Congratulations Old Belvedere

Donny B. · Post by **Donny B.** » May 1st, 2011, 7:39 pm

First AIL champions from Leinster for eleven years.

fourthirtythree · Post by **fourthirtythree** » May 1st, 2011, 7:45 pm

Donny B. wrote:First AIL champions from Leinster for eleven years.

I was following it on txt updates. I believe Maguire had a fine game and even imitated Cian.

Well done for restoring the chink in Leinster's honour!

Donald · Post by **Donald** » May 2nd, 2011, 8:47 am

Well done. The scrum was good yesterday so hats off to the front row.

bamboozle · Post by **bamboozle** » May 2nd, 2011, 11:50 am

well done Belvo, no thanks to IRFU for playing the highlight of the club game on a dusty mud patch.

Amz · Post by **Amz** » May 2nd, 2011, 12:49 pm

Shocking pitch, delighted for Belvo.

Can't believe, but not surprised, that it was played there when most of the Leinster cup/league finals are being moved from D'brook due to the state of the pitch, yet that game was deemed okay to be held there.

FrankBurke · Post by **FrankBurke** » May 2nd, 2011, 5:41 pm

Congrats to Belvo. Cork Con had EIGHT Munster players on the pitch.

gleesonisgod · Post by **gleesonisgod** » May 3rd, 2011, 6:21 pm

Absolutely delighted for them. Hate that no one cares about club rugby on this forum bar a small handful and they are mostly Leinster League.

Darce · Post by **Darce** » May 4th, 2011, 8:52 am

I'd love to care more about Club rugby. However, when you play rugby it generally means that your matches clash with your senior teams games and then if you're not playing on some saturday the club games clash with Leinster matches. Then the rare days that you aren't playing and there's no pro games clashing, often you (well me anyway) have other things to do that you can't get done because most weekends you're playing a match...

...then there's spending time with your neglected girlfriend/wife/kids

gleesonisgod · Post by **gleesonisgod** » May 4th, 2011, 11:10 pm

Darce wrote:I'd love to care more about Club rugby. However, when you play rugby it generally means that your matches clash with your senior teams games and then if you're not playing on some saturday the club games clash with Leinster matches. Then the rare days that you aren't playing and there's no pro games clashing, often you (well me anyway) have other things to do that you can't get done because most weekends you're playing a match...

...then there's spending time with your neglected girlfriend/wife/kids

Doesn't have to be 1s or AIL. Can be any team at all just be involved. You play, can't ask for any more than that. You know what it's like. The heart of rugby in this country and indeed across the world lies in club rugby. It annoyss me that a comment by a Munster player in a paper(conplete hypothesis) will get more action on this forum than the entire 'Domestic Rugby' section'.

I am 100% aware that you of all people on this forum don't need to be preached to Darce.

gleesonisgod · Post by **gleesonisgod** » May 8th, 2011, 10:03 pm

Did you know Leo Auva'a gave his AIL medal to a paraplegic kid after the final. THAT'S club rugby!

combatlogo · Post by **combatlogo** » May 9th, 2011, 10:22 am

Fair play, heard from a Belvo head at the semi that he's been carrying a neck injury for a while and is heading back home.

Donny B. · Post by **Donny B.** » May 9th, 2011, 3:41 pm

combatlogo wrote:

Fair play, heard from a Belvo head at the semi that he's been carrying a neck injury for a while and is heading back home.

Really? I'd heard that Leinster had offered him a contract for next season.

johng · Post by **johng** » May 9th, 2011, 5:41 pm

Donny B. wrote:
combatlogo wrote:

Fair play, heard from a Belvo head at the semi that he's been carrying a neck injury for a while and is heading back home.
Really? I'd heard that Leinster had offered him a contract for next season.

Has he played here long enough to be IQ? I know he had a few "A" games this season for Leinster.

gleesonisgod · Post by **gleesonisgod** » May 9th, 2011, 6:10 pm

Donny B. wrote:
combatlogo wrote:

Fair play, heard from a Belvo head at the semi that he's been carrying a neck injury for a while and is heading back home.
Really? I'd heard that Leinster had offered him a contract for next season.

I heard he's got a contract too.

Amz · Post by **Amz** » May 10th, 2011, 5:09 pm

That'll be pretty cool if he is staying, last I heard he was moving to France as he was only getting Leinster A games and wanted to be closer to getting games with the first team.

simonno6 · Post by **simonno6** » June 15th, 2011, 2:42 pm

Yup I heard Leinster or clermont were his options, thought it had swung towards Leinster though!

sarah_lennon · Post by **sarah_lennon** » June 15th, 2011, 3:48 pm

Leo will be with Leinster next season but I don't think it's full time.

Amz · Post by **Amz** » June 15th, 2011, 3:49 pm

You just got the email too?

sarah_lennon · Post by **sarah_lennon** » June 15th, 2011, 3:52 pm

Of course not.... that would be far too official.

I was talking to my bin man, whose 3rd cousin twice removed is next door neighbour with Leo's dog walker.

Amz · Post by **Amz** » June 15th, 2011, 4:01 pm

Ah, straight to the source, I should have known!

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