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Anyone else get the house shook last night? Happened about 1am, house was rattling and there was a sort of bang or thud. Lasted about 5 secs. Epicentre was around Market Rasen area.
One tosser in work locked himself in bedroom and called the police out as he though he was being burgled. You think you would check first.

Any advise lads/lassies, never been but have never heard anything but good things. Will be there for 3 nights early feb if i book it but effectively only 2 days to do the sites. Any hotel / restaurant recommendations ?The airport is the Fiumicino which i think is further out than the other one.

Anyone going? I have tickets for the 1/4 final in Cardiff which should be New Zealand v Ireland. Looking forward to it after visiting their for Wales v Ireland in 6 nations

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4253849.stm


Hands up, who crossed their legs and winced reading that?

When was the last time Galway met Roscommon in the championship and where was it played? If the 2 happened to meet in this years Connacht final where would it be played?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6583067.stm

I can't find the old thread, maybe it got lost along with drici in the great migration to the new board.

Anyway, has anyone got any nags laid out for christmas, or anything shaping up nicely for cheltenham. Its always nice to boost the beer fund at the expense of some local shark.

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=70089

Provincial winners may get second chance
11 December 2006


Cork secretary Frank Murphy has revealed that the GAA is considering a radical change of format for the All-Ireland football championship that would give provincial champions a second bite at the cherry.

Under the proposed format, the four provincial winners would play off for two All-Ireland semi-final places, while the losing two would play off with the two All-Ireland qualifiers for the remaining two semi-final berths.

Under the present format, the four provincial champions qualify for the All-Ireland quarter-finals where they are joined by four teams from the qualifier series. But if the proposed format is accepted, it would see the number of teams coming through from the qualifiers reduced to two, while the losing provincial champions would be given a second chance.

Murphy told the Cork county convention over the weekend that the thinking behind it was that the current system "is weighed in favour" of the qualifier series.

"It would mean that the provincial winners would meet stiffer opposition than heretofore. But it's felt that they should be given the extra opportunity of getting to the semi-final by beating one of the qualifier teams.

Murphy also told delegates that there was a growing consensus in favour of a trimmed down All-Ireland hurling championship which would limit certain teams to only one second chance