Bryan O'Gorman

Keith Earls tackle appreciation tweet.

@scrumming_ten Don’t say it…don’t say it….don’t say it…. You mean so they can select the left overs?….. damn 😞

Scotland moving their team selection back by 24 hours They're picking their team on Friday based on who South Africa pick on Thursday Rassie has Townsend rattled

@gerardrodgers @IrishTimes @IrishTimesSport We have removed all pleats in order to streamline for this game.

@IrishTimes @IrishTimesSport Spell check depleated

Leinster v Munster will be a once-in-a-generation fixture in front of the biggest crowd in the 23-year history of the URC and all its iterations, writes Gerry Thornley, via @IrishTimesSport irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/20…

@threeredkings What a trajectory this team has been on in the last couple of seasons.

Absolutely OUTSTANDING

@PStateOMind Cardiff with this round’s drubbing a massive 5 point winning margin more than double the next highest winning margin 👀

Reply with your thoughts on this weekend’s provincial games! ⬇️

@scrumming_ten Argentina did it with no World Cup winners and Ireland beat South Africa with no World Cup winners too.🤪

The Boks beat NZ twice this year without using: Damian Willemse Franco Mostert Jean Kleyn RG Snyman Makazole Mapimpi Steven Kitshoff Trevor Nyakane Manie Libbok Marco van Staden Faf De Klerk Deon Fourie Marvin Orie 12 WC winners who didn't feature in either of the 2 wins.

@fesshole I wouldn’t necessarily recommend someone publicly, you don’t know what dross would come their way. But would always recommend to people I knew and trusted would be good clients.

Self-employed builder here. Recently saw a client comment on a local Facebook page that they'd never publically recommend their builder (me) for fear I'd get too busy in the future to work for them again. Cheers. Never working for them again.

@GrommyV @Overthehillprop But he weren’t.

@Overthehillprop If he WERE Irish.

Jermaine Jenas if he was Irish.

@threeredkings Do you think Furlong will break the PONI deals in the IRFU’s first real negotiations? Ok we’re prepared to offer €Xm. Leinster you’re good for 30% right? No! Oh, 20%? Nope. 10%? Nah. 2 packets of Taytos and 2 bags of spuds? Make it one and put Prendy on a PONI. DONE!

Obviously a bit of speculation here - maybe agent driven, maybe not - but it's pretty simple really. Furlong, along with Porter, are level raisers for this Ireland team and whatever money + time needed to get the deal done should be done. The gap behind Furlong is pretty big. Too big to risk.

@threeredkings Furlong knows his worth and will back himself to pick up a lucrative contract at a large number of clubs. He’s in a very strong negotiating position. His choice to take a year long contract a while back and go for an much improved deal when things picked up shows he is savvy.

@Overthehillprop Up to…… but for very important Ireland players who happen to play for Leinster let’s say 10%, no 5% (what do you think is the lowest we can get away with?)

Also note the IRFU policy to move away from central contracts to PONI deals. If Tadhg does get paid as he very deserves to then a nice chunk (up to 30%?) of his annual salary in the high 6 figures has to be paid by Leinster.

@Concaj1 @thepaulwilliams @JT075 Definitely with you on this. Having a tournament on more than one subscription site is ridiculous and especially if there’s not the option to just purchase a single game option. I get most of the URC games I want to see on free to air, but will happily get a yearly subscription.

@thepaulwilliams @JT075 Don't care who it is as long as all leagues are on the same subscription and it's reasonably priced.

Lot of people complaining about European rugby moving to Premier Sports. You get all the European rugby, URC and Top 14 for £10.99 a month. That's two pints of fancy lager.

@IanCurtin322126 @loosest_the Gavin Coombes has two caps for Ireland and a try. But I fully endorse your motion for him to be the 1 in a 7-1 spilt.

@loosest_the As a forward I have a player who somehow hasn't made his debut for Ireland but Gavin Coombes, plays 4 - 8 and has played all but 7 for Munster in the URC or Champions cup

If you had to pick a 7-1 bench with anyone that's ever played for your country, which back would make it? Chris Paterson Which versatile forwards would you have? Richie Vernon Which starting backs that can cover other positions? Huw Jones

@thebathbadger @MattHardyJourno @BrendanFanning @CityAM On even dates Premier Sports will show the first half of games TNT will show the 2nd half. The opposite on odd dates.

@MattHardyJourno @BrendanFanning @CityAM Share it? So 50:50 split in games or?

As per @BrendanFanning Premier Sports WILL have the Champions Cup rights. - They’ll share with TNT - Many on all sides described it as “botched” or “Not plan A” to @CityAM - Some anger towards Prem Rugby in all of it - Value of rights diminish - some stakeholders unhappy Eek

@thepaulwilliams I’ve read Champions Cup is going to be shared with TNT. Less enthused now, we shouldn’t have to buy more than one subscription to watch a tournament.

Prem Sports next season could have URC. Top 14. And Champions' Cup. That's pretty impressive.

@thepaulwilliams I’d be interested in that package.

@rugby_ap The real issue with opinions like this are that they are worthless if they go with the status quo, so they are incentivised to be controversial.

It’s just a bit tiresome how his opinion gets used as a kind of weird ‘gotcha’ in rugby discussions. Nige will come out on his tractor in a WR sponsored show and offer his opinion and Twitter will (if it suits their argument) clap their hands and say ‘see! Well that settles it!’

As the rugby-watching public I think it’s time we look beyond Nigel Owens as our sole reference point (and arbiter) of the laws.

@threeredkings I volunteered to drop my eldest daughter off at her school disco. Knowing full well there’s a pub less than 100m from the gate where I could slip in for a quiet Thursday evening pint before heading back to collect her. I couldn’t get in the door. Too many irresponsible parents.

I'm currently at a kids disco with my daughter trying to get her to do the Macarena.

@Rugby__Coach It’s a winners attitude.

@Rugby__Coach It was unbelievably brave especially after he’d put the cross field kick straight into touch earlier.