@edjenx Hoping that one good thing comes from this, namely that after Cardiff sneak a win away against the Romanian bears in the challenge cup we don’t have to see multiple polls on WRT about whether Faletau is the best back row in history (options ‘yes’ or ‘100% mate’)
@SJAMcBride To anyone who has spent any time at all in the NICS or its ecosystem, the idea that it’s under-resourced is hysterical. The consensus view among switched-on insiders in the body I spent some time was that a comfortable 30% of heads could be cut with no impact on productivity
@ek_rugby To ‘prove himself’ in a couple of scratch games against sub-URC opposition? A guy who among other things scored a hat trick against Toulouse last year? I don’t mind the rest of the squad but bringing him is ludicrous
@Elverys@canterburyNZ@IrishRugby Poor, and given that pretty much the only time this gets worn in a proper match is against SA, their only job is to design something that contrasts with dark green, I mean seriously 🤦♂️
@CianTracey1 The squad had better be u20 / very recent graduates, with international potential but not key starters for the provinces - because taking eg Timoney, McCloskey, to play random games against weaker teams than they would have been playing in the league would be utterly daft
@wattersonjohnny I can’t speak for loyalists, but I know a lot of non-loyalists who find him a tedious, petty, partisan, grievance-mongering tribalist who absolutely embodies the grim zero-sum mentality that keeps NI rooted in the past
@Louise_m_perry@bariweiss@thehonestlypod This is great - I have two young boys, and I can tell you now that they will both be reading this book in about 10-12 years time before they leave home..