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MUNSTER AND NORTHAMPTON Saints rumbled their way through a rip-roaring Champions Cup contest at Franklin’s Gardens and after a breathless 80 minutes, it was the home team who came out on top and sealed top spot in Pool 3.
The Saints can now look forward to a home game in the round of 16 while Munster, who bagged two bonus points, wait for confirmation of their opponents in the knockouts.
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Get rid of them pink jerseys.
They should be playing in the coolest red they’ve got.
@Jofus Soap: I actually think pink exubatates the feeling of big strong muscular men rolling around in the muck together! Kinda sexy don’t you think?
@Ooooooooooo: ‘exubatate’! I promise, I’m to try to use that word tomorrow!!
@Me Me: Don’t forget!!
@Me Me: Don’t be so cromulent.
@Ciaran O Donoghue: lol
Calvin Nash, what an outing. Definitely put his hand up for selection. I worry a little about Tadgh Byrne another really good prefomance but fear he’s beginning to look tired and with such a hectic schedule to date won’t get much of a chance to recharge the batteries before the 6 nations.
I gave up all hope for Munster when they signed Billy ‘Jonah’ Burns.
Get rid of them jerseys pronto.
They’re muck looking.
Reasonable display from Munster, but still carrying too many passengers. There needs to be a clear out of the deadwood. Bring on the young lads now, forget this season, blood a few more of the younger guys. Also ffs get a proper management team in place, it’s ridiculous that a professional team are still under an interim structure. Who is calling the shots, the IRFU or the Munster CEO….
@Des O: the IRFU are responsible for head coach hiring and appointment
@Niall Boyle: yes I am aware if that, but obviously not accountable for results, if they were they would have sorted this mess out in jig time….
Yes the pink jerseys are awful, it’s a known fact that wearing red gives a psychological advantage, so what gives?
The fact that Ireland is playing an English sport, does not sit well with me
@Mike Hunt: been honest, the GAA fraternity don’t cover themselves in glory with the likes of women beaters, nightclub assaults, fraudsters etc
@Mike Hunt: The boy who, according to legend, ‘picked up the ball and ran’ was William Webb Ellis. His father was an army officer based in Fermoy which is where William spent his childhood. When he ran with the ball in hand he was just playing the game he grew up with. The roots of rugby are firmly planted in Ireland. But, does it really matter??
@Éanna o Sca: how about the Revenue and the GAA all gone very quite ?
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