Leinster V Stade Rochelais. Champions Cup Final. Sat May 20, 16:45. Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

Munster supporters were supporting the Munster lads more than anything else. I saw a decent number up from Nenagh wearing Nenagh jerseys supporting Donnacha Ryan for example. saw a few outside ground from Tralee doing same for Ultan Dillane. they were only there to support them and would have been there regardless of the opposition.

Plot twist. The translator got it wrong and it was clarified later on that Alldritt actually said Ryan eyeballed him rather than avoided eye contact. So it sounds like Alldritt and ROG aren't on the same page.

He's just running with the story and backing up his player regardless. It's absolutely nothing but he's not shy about firing a comment and that will always get under the skin of those who let it/aren't fans. On the other hand, his fans absolutely love it. There's a bit of an Eddie Jones vibe about how he creates narratives and thinks about the game and I mean that as a massive compliment. Lots of people strongly disliked EJ but he was brilliant at getting under the skin of others and engaging in a bit of verbal niggle to his own benefit.

I'm reminded of The Last Dance when MJ was reported to have been disrespected by LaBradford Smith who told Jordan "Nice game" after scoring 37 points on him. Jordan used it as motivation to destroy him the next time. But it was completely made up by Jordan just to create a narrative.

Whatever it takes for someone to get themselves motivated, so be it.

The JGP one is at 28:50 on the match clock.

Ringrose at 63:18. Gets up from tackling and clearly takes botia out of it before he can ruck ngati who then gets a turnover. Its blatant, obvious and right in front of the ref.

If you cant acknowledge that both of these should have been LAR penalties then your just completely biased.

….with back to back European trophies and a league title to play for

Also i wonder will you hold johnny sextons behaviour to such high standards? I very much doubt it

That settles that so.

You cant see anything only blue. Two clear as day penalties and your jumping through hoops in some poor effort to mitigate them into something else.

best of luck to you.

I think it is officially a “storm in teacup” reading Thornley today.

But why did they feel the need to stop ROG talking to the ref than actually focusing on talking to their own team on second half strategy?

Nope, contact skills coach. He works with them during the week. Might be involved in the warm up, I suppose. But when it comes to the overall plan and team talks etc., he's not in that group. He doesn't even travel with the team to away games.

Nothing will come of it, a bit of handbags at best.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2023/05/21/epcr-likely-to-investigate-allegations-of-tunnel-row-involving-ronan-ogara-and-johnny-sexton/

Only time that has ever happened with me with the jersey thing at a Heineken Cup final is with Leinster fans. I was at my first of ten or so in the early 2000s and have always worn my Munster jersey. Would see fans with Wasps/Toulon/their own club/wherever jersey on and the only time I've ever had hassle was from Leinster fans the couple times I was there when they won - comments, squaring up to me in the street after winning it. Made me wonder if they mouthed off to Wasps fans too that day about wearing their jersey.

Incidentally I was in a butchers last week just before the URC semi and the butcher and another customer (both in the 60s, died in the wool fans) were both saying how they don't go to Munster matches in Dublin any more 'cos of that sort of stuff. I'd associate it more with soccer fans in the UK. I haven't been up in five or six years to the Horseyhouse or Landsdowne and have no real desire to to be honest. I'm not alone in that amongst supporters down this way.

All that being said, I'm sure it goes both ways with Munster fans goading too. There's idiots following every club, I've seen and heard embarrassing things on the terrace amongst our own over the years.

we'd the same, three of us, aside form the snide comments, we'd a fella belt down the stairs grab us by the collars and call us "disgraces to irish rugby"

we've downs this fixture for years, never seen the like before

One time I went to match in a jersey and someone shot me and kidnapped my child ..