OUR GUEST : THALA MSUTU of RUGBY BITS
🏉 Introducing Thala
🏉 How RSA is adapting to NH rugby
🏉 Rugby Championship Rd 1
🏉 U20s SF IREvRSA
261 : Ireland U20s v South Africa feat. Thala Msutu
Category: Contributors
260 : Ireland U20s v Fiji & other offseason stuff
OUR GUEST : JASON LONG
🏉 Introducing Jay
🏉 Recap of 22/23 season
🏉 Nations Championship???
🏉 The Rugby Championship kickoff
🏉 Irish U20s v Fiji
259 : Ireland U20s v Australia, Sexton debate & other offseason stuff
🏉 Champions Cup draw
🏉 Vakh Abdeladze to Brive
🏉 New Leinster kit supplier
🏉 Sexton debate
🏉 Irish Men’s 7s
🏉 Irish U20s v Australia (this portion also available on YouTube)
Our guest : TOM COLEMAN
258 – Ireland U20s v England, Men’s 7s & RWC squad
Myself & Mark Jackson harp on some offseason topics such as…
1) Super Rugby final
2) Irish Men’s 7s bid to qualify for 2024 Olympics
(Watch the Sevens here > Rugby Europe Live)
3) Ireland U20’s World Champions opener v England
4) Irish RWC2023 training squad
Our guest : MARK JACKSON
256 : Ireland’s World Rugby U20 Championship squad & opposition
OUR GUEST : BALL HANDLING HOOKER
Ireland U20s Squad:
Forwards (17):
George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster)
George Morris (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)
Max Clein (Garryowen/Munster)*
Danny Sheahan (UCC/Munster)
Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)
Fiachna Barrett (Corinthians/Connacht)
Ronan Foxe (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*
Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD/Leinster)
Charlie Irvine (Queen’s University/Ulster)
Joe Hopes (Queen’s University/Ulster)
Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster)
Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
James McNabney (Ballymena/Ulster)
Ruadhan Quinn (Old Crescent/Munster)
Brian Gleeson (Garryowen/Munster)
Dan Barron (Dublin University/Leinster)*
Backs (13):
Fintan Gunne (Terenure/Leinster)
Jack Oliver (Garryowen/Munster)*
Oscar Cawley (Naas/Leinster)
Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Matthew Lynch (Dublin University/Leinster)
John Devine (Corinthians/Connacht)
Hugh Cooney (Clontarf/Leinster)
Hugh Gavin (Galwegians/Connacht)
Andrew Osborne (Naas/Leinster)
Rory Telfer (Queen’s University/Ulster)
James Nicholson (UCD/Leinster)
Henry McErlean (Terenure/Leinster)
Harry West (Buccaneers/Connacht)
*Uncapped at U20s level
Ireland U20s Fixtures:
Saturday 24th June: Ireland U20s v England U20s, Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl – 1.30pm local time/12.30pm Irish time
Thursday 29th June: Ireland U20s v Australia U20s, Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl – 11am local time/10am Irish time
Tuesday 4th July: Ireland U20s v Fiji U20s, Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl – 1.30pm local time/12.30pm Irish time
Sunday 9th July: Play-off match
Friday 14th July: Play-off match.
Click here for the article BHH wrote for Harpin about U20 rugby back in 2013
Click here for a report & highlights of the IREvFRA match from Apr 2022 referenced by BHH
Harpin’ YouTube channel 2022/23 top vids
Normally we do an 80+ column on Tuesdays but we thought we’d take a few days off here at Harpin Manor so to keep the content train rolling for now we’ll share not only this week’s bonus clip from our weekly pod, but also some of the most popular ones from over the course of the season. Do enjoy and maybe even share if the mood takes you.
The column will be back next week where I’ll review the URC final, cover a few more topical Harpin points including all the online nonsense since the HCC final, as well as tying up a few other loose ends.
PS – yes, we do note the irony of the “Stormers rivalry with Leinster” video, we would of course love to be having another crack at them this season but still wish Munster all the best in Cape Town this weekend!
253 : HCC final & 22/23 season wrap
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
The true impact of James Ryan on this team is now fully understood. Better team over 80 minutes won, without Ryan we had no answer to Skelton, ref had a good game. This was the 2011 final won for a second star by a team dead and buried after the first quarter. Jack Conan was again superb.
Hugely disappointing. 17 points up and we stoped playing. Signs of panic Kicked so much ball away. Hard to see how this team progresses .Winning by 40 points each week is no preparation
Sometimes teams need to win ugly and grind a result, Leinster need to learn how to do this. No point taking a big lead and not knowing how to defend it
James Griffin (Munster fan)
Hard luck Leinster folks. That was some start but LaR ground their way back in and then strangled Leinster with their power. I think they were helped in that by James Ryan’s absence (physicality and leadership), kicks out on the full, a blocked attempted clearance, some needless penalties / cards, and some wayward long kicking back to them. The slowdown in tempo from Q2 onwards helped LaR but hindered Leinster. Can’t understand why there wasn’t a drop goal attempt at the end; a try wasn’t needed at that stage.
We missed Sexton the leader as much as the player today.
