The IRISH RUGBY thread

[seafoid]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/connacht-rugby/pat-lam-reveals-that-attending-anthony-foleys-funeral-was-the-catalyst-for-his-decision-to-leave-connacht-35276487.html

[manfromdelmonte]

you have to give it to the rugby lads

they know how to milk the news cycle

[Walter Cronc]

you have to give it to the rugby lads

they know how to milk the news cycle

Yeah and Connolly talking about Brolly is real gripping headings at the minute.

[screenexile]

Once a tr**p always a tr**p good to see Dylan Hartley get his comeuppance!!

Hopefully O'Brien is OK if there's any justice Hartley will get a lengthy ban! Horrible rugby player...

[AZOffaly]

He is a shit bag. Northampton seemed to lose the rag entirely.

[Walter Cronc]

What a trashy individual. Hopefully banned for the 6nations. If he had fully caught O'Brien he'd have broke his jaw!

[Milltown Row2]

That was a disgusting tackle hadn't even the manners to go over and apologise... good performance all the same, decent backroom team

[screenexile]

Reading the English papers this morning I can't believe he was being touted as Lions Captain . . . Thank God that won't happen now!

A good 6 Nations from Best should put him in the frame although it's hard to see past Gatland picking Warburton.

[Jim_Murphy_74]

Guscott would have 5 Irishmen on the Lions 15 if it started tomorrow:

Hartley might make the squad but will surely be suspended before the plane leaves.

/Jim.

Nice one Hartley.  Likely to miss at least part of 6 Nations now.  What will Gatland do now.

/Jim.

[seafoid]

Fair play to the BBC for spelling Tadhg correctly

[Milltown Row2]

Cracking first half ! 5 tries already and an amazing catch from Bowe to set up Henderson, Pinears kick was pin point

[Syferus]

Why did the Irish clubs get so good all of a sudden?

[Milltown Row2]

Why did the Irish clubs get so good all of a sudden?

They read bombers posts

[gallsman]

Very harsh, quick penalty given against Stander to cost Munster a famous win.

[muppet]

Just looked at Dylan Hartley's stats in senior rugby.

79 tests (22 as sub) + 127 club games (23 as sub).

If we assume an average of 30 mins per appearance as sub then he has played (roughly) [57 * 80 (4,560 mins) + 22 * 30 (660mins)] + [104 * 80 (8,320mins) + 23 * 30 (690mins)] = 14,230 minutes played.

He has been given 60 weeks of suspension, or 1,512,000 minutes.

So roughly speaking, for every minute of rugby be has played, he has been suspended for over 100 minutes.