80+ column : Nov 13

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WRAP OF A WRAP

With such a large pool of quality contributors for me to choose from it’s not often I get the same pairing within a few weeks but after harpin’ on the Leinster v Lions match recently I was able to reunite Tom & Rich once more. Obviously the subject matter wasn’t quite as pleasant, and apologies to Rich for once again assigning him what turned out to be “the shittier half” but they still did sterling work analyzing the timeline from the previous Friday.

ICYMI click here to check it out on Spotify or you’ll also find it on Apple and most major platforms.

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FRONT FIVE

A selection of eye-catching egg-chasing quotes & links from around the rugby media landscape

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HARPIN ON…NEW LAW VARIATIONS

For our bonus chat this week the panel looked over the different law variations to see if they help or hinder.

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BLUE SKY’S AHEAD

Like many many others, ever since Elon Musk took over the birdhouse I have been more than open to finding an alternative, after been bitten once by poor engagement on Mastodon I then cautiously dipped my toe in the BlueSky pool, and that too seemed less than promising, that is until last week when the Mango Mussolini’s re-election clearly (also ironically) forced a mass migration and my follower numbers have been increasing steadily for the past few days.  

It is becoming increasingly clear (again ironically given the blue sky motif) that having up to 1000 highly engaged followers on this platform should be more beneficial than 10k over in Muskville where most them are probably bots.  So I’m seriously considering making BlueSky my social media centre of choice for the next while, why don’t you join the conversation over there and see for yourself how it’s going.

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TROLL PATROL

Now it’s time for Troll Patrol where we ‘detain’ a social media commentator and charge them with gaslightery and general online mayhem.  

This week’s detainee is from our YouTube channel.  Despite the obvious disappointment from defeat on Friday night, I for one found comfort in the reactions from fans outside Ireland, hitting us with all the same kind of schadenfreude vibes we used to do when it was the All Blacks falling from grace in days gone by.  I didn’t appreciate the levels of “living rent free” Andy Farrell’s side had earned themselves in the past few years.

Here is just one example, there were many more and a lot of it more ridiculous but I chose this because I really, really wanted to reply with a joke attacking the misspelling (fowl play?  Did an Irishman run on the pitch with a chicken?) but thankfully I was saved by TaTa who simply pointed out the overall silliness.

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COMPETITION UPDATES

All Ireland Leagues

WOMEN’S AIL

MEN’S AIL

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SVNS

Not long before the circuit goes back into full swing so here’s the schedule, after us harpin’ for years about the possibility of Ireland getting a leg at some stage, this time there isn’t even one in Europe!!!  We’ll still be keeping tabs of things regardless, always look forward to it.

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Premiership

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ProD2

Harpin Prediction League

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