Any word on the Academy?

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What, selecting them and the master race over other schools regardless of how good they are in comparison? Plus ca change....
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CCB will improve quickly they are offering more scholarships and there are kids moving to them From across the country from Medallion level up. All Funded by their enhanced boarding offering.
The MCB ‘newish’ head has shifted school focus to grades rather than sport, could be a new era for them.
RBAI takes all sorts and has the attraction of recent ‘serial’ school cup winners with low entry grades which attracts kids from all over.
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CIMANFOREVER wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2024 9:15 pm What, selecting them and the master race over other schools regardless of how good they are in comparison? Plus ca change....
Master race? Is that still a thing??
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Only the old guard and detractors use the master race moniker.

To be fair, i was a detractor for many years, but my youngest son is at the school and it has been great for him. The rugby programme is excellent, underpinned by committed and knowledgable teachers.

He's thriving! I hate to say it but RBAI has been brilliant for him!!
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Good win for the boys in Munster, slightly biased as had kid on the team!
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Thelaw wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:45 pm Good win for the boys in Munster, slightly biased as had kid on the team!
Good result. Congrats Dad. How was the game
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What was the score? Any sort of a win there is superb.
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28-15. Unfortunately not his dad, but proud uncle. His dad would have been beyond proud
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Thelaw wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 5:02 pm 28-15. Unfortunately not his dad, but proud uncle. His dad would have been beyond proud
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nonplussed wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 12:01 pm Only the old guard and detractors use the master race moniker.

To be fair, i was a detractor for many years, but my youngest son is at the school and it has been great for him. The rugby programme is excellent, underpinned by committed and knowledgable teachers.

He's thriving! I hate to say it but RBAI has been brilliant for him!!
Happy to be both. All things being equal, the casting vote to MCB or RBAI- Saw many examples down the years in camera. Also affirmed by more than one internal source that it is a thing. CCB less so.
And yes, Master Race is still a much used epithet. Ask my non Inst nephews. Get over it. :roll:
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Ulster under 18 schools beat Munster 28-15 in Cork. According to Munster fans forum Ulster are a huge side.
I hope this is a turning point for underage.
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Jetstream wrote:Ulster under 18 schools beat Munster 28-15 in Cork. According to Munster fans forum Ulster are a huge side.
I hope this is a turning point for underage.
And missing Adam Boyd who would be the biggest.


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Jetstream wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 7:02 pm Ulster under 18 schools beat Munster 28-15 in Cork. According to Munster fans forum Ulster are a huge side.
I hope this is a turning point for underage.
Contrary to opinion, Ulster have always been known to have a big, bulky, ignorant set of forwards over the past several decades.

More so than Munster…

IMO, No better sight in world rugby than an Ulster pack on the front foot, at any level.
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Jetstream wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 7:02 pm Ulster under 18 schools beat Munster 28-15 in Cork. According to Munster fans forum Ulster are a huge side.
I hope this is a turning point for underage.
Any win in Cork is welcome >clapping
Some 'Row and a couple of props will do well for us
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Big-al wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 7:56 pm
Jetstream wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 7:02 pm Ulster under 18 schools beat Munster 28-15 in Cork. According to Munster fans forum Ulster are a huge side.
I hope this is a turning point for underage.
Contrary to opinion, Ulster have always been known to have a big, bulky, ignorant set of forwards over the past several decades.

More so than Munster…

IMO, No better sight in world rugby than an Ulster pack on the front foot, at any level.
I'm sure you loved the 80s to 90s for that Al. Great Ulster packs. Smith was a huge hooker, even by today's terms. ( Until he met Tom Lawton lol)
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