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Final Score is South Africa U18 51 - 15 Ireland U18

8 tries to South Africa

3 tries to Ireland

Tries from Ireland coming from:

• 13. Alex Moloney (Presentation Brothers College, Cork/Munster Rugby)
• 9. Luke Coffey (Blackrock College/Leinster Rugby) (capt)
• 24. Johnny Woods (Wesley College/Leinster Rugby)

Scrums in the second half were a weak point and 1 yellow card

The Chris Vui doping ban for using Nandrolone raises some interesting questions for me. From his own submission to Court of Arbitration of Sport:

• "infrequency of testing (nine samples over seven years, with a gap of almost two years before the positive test)."
• The Appellant’s evidence is that he used (or may have used) up to 35 supplement products in Samoa in the period shortly before sample collection (July-August 2023). These were largely provided by the Samoa national team.

The questions this raises are:

• How frequently are the lads tested in any competition, if a lad can play 57 games(two years) for his UK Premier Rugby Club, and country and not get tested ?
• What sort of supplement regime is typical at club, country level?

Ive just got my renewal from Aviva on home insurance. Somehow with no changes or claims from year to year they feel a 22.4% increase is somehow justified. Who are you all using?

Munster Rugby can confirm that senior players Tony Butler, Fionn Gibbons, Paddy Patterson and Andrew Smith will depart the province this summer.

We can also confirm that Academy props George Hadden and Darragh McSweeney, and out-half Dylan Hicks have completed their time at the province.

Noticeably a 20% increase in PCPs between Jan 2024 and June 2025.

Lessons will of course be learned

Some great young names in this alignment camp: Paul de Villiers, Riley Norton, Bathobele Hlekani, Zekhethelo Siyaya, Jaco Williams, and Haashim Pead.

Also some of the older names in this alignment camp; good to see Papier being recognised for some great form.

Two upcoming games against Barbarians and an SA A squad in preparation for the Nations Championship

My other half just broke out the weirdest combination, at least to me. Marie biscuits with slices of cheese on. Is it an appropriate time to issue a written warning ?