Freddie Burns has apologised for his showboating calamity on Twitter

You take things personally boet. Just swallow your frustration, and take the loss on the chin and hopefully your coaches can make a difference in a few weeks time in the URC Semi Finals. Maybe this will be the year they make it to a URC Final. They have never played in a URC Final btw. Let's see that. Maybe your luck will kick in and they get something this season. At least they can fully focus on the last two pool games of the URC now and put all their energy into it. That might be the break they need to finally win a URC cup.

So yes it could be arrogance on the part of Boks and Blacks but we have a legitimate reason for feeling that way. Whereas Ireland never have. In fact in terms of WCs, they have only ever done better than Italy regarding the Six Nations teams.

England have been in at least three finals, won one.

France have been in three finals, although they lost all of them, Wales have been in at least two Semi Finals, Scotland one Semi Final.

Even amongst your peers, you guys are at the back. So I don't see what reason you have be arrogant and yet, and yet you are.

Yes you win when the ultimate pressure is not on you. Pool games, three match series, autumn series, etc, URC and EPCR pool games. But when it comes to highest tier stakes, you don't have the ability to capitalize.

It's not how you start that matters, although it does help, but how you finish. I am reminded of Munster from 2023, playing seven away games in a row and managing to win all of them on the trot including a final. That one hurt because it was against my team the Stormers.

But the stats don't even help your case. So there is a difference between “arrogance” based on fact and that based on feeling.

Now run along, I think the ice cream truck is due in your estate any minute now 😁

Have another werthers original, as I understand it they're like crack cocaine to you old oap’s

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest there appears to be growing disharmony across the provinces in light of the favoritism showed to Leinster.

Perhaps the IRFU strategy of concentrating national resources and talent within the Leinster setup is/has been a successful strategy, but you cant deny it’s appears to be an imperfect system.

In any case, sorry if I hurt your feelings

PS = I played full back or winger. did one game as a hooker (never again!)