I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

And to think I was a bit miffed earlier I had missed tickets for this game. A blessing in disguise #IREvRSA

If there was nothing wrong with the shoulder charge earlier, there was nothing wrong with that one. #IREvRSA

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

What do you reckon prendergast and crowleys barber does for a living? #IREvAUS

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

It's the first step of the inevitable British-Irish league.

Any chance of a DMac sabbatical to Leinster? One of my absolute favourite players.

Quite a lot of the 'well Japan were tired in that last 30 minutes' narrative going around. Okay, but cutting out the sloppiness of our own making has nothing to do with their tiredness.

To be clear, I don’t begrudge Farrell his debut. BUT can you imagine the absolute headloss that would be currently unfolding if we were giving a cap to a 32 year old player who played for Leinster.

Suddenly I really like the idea of the 20 minute red card

Sexton’s coaching already paying dividends for Crowley

It’s my toddlers bedtime and I’m just putting her favourite album on #IREvNZ

The absolute indignity of being asked about a (false) bad review from 2017 when trying to book a house on AirBnB. Take your €500 for 2 days and g’way. A hotel would never.

A fairly callow named team. We should win but I also feel we’re tempting fate with this team.

This was called for unnecessary roughness. Game is absolutely gone.

Dunno what all the fuss is about - he looks delighted to have November off.

Sitting right in front of the posts and Crowley has missed every kick he’s taken in the warm up so far #LEIvMUN

He's talking about the irish squad named yesterday btw.

Really enjoyed this from Faz Snr. Rare you get such a long interview out of him.

Edinburgh absolutely collapsing here. Crazy stuff.

Decent chance that we are about to lose 5 games on the bounce tbh.

Buzzing for my grandchildren’s grandchildren to be at the opening of the metrolink.

I’ve played in J5 teams that look less like a scratch team than Leinster #STOvLEI

Games gone.

Well, here we are, halfway through our introduction the #URC and the time has finally come to address the most successful team in the league one of the best in professional rugby: Leinster. www.leinsterrugby.ie

I wrote something about respectability in dress over on Twitter. The topic is nuanced for me, so unfortunately the post had to be long. Since Bluesky (reasonably) has character limits, I can't easily import the text here. So I'm including screenshots, if you would like to read it.

I’m doing my part. Are you? 🫵

Huge amount of nastiness from Munster fans towards Conor Murray following the release of his book & the particular extracts in the paper. One of the greatest Irish & Munster players. Top 3~ in his position of all time. Contextualise & critique his comments, but don’t disavow your own legend.

I’ve been radicalised by Michael D www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

The child is demanding we ‘watch Nemo’ at half time. Will probably make more sense of the match than any pundit ever has.

*bangs desk* One of us! One of us!

Leinster fans: please bring back gold as a stronger secondary colour Castore: gonna make the team look like they pissed themselves real bad, just like you asked

One of the absolute best gigs I’ve been to. Still top of their game. Absolutely savage stuff.

Trying to decide if it’s funnier that the “Rassie is a genius” crowd or the “Faz is a bad coach” wafflers are having a bad day

As @gortoshay1.bsky.social says we never want to see a Brown Thomas meme again

The main thing that the Lions brings into focus for me is how much of a loss that Sky Sports is to rugby as a media & broadcasting partner. The sport is much worse off without them involved. They know how to sell a sporting product better than anybody else.

In other news, Dan Sheehan is available for selection for Leinster for the first 3 rounds of the URC.

An absolute banger from the lads. More than worth the few quid.

Scottish rugby’s most normal poster:

Leinster winning a URC and a Lion’s series at a trot. A good return for the season. #AUSvBIL

It wasn’t jet fuel that melted the steel beams, it was James Ryan rucking through them completely legally.

Now that we’ve won the series, I can’t wait for Thomas Clarkson and Jamie Osborne to be Test Lions next week.

The Ryan line is now open.

On a ferry to Spain and some poor woman has to give a lecture about orcas while the entire pub watches the Lions.

Very funny that Joe McCarthy has gotten more stick for being selected for Ireland over the last year than he has for being selected for the Lions. Not a peep from the English or the Scots. Telling. #AUSvBIL

This is either gonna be really good or really bad. No inbetween.

Leinster back in pre-season today - seems a bit of a short break if you ask me. Not sure this is good for the long term health of the players. Impossible to implement up in this hemisphere, but domestic rugby should have a hard stop by the end of May to ensure players get a decent break.