Le Rochelais Raymond Rhule opéré avec succès

I agree Ireland wilted in the 6 Nations despite going 4 from 5. The key difference is that they aren’t going up against the home nations. They are still leaps and bounds ahead of them when it comes to kicking it against the big three/unholy trinity.

They’ve won 4 of their last 5 against Australia, 4 of their last 5 against South Africa and 2 of their last 5 against New Zealand. That’s 10 from 15 home, away and neutral. No other home nation has a comparable record.

The symmetry is around the fact that Farrell was involved (as defence coach) for the first of those wins to the most recent.

You don’t know what we know, but you will find out soon.

Just a single win from 7 series in the professional era. An all-time series win record under 40%. I can’t see them playing 10 games across 6 weeks and still getting on the right side of the test series result.

Hope it’s a great series though.

The man is literally thicker than lumpy shyte. It’s even funnier how he starts sentences with “I might be wrong” - he’s always wrong.

Footnotes indeed.

I’ve written a poem for you, Pete. I’m not sure that you look at these pages though and I’d be embarrassed that people would ridicule it. You’re probably busy getting prepped for the match anyways. Maybe another time.

Thanks for the memories.

Here’s to an entertaining, enjoyable, engrossing series.

My team didn’t lose at the weekend, I made some money, I got drunk and I got laid.

Total win.

It doesn’t feel great having so many SH players in the British and Irish Lions (wish the Lions was more like State of Origin personally) but can’t complain when they qualified under the rules that were relevant at the time, they are British and Irish qualified, so more power to them many of these guys have been there yonks an

Would Irish suit better for you?

I’d go with:

15 - de Glanville

14 - Roebuck

13 - Dingwall

12 - Butt

11 - Sleightholme

10 - Ford

9 - van Poortvliet

8 - Willis

7 - Curry

6 - One of: Underhill/CCS/Hill/Kenningham

5 - Lockett

4 - Coles

3 - Opoku-Fordjour

2 - George

1 - Baxter

16 - Langdon

17 - Obano

18 - Davison

19 - Richards

20 - One of: Underhill/CCS/Hill/Kenningham

21 - Pepper

22 - Spencer

23 - Donoghue