All Ireland League - Thread

[El Diablo]

Mike Ross packing down in the front row in Ulster Bank League Division 2C games is a safety risk? Discuss.

One of my friends was playing against Malahide, he said Ross came off the bench and they refused to scrum against him.

How did the ref work that out? What happened?

[mildlyinterested]

how'd trinity get on at weekend?

[El Diablo]

how'd trinity get on at weekend?

cracking battle in terrible conditions. Marys off to a flyer; 15 3 up after 25 mins. Trinity tries either side of halftime and some heroic defense ultimately won it 15 18. Lots of emerging talent on show. Doris is a fabulous athlete, Conor Dean was good but missed a potential equalising kick. Jack Kelly came off the bench for Trinity in the 2nd half and did well, Silvester continued his great form and Richard Dunne got his 1st Trinity try bursting lose from a maul. But MOTM was Paddy Finlay, the Trinity hooker. He had an absolute stormer. I lost count of his carries, mostly getting well over the gain line, his darts were 100% I think, scored the equalising try after half time and won the relieving turnover after 6/7 minutes of Marys pounding the Trinity line at the death. Lunatic stuff. He was like a man possessed as he was in the win against Buccs 2 weks ago. I know he has played some Leinster A but he definitely warrants a closer look from the Leinster coaches on current form.
Great match just a pity about the weather and the small crowd. A roaring fire and great hospitality in the bar afterwards made up for the damp

[mildlyinterested]

how'd trinity get on at weekend?

cracking battle in terrible conditions. Marys off to a flyer; 15 3 up after 25 mins. Trinity tries either side of halftime and some heroic defense ultimately won it 15 18. Lots of emerging talent on show. Doris is a fabulous athlete, Conor Dean was good but missed a potential equalising kick. Jack Kelly came off the bench for Trinity in the 2nd half and did well, Silvester continued his great form and Richard Dunne got his 1st Trinity try bursting lose from a maul. But MOTM was Paddy Finlay, the Trinity hooker. He had an absolute stormer. I lost count of his carries, mostly getting well over the gain line, his darts were 100% I think, scored the equalising try after half time and won the relieving turnover after 6/7 minutes of Marys pounding the Trinity line at the death. Lunatic stuff. He was like a man possessed as he was in the win against Buccs 2 weks ago. I know he has played some Leinster A but he definitely warrants a closer look from the Leinster coaches on current form.
Great match just a pity about the weather and the small crowd. A roaring fire and great hospitality in the bar afterwards made up for the damp

thanks for the report.

how's the scrum battle go? Byrne/Aungier?

[El Diablo]

how'd trinity get on at weekend?

cracking battle in terrible conditions. Marys off to a flyer; 15 3 up after 25 mins. Trinity tries either side of halftime and some heroic defense ultimately won it 15 18. Lots of emerging talent on show. Doris is a fabulous athlete, Conor Dean was good but missed a potential equalising kick. Jack Kelly came off the bench for Trinity in the 2nd half and did well, Silvester continued his great form and Richard Dunne got his 1st Trinity try bursting lose from a maul. But MOTM was Paddy Finlay, the Trinity hooker. He had an absolute stormer. I lost count of his carries, mostly getting well over the gain line, his darts were 100% I think, scored the equalising try after half time and won the relieving turnover after 6/7 minutes of Marys pounding the Trinity line at the death. Lunatic stuff. He was like a man possessed as he was in the win against Buccs 2 weks ago. I know he has played some Leinster A but he definitely warrants a closer look from the Leinster coaches on current form.
Great match just a pity about the weather and the small crowd. A roaring fire and great hospitality in the bar afterwards made up for the damp

thanks for the report.

how's the scrum battle go? Byrne/Aungier?

Forgot about him. He is not starting for Marys. In fairness the 2 starting props did well and had slightly the better of Byrne and Bollard. Aungier did come on in the 2nd half but I dont have much to report I'm afraid. Joe Byrne had to come back on for Trinity after being subbed earlier to shore up the scrum.
http://dufc.ie/trinity-dig-out-win-in-the-rain/

[mildlyinterested]

Forgot about him. He is not starting for Marys. In fairness the 2 starting props did well and had slightly the better of Byrne and Bollard. Aungier did come on in the 2nd half but I dont have much to report I'm afraid. Joe Byrne had to come back on for Trinity after being subbed earlier to shore up the scrum.
http://dufc.ie/trinity-dig-out-win-in-the-rain/

thanks.

[El Diablo]

Some great tries from the October try of the Month....
https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/926098162493853697
I didnt here of a winner being selected.

[Ruckedtobits]

All Ireland League Final and the IRFU allow yet another total anomaly when the only full-time professional player wins the man-of -the-match award against the amateurs. No fault of Peter Dooley but this makes a nonsense of the IRFU regulation bannings payments to players (Regulation 6).

Club competitions should be for amateur players, not professional players recruited to particular clubs by professional Branch officials

[ormond lad]

All Ireland League Final and the IRFU allow yet another total anomaly when the only full-time professional player wins the man-of -the-match award against the amateurs. No fault of Peter Dooley but this makes a nonsense of the IRFU regulation bannings payments to players (Regulation 6).

Club competitions should be for amateur players, not professional players recruited to particular clubs by professional Branch officials

No it doesnt a make a nonsense of reg 6. Club competitions should have pro players involved. We dont and shouldnt have a full tier of A level games in between the AIL and the Pro14. Pro players need to be involved at this level

[blockhead]

Tough game, with the perfect conditions you would think there would not be so many knock-ons.
Well done Lansdowne, well deserved double.
Up the Dubs!!!

[the spoofer]

All Ireland League Final and the IRFU allow yet another total anomaly when the only full-time professional player wins the man-of -the-match award against the amateurs. No fault of Peter Dooley but this makes a nonsense of the IRFU regulation bannings payments to players (Regulation 6).

Club competitions should be for amateur players, not professional players recruited to particular clubs by professional Branch officials

No it doesnt a make a nonsense of reg 6. Club competitions should have pro players involved. We dont and shouldnt have a full tier of A level games in between the AIL and the Pro14. Pro players need to be involved at this level

100% agree although Donal Lenihan going on about how Dooley probably grew up with his team mates

[lummix]

All Ireland League Final and the IRFU allow yet another total anomaly when the only full-time professional player wins the man-of -the-match award against the amateurs. No fault of Peter Dooley but this makes a nonsense of the IRFU regulation bannings payments to players (Regulation 6).

Club competitions should be for amateur players, not professional players recruited to particular clubs by professional Branch officials

What needs to happen is a new AIL with one league of 10 teams that is semi pro and includes the fringe squad players of the provinces. The rest of the teams should go back to provincial leagues with an all Ireland cup. The AIL has killed and bankrupted so many clubs in ireland and needs to be reformed.