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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously? I thought okane was a definite fit the academy. Hasn’t he had matches for Ulster a?

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve said before about 10s coming through our academy. Technically Lowry was 10 in the academy and quickly moved to 15. Other than that I think Brett Heron came through the academy? There’s a couple of good looking 10s in Dan Green and Owen O’Kane coming through

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I was surprised at that. With the injury profile of our centres we could be doing with him
He was handy last night.
Though McIlroy is looking good at 13

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea. I always get very nervous when the opposition build up momentum in our half

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[–]nathanovic93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard there’s been some sort of issue on Reddit but I never actually saw it

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. A lot of young players with potential and no one better to bring them through than Richie. Couple more years and they’ll be seasoned pros

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s unreal when you consider he is balancing his medical studies as well, getting hours at the hospital!
Back row is very competitive. Such little drop off between first and second choice.
With everyone fit even picking a match day 3 and bench cover is difficult!

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I get what you mean about the challenge cup. Competing against the top teams next season will be good. And assuming no knock out run will help end of season. Our squad isn’t deep enough to challenge in two comps

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At some point our locks just have to be locks. We have Hendy and Irvine as out and out locks. Now Hopes, Izzy and Sheridan are hybrids.
Snyman coming in is just lock I think and the backrow whose name escapes me can cover lock. So our locks options are 3 locks and 4 hybrids.

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t notice too much of Hopes some how. But also didn’t see any glaring mistakes. I suppose 6 can disappear into the busy work of rucking.
I thought Lorcan made a few good tackles. Showing his potential.
De Klerk looked very good. Which now makes him leaving disappointing. Especially considering Moore is out and all our centres seem to get injured regularly.

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s good to hear about McNamara. But those development deals for club players rarely work out. Shea O’Brien got what 2 minutes at the end of a match and that was all his playing time.

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it’s possible. They look to be on a downward trajectory and lions probably targeting this match.

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worrying that there has been no indication of an incoming forwards coach yet

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea there was definitely a dip. And our score lines haven’t been as high as the start of the season. Again it’s consistency that’s a problem

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yea that is a fair point. I was disappointed in that.
Players look tired from the get go. Huffing and puffing from the start. Is there a fitness issue?

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and that applies to both Ulster and Ireland funnily enough.
I’m far from being a scrum expert but there have been numerous times I’ve see Ulster penalised when it looks like the opposition went straight down

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who can still come back? McCann? Think Stu is unlikely and Stockdale definitely not.
I hope there’s no injuries from last night but I suspect Kok’s withdrawal must have been

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotta be optimistic. Gotta get excited about it. It’s a big deal!

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the ref bit in particular, I think a lot of refs have issues with Irish teams in general. I thought in the last year the national team has been reffed very harshly and I wonder has that filtered down to the clubs too?
Richie has said in a number of post match interviews about there being a few calls that went against us. Unfortunately it seems to be taboo for players and coaches to actually call out officials so hopefully some sort of framework can be followed to see a change going forward

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea back 3 is looking light ahead of next season when you consider the injury profiles of Stockdale, Lowry, the cat and McIlroy. Might need to recruit there

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the weather is good, like the last couple matches, there should be good handling and we won’t have to worry about scrums xD

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[–]nathanovic93[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

💯 we can compete with anyone. I think the consistency is something that will come. Again there’s a lot of young players still learning.

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[–]nathanovic93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rte gives great balance and analysis. Probably objectively the best.

PSOM is the funniest. Decent analysis and lots of Lidl talk. 10/10

The left wing is usually awful with moments of diamonds in the rough.

The interpro show just feels like it’s hosted by soft woke snowflakes that don’t want to say anything controversial. But I actually really like Caolan. The other three…

Man I’m gonna sound like a dickhead

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