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- Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:09 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
- Replies: 1804
- Views: 86015
Re: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
Yes its a bit like the conference shield in URC.
Ah man, imagine having those two trophies in the cabinet. The pinnacle. There is nothing left to achieve.
I'd love to see ANY Saffer team winning the European leagues.
Man that will be great. :spin
If the Bulls win the European Cup it ...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:08 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6617
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
I'm gwlad David isn't from Anglesey. That Holyhead crowd are rough.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
- Replies: 10034
- Views: 395210
Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Connacht at the Sports Ground in December has always been a tough place to go for Leinster.
Jacques Nienaber has been there before so hopefully he's got a plan.
Jacques Nienaber has been there before so hopefully he's got a plan.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6617
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Ireland is grand. I had a great day on Saturday before and after the match at Lansdowne.David in Gwent wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:01 pm Rushing through the hate speech laws is something else.
Even Musk commented on it today.
Ireland, like everywhere else, is so fucked.
The internet is more fucked than usual these days though.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Americans who think they're Irish...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1395
Re: Americans who think they're Irish...
Irish Americans put more effort into Irish culture than most Irish born people, who usually adopt American culture.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
- Replies: 10034
- Views: 395210
Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread
It doesn't really feel like the season has started yet. The derby games next month will kick things off properly with fully loaded squads.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6617
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Wow. I never thought I'd see scenes like this in Dublin.
The Sinn Fein mob burning down the British embassy was before my time by I do remember the riot at Lansdowne Road which turned into street battles on O'Connell St. in 1995 and then there was the Love Ulster Parade in 2006.
It's shocking ...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:50 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
- Replies: 3676
- Views: 274301
Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Oliver Jager switching to Munster.
Good luck to him.
Good luck to him.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:29 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
- Replies: 10034
- Views: 395210
Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread
You get your money's worth at Ravenhill. Great game.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
- Replies: 10034
- Views: 395210
Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread
That's a bullshit call against Ulster.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 21490
- Views: 1309876
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Suella Braverman, if that's your real name, isn't as bad as she seems.
If Andy Burham spoke those words there'd be a very different response.
If Andy Burham spoke those words there'd be a very different response.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
- Replies: 10034
- Views: 395210
Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread
It's a good time to play the South Africans while they're still celebrating.
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 15638
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
I hope whoever gets out of this group goes on to win the tournament.
I really really hope it's Ireland, anyone but England or Wales.
I really really hope it's Ireland, anyone but England or Wales.
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 15638
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
Will we see Robert MacIntyre vs Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry on the sidelines?Sandstorm wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 7:33 am The biggest head to head will be Jim Hamilton vs Gordon Darcy in the commentary box.
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 4:04 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
- Replies: 10034
- Views: 395210
Re: Official United Rugby Championship thread
That's where CJ Stander is from. It's World famous now.OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:28 pm After leading 21-7 thr Sharks lost 33-21 to the Stormers in their warmup match in George tonight.
And for the Eastern Province Kings.
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 3:12 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official Videos Fred
- Replies: 279
- Views: 57213
Re: Official Videos Fred
Tall guy getting into small spaces is always amusing.
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 3:00 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Song you love
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1326
Re: Song you love
It always reminds me of the town that I love so well. A different town.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:41 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 15638
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
We've lost that traditional skill and many others to automation and cheap foreign labour.Tichtheid wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:09 pm
How many chickens is that now?
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:20 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Songs you hate by bands you like
- Replies: 19
- Views: 774
Re: Songs you hate by bands you like
Stronger by the Sugababes, I don't think it emphasised their resilience and inner beauty enough.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:44 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 15638
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
I remember thinking the games against Ireland were bankers for us in the 5N in the 90s, though it was an unspoken thing, I don't think we were wankers about it. It was all sporting handshakes and pints after the game in the 90s, often times before the game too.
I'm not 100% sure it's a purely ...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:14 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 15638
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
The rise of Irish rugby since 2000 hasn't gone down well in some places.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 15638
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
This game could be being played at Croke Park if Scotland hadn't voted against the Irish World Cup bid.
Funnily enough that was the last venue where Scotland beat Ireland outside of Murrayfield.
That would have been interesting, had you managed to put a half decent bid together
Brown ...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 15638
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
This game could be being played at Croke Park if Scotland hadn't voted against the Irish World Cup bid.
Funnily enough that was the last venue where Scotland beat Ireland outside of Murrayfield.
Funnily enough that was the last venue where Scotland beat Ireland outside of Murrayfield.
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 5:21 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Irish getting over confident
- Replies: 143
- Views: 8112
Re: The Irish getting over confident
The new shirt is designed never to be seen again.
There's an arrogance in thinking this team won't win the World Cup and that abomination won't haunt Irish rugby for generations.
I don't understand the order of those words
I was talking about the new Irish national team shirt, not the ...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 5:16 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
- Replies: 7634
- Views: 778994
Re: What's going on in Ukraine?
They have fuck all time left to start making the investment in them look worthwhile
There's an argument that this war saved NATO and sparked the kind of defence spending in Europe that been needed for a long time. Old Soviet stocks from Eastern Europe are being donated to Ukraine and replaced ...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Irish getting over confident
- Replies: 143
- Views: 8112
Re: The Irish getting over confident
The new shirt is designed never to be seen again.
