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Theres only 4 teams in Ireland, England top 12, France top 14, players a better chance to get game time. Ireland need look how these lads can get games to see if they anything to offer.

France have the Top 14, Pro D2 and a long attritional season on top of any European ambitions so squad rotation is essential. This gives young lads a chance especially in an away games in Bayonne or Mantauban that your marquee players just wouldn't fancy. France also used to have an u23 domestic league or champ.

Big improvement on last year's wooden spoon and no shortage of skillful players in that team.

The U20 6N is very interesting from an Irish perspective in terms of how we bring players on. We won back to back grand slams in 22 and 23 and of those teams have only really managed to bring through Jack Boyle and Prendergast to the senior team. Boyle will be a front row fixture in time but won't start for Leinster in a European knockout game this year if everyone's fit. Prendergast obviously has a long way to go.

From 23 alone, France have already brought through LBB, Atissogbe and Jegou. LBB has been one of the best players in the world for two years straight, Jegou is first choice and Atissogbe looks electric and is certainly someone they'll have no bother playing instead of Penaud.

England got Pollock from 24 and Fin Baxter and Cunningham-South from the previous years.

Why can't Irish rugby bring any of these lads through?

A lot of the French boys are blooded in Top 14 or Pro D2 but we seem to have a very conservative approach. It's obviously working for them given the progression of the players you have mentioned. Noah Caluori on that England team is plying his trade with Saracens.

The England captain Connor Treacy and his younger brother Declan (Captain of the u18s) would be useful additions if their Da wants to head back home!

France u20s take the Grand Slam. Their replacement outhalf will breathe a sigh of relief as he missed a gimme in front of the posts with about 5 mins left.

As I said after the Wolves game I thought we were past not being able to bury the dregs. Not being able to build on a lead is another bad habit from the bad old days. If you are 1-0 up against a shit team you have to be ruthless and make it 4-0 but they seem to take the foot off the has. Even the crowd were dead today. I think Slot's time is up if he can't inspire the team or the fans.

Brain dead doesn't begin to describe. Genge, the f**king glipe chessum for not scoring under the posts and running to the corner making the conversion difficult and then Pollock for ripping the ball winning the match and then for some reason just throwing it away FFS. The ref was cnut as well

I would have thought it was drilled in to players at a young age to score tries as close to the posts as possible

By way of explanation rather than excuse, I can understand a lock running an intercept try in from that far not wanting to risk anything other than running in a straight line.

Having watched this back, he looked all around him, celebrated early and still didn't turn towards the posts. I was giving him too much credit.

Their natural line is to the corner but you are correct the silly hoor had quite a bit of space to get closer to the posts.

It still wasn't an impossible kick, surely?

Definitely not. But Smith had missed at least 2 prior to that so shoulda/coulda made it easier. All history now anyway.

Slot out?

Brain dead doesn't begin to describe. Genge, the f**king glipe chessum for not scoring under the posts and running to the corner making the conversion difficult and then Pollock for ripping the ball winning the match and then for some reason just throwing it away FFS. The ref was cnut as well

I would have thought it was drilled in to players at a young age to score tries as close to the posts as possible

By way of explanation rather than excuse, I can understand a lock running an intercept try in from that far not wanting to risk anything other than running in a straight line.

Having watched this back, he looked all around him, celebrated early and still didn't turn towards the posts. I was giving him too much credit.

Their natural line is to the corner but you are correct the silly hoor had quite a bit of space to get closer to the posts.

John Alford from London's Burning.

Mysteriously in prison

Not a mystery why he was there but..

I didn't realise he was locked up until I read his death notice. He seems to have gone totally off the rails. The 2 girls he sexually assaulted won't be crying for him.

John Alford from London's Burning.

We were watching it last night, the young lad 17, came in and watched a bit with us, he said one after another, muppet, another muppet and got up and left. I was happy enough with his response. Its lunacy the type of people they are.

There seems to be a lot of weird cubs out there in the "manosphere". Was reading about Looksmaxxing in the paper yesterday,and in particular a fella called Clavicular. What a bunch of weirdos.

Does anyone know how this was formulated? Some of these start with the list of songs, movies or whatever and the voter selects their favourite from the list, or did it start with a blank sheet.

Come on lads. He has obviously scuttled under a rock somewhere as left as soon as the heavy stuff started. Gaza were never a threat but Iran a different beast so he'll be getting 5 star treatment in Germany.

Brutal. Ireland had it on 80 mins! Pollock needed to keep his head after that initial rip. Some brain dead stuff when it needed cool heads.

Glad to see the Smiths being changed on the tee. Fin left at least 6 kickable points behind.

Terrific start to the game. Can't see England hanging around as much as the Scots did.

It's very confusing having to back England. With the pressure on Borthwick ans senior players they have to get after this too, so it could go all the way!