England rampant apparently…..

even the Dublin stranglers

Is that a tribute act? Golden Black stuff?

So who is going to win. I’m going with the Aussies. And USA cause I got them in the work sweep.

Yes that’s the one. Poor game, hope for better viewing today.

Watching Ulster Ospreys and BBC NI had a piece about the Nevin Spence centre opened recently at Ravenhill. Can’t believe it’s three years since he died.

Assuming you have a UK passport and are travelling under the VWS you need a return ticket

Plus, if entering the United States by air or sea you are:

holding a return or onward ticket. If traveling on an electronic ticket, a copy of the itinerary must be carried for presentation to U.S. immigration at the port of entry. Note: Travelers with onward tickets terminating in Mexico, Canada, Bermuda or the Caribbean Islands must be legal permanent residents of these areas;

Maybe they do this already and the black communities just ignore their efforts?

I toured SA in 1997 and even back then as part of the tour the SARU made sure that a third of our matches were played in ‘development zones,’ townships to you and me. It was a great experience but football is the preferred sport.

I think the problem is government interfering in sport, they would be best to leave it to the union.

Ire team confirmed. Got the Kearney brothers wrong, excited to see Zebo at full back. Should be a good game.

15. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)
14. Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13. Jared Payne (Ulster)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11. Dave Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
10. Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)

1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
4. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
5. Paul O’Connell (Young Munster) (capt)
6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
7. Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster)
8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)

Replacements:

16. Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
17. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster)
18. Nathan White (Connacht)
19. Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
20. Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster)
21. Eoin Reddan (Old Crescent/Leinster)
22. Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
23. Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

2 hrs of hike a bike. It’s awkward but not that bad. Do it all

Ire reported to be fielding full strength side, apart from Healy, for Saturday.

R Kearney; T Bowe, R Henshaw, J Payne, S Zebo; J Sexton, C Murray; J McGrath, R Best, M Ross; D Toner, P O’Connell (capt); P O’Mahony, S O’Brien, J Heaslip.

AWJ’s knee still is following his late tackle.

That was late, I agree. Is AWJ arse ok though? Henderson fairly set him back on it 😀

Reasonably happy with the Ire squad but gutted for Trimble, I suppose they must have thought he hadn’t had enough game time. I still think he offers a different dimension and greater physicality than Earls or Fitzg.

Hopefully the Wales game was our poor performance. The backrow esp Murphy were really poor, made Tips look good IMO. The pack against Eng is likely to be much stronger with Best, Toner, Ross and SOB back.

Can’t believe Scotland aren’t taking Cowan, he’s a great player

http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/

Ireland team confirmed as predicted

15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14. Dave Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
13. Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
10. Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
2. Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
3. Nathan White (Connacht)
4. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
5. Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) (capt)
6. Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
7. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)

Replacements:

16. Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
17. Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
18. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) *
19. Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
20. Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster)
21. Eoin Reddan (Old Crescent/Leinster)
22. Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
23. Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)

Irish press reporting a strong selection likely;

15 Rob Kearney (Leinster)
14 Keith Earls (Munsterr)
13 Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster)
12 Robbie Henshaw (Connacht)
11 Dave Kearney (Leinster)
10 Jonathan Sexton (Leinster)
9 Conor Murray (Munster)
1 Jack McGrath (Leinster)
2 Richardt Strauss (Leinster)
3 Nathan White (Connacht)
4 Iain Henderson (Ulster)
5 Paul O’Connell (Toulon)
6 Peter O’Mahony (Munster)
7 Jordi Murphy (Leinster)
8 Jamie Heaslip (Leinster)

Replacements: D Kilcoyne (Munster) or M Bent (Leinster), S Cronin (Leinster), T Furlong (Leinster), D Ryan (Munster), S O’Brien (Leinster), E Reddan (Leinster) or I Boss (Leinster), P Jackson (Ulster), F Jones (Munster) or S Zebo (Munster).

I had to pick my comp car a few months back and on paper the D4 Volvo looked great, however the engine was totally unrefined IMO. Dumped all the power really quickly and was much rougher than I expected from a Volvo. Went for a Passat in the end.

