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@EchoesofEmpire_ Michael Collins

Waterloo, Zulu, Zulu Dawn, The Man Who Would Be King. Which others?

@CianTracey1 @accuweather actually has it hotter during the Challenge Cup final than during the Champions Cup final. Highs of 31 tomorrow.

It’s currently 34 degrees in Bilbao. The Champions Cup final will have kicked off this time tomorrow 🥵

@scrumming_ten Anything to do with their Irish obsession/infatuation?

SA Rugby are considering leaving Sanzaar About time. Should have partnered with European rugby at all levels when rugby went pro back in the 1990's

@LeinsterClub Ciaran Scally

Who is the ultimate ‘What if’ player in rugby now? Someone who is incredibly talented, but didn’t live up to their potential because of injuries… Jordan Larmour played 28 games during the 17/18 season winning the Pro14, Champions Cup, 6N, and Tour of Oz

@denismu30264881 @TightFive_Rugby Ciarán Scally

@TightFive_Rugby Stephen Ferris or Dan Leavy would be two I can think of from Ireland

Who is the ultimate ‘What if’ player in rugby history? Someone who was incredible talented, but didn’t live up to their potential because of injuries…

@KarlBrophy @FrontRowGrunt The Ospreys game is in Dublin

@FrontRowGrunt Leinster have won just one game outside of Ireland in the URC all season. And they won’t be risking anyone one week before the final of the big one.

With Leinster and the Bulls likely to pick up 5, Storm may have just become the biggest Ulster supporters around ... Could do them a massive favour by upsetting Glasgow in Belfast!! And they will likely need a win to stay in the top 8!! Feisty!

@Ferris_77 @SeanDubIreland Much easier for Bordeaux, Toulouse, Toulon etc than Dublin or Cardiff.

@SeanDubIreland Ive never understood this bilbao stuff its not like its easy to get to either

World Rugby Union really needs to sort itself out. Have been to every Leinster game this season. Just got to final - sold out. Prawn sandwich brigade will be in Bilbao instead of actual fans Travelled to France to support Ireland in WC. Can’t get a ticket for home six nations games because they’re all sold to corporates Then they loan that the atmosphere is not what it used to be Fans aren’t even priced out, they’re intentionally removed so corporate sponsors can bring their soccer fans mates to the match with the oval ball.

@niall1405 @SeanDubIreland It’s not strange. There has already been a final there in 2018. Rugby in the Basque Country is booming.

@SeanDubIreland Strange choice of a city for the final.. money talks I suppose...

@gcosg123 @Simon0701852598 @Tom_Tucker08 @slatterywill Leinster would have beaten Toulouse in the final in ‘24 if Frawley had been able to produce what he subsequently did against SA. He missed an almost identical drop goal in the final minutes of normal time.

@Simon0701852598 @Tom_Tucker08 @slatterywill Maybe he should, Frawley is cool under pressure as we saw in SA. DP was a total liability today and HB should have had that game out of sight but he missed time and again

Lots of thoughts after watching that Leinster win but two prominent ones 1) They will need to be multiple levels better than that to win the final 2) There is zero indication this season that this Leinster squad can deliver that performance

@jamierkennedy @TheOpen @usopengolf golfmonthly.com/news/the-histo…

We currently live in a world where we don't know where @TheOpen is going to be held in 2 years time. Yet we do know where the @USOpenGolf will be played in 2051. (And no, that's not a joke)

@RuaidhriOC @EuanBrady011 Farcical as usual from @IrishRail

@EuanBrady011 Just checked, no darts running between Connolly and Malahide/Howth

Leinster v Toulon given a 3pm, Saturday kick-off on the May bank holiday weekend Ulster v Exeter Chiefs on Saturday evening, 5.30

@wotelseisthere @JoeQuinn7 @LeinsterClub Half those SFs are against Toulouse and La Rochelle. If that’s the easy side, I’d hate to see the difficult side.

@JoeQuinn7 @LeinsterClub They always seem to get an easy ride in the knock outs, where all the other top teams end up on the other side of the draw, plus they always seem to get a semi at the Aviva, yet Bath have to travel to MK for their “home semi” if they get one. Should make Leinster go to Cork

5 home European Semi Finals in a row is pretty impressive by any metric. 2021 LAR ✈️ ❌️ 2022 Toulouse 🏟✅️ 2023 Toulouse 🏟✅️ 2024 Saints 🏟✅️ 2025 Saints 🏟❌️ 2026 Toulon 🏟

@slatterywill Lost by 2!

And Northampton lost by 3 😵‍💫😵‍💫 Great comeback from Bath and a brilliant start to the quarter-final weekend

@PeteFarrell14 Yep, it shows. The match day experience is notably better at the Aviva.

Would need a lot of work Parts of Croker are 30 years old now

@cascaira13 @Cantona_Collars Good article on it wantedinrome.com/news/rome-map-…

@Cantona_Collars Lazio fans are funny I have been to Roma several times and it's definitely AS Roma's city. Lazio are like the smaller and less successful noisy neighbors compared to the. AS Roma have way more fans than them too

19 years ago today: Manchester United beat Roma 7-1, which resulted in Lazio fans sending Sir Alex Ferguson 7 cases of Chianti wine 🤣

@seawife61 @MCCCANM US restriction. Most other countries allow them.

@MCCCANM No beard

The key to any mask is the seal. Even a mask like this can’t achieve a seal, so normal breathing would introduce smoke & toxins. So, these masks are “positive pressure”. Air flows out of it at a higher pressure than the environment. Meaning there are active, outward leaks around the mask. Because the leak is from high pressure (the mask) to low pressure (cockpit), nothing can come in. For outside contaminants it’s like salmon trying to swim upstream, but missing their tails to move. The mask has a microphone in it. You can talk, but it’s difficult as you have to exhale against the positive pressure. The design of the head straps is brilliant. You squeeze two paddles on the nose of the mask & those inflate the head straps to a nice, wide length that easily fits over your head & headset. Then let go & they snap back to rigid, squeezing the mask to your face. It can be put on very quickly…which is important, as at pretty high altitude you may only have about 9 seconds of “useful consciousness” before you are too impaired to react, then pass out.

@dalancro @BrilliantMaps Prick!

@BrilliantMaps Why are you posting this rubbish. You used to post much more interesting stuff.

Europe According To Ireland Article: brilliantmaps.com/europe-accordi…

@AncientArgonaut @flightradar24 That’s quite a stretch from zero jet incidents

@GanderNext @flightradar24 Zero fatalities ever since the jet age.

Qantas flight #QF7 made a U-turn near Fiji and is returning to Sydney.

@AncientArgonaut @flightradar24 Fake news: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Fl…

@flightradar24 Qantas are ranked as the safest airline on Earth, world leader in aviation safety development with zero jet incidents despite how long they have been operating. Likely this is a medical emergency to go back to Sydney.

@leinsterrugby @IrishRail Naturally x.com/olscrugby/stat…

@leinsterrugby @IrishRail no DARTS operating that weekend as usual?

💫 EPCR have confirmed that our Round of 16 Champions Cup clash with Edinburgh Rugby will kick off at 5.30pm on Easter Sunday!