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Dubliner in London. Sports nerd (and general nerd). Views described as "top bilge" by leading journalists
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submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

The article is worth a read - ultimately English rugby IS reliant on private schools.. But with apologies to Charlie Morgan - who's a good writer I like reading - it's impossible to read it without the context of it being another Telegraph hit-job on any attempt to tax private schools.

submitted 7 hours ago • 7 comments

Would not at all underestimate Poland as a rising regional power over the next couple of decades by the way. A fast-growing economy, a well-armed military (only 7 countries in the world spend a higher % of GDP on their armed forces), will be central you'd imagine to any post-NATO European alliance.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Imagine being Pierre Poillevre: you've spent your life trying to become PM to enact sweeping changes to Canada's political economy. You are on the verge of a crushing electoral win. Then Trump happens, and now the physical incarnation of the Laurentian Consensus is about to end your whole career.

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

As well as being wildly bad for morale, how much money could this possibly be saving?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Really enjoy these updates from @posttopostsport.bsky.social on the World Cup qualifiers, have to admit I wouldn't have a clue what was going on at this level otherwise

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Me: If I was rich I’d use my money to help people *timeline where I inherited $500 billion* Me: (staring at 1:1 scale replica of Dracula’s inverted castle from Castlevania) The tower isn’t quite right. Tell the architects to rebuild it

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Untitled, by Cy Twombly, 1990, 📸 by Dan Sheridan // @Inphosports

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

One notably consistent wobble with Ireland in the Six Nations so far is that we've conceded points in the last play of the first half in all three games so far (a penalty against England, a try against Scotland and Wales).

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Tickets for Leinster v Quins booked! Will be my first time in Croke Park since I was a little kid, really looking forward to it

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

There are a lot of people out there who believe any money the government spends is wasteful unless they personally benefit from it

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Truly, no bullshit, absolutely one of the all time greats.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

first as tragedy, then as a new thing i’m calling “tragedy II”

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

*Fort Knox vault door opens. All the gold is missing. On the floor is a single card marked with a fleur-de-lis* Trump: (gasps) Le Chevalier!

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Finlay Bealham has been the best tighthead prop in the 6N over the opening three rounds. He's having an exceptional tournament, was massive off the bench again on Saturday.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

It would not surprise me at all if the overwhelming majority of Off The Ball subscribers are just other rugby journalists looking for ragebait headlines. An ouroboros of bullshit.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Speaking of calm analyses of Prendergast, I think this is really good! I don't necessarily agree with everything in it (namely the extent to which Ireland are chasing Leinster's tail) but imo it nails the strategic thinking behind picking Sam at 10, what he does well, and what he does poorly.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Think Saturday showed us again what Sam Prendergast does well for Ireland (his ability to put width on the ball, his kicking out of hand) and what he doesn't yet (he's not a running threat at Test level and he's a defensive weak point). He wasn't terrible, nor was he great.

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Great to be invited on to talk Irish concerns, Welsh belief, and Scotland Scotlanding it up.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

My team of round 3: 1. Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 2. Mauvaka 🇫🇷 3. Stuart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 4. Itoje 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 5. Guillard 🇫🇷 6. Ritchie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 7. Van der Flier ☘️ 8. Alldritt 🇫🇷 9. Dupont 🇫🇷 10. Ramos 🇫🇷 11. Bielle-Biarray 🇫🇷 12. Aki ☘️ 13. Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 14. Attisogbe 🇫🇷 15. Barre 🇫🇷

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Only got the first half of that so this isn't going to be particularly deep analysis, but I don't care how good a team France are: you cannot be conceding 73 points at home. I thought Italy had left this behind. #ITAvFRA

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This is a sensationally entertaining game. End-to-end, tries from nowhere, defence entirely optional. #ITAvFRA

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Barre has started this game like a man with a point to prove. Italy struggling to deal with him. #ITAvFRA

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Good to see Sergio Parisse get a moment in front of the Italian fans. A legend of rugby.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment