Damien 13,379 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 (edited) A great report about Ronan Michael in the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ronan-michael-revelling-in-his-sporting-life-after-landing-in-super-league-1.4553560 Edited May 7 by Damien 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Lowdesert 3,392 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 18 minutes ago, Damien said: A great report about Ronan Michael in the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ronan-michael-revelling-in-his-sporting-life-after-landing-in-super-league-1.4553560 Good read. I love the reference to This Sporting Life. “In the iconic rugby league movie, This Sporting Life, two main characters Frank Machin and Mrs Weaver have a tetchy exchange. “We don’t have stars in this game, Mrs Weaver, that’s soccer,” says the Richard Harris character, Machin. “What DO you have,” shoots Mrs Weaver. “People like me,” says Machin.” 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Whippet13 1,527 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Episode 61 of the Chasing Kangaroos podcast has a very good and entertaining interview with Ronan, well worth a listen. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/61-luck-of-the-irish/id1441882710?i=1000473618457 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygilf 8,124 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 What a fantastic article. I do wonder how many more Ronan Michaels there are out there Link to post Share on other sites
Damien 13,379 Posted May 7 Author Report Share Posted May 7 (edited) The article was actually the main sports article on the sports page for a number of hours and is very prominent in the print edition. You can see here: https://www.facebook.com/171690882992178/posts/1939291272898788/ Edited May 7 by Damien 11 Link to post Share on other sites
damp squib 2,489 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 I don't think I've ever seen Rugby League given that level of prominence in The Irish Times before. In fact I don't think I've ever seen Rugby League mentioned in The Irish Times before. Without wanting to restart the heritage player debate again, it shows how important it is to have home grown players that journalists here can build a story around. 10 Link to post Share on other sites
The Future is League 3,159 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 There has to be a lot of talented athletes in Ireland who would make very good Rugby League players Link to post Share on other sites
Southerner 362 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Is he playing tonight? Link to post Share on other sites
CrushersForever 608 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 2 hours ago, The Future is League said: There has to be a lot of talented athletes in Ireland who would make very good Rugby League players My 8 year old son regularly tells his teammates at his Union club that he'd rather be playing Rugby League because it's better. I don't know if he'll ever play for Ireland or anything, but I'm hopeful he'll have a long career of hiding Union mags at newsagents. 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmy DoNut 13 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 2 hours ago, Southerner said: Is he playing tonight? He's on loan at Whitehaven just now and will probably be playing for them at my club Oldham , live on Our League tomorrow lunch-time. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ant 829 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Tons of potential, like McGillvary when he joined the Giants he needs to learn the game by playing Whitehaven is a good place to learn under ex Giants coach Thorman 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Kevin Sinfield 2,561 Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 (edited) 15 hours ago, Tommygilf said: What a fantastic article. I do wonder how many more Ronan Michaels there are out there 10 hours ago, The Future is League said: There has to be a lot of talented athletes in Ireland who would make very good Rugby League players The majority of Super League players come from Leeds, Wigan and the surrounding areas. There is nothing special in the water in these places, there are plenty of people who could make it in Rugby League in Ireland as there are in Wales. Edited May 8 by Sir Kevin Sinfield 6 Link to post Share on other sites
meast 1,964 Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 (edited) 20 hours ago, Ant said: Tons of potential, like McGillvary when he joined the Giants he needs to learn the game by playing Whitehaven is a good place to learn under ex Giants coach Thorman Thorman is at Workington Ant, When he first came on for his debut for the U19's at Lockwood Park 3 and a bit years ago, he'd only ever played a few games for Longhorns back home and he took a while to get the RU traits out of his game Within 6 months he was representing Ireland U18's in the European cup competition in Serbia and a year later represented Ireland in the world cup qualifying competition. Some rise that, no wonder the Irish are rightly proud of him! Edited May 8 by meast https://www.facebook.com/HuddersfieldSA Link to post Share on other sites
Davo5 5,486 Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 20 hours ago, Ant said: Tons of potential, like McGillvary when he joined the Giants he needs to learn the game by playing Whitehaven is a good place to learn under ex Giants coach Thorman Thorman at Whitehaven,didn’t know he’d moved onto bigger & better things 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ant 829 Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 On 08/05/2021 at 18:46, Davo5 said: Thorman at Whitehaven,didn’t know he’d moved onto bigger & better things Doh. Starts with a W, is somewhere cold Link to post Share on other sites
Scubby 12,499 Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 On 07/05/2021 at 22:18, CrushersForever said: My 8 year old son regularly tells his teammates at his Union club that he'd rather be playing Rugby League because it's better. I don't know if he'll ever play for Ireland or anything, but I'm hopeful he'll have a long career of hiding Union mags at newsagents. That is solid parenting right there! Kudos to you my friend. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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