try too.


  • Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭luke9311


    Faugheen wrote: »
    Well call be proven incorrect re: Hinch and Trinty. Sounds like an absolute cracker of a game.

    Tarf and Lansdowne losing again.

    If I can say but told ye so haha 😂! Lansdowne is a worry tho


  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Penalty try from a maul left us down 3 after 50 minutes after we went into half time 4 points up.

    Extremely frustrating start to the season for Clontarf, two games back to back lost after being ahead for a good part of the game, all 4 of our losses have been less than a converted try too.

    Were you at the game? How did Ben Murphy look?


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,601 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Faugheen wrote: »
    Were you at the game? How did Ben Murphy look?

    Didn't fancy the trip down to Dooradoyle unfortunately.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    https://www.irishrugby.ie/2019/11/16/energia-all-ireland-league-junior-cup-results-round-up/

    Corinthians hammered dungannon. Won by 20 and could have been lot more


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭FellasFellas


    Lansdowne will get out of where they are, but its really odd to see and hear of unrest in the camp. Their pack just isn't as dominant as it used to be.

    Big win for Hinch and UCD, best league in the world!




  • https://twitter.com/StMarysRFC/status/1196489506133819392?s=20


    This is some score, still horrible to see Mary's mid table in 1B though. The team seems so much smaller than the 2012 Winning side.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Looks like the Navan story going to run a bit more...

    Anyway back to rugby. Few games friday night before full round of games Saturday
    Tomorrow sees Cashel Nenagh, tarf Lansdowne and Naas Marys


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  • Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭luke9311


    Lansdowne bearing tarf tonight 23-19 game in a way didn’t really kick into life till second half from a scoring perspective. Fingers crossed it’s the start of Lansdowne getting back on track


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Cashel won 22-10
    Mary's won 16-10


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep




  • Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Mike ruddock helping out ospreys over next month
    https://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/mike-ruddock-joins-short-term-basis

    Wonder if this will affect lansdowne much?


  • Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭luke9311


    Mike ruddock helping out ospreys over next month
    https://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/mike-ruddock-joins-short-term-basis

    Wonder if this will affect lansdowne much?

    Yeah it’s an interesting one alright from what I understand it’s a month he’s there for but there’s potentially an opportunity for him to stay longer. In the meantime mark McHugh has taken the reins with Scott deasy over backs and Ben Armstrong 20s forwards coach over senior forwards now Still not a bad coaching set up


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭RobbieRuns


    Ruddock must want to get back into full time top level though. Why would you go for just a month? Has to be some kind of promise there. Also when Lansdowne are finding things a little tougher than they expected.




  • RobbieRuns wrote: »
    Ruddock must want to get back into full time top level though. Why would you go for just a month? Has to be some kind of promise there. Also when Lansdowne are finding things a little tougher than they expected.

    There is apparently (big caution on this) an option for it to go to end of the season


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,601 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    RobbieRuns wrote: »
    Ruddock must want to get back into full time top level though. Why would you go for just a month? Has to be some kind of promise there. Also when Lansdowne are finding things a little tougher than they expected.

    You'd imagine there's some element of wanting to help out a region that's still heavily linked to his childhood club. There's a lot of Swansea lads playing for Ospreys still.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭RobbieRuns


    You'd imagine there's some element of wanting to help out a region that's still heavily linked to his childhood club. There's a lot of Swansea lads playing for Ospreys still.


    I hear you, but personally do not think that kind of sentimental stuff comes into play in professional rugby.

    Lansdowne have been good to Ruddock as well. What about some element of wanting to help them out?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭Stainalert


    Can't understand why we have A interpro's this week - surely they could have been put back a week so as not to clash with AIL?


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