Ulster Team Talk Thread IV... Go On My Henderson...

Eh no. The taxpayer is paying teachers to educate children, and doesn't differentiate on where the school is or who goes, exactly like it should be.

You could make an argument that the taxpayer pays what they need to pay.

Lots of things are means tested. If those schools can afford to pay for their own teachers, maybe they should?

On the other hand, i don't really care either way.

Wasn't able to watch the game but watched it early this morning. I was a bit dubious on Murphy but totally all in now tbh.

I was mainly excited about how it would affect academy intakes but i've progressed to just excited.

Depends on where you get your media. Right wingers used to detest NYC so it was always the moral panic story: drugs, degeneracy, black people! But 9/11 and a cop mayor meant there was a vacancy for somewhere new that's destroying America, helped of course by the guys who own a lot of media not wanting to pay any tax.

Huh?

Interesting suggestion on Baloucoune at 13, I think I'd prefer to try him there ahead of Kok. Kok throws himself about and is fully committed in the tackle but I certainly wouldn't consider him a canny defender. I'd be worried he would shoot up a lot and could get exposed. Baloucoune needs a new lease of life, switching to 13 could give him that.

Hoping at least Stu can make it back. Not saying it will change the result but could keep us in the game for longer

Purely out of curiousity, I did an age profile of our 23.

21 years old – Scott Wilson

22 years old – Harry Sheridan, Jude Postlethwaite, Nathan Doak

23 years old – David McCann, Tom Stewart, Ethan McIlroy

24 years old – Cormac Izuchukwu, Stewart Moore

25 years old – Tom O’Toole, Mike Lowry

26 years old –

27 years old –

28 years old – Eric O’Sullivan, Nick Timoney, Jacob Stockdale, Greg Jones (whut?)

29 years old – Billy Burns (30 next week!)

30 years old – Matty Rea

31 years old – Will Addison, Stuart McCloskey

32 years old –

33 years old – Andrew Warwick, Dave Ewers

34 years old – Rob Herring, John Cooney

Yeah whos Greg Jones?

8 players in that 22-24 age group! That very encouraging because they are all players with real potential.

Interestingly Leinster have only 3. Baird, McCarthy, Osborne.

Yeah, he's six months younger than Scott Wilson. Very excited about Wilson.

Izzy off. Competitive while it lasted

Is it just me or is Stockdale having a terrible game? Commentators seem to think he's playing brilliantly but all Im seeing is him nearly catching balls, nearly staying in field, etc. Brutal afternoon from Ulster, they had a couple of spells in the first half when if they'd scored it would have changed the complexion of the game entirely. Leinster's attack really isn't very good, but when it clicks they score. Big difference.

As a Leinster fan I'll just say hard luck on the day,and I look forward to Murphy hopefully guiding ye back to where Ulster Rugby should be, fighting it out at the top of Champions Cup Pools, in the medals of the URC, and with packed houses under the lights at Ravenhill, providing a daunting venue for big beast teams like Toulouse.