Is there a case to be made for coaches needing to go tackle school rather than the players? Like after multiple red or yellow cards over the course of a few games then the whole coaching ticket gets hauled in for a how to in tackle coaching?

Honestly didn’t think I’d see a dirtier shot than De Jager last week but Josh Adams has gone and done it. Filthy and intentional. Man is lying on his back on the ground.

Ireland A are going to play England A in Thomond Park in February. It’s great that the A internationals are being resurrected during the 6 nations and it’s great that there’ll be some presence from the men’s national side being moved around the provinces

The winner of the most creative entry into a ruck award for the weekend is Josh Adams with his innovative piggyback approach

That’s one of the dirtiest shots I’ve seen in the last 5 years. Filthy. Ban him and ban him big

Really good angle to see the work rate from Jack Crowley for his try. Takes the tackle on first phase and then bursts his rear to get the overlap

Quick question for the evening to burn a bit of time - Can you name the oldest player to have debuted for Ireland in the pro era? Give it a cut before you google it.

Had a look at Irelands lineouts since the last World Cup. In the 19 games, Ireland have had 280 lineouts of which 245 were successful. This gives a 87.5% average success rate.

World rugby laws tell us that the referee is the sole judge of fact in a match. Abdicating that responsibility won’t make the standard of officiating better - it’ll only erode it more.

Irelands first lineout yesterday looked like a Junior 3 effort where they sorted out the calls 5 minutes before kick off. Makes sense when you look at the gametime of those involved this season Sheehan - 35 mins Porter - 64 Baird - 240 Ryan - 80 Beirne - 68 Furlong - 112

The lack of sharpness is 100% on Farrell His 23 yesterday on average had played 110 minutes per man this season. 11 of the players had less than 80 minutes of rugby. 2 had none! The captain had 35 minutes of rugby before the ABs and couldn’t hit a barn with a lineout throw

Andrew Goodman to Andy Farrell when he’s asked where all the line breaks are

There’s jokes and there’s jokes and then there’s this. A red card? The TMO would want to screw his head back on before his next decision.

Munster Rugby: New Zealand ✅ South Africa ✅ Australia ✅ Argentina ✅ That’s the Southern Hemisphere sides put away and beaten. Time to start getting fixtures against the 6 nations sides I think. We’ve already beaten Ireland, time to go hunting the rest.

This was an absolutely filthy try from Munster v Argentina Tony B with the vision, work rate and pace, Ben O Connor with the disgustingly good offload and Jack o Donoghue doing the link man. Unreal

How many points do you reckon Tadhg Beirne is worth a game? Don’t think 10 is outlandish. Best breakdown player there has been in the last 10 years I think. Remarkable to think he did this cold after a lions tour and elbow surgery.

Team of us? Team of US $ I’d say the obvious answer to this is yes Ireland have played more home games and held more open training sessions in Chicago than they have in the rest of Ireland combined outside of Dublin in the last decade It wouldn’t take much effort to correct

Would I be right in saying that the Senior Men’s Irish rugby team have held more “community engagement” open training sessions in Chicago in the last decade than in Belfast, Limerick, Cork and Galway combined?

URC Team of the Week from an Irish POV for Round 5 Usual craic. I watched all the games and its jersey vs jersey. A good few positions where nobody stood out this week.

Shane Daly was so good at full back in the last two games both in attack and defence. Shows up twice here for Jacks try. Lovely score for Munster. As good as a try as you’ll see in the first 5 rounds.