Damien Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdesert Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 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.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 What a fantastic article. I do wonder how many more Ronan Michaels there are out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damp squib Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 There has to be a lot of talented athletes in Ireland who would make very good Rugby League players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Is he playing tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrushersForever Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy DoNut Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Kevin Sinfield Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 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! Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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