Munster 2017 -2018

[sunshiner1]

White lies for the players. Derailment of the season, the risk of being honest.

If they did then it was a smart move by Munster. The Connacht team mentally checked out when they heard that Lam was going so stopping the same thing happening makes perfect sense.

[simonokeeffe]

Munster will be wearing silk pyjamas for their home games

They need white shorts. All red kid is too soccery looking

[olaf the fat]

It's been handled very badly by all parties from the start which doesn't give me much confidence in either Munster Rugby or the IRFU when it comes to appointing a new head coach /DoR.

IRFU: We will give you back Rassie, but what do you have for us?
Saffers: 2 teams.

[fourthirtythree]

Munster will be wearing silk pyjamas for their home games

They need white shorts. All red kid is too soccery looking

I guess they were going for broody, dark, sexy, and sultry or something, but O'Mahony in particular rocks that look as sulky
http://www.the42.ie/munster-rugby-new-h ... 9-Jul2017/

Kit's fine: publicity shots not so much.

[simonokeeffe]

as a stand alone shirt it rocks and will (hopefully) sell great

have had this discussion before but one one colour kit only works for the all blacks, and half of them are going to be wearing red boots too, its not intimidating unless theyre going for a full Imperial Guard from Star Wars look

[ronk]

as a stand alone shirt it rocks and will (hopefully) sell great

have had this discussion before but one one colour kit only works for the all blacks, and half of them are going to be wearing red boots too, its not intimidating unless theyre going for a full Imperial Guard from Star Wars look

Works for England too

[Dave Cahill]

It's just the French sevens shirt in red isn't it?

The pictures reant great and I can't rip my eyes away from the Photoshop job done on Zebo

[Peg Leg]

It's just the French sevens shirt in red isn't it?

The pictures reant great and I can't rip my eyes away from the Photoshop job done on Zebo

Just wow

[simonokeeffe]

as a stand alone shirt it rocks and will (hopefully) sell great

have had this discussion before but one one colour kit only works for the all blacks, and half of them are going to be wearing red boots too, its not intimidating unless theyre going for a full Imperial Guard from Star Wars look

Works for England too

A. Theyll love that comparison
B. England wear Navy socks

[Xanthippe]

Tell you what though -if we put Latin writing on our jersey we'd be called pretentious tw@ts!!!!!

[blockhead]

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport ... vince.html

[simonokeeffe]

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport ... vince.html

Its just speculation but they can f off from Farrell, dont want Ireland affected and he has no head coach experience. Henry is pie in the sky unless he gets huuuuge money

[offshorerules]

I believe Declan Kidneys contract as director of sports in UCC comes to an end in December so he seems the logical choice assuming he would move to limerick, no?

[simonokeeffe]

I believe Declan Kidnays contracr as director of sports in UCC comes to an end in December so he seems the logical choice assuming he would move to limerick, no?

Nothing would be logical about that decision

[blockhead]

http://www.the42.ie/rob-penney-munster- ... 9-Jul2017/

Penney to Munster makes no cent's.

















I'll get my coat.

[offshorerules]

I believe Declan Kidnays contracr as director of sports in UCC comes to an end in December so he seems the logical choice assuming he would move to limerick, no?

Nothing would be logical about that decision

I don't know I'm sure there are one or two places where you'd be worse off, Mosul maybe?

[CiaranIrl]

I believe Declan Kidnays contracr as director of sports in UCC comes to an end in December so he seems the logical choice assuming he would move to limerick, no?

Nothing would be logical about that decision

I don't know I'm sure there are one or two places where you'd be worse off, Mosul maybe?

Better weather in Mosul is the only difference I can think of.

[offshorerules]

Nothing would be logical about that decision [/quote]

I don't know I'm sure there are one or two places where you'd be worse off, Mosul maybe?[/quote]

Better weather in Mosul is the only difference I can think of.[/quote]
Come to think of it now that ISIS have been booted out of Mosul it is WAAAAAY more attractive. I'll have another think.

[RAILWAY1]

Think I would rather Mosul than Carlow or Louth with or without ISIS

[hugonaut]

White lies for the players. Derailment of the season, the risk of being honest.

If they did then it was a smart move by Munster. The Connacht team mentally checked out when they heard that Lam was going so stopping the same thing happening makes perfect sense.

Absolutely agree, and a very good point.

Eamonn Dunphy used the phrase 'honesty of effort' a long time ago and it was shortened – and bastardised – to plain old 'honesty', and then 'honesty' became the coverall word for anything positive. Bravery, determination, diligence, clarity of thought under pressure, resourcefulness ... who needs any of those things when you've got 'honesty'?

Honesty isn't the only sports-applicable virtue. Maybe its pre-eminence in spoken interviews is down to something as banal as a limited vocabulary, but you need more than honesty to be successful in sport ... a lot more.

Erasmus very probably told lies about his employment situation, but people tell lies a lot more often than they'll admit. In my opinion, he had a valid reason to conceal his mid-season decision to leave Munster: exactly what Blockhead described above, the real risk of "derailment of the season".

In my opinion, it was probably a tough thing for Erasmus to do – going in front of a room full of journalists, being asked a straightforward question and responding with an answer that he absolutely knew wasn't true. I don't think he took it lightly, or that he did it on his own behalf as the easy option. I believe that he gave it a lot of consideration, and came to the conclusion that it was better for the squad [and probably for the wider Munster Rugby set-up, however wide you want to consider that constituency] that he put his own reputation – and to some degree, his integrity – in second place, and put the team and the season first.

It was always going to come out that he was leaving, so he knew that his reputation for 'honesty' would take a hit. However, to my mind he showed both thoughtfulness, a degree of selflessness and ultimately wisdom and in his decision-making in this situation.