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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

I was expecting a 4 try bonus point in the first half of the France England game.

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657136

The top insurers featured in the report include Allianz, Aviva, AXA, Zurich Insurance Group, and RSA (Intact), all of which have contributed a total of $1.7 billion across 15 companies involved in Israeli militarism...

Among the five financial institutions, Aviva is reportedly the largest investor, with over $880 million invested in arms manufacturers including BAE Systems, Boeing, and Caterpillar, all of which sell large weapons and military equipment to Israel...

According to the report, Aviva and Allianz respectively account for 51% and 26% of the total investments across all five insurers. Zurich and AXA each accounted for over 10% of overall investments, and RSA (Intact) over 1%. "These investments enabled the genocide in Gaza, continue to sustain violent ethnic cleansing and colonisation of Palestine and facilitate the development and deployment of lethal weaponry around the world," the report reads.

Obama made a pig joke about a female political opponent

No he didn't

He used the American idiom "putting lipstick on a pig" to describe one of McCain's policies, meaning that making cosmetic changes to a policy doesn't really change the underlying policy.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/clygvv8kqklo

The Scottish Premiership looks certain to have only one Champions League place after next season.

The wide-ranging impact of its clubs' underperforming in European competition will also see Scotland's overall allocation reduced from five teams to four. It will become more difficult to reach the league phase, too, as all teams must enter qualifying in earlier rounds. And there could be financial impact on the whole of the Scottish game.

Celtic, the last active Scottish club in European competition this term, suffered a 4-1 defeat at home to Stuttgart in the first leg of their Europa League knockout play-off round tie on Thursday. If the elimination of Martin O'Neill's team is confirmed after next Thursday's return leg in Germany, Scotland's fate will be sealed. The Uefa coefficient ranks the average performance of each country's clubs in Europe over a rolling five-year period. Scotland has enjoyed two places in the Champions League for six seasons. Only once, in 2022-23, have both Celtic and Rangers made it through qualifying to play in the competition proper. But in all six seasons both were at least in the Europa League.

Scotland had been ranked as high as ninth between 2021 and 2023, granting the title winners direct access to the Champions League group stage. But there has been a gradual decline since then. Last year Scotland went from two places to one in the Europa League. It has now dropped from 14th to 18th in the Uefa coefficient. Only the top 15 nations get two Champions League spots and later qualifying round access...

Anyone know what games are on tv live this weekend?

Cork fella won 17 trophies in 12 years

as a player or a manager?

Remarkably honest press conference from Trump and Hegseth.

"We are going to run the country"

"Getting back the oil that was stolen from us"

5/6 FG and 2/2 PAT. He'd have been worth a spot on a fantasy team!

Got me 19 points this week

Does this mean he's playing or is it the case that he's on the bench and more than likely won't get on?

There is only one kicker on the team, he will be playing

https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/charlie-smyth-dante-pettis-new-orleans-saints-roster-moves-transactions-2025-nfl-season-week-13-miami-dolphins

Charlie Smyth has been activated for tomorrows game against the Dolphins

George Best died 20 years ago

And Primal Scream. Brilliant musician. RIP.
Mother was Irish I think.

https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/347070/stone-roses-s-mani-returns-to-his-proud-kildare-roots.html

"Like heroes. They're like American heroes. Who the hell wants to sit? You know. Those ships are very big. But they're very small. When you're way up high, going very fast. And he said it was the greatest day of our life. And they told me something. Something that I didn't know. They said that Sir. You know, we waited 22 years for this. Our predecessors and us. We would practice this run for 22 years. I didn't know that for 22 years we had a practice. We would practice this exact run. And then when you cancel it. Because they cancel. When they heard that we were coming. We were devastated. I see, I said to see now if I were a flier and they cancel. I'd be extremely happy. Well, we're canceled, so let's forget it. But we were devastated. So I said, this is something you really love, right? Yes Sir. We were so honored. This was the greatest day of our life. I mean, it's really great! We just have incredible people in the sky. It's an amazing story. And they hit. And then they said skedaddle. The word, skedaddle. And that plane went like this. You know, when it drops a bomb, it goes down very steeply, because that gives it a better angle. And you know, more speed for the bomb. A very, very heavy bomb. And they go boom! And as soon as those things. The one pilot. The first was it skedaddle! And that thing just turned on its side. And I mean, it's so unbelievable."

He makes as much sense as whitey, now I understand

Here is the full transcript https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-mcdonalds-impact-summit-washington-november-17-2025/

It is like some AI random nonsense generator

I can't wait for March.

I realise that it has been known since the format was decided but having to wait until the end of March to plan a trip to the World Cup starting in June is not very fan friendly.

It's in the USA. You'd not be able to plan anything until the group draws are done.

The last time it was in the US, qualification was sorted in November and the draw was in December. This time the draw is in December and Ireland will know their potential group but not know for sure if they will be in it until March.