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2021 British and Irish Lions squad announcement LIVE

Join Tom Shanklin (ex-Wales, British & Irish Lions), Jim Hamilton (ex-Scotland), Andy Goode (ex-England) and Stephen Ferris (ex-Ireland, British & Irish Lions) for a RugbyPass Lions Fanzone live special on Thursday, 6 May @ 12-1pm BST, as they reveal the Lions Squad and provide their reactions to Warren Gatland’s picks.

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Hammer Head 12 minutes ago
'I’m severely worried': Ex-players sound alarm over looming Irish crisis

All this does is detract from the fact that Nienaber is to blame

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Hammer Head 13 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Not that it would help. Heads in sand. Good luck to you. And your steadily improving team.

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DT 17 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Heard it before when O’Driscoll and O’Connell retired that they were supposedly our golden generation. I think that the turning point in Irish rugby was actually professionalism. Think you will find that since the introduction of professional sides in Ireland Irish rugby has steadily improved year on year. I don’t expect you to provide me with much insight into rugby in Ireland.

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Hammer Head 22 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

The best parts.

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Hammer Head 23 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

You said three coaches. Not 2 coaches and an analyst.

My response was blocked and I couldn’t be bothered to rehash it all.



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Chris929 26 minutes ago
A car crash, ACL rehab and having a baby: Life hurdles overcome by Amelia Kolev

I recall amelia harper as she was ,what a great prospect she was and had wondered what had happened to her,seems like shes been through a lot. great shes back playing though. With quins having so many top backrowers ,you do wonder if this is where some sort of A team league or championship with sides properly linked to prem sides should come in,so that players fresh back from injury or pregnancy , young u20 players and fringe players can get meaningful game time. At the moment there is no A league and seemingly not many players drop down into the champs to play regularly. some of the younger have bucs but only some.This is something that needs to be developed more especially with so many non english players in the prem now.

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DT 35 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

You are South African and you don’t know? Felix Jones, Jerry Flannery, and analyst Paddy Sullivan.

Imagine lecturing someone on having indigenous coaches when your own national side has at least four foreign coaches. It kind of neatly typifies the average Saffa persona you might find on the internet.



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Ed the Duck 37 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Nah that one will sit with Rassie, after all, he was at Munster for a while. Tried to teach them everything he knew apparently but it just wouldn’t stick, no one’s quite sure why…

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Hammer Head 37 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Excellent question. I’ll hold my breath.

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Hammer Head 39 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

I think he should be let go too. He’d do better elsewhere, clearly.

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Ed the Duck 41 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Which part is Cherokee and which part Viking H? It matters…😂

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RC 43 minutes ago
'I’m severely worried': Ex-players sound alarm over looming Irish crisis

These guys turn into pessimistic miserable old gits. If I remember correctly, England went through a similar situation a couple of years, SA did maybe 7 years ago, France constantly go through it. It's Ireland's turn and they will come out of it. Just a matter of how long the downturn lasts. All this crap about no players coming through is total BS.

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Hammer Head 43 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Again, Irish problems. Let’s blame Nienaber!

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Hammer Head 45 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Yes I meant Joe (the New Zealander). I got excited arguing with you and got that wrong. At this point I’m considering giving up…

But I like arguing…



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PMcD 52 minutes ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

I’m with you NB, I think ENG have better forwards but FRA have a better backline. Will be an interesting battle in Paris.

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TI 52 minutes ago
Switzerland and Germany throw shade on format change decision

“Much more respectable 54-3”. Seriously?

Sorry, but this is too silly. 54-3 is an utter rout. What the score said at half time is immaterial, as worse teams tend to offset the performance gap with an unsustainable level of effort, and then fall apart. Which is evidently what happened. Besides, the Georgians knew, they won their previous match 110-0, and they were going to win again. Likely didn’t field their A team, either.



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PMcD 56 minutes ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

I agree, we moved from 3 subs (amateur) to 8 subs (professional) and then we have focussed on the strategy to maximise the 8 to impact the game.

The essence of the game was XV vs XV and feels like it is XXIII vs XXIII.



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PMcD 58 minutes ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

Personally, I would prefer 7 subs on the bench, with only 5 changes (which would create more space on the pitch in the later stages of games).

The theoretical idea for the changes would be to have the 3x front row, a lock, a back row, a scrum half and utility back (as the planned changes) but ultimately, you would then see a more tactical use of the subs - do they start to play 80 min front rows to allow more back rows etc, do you change your forwards, do you see more hybrid players?



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Ed the Duck 1 hour ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

The obvious move here H is ROG but politics stand squarely in the road!

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Ed the Duck 1 hour ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Yeah, Leinster are famous for spreading the talent evenly around the provinces. That must explain why the Ireland squad has also been so evenly balanced around each province for the last decade and more…

Probably the best non leinster player that is currently established with Ireland but started at Leinster is Beirne. They kicked him out!!! He had to go to scarlets just to keep his dream of pro rugby alive and was so scarred by his experience, he made it clear he wasn’t going back to Leinster when he was selectable for Ireland…



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