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252 : Harpin’ Preview Show – Champions’ Cup Final
OUR GUESTS : NEIL ‘KEEGO’ KEEGAN & CIAN ‘RUGBY KINO’ O’MUILLEOIR
Leinster : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jimmy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. James Lowe 10. Ross Byrne 9. Jamison Gibson-Park
1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Ross Molony 5. James Ryan > CAPTAIN 6. Caelan Doris 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan
16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Cian Healy 18. Michael Ala’alatoa 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Ryan Baird 21. Luke McGrath 22. Ciarán Frawley 23. Charlie Ngatai
Stade Rochelais : 15 B Dulin 14 D Leyds 13 UJ Seuteni 12 J Danty 11 R Rhule 10 A Hastoy 9 T Kerr Barlow
1 R Wardi 2 P Bourgarit 3 U Atonio 4 R Sazy 5 W Skelton 6 P Boudehent 7 L Botia 8 G Alldritt (c)
16 Q Lespiaucq Brettes 17 J Sclavi 18 G Henri Colombe 19 T Lavault, 20 R Bourdeau 21 U Dillane 22 T Berjon 23 J Favre
Heineken Champions Cup 2022/23
FINAL
Sat May 20 KO 4:45pm
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Ref: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
AR1: Karl Dickson (England)
AR2: Christophe Ridley (England)
TMO: Tom Foley (England)
Live on: RTÉ2, BT Sport 2, ITV1
251 – Leinster v Munster wrap
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Conor Cronin
This is a game I’ll need to watch back.
In the stand, if you believe the boos, comments here, comments all over the Internet etc we can only blame one person but I blame the urc. How did they put that referee in the position that he can be blamed? It’s outrageous that he be put in that position. Any other ref could be chosen so that the “he played” nonsense wouldn’t be am issue.
Regardless, you play the decisions, and adapt.
Well done munster, good luck on the 27th.
Craig Grehan
As an out & out leinster fan. We disrespected munster in cup rugby by not selecting our best team.
A team that does that, does it at their peril. We took the gamble and lost to the MUCH better team on the day.
Andrew Potts
A disappointing day for Leinster fond the demands of a month of weekly knock out rugby a step to far today.
Could have won it but Munster could had a few tries.
Frank Murphy did nothing today but enhance his reputation as a very flawed Ref and biased against Leinster.
In the first minute a player leaves the field unconscious. The result of a high tackle.
I thought three questions had to be answered by the Ref
Was there contact with the head?
Was force applied?
Any mitigation ?
It’s a card but only what colour.
The sanctions must have changed.
The length of time Leinster were defending under advantage was ridiculous, certainly he was a factor.
John Hyland
Munster were the better side today. For right or for wrong, Leo has prioritised the fifth star. This was always going to be a tight game. Let’s hope Munster can do the biz in SA.
MASTODON
Koochulainn Munster were up for it… Can’t complain we weren’t clinical enough 😦
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Ireland women sevens qualify for Olympics (rte.ie)
- Terenure Centre Says Provinces Should Give Young AIL Players A Chance | Balls.ie [Colman Stanley]
- European Professional Club Rugby | Dublin Heineken Champions Cup final confirmed as sell-out (epcrugby.com)
- Premiership: George Ford boots Sale Sharks past Leicester Tigers to final : PlanetRugby
- Magical Manie sends Stormers to URC final (sarugbymag.co.za)
URC SEMIFINAL WRAP
URC SEMIFINALS
STO 43-25 CON
LEI 15-16 MUN
URC FINAL
SAT MAY 27
STO V MUN
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249 : Leinster v Sharks wrap
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
NEIL ‘KEEGO’ KEEGAN & CIAN ‘RUGBY KINO’ O’MUILLEOIR
FULL TIME TAKES
Christy O’Connor
Another very comfortable game, a slight scare at the start when Sharks got their try, but in the end it was too easy.
Don’t see Munster causing any trouble after watching their game against 14 man Glasgow. Still need to show Munster respect though. Don’t want to put out all the academy players again thinking we will walk it.
Andrew Byrne
Time to rethink the quarterfinals stage? That wasn’t a proper match, Sharks seemed to turn up with a one dimensional game plan, only wishing to front up at the scrum and then return home as quickly as possible. No fight in them to have a shot at Leinster with a proper game plan. Knockout rugby gives you a chance to take down the top teams, Sharks just didn’t look interested in anything other than taking scrums.
Hubert Gallagher
(Munster semifinal will be) a derby – passions will be high, physicality intense, we cannot afford to be as generous as Glasgow yesterday and spurn the chances they did. Otherwise Munster will grow into the game and it will become a dogfight and the outcome less certain!
MASTODON
Koochulainn I thought (the Sharks) would be more dangerous, particularly against an unorthodox centre partnership (which I thought didn’t gel early on) I thought McGrath was and has been fantastic over the last while
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Joe Schmidt likely to be on IRFU’s radar as union target ‘world-class’ successor to David Nucifora | Independent.ie [Rúaidhrí O’Connor]
- Terenure earn record-breaking All-Ireland final win over Clontarf (the42.ie) [Dave Mervyn]
- Stormers stride into home semi (sarugbymag.co.za)
- Ulster were second best in URC Quarter-Final against hungry Connacht, admits Dan McFarland | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk [Jonathan Bradley]
- Munster grind out victory over Glasgow in bruising Scotstoun affair (irishexaminer.com) [Simon Lewis]
URC QUARTERFINAL WRAP
URC QUARTERFINALS
ULS 10-15 CON
STO 33-21 BUL
LEI 35-3 SHA
GLA 5-14 MUN
SEMIFINALS
SAT MAY 13
STO V CON 3PM
LEI V MUN 5:30PM
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