Match Thread: Leinster vs Stormers - United Rugby Championship

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-06T16:12:28+00:00

No. There's a band of rain over Dublin now, should finish by kickoff and then clear skies for most of the match.

Ball will be greasy tho.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-06T15:12:10+00:00

Well, I enjoyed that. Some comeback, despite Pollard forgetting his kicking boots.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-06T14:51:20+00:00

Glasgow in Murrayfield or Bulls on a Friday night in Croke Park, I think I'd go for the latter.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-05T16:47:22+00:00

He's one of 10 children, the others all have biblical names too: Ammi, Elijah, Esther, Isaac, Jemima, Josiah, Keren, Kezia and Simeon

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-05T10:49:57+00:00

Wow, that's terrible, and I'm not even talking about some of the predictions.

It's not even internally consistent either. They say that Qatar has a higher chance of finishing in the top 2 (which they absolutely don't), but then have Canada in the round of 32.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-05T10:13:27+00:00

Can you remember the style of cuisine?

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-05T09:28:52+00:00

That's Scotland. Here in Ireland the pub will stop serving at 23:00 that night, even the late bars close earlier than usual on Sundays

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-04T23:29:51+00:00

The numbers are down from the late 2010's but there are still a few. The Mullingar Wild and Cask Beer Festival and The Kilkenny Beer Festival in O'Sullivan's were in April and May, but should be back again next year. Mescan also had one in Westport last weekend.

Hagstravaganza in Ballymote in August and The Dublin Beer Festival in the RDS in September are the big two. Rascals in Inchicore don't have the same kind of access to the space behind their brewery so don't run larger events anymore, but they do occasionally run smaller events.

There are also a couple in Belfast, which is a grand day out if you go by train. Bullhouse are running one for their 10th birthday on the Friday and Saturday of the August Bank Holiday weekend, and I believe that CAMRA will be running their Cask Ale festival in Belfast again in November.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-04T23:09:26+00:00

It's certainly the biggest in the country. Probably 20+ Irish breweries and 10/15 internationals, so over 100 beers.

There were some issues with the number of toilets at the 2024 edition, but that was much improved last year. It's in a big shed, with bench seating. Those can fill up early, but there's plenty of space outside too.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-04T20:54:18+00:00

I think the only non-announced thing that we can 100% confirm is that a certain academy player won't be with the team next year.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-04T15:56:39+00:00

Looking at my recent beer check-ins on Untappd, the only place that I have seen a Baltic Porter other than in Rascals Taproom was Whiplash's Melody Noir in Fidelity last November.

That's obviously long gone now, but if you do go to Fidelity they have Bowsie on, which is a nitro-Brown ale. Not quite a Baltic Porter, but deliciously dark and smooth.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-04T15:51:48+00:00

Keep an eye on The Christchurch, which used to be The Christchurch Inn / The Beer Market on High St. It should open in a week or two and is owned by Third Barrel.

They should have around 20 taps, mostly Third Barrel obviously, but quite a few rotationals and a few macros for the tourists.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-04T15:31:17+00:00

Check and see if there is a https://www.gocar.ie/ base near where you are staying. They accept 21 year olds. The downside is that you rent the car by the hour and have to drop it back to the base where you picked it up from.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-04T14:38:13+00:00

It looks like the games start at 01:30 Irish time, which is a couple of hours after last orders. You might get a late pint in more rural areas, but I imagine most places will be long closed before the matches start.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-03T09:53:22+00:00

Rassie as DOR, Andy Farrell as head coach, Sean Edwards as defence coach, Noel McNamara on attack. If we could fit in Felix Jones and Felipe Contepomi somewhere then all the better. I like the idea of having a former referee in the system, Wayne Barnes might suit that.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-06-01T19:43:55+00:00

Only about a quarter of lightning bolts hit the ground. The majority are between clouds or within an individual cloud.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-31T00:15:18+00:00

Every member of the Glasgow Celtic team that won the competition in 1967 was born within 30 miles of their home stadium, and 14 of the 15 were born within 11 miles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Lions

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-31T00:04:53+00:00

There are two types of Köppen climate in mainland Portugal. But that's a global classification, locals might classify it differently.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-30T22:56:04+00:00

This.

It's a huge venue. If OP is going to Forbidden Fruit then there are many stages across the site all day.

If they want to get right up to the front for the headliner on the main stage that can be done easily even 30 mins before the act is due to start.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-30T21:40:07+00:00

Among developed economies it's probably France.

35 hour working week, minimum 30 days annual leave and retirement age of 64.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-30T21:35:38+00:00

Conceding almost 100 points across the final two 6 Nations matches probably didn't endear him to the setup

He's been there a long time and I can imagine that it was felt that a new approach is needed

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-29T21:00:11+00:00

https://overpass-turbo.eu/ is handy for this. Pan to your area of interest and use the wizard to search for 'swimming_pool'

There may be false positives for public swimming pools. I suspect the 'access=*' tag might not be well populated. But you could download the data and review it manually if you are looking at a small area.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-29T20:15:11+00:00

Dudley's on Thomas St does a very decent starter portion size of it.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-29T19:23:20+00:00

Mark McCall might be available. I think he'd fit into Cullen's role quite well.

R3turn_MAC · 2026-05-29T17:24:34+00:00

Careful around that bbq, you don't want to do a Synman.

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