2022/23 Champions/Challenge Cup

[Guy Smiley]

insane....

[Sards]

insane....

That's impressive support.
Imagine a RWC.....

[weegie01]

Try Googling 'Stade Rochelais'.

I thought there was something wrong with my screen at first.

[Hellraiser]

Leinster win that game if Sexton was on the pitch.
Not necessarily because he is a much better player than Byrne (which he undoubtedly is), but at 60mins when LaR were clearly getting back into the game, Leinster needed some blood and thinder, and a rocket up their arses. They needed a captain on the pitch to turn the tide, and as good a player as Ringrose is, he doesn't scream "Captain" to me.

Yesterday has to hurt more for Leinster fans than last year. Home patch and 17-0 up after 12 or 13 mins. Its the kind of bed wetting I'd expect from Ulster, not a decent side.

Polite robots

[Uncle fester]

Yeah probably. He seems to tread to the line in that regard hence all his bans

Folks are going on about Sexton yesterday but going on recent history, it's more likely to be ROG facing a ban.

[laurent]

Mental

[Guy Smiley]

I just saw that clip in my feed

[I like neeps]

Avoided the thread during after after the match because of the incessant ref complaints.
Well done LR best team won. It seems Mr Sexton has lost it again after his post match tantrums.

The incessant whining, the booing of a La Rochelle player when he was sparked by an illegal action, the Sexton on the pitch. It's disappointing you have to say.

[Sandstorm]

Some choke Leinster.

[Paddington Bear]

Avoided the thread during after after the match because of the incessant ref complaints.
Well done LR best team won. It seems Mr Sexton has lost it again after his post match tantrums.

The incessant whining, the booing of a La Rochelle player when he was sparked by an illegal action, the Sexton on the pitch. It's disappointing you have to say.

Said it before and I’ll say it again, absolute worst fan base in European rugby.
Good game, just watched the highlights. The result very much sparked joy. No idea what Leinster fans would have to complain about in the round from Peyper.

[Guy Smiley]

[Torquemada 1420]

Mental

THAT'S growing a supporter base.

[OomStruisbaai]

There is no Leinster hate ,just respect. They are the URC bench mark, not use to lose That's all.

[assfly]

There is no Leinster hate ,just respect. They are the URC bench mark, not use to lose That's all.

I think most neutral fans were pleased to see them taken down a peg or two. They don't play the most attractive style of rugby, they've got a couple of rather unlikable players in their team (Sexton, Lowe) and making the Aviva their home stadium was cheeky. They were starting to show Crusader-level dominance, so I'm pleased that this has been stopped (at least momentarily).

[OomStruisbaai]

There is no Leinster hate ,just respect. They are the URC bench mark, not use to lose That's all.

I think most neutral fans were pleased to see them taken down a peg or two. They don't play the most attractive style of rugby, they've got a couple of rather unlikable players in their team (Sexton, Lowe) and making the Aviva their home stadium was cheeky. They were starting to show Crusader-level dominance, so I'm pleased that this has been stopped (at least momentarily).

Ja the same as the Crusaders and supporters. They followed the English example with no players hanging their medal over their heads. I am just pleased that Jaco kept his cool right through the final. Rugby player batching is becoming a habit in rugby. Where are the days players get klapped bitching with the ref. It's no good for school kids.

[Jim Lahey]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

[Biffer]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

But we're Irish, everyone is meant to like us.

[Jim Lahey]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

But we're Irish, everyone is meant to like us.

Apart from the Scots, naturally.

And the CFs, and Ulster.

[Uncle fester]

There is no Leinster hate ,just respect. They are the URC bench mark, not use to lose That's all.

I think most neutral fans were pleased to see them taken down a peg or two. They don't play the most attractive style of rugby, they've got a couple of rather unlikable players in their team (Sexton, Lowe) and making the Aviva their home stadium was cheeky. They were starting to show Crusader-level dominance, so I'm pleased that this has been stopped (at least momentarily).

What's wrong with Lowe?

[Sards]

Yoh. So sad for the Leinster supporters. A bit of a kick in the teeth.

[OomStruisbaai]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

The Springboks are loved by all.

[Jim Lahey]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

The Springboks are loved by all.

Apart from Comical Ali and referees.

I actually quite like the Boks tbf.

[Guy Smiley]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

But we're Irish, everyone is meant to like us.

