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When are Camross out in Leinster?

Sunday 12th November. Home to Kildare champions.

That'd be Naas, and they'd be good enough. I'd expect them to beat Camross.

A lengthy ban is the only option if he is found guilty. Absolutely no place for that.

Though I see "white side" in Afrikaans is very similar to the alleged slur.

I seen that as well. Sounds more likely of an explanation to me.

Why would you call someone 'white side'?! Obviously, England play in white, but why would you say that to Curry?
Anyway, who cares.

If you are speaking in Afrikaans and want to indicate the ball came out on Englands side, the white side you might say Wit Kaant.

Yeah, and that lad would speak Afrikaans as his first language?! Seems he hasn't been cited, in any case.

A lengthy ban is the only option if he is found guilty. Absolutely no place for that.

Though I see "white side" in Afrikaans is very similar to the alleged slur.

I seen that as well. Sounds more likely of an explanation to me.

Why would you call someone 'white side'?! Obviously, England play in white, but why would you say that to Curry?
Anyway, who cares.

Taking this definition at its word, then, would suggest that it is possible for a person of any race to experience racism if someone treats them badly for this reason – even white people.

But this definition of racism leaves out one crucial element: The power structures that uphold and perpetuate racism.

Racism doesn't exist in a vacuum. It exists within a hierarchical structure with power at its core. Racism only works because one group has power and other groups do not.

And it is white people who – historically, and in the West at least – hold the power when it comes to racial divides, thanks to centuries of Eurocentric beliefs and structures that continue to privilege and centre whiteness.

Uh, this is your second time posting this exact same thing. Not get enough reaction the first time?!

Seems like Ireland won handy enough in the end. I wonder is it ever worth the Irish players reverting to the older style of longer hurls with a thinner bas like hurlers had before the '00s?

Reading the report, it was an awful lot of frees, and surely the hurls would be better adapted for that?

Played a bit of shinty in Scotland in the '90s, and got good crack out of it, and got to tour parts of the highlands and islands I'd never have otherwise gone to. And a lot of beer-ing, too. As I recall, about half our side were Irish lads, most of whom would've had some hurling experience. Played a match against UCD - or was it Trinity? - where we swapped sticks at half time. Maybe that'd be a 'fun' thing to do in the international matches?!

[alleged]

An alleged racist comment to Tom Curry by the South African hooker,Mbobambi

Potentially missing the final?

Was it caught on camera?

Ha ha! Surely it'd have to be caught on mic.?! Anyway, how can you be racist to white people!? And what's Tom Curry doing playing that card?!

Yes, I believe Keyes will be there. Their third time flying him home this year! So, it'll be an expensive title should they actually win it!
Trumera are amazing - how they get so much from so little. You really have to admire them. I don't think they're good enough to win the intermediate, but even getting to a final is some testament to their doggedness.

[Colt Shanahoe v Trumera]

Colt Shanahoe v Trumera
You'd imagine that Colt Shanahoe should have too much at the second time of asking. Is Keyes around does anyone know?
Trumera keep surprising us.

Ballyfin v Portlaoise
An interesting one here. Portlaoise like to dictate things and play in a very set manner. Interesting to see if they can get into their groove next Sunday.
They are hard to stop once the scores start rolling. They look well prepared and have an intent in how they wish to go about things.
Ballyfin are quite dogged, look well set up too and will certainly get in amongst Portlaoise.
Finn, Lanham, Lyons, Darragh Connolly all bring a high level of aggression and physicality.

It will come down to whether Portlaoise can get it going moving the ball from line to line with runners and short stick passes. Or can Ballyfin disrupt this.
The weather could play a part in answering this question too.

Can't make my mind up fully.

Colt Shanahoe by 5
Ballyfin by 4

Expect to be wrong on at least one of them!

Oooh. I'd have Portlaoise as favourites.

Greta Thunberg had to delete an "I stand with Palestine" post because of an 'anti-semitic' toy octopus in the photo! The revolution devours its children. How sweet!

Greedy bollix, Jordan would got 4 to level with Lomu there.

8 equals Lomu AND Habana, which nobody on RTE appeared to know about.

Donal Lenihan needs put out to pasture. He realised that Mo'unga, rather than Barrett, was goal kicking on his fourth one and reckoned he must have taken that one after Barrett took a knock to the head.

In fairness, I took it that he was saying it was a reason why they didn't change kickers. Mo'unga was quite poor on them, though. McKenzie would've slotted all the ones he missed.

And by the way, the americans got involved in the Arab Spring risings to over throw the peoples choice and to replace it with a puppet they would control or is that me just being anti American again. Those dumb Arabs have no idea how to use democracy so we will do it for them. Ah the land of free that started with their own genocide.

This is either a misfired attempt at sarcasm or is spectacularly stupid. The Arab Spring uprisings were sparked by rising food prices. They were against corrupt, unelected regimes and they were a demand for democracy.

They may have been sparked by rising food prices, but they were certainly fanned by American involvement.

Only 95% ?

Poll of voters from earlier this year

https://news.gallup.com/poll/472070/democrats-sympathies-middle-east-shift-palestinians.aspx

Good source.
Republicans admire strength, Democrats favour weakness!

Nah, Dems have sympathy for the less fortunate, Republicans contempt.

Heh. Democrats ARE the less fortunate?

Only 95% ?

Poll of voters from earlier this year

https://news.gallup.com/poll/472070/democrats-sympathies-middle-east-shift-palestinians.aspx

Good source.
Republicans admire strength, Democrats favour weakness!

How would you get someone independent?!

The fact there's people on here who believe the lies of the IDF and the Israeli government is staggering.

People actually believe Islamic jihad and Hamas have bypassed Israel's siege and got their hands on hi tec weapons and then only decided to use them last night. Then the first time they use the weapon it mis fires and lands on a hospital.

Which then just happens to be the same hospital Israel bombed days earlier and had warned everyone inside to evacuate in 3 seperate warnings over the previous days.

Really?

And you believe maniacs who cut people heads off and murdered babies less than a two weeks ago

And you believe that actually happened?

Don't know if they cut people's heads off - although Islamic militants do have form in this regard - but they certainly murdered children (not sure about babies, specifically, but sure - why not?) in cold blood. I don't know, but shooting eight-year olds to death in pretty abhorrent. And, yeah, I know so is indiscriminate bombing in Gaza, but one thing follows another, and, y'know - what the hell did anyone expect?