Eye gouging is the act of an absolute scumbag anyway but eye gouging against a team you are battering 73-0 & who literally pose zero threat to you should come with an *extra* 10 week ban on top of whatever else the panel decides, just for the sheer needless & vindictive stupidity of it #WALvRSA

I'm glad we've signed Reiko Ioane. We need a squad player as a backup to JJ Kenny 😎 #DRAvLEI

In the jigs & the reels of Leinster's sub-optimal start to the season & the November internationals, I had completely forgotten that Sam Gilbert was joining Connacht. Really interested to see how he goes because, on paper at least, it looks like a fantastic signing

Amidst all the *everything* about this Potemkin Village of a competition, this is the first time I'm actually seeing their official logo Hilariously bad. Like something you'd see on a tennis racket you've bought from Sports Direct, thinking it was a better brand (which is an apt metaphor to be fair)

Insert "Sure, Jan" gif here...

I for one am shocked to my very core at this completely unexpected outcome...

Happy Thingsgiving to all those who observe 🙃

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The paradox of choice: The Liverpool v PSV match is on three different channels 😃 The lead commentators are Daragh Maloney, Sam Matterface & Martin Tyler 😫

FIFA are genuinely fucking pathetic now, even more so than they ever were under Blatter A tapeworm in human form as president, catering to the whims of the owner of whichever fundament he's buried in that day Might as well announce the World Cup winner now, Infantino, you venal little lickspittle

I think I'd rather we got five more yellow cards than hear "Sweet Caroline" played at the Aviva. An anthem for England football fans, the most basic of sporting bitches 🤮 #IRLvRSA

Oh, and I know this goes without saying, but Stephen Ferris is a moron who should be made to live in a soundproof box #IRLvRSA

I haven't seen such a collective head loss from a team since 3:30 this afternoon at Anfield 😅 #IRLvRSA

Imagine being such irredeemable pieces of shit that you're not even welcome at the funeral of *DICK CHENEY*! 😅😅😅

The bassline that pretty much defined my college years. RIP Mani 😔💔 youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA?...

The key quote from this piece is below The reason they *sound* expensive is because they *are* expensive and the reason you're happy with the prices is because you're selling out the stadium (for the big games, at least) Let's see how happy you are when performances dip & the fairweather fans vanish

A bona fide Irish sporting legend who 99% of the population would pass on the street without even a flicker of recognition

A rare photo of Gianni Infantino where he isn't the biggest cunt in it.

When I arrive at the party

An absolute banner week for lads with Scottish accents screaming themselves hoarse in the 90th minute plus forever 😆😆😆

We're totally getting the f***ing Danes again, aren't we? 🤦‍♂️

He's finally perfected that salute... 👀

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Franz Liszt, Ferenc Puskas, Laszlo Biro, Adrien Brody, Joseph Pulitzer, bloke who invented the Rubiks Cube - can you hear us bloke who invented the Rubik's Cube? Solve that in 6+ minutes of added time!

Hang. It. In. The. Louvre! (And hope it doesn't get nicked!)

If none of the Irish papers runs a "Parrot Eats 'Em All" headline, we riot! 🦜🇮🇪3️⃣ #HUNvROI

Attila The Hun, your boys took one hell of a beating 🦜🦜🦜 #HUNvROI

Could someone *please* tell Daragh Moloney that he doesn't have to be constantly wittering away on comms? Just take a breath FFS & let the football tell its own story. You don't have to fill every second of quiet with inane 🐂💩 #HUNvROI

There is something counterintuitively pleasing about the number of truly terrible haircuts in this Ireland team. As a man "of a certain age", nostalgia is a hell of a drug & there's great comfort in the knowledge that what's old is new again 😁 #IRLvAUS

40 mins in & it's a game of two halves, Des. The offensive half 👍🏼 The defensive half 👎🏼 Some really good stuff going forward & also putting pressure on the Aussie backfield with the kick chase but some really stupid stuff defending our own line & the breakdown is a mess #IRLvAUS

Hey, whatever works, man 😁

Mack Hansen is wearing odd boots. Because of course he is. #IRLvAUS

"I am a man who will fight for your honour, I'll be the hero, and so on and so forth" - Peter Et Cetera.

Stephen Ferris' continued media career mirrors the latter injury-ravaged years of his central contract with the IRFU: you're hoping he'll get better but you know in your heart of hearts that's never going to happen

We *really* need to make sure no South Africans get red carded in Dublin next weekend. All it seems to do is remove some lummox & give the fancy boys extra space to play in... 😬

I've a lad from work who has tickets for tonight but can't make it and he's looking for a home for them, 100 quid for the pair. BLK515 Row F if anyone interested ?

#TheWitcher was never high art but it was entertaining at least, which makes it so irritating that season 4 is so poor. Lacks coherent storytelling, too many fragmented plots & also looks like the budget was completely slashed to the bone as well. And then there's the elephant in the room...

This may only be something for "people of a certain age" but in that pic, why does David Szalay look like Mike Yarwood playing Bill Clinton?...

5️⃣ Troy Parrot joins Kevin Moran and Tommy Coyne as players who have gone on to win each of the five games where they scored an international goal! #COYBIG #IRLPOR

Scenes from the Aviva

David Squires on … Fifa’s peace prize and Donald Trump’s eligibility

Italy beating Australia means we have to re-re-evaluate that Lions result, doesn't it? 🤨😬

"Inside every man there are two wolves" as the old Cherokee saying goes Inside Sam Prendergast there are four wolves, inside whom there are two wolves each, and they all seem to be making different decisions at the same time & howling them into his brain in unison... 😖 #IREvJAP