Here's some links to all the rugby we've been harpin on for the past week...
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Facebook following stays at 865 – they had their first chance to enter the Irish Rugby Tours competition last Sunday. More to come!
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Brendan Grehan kicked off the week, proclaiming “The West’s Awake; long may it continue!”
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I wasn't quite so optimistic with my writeup of Leinster's western woes : “Priorities”
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All Black fan Tim Cronin had some sympathy for the other lot : “Wallabies run out of players”
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While Felix McCabe delivered his usual thorough “English Premiership Round 5 wrap-up”
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John O'Sullivan clearly took great pleasure in reporting on his beloved Connacht's success :”Heineken champs dismantled”
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While Ulster fan Kristian Ross was in a similar good mood : “Ulstermen stand up and lead the way”
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Quiz topic for the 1st night of the BlueMagic.ie League was “former Leinster scrum-halves” - would you have gotten all three correct?
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Liam Sinclair keeps tabs on the “Non-Irish Pro12” clubs : “Pro12 Champions on the rise again”
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Heineken Ireland provided us with a peek behind the scenes at the launch of that competition they sponsor.
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Sarah Lennon kept us up to date on the Women's game here in Ireland : “Highfield top the AIL after another rout”
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For my weekly piece on BlueMagic.ie I was asked to come up with a dozen classic Leinster tries – definitely a labour of love!
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The latest instalment of Roots & All was provided by “Queen’s RFC–Update #3”
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Rich Church-Keen's turn came around again for the “Lions Selector Panel–2nd Round (ENG)”
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Leinster fans RK & Z mulled over their fortunes as they gave us “The View From The Laighin Pit #4”
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And on the morning of the big match I re-posted a rant about the name of that stadium we were all heading to :”What’s In A Name?”
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Twitter following is up to 3440, and it was great to be able to meet some of them in the Sandymount Hotel last night.
Another busy week here at HoR Manor ... stay tuned for more! JLP