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Issue 52			19 March 2007

Italy 24 Ireland 51
Ireland secure big win over Italy - now there's a surprise! Ireland and Italy went through the motions, but the championship was decided five weeks ago in the choker in Croker. Even if Ireland had secured enough points to win The Six Nations Championship it wouldn't have made much difference. Ireland still came up short when it mattered against the French. So what have we learned about Ireland from this campaign? We have 18 players that O'Sullivan will use. The rest aren't to be trusted even under the worst circumstances. Er, that's it. Now some people may wonder if this is a good enough return for a team featuring the Heineken Cup winning pack, the, "best back line in Europe" and a bench made up of the current Celtic League champions. But sure we gave it a lash and developed lots of young exciting		O'Stunted tries to associate himself with Irelands Cricket Team while they still have an unbeaten World Cup record!
talent in time for the World Cup. Didn't we? Yeah? It needs to be asked if O'Stunted's personal ambitions are now starting to detrimentally effect the development of the Irish team. It appears that O'Stunted is so focused on his personal win/lose ratio that he is not developing the team. He is taking a huge risk going into Ireland's World Cup campaign. It appears he has learnt nothing from the disastrous Lions campaign where a crippled Wilkinson was wheeled out and as soon as BOD was crocked there was no-one to fall back on. If BOD or O'Gara or O'Connell or whoever is crocked going into the World Cup who will O'Stunted fall back on? He's had three games since the French defeat to experiment but he either hasn't had the balls or the nous to do this! A couple of centre combinations could have been tried, a couple of half back combinations could have been tried, a couple of second row combinations could have been tried, some backrow variations would have been nice! Oh well, we've still got two brutal games against World Cup opponents Argentina, in Buenos Aires, for all those. That should be enough! Shouldn't it? Yeah?

INTISTA Predictions League Week 27
			Rounding off a successful week were he was re-elected to the URSC, Kimble ekes out two points over closest rival Ardmhic (who was getting too big for his boots anyway!) Kimble and Ardmhic in happier times! Dewi goes from hero to zero. Having the only full house last week he now is the only person to score one. Jackie Brown scores three, getting a bonus point for predicting France would win the Six Nations!

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Hounds Liquid Lunch!

All members of the Hounds of Ulster are reminded, that this Friday the 23rd there will be a liquid lunch held in McHughs' Bar, Belfast before we move on to Ravers for the Monster game. ETA McHughs' 14.00hrs. Anyone else that is off that day and would like to join us for a spot of lunch is more than welcome. The next liquid lunch will be in Edinburgh on Friday 13th of April before heading down to the Borders. Meeting place will be The Black Bull Tavern on Leith Street, Edinburgh at 13.30hrs. (Bull your membership will be reconsidered if you go to Aintree instead!)



		Good luck to Wallace and RBAI on Monday! Predictions League Week 28 Weekend 23rd March. Magners League Friday 23rd Llanelli v Dragons Borders v Edinburgh Ulster v Munster Saturday 24th Leinster v Connacht Predictions to be in by 6.00pm Friday 23rd March. ENTER HERE More Parky Pictures. Click Here. Sign The FRU Guestbook View The FRU Guestbook

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