u/Environmental_Bar205

Catching a bit of Will Slattery on the indo listing out some of the players not allowed to play for their clubs after less than a full half of test rugby it seems the IRFU are taking the piss with some of the player restrictions.

For example Joe Heyes the starting English tighthead played against Munster in our pre season friendly yet Sam Illo isn’t allowed to play for Connacht after only 30 odd minutes for Ireland during the summer.

It seems damaging to the credibility of club rugby and the supporters who pay good money to see their teams play.

Really interesting conversation on TRK.

Lots of great things to take away from that.

Maul was immense, Gordon Wood powerful in the contact a completely unheralded player over the past few weeks discussion.

Both Brooke’s and Aungier scrummaged well with Tom Wood making some great passing tackling and some monster line kicks at the end.

O’Donovan looks streets ahead of Coughlan very noticeable when the two interchanged.

Interesting read, sheds some light on the redundancy program and how their investing in pathways has borne fruit with this academy intake.

Just seen a clip of the team training at thurles and looks to be Oli in the background holding a camera on the far side of a maul.

Is he sticking around to do some coaching? He had to pickup the front row skills much later in his career which to me could translate across as a decent scrum coach potentially.

Thoughts?

Casey getting a heap of criticism in the match thread and on the main sub.

I see his clearance kicks get great distance on tight angles he puts his body on the line tackling when he is always the smaller man.

Munster have the best ruck speed in the league so he is quick out of the ruck.

Is it my red tinted goggles is Doak really the better option?

I wonder how much that’s costing us keeping him on the books.

Sexton went to racing he was still selected for Ireland, unlike the RFU which have a binding agreement with prem rugby to only pick domestic players the IRFU can play the rules any way they please.

Is there a scenario where because it is a World Cup and Farrell wants James Lowe in the squad just to keep his options open he selects him anyway?

I wouldn’t have a problem with it Lowe gets his payday and Ireland can utilise him for the World Cup seems like the obvious decision.

Really enjoyed this episode Casey reminds me of POM with his pre game talk love how he singles out the individual players it’s a real comparison when you see Beirne at the end he’s just not as inspiring when he talks.

Could see Casey as club captain in the future famously Pete got it while still playing with Paulie to let him focus on Ireland a similar situation with Casey and Beirne maybe?

Really enjoy the behind the scenes stuff.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MunsterRugby/s/7W4XfaNKqD

Last years intake and discussion regarding.

Even off the top of my head you’d be thinking all of Conway, Foley, Barrett, O’Leary, O’Shea, Carney should be getting in.

I’m not based in Munster so I’m sure there’s a few I’m missing that we need to get in?

Would like to see some Kerry representation other than JJ after Jack Daly was released and has moved to the western force