Ire 2nd XV, apart from Heaslip and Ross.

15. Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster) 11
14. Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 57
13. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 39
12. Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 8
11. Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 28
10. Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 9
9. Eoin Reddan (Old Crescent/Leinster) 60

8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) capt 72
7. Tommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster) 8
6. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 9
5. Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) 28
4. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 17
3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster) 49
2. Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster) 6
1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 17

Replacements
16. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 83
17. Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 12
18. Michael Bent (Dublin University/Leinster) 2
19. Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster) 9
20. Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster) 16
21. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 3
22. Ian Madigan (Blackrock/Leinster) 18
23. Simon Zebo (Cork Con/Munster) 15

Buy I can’t stand stand adults who are jealous and resentful of so called sibling ‘favouritism’ – jealousy and resentment are very ugly character traits, and are almost undoubtedly the cause of any preferential treatment

Piss off and grow up

This person is niether jealous nor resentful. However seeing their children ask why their grandparents will not visit hurts them because they know they are affected by it.

yes but i’m an adult and deal with it, my partner on the other hands sees it as a struggle. Pointless waste of energy! Tel the person to grow up and think about themselves / immediate family. I was most certainly middle child syndrome, but i now do far better for myself than either of my siblings – the past is probably what’s got me where i am. No hard feelings, i appreciate what i did/do get, but don’t hanker after what i didn’t/don’t get..

Thanks Sui, that’s what I have been trying to do, but it doesn’t seem to be helping.

How does the other sibling feel about the differential (better) treatment of their kids? The only approach that might work is a joint one.

They are happy to take the piss and milk it for all they can. It has been raised with them and it caused an almighty row.

Also I’m not talking about financial support, more just showing any kind of interest in this person and their children.

The moving a couple of hours away from your family is a bigee. The support of parents,and friends when you’re bringing kids up is absolutely invaluable. Especially for your other half, who might end up feeling really isolated without them, and you at work all day.

This + 1000

With our first child we lived about 40 mins from my wife’s family and I was very close to work. It was a rural area we lived in and my wife really found it isolating and difficult.

Due to this we decided to move closer to family support. We ended up moving when my wife was around 4 months pregnant with our second, this was the single most stressful time in my life, by a distance. However, it was worth it, especially when our second was born. Even just knowing that family were 5 mins away made a huge difference to my wife and meant that we could enjoy life so much more.

Now they are a little older it’s good to be able to pop out, even just for half and hour, and have someone close by to mind the children.

My work is further away but it has been totally worth it for the extra support.

I haven’t tried the Arko, even if its no good, the blades are still good value.

Nice touch from his mates.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33101501

North Antrim coast

http://www.propertypal.com/14-runkerry-house-14-runkerry-road-bushmills/324359/photo-19

What a boot from Pienaar SUFTUM

So if I’m selling wheels and rotors separately the lock rings should go with the hubs?

Yes Jon I posted at the start before the heavens opened. Still the best performance all year from Ulster.

Ulster v Leinster cracking game so far

Pleased to hear you had a good time, you got a great weekend for it!

Drum kit

Thats funny. Big gay irishmen!!! what will the pope say!

What parish would you like ?

Only established internationals are on Irish contracts. Most of the Ulster squad are contracted to Ulster Rugby not the IRFU. I believe the only IRFU contracted are Best, Timble and Bowe. The likes of Henry and Henderson would be on an Ulster contract.

What happened Nigel Owens in the Ulster game?

He is going to be reassessed at the end of the month so it may be longer

😯

Is Charles Piutau any good? I’ve never heard of him, Ulstet signed on a two year deal

High sixing 😀

Let me know if you make it over and I’ll get you a pint of the black stuff, maybe two if you sing loud enough!

AA I agree it was red or nothing, IMO nothing.

Wrecker – SUFTUM you know it makes sense to follow the best team in Ireland.

It’s Monday, beat it into you!

Yes Dan it was all a bit Zinedine Zidane

Williams was clumsy, never a red. davies was deliberate but not really that bad.

Not much in either of them really. Davies more deliberate though

No way! Sparky is a legend!