Are you Irish, Biffer?

fuck... I had you down as....

well, not that.

[OomStruisbaai]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

But we're Irish, everyone is meant to like us.

Are you Irish, Biffer?

fuck... I had you down as....

well, not that.

Scot.

[laurent]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

The Springboks are loved by all.

dirty by french standards...

[Jim Lahey]

TBF everyone loved when Man Utd in the 90s/00s lost, when Schumacher fucked up in a GP, when NZ got beaten from 2005 until 2020 etc etc.

Take the hatred as a compliment.

The Springboks are loved by all.

dirty by french standards...

There was no sight quite as majestic as seeing a 6ft 7, 125kg Bakkies Botha immacutely executing the perfect missle dive into a prone player at a ruck, on a warm sunny evening with the sun setting over the Cape.

Or Schalk Burger amicably helping getting a trapped bit of dirt out of an opposition player's eye-socket.

A great bunch of lads

[Slick]

There is no Leinster hate ,just respect. They are the URC bench mark, not use to lose That's all.

I think most neutral fans were pleased to see them taken down a peg or two. They don't play the most attractive style of rugby, they've got a couple of rather unlikable players in their team (Sexton, Lowe) and making the Aviva their home stadium was cheeky. They were starting to show Crusader-level dominance, so I'm pleased that this has been stopped (at least momentarily).

I had quite an instructive interaction with a bunch of Irish supporters over the weekend. Got a whole lot of abuse about how Scotland had never won a Grand Slam and always got the wooden spoon. When I pointed out Ireland only have 1 more GS than us and 8 more WS they seemed genuinely confused that anyone would consider pre 6N as being the same game.

For a lot of the younger Irish support rugby only started 15 or so years ago so the entitlement and arrogance is real. They don’t remember 100 years of wild eyed, red haired Irishmen turning up half cut, charging around like madmen for 30 minutes before running out of puff, getting stuffed, shaking hands before going off to wreck a hotel and going back to their nice quiet life back home. The good old days.

We have managed to keep our world dominance to a few months here and there, with decades between success, which has kept us nice and grounded. I think we have taken that attitude a bit far in the modern era, but that’s another story.

Don’t get the Lowe hate to be honest, plenty of other to dislike

[Biffer]

Yeah, it's difficult to have Lowe at the top of the list of disliked players when O'Mahony is still playing.

[inactionman]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

[Biffer]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

Might be the stamping or the biting?

[inactionman]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

Might be the stamping or the biting?

Might have something to do with it

[Uncle fester]

There is no Leinster hate ,just respect. They are the URC bench mark, not use to lose That's all.

I think most neutral fans were pleased to see them taken down a peg or two. They don't play the most attractive style of rugby, they've got a couple of rather unlikable players in their team (Sexton, Lowe) and making the Aviva their home stadium was cheeky. They were starting to show Crusader-level dominance, so I'm pleased that this has been stopped (at least momentarily).

I had quite an instructive interaction with a bunch of Irish supporters over the weekend. Got a whole lot of abuse about how Scotland had never won a Grand Slam and always got the wooden spoon. When I pointed out Ireland only have 1 more GS than us and 8 more WS they seemed genuinely confused that anyone would consider pre 6N as being the same game.

For a lot of the younger Irish support rugby only started 15 or so years ago so the entitlement and arrogance is real. They don’t remember 100 years of wild eyed, red haired Irishmen turning up half cut, charging around like madmen for 30 minutes before running out of puff, getting stuffed, shaking hands before going off to wreck a hotel and going back to their nice quiet life back home. The good old days.

We have managed to keep our world dominance to a few months here and there, with decades between success, which has kept us nice and grounded. I think we have taken that attitude a bit far in the modern era, but that’s another story.

Don’t get the Lowe hate to be honest, plenty of other to dislike

Leinster fans yeah?

[laurent]

Can't say anything bad about 'Tarf Props

They are close to saints

[Slick]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

I’ve always liked Healy to be honest. Also, whisper it, but I actually really like POM….

VdF is the one I’m really disappointed with, quickly getting a reputation for diving, moaning and being a bit of a dick - if any player doesn’t need to do that shite, it’s him.

Always liked the Aussies, probably the team I cheer for after Scotland

[Jim Lahey]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

I’ve always liked Healy to be honest. Also, whisper it, but I actually really like POM….

