I was at Croke Park today. As a witness you’d think I’d therefore have some clue what was going on, but, omg, wtf was that? The first half was okay. We made some chances and really should have been further ahead. But the second half was just plain poor. The lineout was atrocious. How is […]
Well, obviously enough, with the weekend just gone my first topic of this post has to be… the role of the Catholic Church in the political life of Ireland.
Or maybe not.
Both O’Driscoll and D’Arcy are out of tomorrow’s game against Scotland. “The Leinster centres both picked up hamstring injuries in Ireland’s 28-17 win in Italy last weekend and captain O’Driscoll was ruled out on Thursday night while D’Arcy failed a fitness test on Friday morning” Still, Maggs and Horgan’ll be grand. We’ll still beat Scotland… […]
No moaning from those not interested: From the Irish Times, I hear that it is looking more and more promising for O’Driscoll and D’Arcy in next Sat.s match Despite his current ill-health, the powers of the Pontiff clearly remain undimmed. How else can one explain the Irish squad’s unscheduled two-hour delay in Rome and the […]
Spent the day in front of the telly, first there was the Wales vs Italy match in the Millennium stadium. Have to admit that I felt a bit sorry for Italy as Wales ran away with it, but then again Wales were in need of a good match. And after their performance against England last […]