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To have called Rob Herring up to the squad ahead of Casey was beyond crazy.

Oh and don't forget Daverage Kearney and Andy Trimble were both ahead of Zebo last year and they are injured. Some consider the idea Daverage is better than Zebo in a single area of wing play a bit, ahem, unusual but not St Joe.

Ryan has had all sorts of issues, the latest of which is a foot problem. Hopefully he is going to be back in the New year. McGrath isn't 100% fit we are told, getting excuses in early? James Cronin wouldn't have been selected ahead of McGrath anyway, even if, like Kilcoyne he is in much better...

Toner ahead of Foley was contentious, McCarthy ahead of Foley is fucking ludicrous. Ruddock is the very essence of a flat track bully who doesn't perform at pooper scooper cup level leave alone against the Bokke. Cronin cannot throw in or hook, for all he offers in midfield, Ross is not fit and...

Best gone, D'Arcy as well, to quote a 'learned' friend, "we need a bigger sofa".

Rumours that the Ireland centre partnership is going to be Henshaw and Jared Payne, time to hide behind the sofa!?!?

Think young Furlong should be called up by St Joe, he is a beast of a player. Longer term Wiehahn Herbst will be involved as soon as he qualifies for Ireland, he has minced every LHP he has played against and, just like Furlong he does tonnes around the pitch as well.

James Cronin out for the AIs, hopefully back for the games against Clermont in December.

One of our posters over on Munsterfans has started doing excellent previews of our matches and I was wondering if anyone fancied giving an Aus perspective in the lead up to the game against Ireland? It is a great way to get the discussion going.

Bad weekend for the English teams in their new pooper scooper cup. Only two wins and one of them was from an all English tie. A lot of the English teams just look unfit. The stupid format and 'seeding' which left three semi finalists from the last two years of the Heineken cup in the same group...

And all very getable, backed Munster to win by 21-25 as well, would have been a mighty pick up at 14s!!! But who cares, Munster won with their heads in their chests. Aside from the unknown of the plastic pitch, I don't think Saracens have anything for Munster to fear over there in January. I...

Owen Farrell is as bad, a complete tool. God I hope we annihilate them on Friday night. St Joe has picked his Ireland squad for the Movember internationals. Only egregious ommission, IMHO, is Duncan Casey although, given Munster's injury crisis at hooker it is not all bad news. The three hookers...

It is superb analysis. Think he should get a job full time with the IRFU though so he doesn't give away all the secrets to the opposition. Interesting how many times Dave Foley features in that article, for my money he should be starting against SA ahead of High Tower, Toner, but I suppose he...

Or have a chat with Duncan Casey who is now 60/61 this season. Munster's lineout is nearly perfect. Thought I would share this excellent article with G and G, http://thescore.thejournal.ie/munste...facebook_short

Ulster's line out was a complete shambles, Rory Best got a serious case of the yips. Even with that they should have won the game, fecking disappointed they didn't. Payne at 13 is plain stupid, he is the best fullback in Ireland, miles better than Kearney. The way Ulster improved when Cave came...

Your PRL masters won't be happy about losing to a Scottish team with BT on their jerseys after they have paid so much money to rename BT Murrayfield.

The incompetence of the English tw'ts who are running this tournament knows no bounds. They were told by everyone that the decision not to reward the victors of the challenge cup(second tier competition) with a place in the following seasons main cup would mean that no one would take it...

So last night Gloucester beat Brive 55-0. That gives us a good indication of how incentivised the French teams are going to be for the challenge cup. The stupidity of the Nigel's decision to not reward the winner of the challenge cup with a place in the following seasons main cup didn't take...

Well the brave new world of the Nigels cup is nearly upon us, replete as it is with 'meritocracy' although not many sponsors and pretty pisspoor tv deals in France and Italy. Obviously no one outside of France really has a hope in hell, going on budgets and playing staff but, Ulster and Munster...

Don't know if any of you have picked up that the English clubs have voted through a substantial increase in their salary cap. It will include a second 'marquee' player who is outside the £5.5 million cap altogether. It is going to make it even harder to keep SH players at home after the RWC, I...