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Asked if he might be a potential contender in the event of a Wales coaching reshuffle following the national team's record losing run under Warren Gatland this year, XXXXX suggested that was not top of his priority list. "I haven't thought about that, to be honest with you," he replied. "Without lacking humility, I'd prefer Ireland, England or France."

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Would anyone need more than one guess as to the identity of XXXXX?

He's an odious man. Really is.

Perfectly reasonable thing to say tbh. The WRU is a basket case and will be for years to come. Anyone taking that job would want to be in it because they've skin in the game as anybody else will be on a hiding to nothing.

Yes, as unlike you, I'm not not a complete f**king moron.

The issue is that, somewhere in the whole process, someone has decided that seeking to bill 7k for an ambulance ride is a reasonable start.

7 grand for an ambulance ride! What in good heavens etc.

French girl I work with works in Switzerland. Very, very good wedge. Lives back across the border in France so good cost of living as well. Has been on secondment in San Diego for about 18 months and had a baby over there. Reckons it's cost her about 20k all in. She has the money pretty easily but god help the average American.

He's the new Director of Football.

Christ, so soon. RIP.

https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/i-cant-believe-parnells-paid-around-11m-for-a-leasehold-how-doomed-dublin-gaa-club-squandered-225m-since-2008/a1214938940.html

Haven't been able to get past the paywall on this. Clubhouse looks like a spaceship.

Fermanagh down to 1 senior hurling club I thought I read.

You don't like kilcoo, I think we've all picked that up at this stage. How many of their games have you seen or how many of their players do you know?

I'd say over the years I've seen them 15-20 times in total, the first being when they beat St. Gall's in the 2012 semi final. I know none of them personally, as if that matters at all. Good enough for you?

How do you not get this ffs? Boo f**king hoo, they were fouled. Guess what, they were given a f**king free for it.

But Johnston throwing boxes or Brannigan trying to take someone's head off (and yes, it was absolutely intentional, especially as he launched himself off his feet into it) and a load of saps come crawling out to try and say it's the ref's fault because he didn't whistle for a previous minor indiscretion.

I didn't have a dog in the fight so I honestly couldn't care less who won, but Kilcoo have shown themselves to be a nasty, horrible shower over and over and over again. Which is a real f**king pity, as they're a phenomenal club.

Attributing blame to more junior members of staff and ensuring they suffer appropriate consequences sounds like Ratcliffe alright.

Started Say Nothing on Disney plus. Brilliant watch so far.

Good show alright.  I enjoyed it, while having a few issues with it. Worth a watch.

This is the 2nd show I've watched with Anthony Boyle in it (Masters of the Air being the first).  He really is very good.

He's excellent in the HBO adaptation of The Plot Against America.

Dylan Ward has been in Australia but is back as of a few weeks ago. There was a piece in the Irish News at the time.. Not sure where he is in relation to the panel though.

bar Laverty and Crissy Rooney, Kilcoo's bench didn't have much more ammo that could have been introduced.

Don't remember Laverty touching the ball yesterday after he came and it's been a while since I can remember him doing anything significant, possibly as far back as the All Ireland win against Kilmacud. Maybe time to pack it in.

https://x.com/SportTG4/status/1865795657652433078

Their relentless commitment to being complete tramps is somewhat...well, not admirable, but something.

Watched that in real time and couldn't believe there wasn't a word  about it. One very clear strike and one fairly clear. Either could or perhaps should have been red.

Are we just ignoring the initial attempt at a tackle by EC No7 from the outset?

Silly me, I forgot the rule that if your teammate is being fouled you're allowed to start boxing lads in the head.

Wasn't a red!

He lost the rag and just started throwing boxes at a man who hadn't even fouled him. There wasn't even a hint of it being six of one and half a dozen of the other.

Was at the match and thought the ref was very harsh on kilcoo, don't know what it was like on TV. Errigal should've had at least one black card, one in the first couple of minutes was as blatant as it gets.

The red card happened just in front of me and think it was Barry Cassidy gave it rather than the ref, though it should have been a free in instead of a hop ball, the defender lay on the ball on the ground and he ended up hopping it which was strange.

Kilcoo will be kicking themselves, they held the Canavans well, were probably the better team but missed a couple of crucial ones at the end

You missed Ryan Johnston going for the light heavyweight title in the second half.