Leicester coach Richard Wigglesworth asked about the gap between his side and Leinster: "They are an outstanding team, quality internationals, quality coaching. That's not in question, but the gulf is in what you have available to spend"
Flights to and from Milan/Venice scheduled @ Dublin Airport today. Irish Govt continue to allow mass transfer to and from infected area - but postpone the Ireland v Italy game. Surely they have to cancel all of those flights too ? Otherwise hypocrisy. Am I missing something ?
Did you see the state of England over celebrating their pyrrhic victory over Wales Extra B's? Then compare the quality of the rugby to the France v Scotland game. You'll hear a lot of gaslighting now from English acolytes. Bottom line is England are SHITE
Sometimes Google Translate just lets you down. This is Clermont prop Peni Ravai. He's not involved
@UlsterRugby
but if he had been I'd have been tempted to use the English version 😳🤣
Just re read World Rugby’s High Tackle Framework - Shoulder Charge section. Tuilagi Red without question. I’m hoping that Eddie Jones re reads it too. Or maybe he’ll be reading it for the first time.
18 dead (so far) in Japan following Hagibis. Eddie Jones quote about the Typhoon Gods smiling on England was appalling when he made it. How does it read now ?
French match direction appalling. And you can be confident the director will give replays that support French opportunity not deny it. I’ve sat in comm boxes in France for 20 years - well used to it. There *may* have been an angle showing Thomas offside - don’t bank on seeing it
'If England get it right they won’t just be getting the Twickenham faithful on their feet going nuts but the whole rugby world will be on their feet, too.' - Clive Woodward
I don't think Clive knows how this works.
#AnyoneButEngland
A weekend of European action on
@btsport
has left me feeling inadequate. It’s not the rugby it’s the non stop ads about hair loss and erectile dysfunction.
Ed Byrne due to arrive in New Zealand tomorrow.
Fair dues to him for being called up.
But if you're a first-choice loosehead for one of the other provinces, you must be wondering what needs to be done to warrant a call up at this stage.
...and having listened today to a few propaganda-casts I reckon that by Wednesday England will have convinced themselves that they won with a bonus point 😳🤪
Highlight of rugby season? Anything involving
@Harlequins
2nd half of season
@jerryflannery
Lowlight? That 🤬 in Cape Town. 2hrs 15mins? Yes I get the nuances and “one for the purists” bollocks but sorry - that was shite. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs a snort of the vapours.
Just watched Pumas beat NZ. Is that one of the all time great Rottweiler performances by a 7 (Marcos Kremer) Bloody hell. And starting Arg front row played 70 mins. Prescriptive rotation after 46:30 a little bugbear! Argentina magnificent. Matera - what a leader.
So the French rugby clubs are *suggesting* that they may pull out of Europe unless Covid testing is moved closer to games. Elsewhere it’s estimated 60% of French people are anti vax. You just never know which French team is going to turn up!
Humbling to see the cover of my wee novel. Out soon. It's taken a while and a lot of fine folk have helped. I've tagged some of the writers who inspire me. I hope you read it. It'll be on Amazon and, later, as an audiobook.
𝙆𝘽𝘼 - 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚
Fascinating to speak to La Rochelle coach
@RonanOGara10
🟡
He discusses mindset, style of play and coaching the likes of Levani Botia ✨
#HeinekenChampionsCup
Player rating of “The Dervish”
@RugbyPass
😂
HAMISH WATSON - 8
Branded a Hobbit in the SA press, the Edinburgh man Bilbo-bounced his way over the line within minutes, swotting aside defenders and the size-queens in the press. Venom. Intent. All piss and vinegar.
LRZ scores wonder try v Newcastle. Austin Healy on
@btsportrugby
"The only problem is he isn't English" For me LRZ not being English is a massive strength.
You consistently perform at your peak then the big gigs come around and you don’t get the rewards you may deserve. Sometimes it’s not about your own performance.The perception of others,educated or otherwise,can drive your entire future
@JCooney09
In my youth I used to present the NI versions of Grandstand and Sportsnight. Seeing these titles gives me a warm tingle. Although at my age it could be incontinence.
@dementedmole
@andymcgeady
Week after I was comms on Cler. Was staying in same hotel. I chastised Nathan (gently - I’m not that stupid !) Nathan told me he’d had approx 400 tweets from Ulster fans “complaining about his actions” Nathan told me he stayed up to 3am + replied to every single one of them 😂😂
If Gareth Southgate gets an OBE for beating the might of Panama, Costa Rica + Tunisia ... and ultimately failing to actually win a trophy it has to be arise Sir David if Ballymena win the league. Surely ?
@winkerwatson1
@liam_beckett
@TaggartJoel
- "We all make mistakes."
- "He realises straight away."
- "It's clearly played on his mind."
Wayne Barnes analyses Christophe Ridley's crucial penalty try decision in yesterday's game between Harlequins and Exeter...