There's an arrogance in thinking this team won't win the World Cup and that abomination won't haunt Irish rugby for generations.
There's an arrogance in thinking this team won't win the World Cup and that abomination won't haunt Irish rugby for generations.
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:41 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Anyone dealt with insurance companies re claims?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1408
Re: Anyone dealt with insurance companies re claims?
So start of May, on a two-lane roundabout, lad to my left decides he's not turning off and is actually going all the way round. No indication. Hits my rear left passenger door with the front of his truck.
Luckily no injuries. Damage to his truck is pretty superficial but there's about 3.5 grand ...
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 6:35 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 21490
- Views: 1309876
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
It's a shameful accusation, there should be laws against it.Ymx wrote: Fri Apr 07, 2023 10:59 pm Well, yes, it’s borderline libel, it’s so bad.
It says
Rishi Sunak “thinks” adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should not go to prison.
You can not surely defend this?? Even on this circle jerk off of a thread.
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:06 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Gloucester poaching WP youngster
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1270
Re: Gloucester poaching WP youngster
They're still trying to work a Premier League soccer model, if you build it they will come with Global tv revenues, while most clubs are almost going bust.
England has the biggest player base and it's crazy that they're importing talent instead of refining their best home grown.
England has the biggest player base and it's crazy that they're importing talent instead of refining their best home grown.
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 1:24 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
- Replies: 10932
- Views: 670421
Re: President Biden and US politics catchall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vQKTc2uNk4
I've seen this shit before.
This is what America would be like if everyone was white. These troglodytes would find something else to discriminate about.
I've seen this shit before.
This is what America would be like if everyone was white. These troglodytes would find something else to discriminate about.
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:14 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: $hark$ 2023 and beyond
- Replies: 1121
- Views: 69590
Re: $hark$ 2023 and beyond
We'll see if all that rand and chicanery was worth while against Toulouse.
It would be a massive upset but both Leinster and Munster earned their spurs in Europe beating Toulouse in their backyard. Win in Toulouse, you can win anywhere.
It would be a massive upset but both Leinster and Munster earned their spurs in Europe beating Toulouse in their backyard. Win in Toulouse, you can win anywhere.
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:00 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 881
- Views: 97442
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Injuries piling up for Leinster is not good for Ireland. We didn't get to see much of Doris at 7 and Baird will be a loss if he doesn't recover.
James Lowe getting injured celebrating a try is just fucking nuts.
James Lowe getting injured celebrating a try is just fucking nuts.
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:55 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: 2022/23 Champions/Challenge Cup
- Replies: 3584
- Views: 133152
Re: 2022/23 Champions/Challenge Cup
Twenty years ago Leicester were the undisputed best team in Europe while Leinster weren't even the most popular team in the province.
Leicester are still a top team in England but they've lost ground on the rest of Europe.
Leicester are still a top team in England but they've lost ground on the rest of Europe.
- Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:00 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: France v Ireland 6N Thread
- Replies: 309
- Views: 13073
Re: France v Ireland 6N Thread
France are just so good now they deserve a Grand Slam and they could dominate European rugby for a while.
- Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:05 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: France v Ireland 6N Thread
- Replies: 309
- Views: 13073
Re: France v Ireland 6N Thread
What a game. Well done France, deserved winners.
Joey Cadbury earned his chocolate buttons, great performance.
France v England should be a great game too, probably the only NH team who can match them physicaly.
Joey Cadbury earned his chocolate buttons, great performance.
France v England should be a great game too, probably the only NH team who can match them physicaly.
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 6:02 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Nuclear Fusion UK
- Replies: 69
- Views: 3108
Re: Nuclear Fusion UK
Does this facility become redundant when ITER comes on line?
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 5:59 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: France v Ireland 6N Thread
- Replies: 309
- Views: 13073
Re: France v Ireland 6N Thread
The Irish u20s look a lot beefier, than they have in previous years.
There was one phase of plays early in the 1st half, & it was noticeable, they way they were busting thru the defensive tackles; but the forwards still have the skills to take & pass.
They (and the ref) killed Fra at the ...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:28 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: France v Ireland 6N Thread
- Replies: 309
- Views: 13073
Re: France v Ireland 6N Thread
Carberry's first start in the 6N.
I probably shouldn't be so surprised at that given his injury history.
He's got talent but he just doesn't play enough games to have any confidence in him for a game like France in Paris.
France by 10.

I probably shouldn't be so surprised at that given his injury history.
He's got talent but he just doesn't play enough games to have any confidence in him for a game like France in Paris.
France by 10.
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:40 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Calcutta Cup match thread
- Replies: 644
- Views: 28914
Re: Calcutta Cup match thread
Scotland for slam.
If they're going to do it in the 6N era this is their best chance.
If they're going to do it in the 6N era this is their best chance.
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:35 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Ireland v Wales 6N Thread
- Replies: 241
- Views: 9794
Re: Ireland v Wales 6N Thread
Credit to Wales they gave a full strength Irish team a hard time.
I'm not sure Ireland could do the same missing that many first choice players.
Great start to the tournament.
I'm not sure Ireland could do the same missing that many first choice players.
Great start to the tournament.