VdF is the one I’m really disappointed with, quickly getting a reputation for diving, moaning and being a bit of a dick - if any player doesn’t need to do that shite, it’s him.

Always liked the Aussies, probably the team I cheer for after Scotland

A poor man's Jamie Ritchie tbf.

[sockwithaticket]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

Might be the stamping or the biting?

The stamp on Dan Cole certainly didn't endear him to English fans. Worse still was the way many Irish supporters and pundits tried to defend him.

It's not as easy to hate Australia now that they're our bunnies. In the last decade we've played them 14 times and they've won twice.


On the trio of prick fly halves (Farrell, Biggar, Sexton), I don't really care if they're super nice off the field. On the pitch they regularly cross the line where competitiveness becomes being a dickhead. Worse still they seem toescape sanction where other players would at least be marched back for the same outbursts.

[inactionman]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

Might be the stamping or the biting?

The stamp on Dan Cole certainly didn't endear him to English fans. Worse still was the way many Irish supporters and pundits tried to defend him.

It's not as easy to hate Australia now that they're our bunnies. In the last decade we've played them 14 times and they've won twice.


On the trio of prick fly halves (Farrell, Biggar, Sexton), I don't really care if they're super nice off the field. On the pitch they regularly cross the line where competitiveness becomes being a dickhead. Worse still they seem toescape sanction where other players would at least be marched back for the same outbursts.

On the pitch, Biggar in particular really does need to rein it in. I've seen him chase touch judges and refs down and not receive any penalty. Sexton just whines and flaps, so perhaps best to just ignore and let him look a bit ridiculous.

In mitigation, I really do like Biggar's never-say-die attitude and his utter and complete commitment, so it's just a case of harnessing that fire correctly - I'd suggest a few reversed penalties and a couple of cards would surely help with this.

[OomStruisbaai]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

I’ve always liked Healy to be honest. Also, whisper it, but I actually really like POM….

VdF is the one I’m really disappointed with, quickly getting a reputation for diving, moaning and being a bit of a dick - if any player doesn’t need to do that shite, it’s him.

Always liked the Aussies, probably the team I cheer for after Scotland

A poor man's Jamie Ritchie tbf.

Evan Roos also do that shite. Hope Fourie give him a backhand at some stage

[Biffer]

I dislike Cian Healy, although not sure why. I can't recall a specific thing.

O'Mahoney looks deranged.

I used to utterly detest Australia, but that's softened to a mild degree of sympathy. Maybe as Campese has finally fucked off out of it - great, great player but utterly graceless twat.

Might be the stamping or the biting?

The stamp on Dan Cole certainly didn't endear him to English fans. Worse still was the way many Irish supporters and pundits tried to defend him.

It's not as easy to hate Australia now that they're our bunnies. In the last decade we've played them 14 times and they've won twice.


On the trio of prick fly halves (Farrell, Biggar, Sexton), I don't really care if they're super nice off the field. On the pitch they regularly cross the line where competitiveness becomes being a dickhead. Worse still they seem toescape sanction where other players would at least be marched back for the same outbursts.

This is the thing with a certain type of Irish supporter- they'll never admit their guys were wrong. We're perfectly happy to hold our hands up to the times Hoggy was a bit of a dick, or to say Ritchie is a dirty bastard but he's our dirty bastard, but you hardly ever see an Irishman saying that about POM

[Jim Lahey]

Might be the stamping or the biting?

The stamp on Dan Cole certainly didn't endear him to English fans. Worse still was the way many Irish supporters and pundits tried to defend him.

It's not as easy to hate Australia now that they're our bunnies. In the last decade we've played them 14 times and they've won twice.


On the trio of prick fly halves (Farrell, Biggar, Sexton), I don't really care if they're super nice off the field. On the pitch they regularly cross the line where competitiveness becomes being a dickhead. Worse still they seem toescape sanction where other players would at least be marched back for the same outbursts.

This is the thing with a certain type of Irish supporter- they'll never admit their guys were wrong. We're perfectly happy to hold our hands up to the times Hoggy was a bit of a dick, or to say Ritchie is a dirty bastard but he's our dirty bastard, but you hardly ever see an Irishman saying that about POM

Excuse me, but I have never deviated from my POM is karnt stance.

I may have been less vocal about it since he started playing well the last few seasons, but at his heights of making 2 tackles a game for 2-3 seasons, I was yelling it from the roof tops.