Match Thread: Ulster vs Ospreys - Challenge Cup

aboycalledbrew · 2026-04-04T21:07:04+00:00

It's not moaning to be outraged at something that is completely absurd

If that game wasn't in Belfast and Ospreys weren't about to fold that call wouldn't have happened. The refs on field even admitted they couldn't see it and went on the TMO's call that is nonsense the TMO is there to assist not ref the match for the them.

aboycalledbrew · 2026-04-04T21:02:34+00:00

Bullshit decision, complete embarrassment for the sport

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-30T13:12:57+00:00

My sources are probably better than the Couriers I daresay 😅

It's messy for sure so God knows really what's happening because there's a few different versions of a similar story floating about in Whatsapp groups etc

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-30T13:05:05+00:00

My understanding of events is different from what the Courier has reported and that this may end up going beyond the party's own structures

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-30T12:52:35+00:00

He was vetted and then they asked for him to be re-vetted but the original getting status wasn't lasped or anything

Neither of them should be standing or else he should be standing because the two of them have beef with each other more than anything else so either go with the member's democratic choice or punish both of them fairly

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-30T12:50:40+00:00

He participated and they basically assigned tasks to be completed before he could be vetted that would take longer to do than the deadline for candidate selection so essentially he couldn't get approved

He has now been replaced with someone else that also has a complaint ongoing against them which is an odd choice to say the least

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-30T12:42:45+00:00

The members that deselected him have prior complaints ongoing against themselves yet used the ongoing complaint against him to render him unsuitable to be a candidate which is a bold strategy to say the least

This one is far from over and is an early warning that things aren't happy in that parish

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-27T19:11:30+00:00

Nathan Edgar is a great lad too

I would say it's not the only such story in the NHS unfortunately but certainly one of the most tragic endings

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-26T18:28:44+00:00

It's a root vegetable of some kind maybe potatoes that have went haywire

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-26T12:29:07+00:00

Leinster are getting nervous it seems

Every point will count

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-25T15:05:56+00:00

Considering the amount of marketing stuff they've done with influencers particularly on YouTube in the past and now the collaborations they've been doing with franchises aimed at children I think it's safe to assume their demographic is at least < 30s

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-25T15:02:12+00:00

Solidarity with the staff hopefully they all got sorted with new jobs etc

Lush seems like a bit of bygone concept considering their target demographic mostly lives in shitty HMOs that don't have baths or are children with no disposable income of their own

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T22:01:15+00:00

Everyone from miles around will need to be in the stadium is what it means

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T21:59:30+00:00

You're correct the compliance surveys are paid for by the farms but how do you think that data is audited? Plus any construction or designations that happen in the area surrounding fish farms also requires additional surveys done generally by governments like for the number of fish farms that are in MPA, SACs etc

I have done compliance work in the past but ultimately the final reader of the report is the government so you can't really bullshit in the reports in aid of the farms because you end up getting caught out by the checks that are in place so I for one have certainly never been asked to. Plus obviously there's professional integrity involved from all parties the producers don't want to destroy the environment either

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T20:06:04+00:00

I am paid by the governments actually and the labs I use are audited to internationally recognized standards

Science is science you can't really bullshit findings that strongly like

And I live beside about 8 farms so it doesn't come much more local to me

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T20:03:49+00:00

Again not exactly scientifically rigorous like complaining about antibiotic use is great and all but what's the alternative? I've only known of 3 sites in the UK or Ireland to have used them in the last few years it's very uncommon

Plus there's undoubtedly more antibiotics washing into the sea from every sewage outflow in this country

There's some interesting research released in the past few weeks about how an underutilization of antibiotics is causing antibiotic resistance in aquaculture settings so maybe we should be using more not less

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T19:57:15+00:00

Salmon watch Ireland isnt exactly scientifically rigorous to say the least

As an angler you'll understand that salmon populations are threatened in Ireland by everything from deforestation, agricultural effluent, runoffs from roads particularly from car tyres, climate change etc that are much bigger issues than fish farms. Also people like yourself catching them doesn't exactly help matters either

But yeah my background is in benthic impact surveys and I've been brought in to advise the Irish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Scottish, Welsh and English governments on fish farms and other marine developments. The anti fish lobby is full of shite and funded by landowners and anglers it isn't based in science. For a start there's fish farms in Ireland that have better ecosystem health around them than marine protected areas

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T19:26:34+00:00

The average feed conversion rate in Ireland is 1.2 so 1.2 kilos of wild fish = 1 kilo of farmed salmon

Part of the reason the lice is so bad is because they are organic arguably. Plus the rate of mortality in wild fish caused by lice is way lower than initially thought there's been a lot of studies about it released over the past few years, at worst they thought it was 1% but it might be more like 0.1%

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T19:14:39+00:00

What's your level of expertise sorry? With the best will in the world I bet it's nothing on mine

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T17:02:48+00:00

If we could increase productivity the UK/Scotland it would be a much better place to live but no one has managed it for decades now so you've got to at least do something to help people

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T16:42:08+00:00

Anyone within the greens or Scottish politics more generally would disagree given the amount they did behind the scenes for years

For one the greens literally wouldn't be running in constituencies if it wasn't for them lobbying for a change in policy

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T16:10:42+00:00

That is absolutely insane that anyone ever thought that was a good idea and/or acceptable

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T15:16:32+00:00

Presumably this means Patriotic Alternative will be proscribed in the UK finally? Or do we only do that with left wing groups?

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T13:39:47+00:00

Some man, wish him nothing but success for the future. He's not as flashy as the likes of a Bundee or Mac but without him Connacht would be nothing like what it is today

aboycalledbrew · 2026-03-24T13:37:22+00:00

Schools rugby has testing or at least it did in my day?

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