Only after hours of rioting, a van on fire, a few glass bins of bottles emptied, and countless fireworks in the front liners faces. Not to mention the trauma of those in Citywest. We can't look at this and not see a failure of police intelligence.

I do sympathise with the lads in the front line. Why once again thought, are we seeing the Gardai unprepared for a facist riot with a whole days notice this was happening. Also why do do they use different tactics for right wing thugs opposed to the protests in the docks or Debenhams picketers.

Like all professional sports, money and corporatism have ruined it. It's like cheering for a company on the stock exchange. Devoid of anything other than an opportunity for the boys working in Deloitte to travel to Oz and support the Chaps.

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Defo could. Unless there was actually something at stake, and England showed up, and Leinster could deal with even a scintilla of pressure when the chips were down.

There are critical posts empty in the coaching tickets in Munster, Connaught, and Ulster. It's really showing now for us with no forwards coach or head coach. Sound like a broken record, but would Leinster be left without a head coach for nearly a year. Would they feck.

It's probably an indication that Easterby is heading to Wales after lions. Surely, if he was staying, IRFU would insist he would coach this tour.

If Sexton is within an ass' roar of this, it's mental. I have no clue what he was doing with Ireland, but we can't claim the proof was anywhere on the pitch.

For himself, he should go to Leicester. The contortions the IRFU and Dublin based journos have been doing since JS left to make sure the next OH isn't from outside leinster is mental. Go for the 2 years and see how they get on without him.

If I was in his position, I'd go. Break your heart to leave home (Munster) but with the disrespect he's had from the Ireland set up, how couldn't you. Go for 2 years and watch from afar as the crowd in Dublin struggles to spin it.