Great game and comms
@connor_morris75
@bernardjackman
They play like the pros. Any chance that the Schools Cup winners from the 4 provinces could meet in a knockout tournament? Clashes with exams maybe 🤔
...and here's a reminder of the colour confusion of 2017. To celebrate the 5th anniversary of Ireland's 38-3 win they've decided to have another one. Bravo 👏
⏪ Last time out against South Africa, we scored four tries in a big win at
@avivastadium
!
Re-live all the action from the 2017 clash against the Springboks 🇿🇦
#TeamOfUs
|
#IREvSA
Quite an exciting day for me. Here's the pre-order link for my first novel 'The Genius Killer' A snip at £7.99. Profits to the Lighthouse Charity and Finding Hope Counselling. Would be lovely if you could retweet. Enjoy the murders!
"Good Morning Vietnam" Check notes for World Feed commentary Scotland v SA with
@thinusdelport
Tomorrow it's Wales v Fiji with
@PhilipaTuttiett
Love weekends like this. Big games. Big names. Big crowds.
@ek_rugby
One of the great pressure passes and from a lock who'd spent 75 minutes in a ferocious forward battle getting his melt knocked in. It's astonishing on so many levels.
Former Cardiff and All Blacks number 8 Xavier Rush here, taking time out from his kebab to conclusively demonstrate how badly a person can misjudge their own physical capabilities compared to an ex-pro rugby player. 😂💥
Busy weekend ahead shy talking on the World Feed. Ire v Japan and then a dash to Edinburgh for Scot v Aus. This is great news for my huge fan base in Guatemala and Albania 🤣 Linking up in Comms for 1st time in 3 years with my old buddy
@AlanQuinlan1
Be afraid Quinny.
I really hope the news journalists are asking the NI Exec to explain, in forensic detail, why their previous (recent) measures HAVEN’T WORKED, DESPITE THEM TELLING US THAT THEY WOULD, AND WHY THIS ONE, MAGICALLY, WILL.
In Mournes early. Bumped into
@JustinMaxwell7
@TheSteede
collecting course flags (wee orange things behind me) after
@MourneSkyMTR
cancellation. Real shame guys. Commiserations to everyone involved. This Covid is a bollocks.
I've had enough. Censoring Roald Dahl by using 'sensitivity readers' Now, apparently, we can't say 'white as a sheet' A lot of 'woke' makes perfect sense to me but now we're in a lunatic zone (can I say that? 😳)
@andymcgeady
@SkySportsRugby
doing it on the cheap. Taking the world feed. SKY could have put their own commentary team in a booth in London but simply haven't bothered their bollocks. Disrespects the rugby championship IMO.
Are you sure Gordon? I'm sure I watched Leinster win 3 friendlies v Japan, NZ and Argentina during the Autumn window.
No URC games during international window hit Leinster the hardest (via
@IrishTimes
)
Didn't realise the rugby audiences for BT (now TNT) and Amazon were so different. On TNT it's ads for Viagra and on Amazon they're for urine absorbent underpants.
No hang on a minute. I need both 😳
A fascinating exchange between
@PatricKielty
and
@Tommedian
last night.
Kielty brings the audience and presenter to an awkward silence after challenging the "Up the 'RA" culture that has emerged in Ireland.
Turns out we took it v.seriously! Unfortunately u cannot account for injuries. We are always in it 2 win it, and it’s offensive you would think otherwise. No need to be controversial to get retweets and likes! The only person undermining things is you!! Happy Easter 🐣 😁 🏉🇫🇷
57 - Willi Heinz averaged 57 minutes per appearance across his 71 matches for
@gloucesterrugby
in
@premrugby
, he tallied 27 try assists in that time, 5 more than anyone else at the club. Variety.
@threeredkings
Tadhg helped on his incredible journey from Pizza delivery boy to Lions test player by two Welshmen Mike Ruddock (recommendation) and Wayne Pivac(then Scarlets coach) Tadhg's reboot launched by that Welsh connection. Thank you 🙏
Still waiting to hear from
@UlsterRugby
as to why Duane Vermeulen is (it's reported) in the BaBas initial squad for a game played on same day Leinster play Ulster in Dublin. Who's paying Duane's big salary? Needs cleared up guys!!!!
@UlsterRugbySP
@URRoundUp
@SouthWalesURSC
Was lucky enough to interview Pele. Dallas airport on way to Mexico World Cup. Brazil+NI in same pool. He spent a lot of the interview talking about his admiration for George Best. I'll never forget Pele's polite charm and graciousness. What a man. What a player
@BillNeelyReport
Ah Pelé. I watched him, mesmerised, as an 11 year old @ 1970 World Cup. He was part of the most brilliant tournament goal in the classic Final. I never met him & was envious of my great colleague
@markaustintv
who interviewed him. He was 20 times the man the ailing Pope is. RIP.
I'm asking those who love the outdoors to post a picture. A picture that you took. Just a pic. The goal is to regain peace and harmony without negativity. Please copy the text, put a picture on your page, and let's look at these beautiful pictures.
Here's mine.
@r_mulligan1