Munster – Leinster clash in Limerick set for a day when all the pubs are closed

A moment in time

A long busy day of horror, rugby and carousing.

With a stroll around town and a read of the paper.

Sniffle reflects on the importance of the junior game

The phone rang.  It was the Big Fella.
- Jesus, I said.  We all thought you were dead.
- Really?  he rasped.  Well fucking SNAP!  So did I.
- Tell me, I urged him.
- Well, he replied, let me put it like this.  Did you ever find yourself freewheeling down the side of a mountain with a sheer [...]

I dont know where my people are.
A gang of likely lads headed off to Girona last Wednesday and I havent heard a word from them since. They were planning to pick up a car and head north, stopping in Andorra for a couple of days to do a bit of skiing.; That was the main [...]

Forget Bertie Ahern.
Forget Iraq.
Forget global warming.
Forget the banking crisis.
Tomorrow, Munster meet Gloucester in a make-or-break crunch game that will either see us progress to the semi-finals or crash out of the competition.
Already, we’re wondering why Tomás O Leary is in and Peter Stringer is out.  Why there’s no place for Shaun Payne.  If Paul O [...]

Eddie O Sullivan is officially confirmed as the favourite for the Munster job when Declan Kidney takes over as coach of the international team.
It’s hard to believe. After all the trouble we had getting rid of him from the Ireland job, he now sneaks in the back door to take over Munster.
I can’t fuckin [...]

God, that felt good!

(Pics (c) Inpho Photography from www.munsterrugby.ie)
Like Ronan here, I went home with two smiles on my face, and Bullet had another two, but that was fine. There were enough smiles to go round for everybody last night, and even though we were all soaked to the skin, nobody cared. It isn’t every [...]

Well? Did you see the match?
Was that simply astounding or what? I’d safely say that the first half was one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen by Munster, and the second half was one of the best. When Munster went in at half time 20 – 3 down, I really thought we were screwed, [...]