Thank you Isa

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » May 14th, 2018, 6:40 am

Asked what put his team ahead of the rest of Europe, Cullen replied: “A little bit of everything.

"The desire levels are there. We’re lucky we’ve got a great group of coaches, putting a huge amount of work in to make sure it gets better.

"Some great leaders as well. How we go without Isa is going to be a big challenge. He's such a key figure.

"Someone's going to have to step up now because he's an amazing individual.

"I couldn’t put into put into words how special he is in terms of his influence on the group, on the club. That’s something we need to figure out".

maps · Post by **maps** » May 21st, 2018, 6:14 pm

Nice to see local Ballsbridge business honouring the great man

brotheroffrank · Post by **brotheroffrank** » May 21st, 2018, 6:46 pm

Oldschoolsocks wrote:
Peg Leg wrote:Just realised that we're going to have to retire a lot of jersey numbers when he goes... 11, 12, 14 & 15
Surely 9 as well

not just the back line......he played Blindside Flanker too....23 September 2016 - Isa Nacewa in a scrum Leinster V Ospreys. https://www.sportsfile.com/id/1220494/

paddyor · Post by **paddyor** » May 21st, 2018, 11:19 pm

Peg leg, presumably under the influence of winning, sent him a message after the final in Bilbao via(withheld).....suffice to say it's brilliant. Bet yet was his response.

Peg Leg · Post by **Peg Leg** » May 22nd, 2018, 7:24 am

paddyor wrote:Peg leg, presumably under the influence of winning, sent him a message after the final in Bilbao via(withheld).....suffice to say it's brilliant. Bet yet was his response.

Yeah, what a legend. I'm still allowed talk about him, just not to him or be within 50M of his person outside of match days.
I think I sent him a message at 00:45 after the final, the mad goose replied at 09:30 sunday morning.

In my defence we exchanged details the week Isa left on retirement after I sent a DM to thank him, wish him well etc to which he replied. This message was the 2nd message I sent and judging by his response he was happy ro receive it. And finally for posterity, please let it be known that I have never been in contact with any other player, this is not typical behaviour on my part.

BlueWheels · Post by **BlueWheels** » May 22nd, 2018, 12:09 pm

brotheroffrank wrote:
Oldschoolsocks wrote:
Peg Leg wrote:Just realised that we're going to have to retire a lot of jersey numbers when he goes... 11, 12, 14 & 15
Surely 9 as well

not just the back line......he played Blindside Flanker too....23 September 2016 - Isa Nacewa in a scrum Leinster V Ospreys. https://www.sportsfile.com/id/1220494/

Could be wrong on this but didn't he play 10 in a game or two at the very start of his (1st) Leinster career?

artaneboy · Post by **artaneboy** » May 23rd, 2018, 10:27 pm

BlueWheels wrote:
brotheroffrank wrote:
Oldschoolsocks wrote: Surely 9 as well

not just the back line......he played Blindside Flanker too....23 September 2016 - Isa Nacewa in a scrum Leinster V Ospreys. https://www.sportsfile.com/id/1220494/
Could be wrong on this but didn't he play 10 in a game or two at the very start of his (1st) Leinster career?

Oh yeah- more than once. I remember him starting at OH on a number of occasions back then.

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Oldschoolsocks · Post by **Oldschoolsocks** » May 24th, 2018, 12:15 am

yeah, he wasn't good at 10

blockhead · Post by **blockhead** » May 24th, 2018, 12:30 am

Oldschoolsocks wrote:yeah, he wasn't good at 10

Stone him!

hugonaut · Post by **hugonaut** » May 24th, 2018, 2:07 am

Oldschoolsocks wrote:yeah, he wasn't good at 10

Shut yer f*cking mouth.

Oldschoolsocks · Post by **Oldschoolsocks** » May 24th, 2018, 7:30 am

LeRouxIsPHat · Post by **LeRouxIsPHat** » May 24th, 2018, 11:18 am

Peg Leg wrote:
paddyor wrote:Peg leg, presumably under the influence of winning, sent him a message after the final in Bilbao via(withheld).....suffice to say it's brilliant. Bet yet was his response.
Yeah, what a legend. I'm still allowed talk about him, just not to him or be within 50M of his person outside of match days.
I think I sent him a message at 00:45 after the final, the mad goose replied at 09:30 sunday morning.

In my defence we exchanged details the week Isa left on retirement after I sent a DM to thank him, wish him well etc to which he replied. This message was the 2nd message I sent and judging by his response he was happy ro receive it. And finally for posterity, please let it be known that I have never been in contact with any other player, this is not typical behaviour on my part.

It's now clear why he's going back to NZ.

wixfjord · Post by **wixfjord** » May 25th, 2018, 10:48 am

Fave Isa moment?

The Leicester try?
Catching the ball on his hip against Clermont in the Aviva?
That hit on ROG?
The kick and try in Montpellier?
The step and score against Ulster?
The score from 9 against Castres?

Or maybe one of the tackles?

Oh sweet jesus the tackles...

What a pure Leinster legend.

LeRouxIsPHat · Post by **LeRouxIsPHat** » May 25th, 2018, 11:03 am

It might not make the highlight reel but I think it would actually be the way he stepped up against Exeter in the Aviva. Everything was going terribly in what would have been a very typical Leinster way before he arrived in 2008, but despite being 35 and on one leg, he just wasn't prepared to let that happen. I think that just really summed him up.

So many to choose from though!

molloyjh · Post by **molloyjh** » May 25th, 2018, 11:20 am

The hit on Chabal in the RDS anyone? I think Chabal had just put in a big hit on Jamie and it was like Isa was proving a point.

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » May 25th, 2018, 12:54 pm

molloyjh wrote:The hit on Chabal in the RDS anyone? I think Chabal had just put in a big hit on Jamie and it was like Isa was proving a point.

Chabal disappeared from the game after that, if I remember it right.

Blue not red blood · Post by **Blue not red blood** » May 25th, 2018, 1:11 pm

The mid air catch and run v Northampton in Cardiff.
It lead to Seanies 40 yard rampage

Peg Leg · Post by **Peg Leg** » May 25th, 2018, 1:14 pm

Yeah so, if someone could just make that vid of all those highlights and post here, that'd be great.

olaf the fat · Post by **olaf the fat** » May 25th, 2018, 3:32 pm

The problem with Isa is the deserved gratitude can not be paid enough.

He is a major part of what turned us into what Leinster Rugby is today.

Peg Leg · Post by **Peg Leg** » May 25th, 2018, 4:56 pm

olaf the fat wrote:The problem with Isa is the deserved gratitude can not be paid enough.

He is a major part of what turned us into what Leinster Rugby is today.

There is a movement a afoot in European rugby based on the success our dominance of late. Its called the LeinsterISAtion of european rugby.

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