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Wright Thompson, Cork's Double win and everything else you can expect from The42 membership this week

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THE SUPPORT OF the ever-growing community of The42 members means our team of writers can continue to produce the sports journalism you want each day. 

And that backing is more important than ever as we gear up for a โ€” touch wood โ€” busy end to a weird year.

So, what have we lined up this week for members? 

Today, Murray Kinsella dialled up top analyst Eoin Toolan to break down Leinsterโ€™s impressive PRO14 win over Ulster in this weekโ€™s episode of Rugby Weekly Extra

Tomorrow, renowned longform sports writer Wright Thompson is Gavin Cooneyโ€™s guest on Behind The Lines, the sportswriting podcast. 

On the agenda? Thompsonโ€™s much-discussed piece on Conor McGregor, his brilliant features on Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods and his love of Groganโ€™s in Dublin. 

On the anniversary of the Cork footballers completing a historic senior All-Ireland double in 1990, weโ€™ll remember the victory over archrivals Meath in a special episode of Warriors, with GAA editor Fintan Oโ€™Toole. 

Our staff of writers will send Insider newsletters throughout the week, weโ€™ll give away our monthly member prize and thereโ€™s plenty of chat in our special โ€” and lively โ€“  WhatsApp groups. And the archive of podcasts for other shows like The Rise Of Kenny, The Football Family and How To Win At Dominoes is there for you to get stuck into. 

Learn more about the membership scheme here, what youโ€™ll get and why your support is so crucial to us. 

 

 

 

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    Mute Michael Lyons
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    Jan 29th 2015, 1:59 PM

    Heโ€™s one more win from getting his British passport back!!!

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    Mute Jon Walters
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    Jan 29th 2015, 4:37 PM

    Great comment. Well done

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    Mute Anthony
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:15 PM

    Thereโ€™s a new one!

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    Mute Jim Clarke
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    Jan 30th 2015, 11:55 AM

    How hilarious. And so original. Iโ€™ve almost never heard that gag before.

    But tell me this. Once the ocean of laughter has subsided and weโ€™ve all had our sides stiched up, Iโ€™m curious to know whether thereโ€™s any actual evidence for your implication that the Brits claim Murray as their own when he wins and refer to him as Scottish when he loses. Are there any facts to back that up, or is it just another one of our bitter little fantasies?

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    Mute logical Thinking
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    Jan 30th 2015, 3:17 PM

    You sound bitter yourself. And yes commentators have been known to make him a Brit when he wins

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    Mute Jim Clarke
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    Feb 4th 2015, 3:48 PM

    Wow, some vintage โ€œlogical thinkingโ€ there. Gotta hand it to you, youโ€™re a latter-day Wittgenstein. But, at the risk of repeating myself, do you have any actual evidence for your suggestion that theyโ€™re more likely to refer to him as British when he wins than when he loses? Or did you just make it up?

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    Mute Luke's stalker
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    Jan 29th 2015, 4:48 PM

    She is pure dirt and I like it.

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    Mute Patrick Heavey
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    Jan 29th 2015, 4:19 PM

    I love the way she spots herself on the big screen at the end of her rant and the eyes go very wide.
    She looks very naughty..

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    Mute Fearghal Brennan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:13 PM

    Goes like โ€œif it wasnโ€™t for the money,Iโ€™d never go near this boring,ugly Scottish pโ‚ฌ(&k. And his mother is suck an annoying B$ยฃ%h I hope she gets hit in the mouth with a tennis ballโ€

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    Mute Kevin O'Malley Jnr
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:31 PM

    Anger issues perhaps, Fearghal?

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    Mute Fearghal Brennan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:37 PM

    No

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    Mute Mr. Common Sense
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    Jan 30th 2015, 12:02 AM

    Fearghalโ€ฆ.Anger and envyโ€ฆsad life for you.

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    Mute Fearghal Brennan
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    Jan 30th 2015, 8:42 AM

    Ahh yeah

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    Mute Willie Browne
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:00 PM

    Sp@nk on me tโ‚ฌts Ya durty basstโ‚ฌ&d ??

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    Mute David Thomas
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:06 PM

    Iโ€™ll show you where to stick that fist later you f***. Pure filth indeed

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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:35 PM
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    Mute Fran Heavey
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    Jan 29th 2015, 4:08 PM

    Im no expert but im getting โ€œim f******g loving that s**t you something f**kโ€โ€ฆโ€ฆ..pottymouth indeed

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    Mute Ray Dempsey
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:45 PM

    F****ng have it you czech f****ng f***

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    Mute Aideen Thornton
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    Jan 29th 2015, 4:51 PM

    Something along the lines of โ€˜f*cking have that you Chech flash f*ckโ€™ is what it looks like to me!

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    Mute The_five_lamps
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:04 PM

    Itโ€™s quite clear. Theyโ€™re saying โ€œโ€ฆup..town funk you up, I said uptown funk you upโ€ฆโ€

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    Mute Dara O'Brien
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:39 PM

    Sheโ€™s saying โ€œfcuk, what a fcukin loser โ€“ shouldโ€™ve hit on the other guyโ€

    Heโ€™s saying โ€œfcuk with a few more wins, I could have a chick without a giant forehead โ€“ like Ester โ€ฆ โ€œ

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    Mute Mark McCarthy
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:55 PM

    Something about putting up a shelf !

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    Mute Ian Bevan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:01 PM

    Think she said: โ€ Iโ€™d fecking love a fish fecking supper with fecking fresh fecking fishโ€?

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    Jan 29th 2015, 9:14 PM

    You win my vote. Ha awesome!

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    Mute Elizabeth Gibson
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:43 PM

    I think sheโ€™s saying โ€œthe journals using fluching sh!t vines again, fluichs sake.

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    Mute More Creative
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:45 PM

    โ€œFu3k off ya shagging french fu3ker.โ€ I am 98% certain. Filthy dirty bird. And before you ask yes I am a born professional lip reader. 35 years experience.

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    Mute fergal ohagan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 5:56 PM

    How can we speculate on what she is saying if there is a bold word filter, for flock sake! See what I mean, we are all adults, mostly, so why canโ€™t we say the bold words?! You can keep the โ€˜Cโ€™ word on the โ€˜bold wordโ€™ list but allow it during articles about cyclists!

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    Mute Denis Gardiner
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:58 PM

    Fu@king have that shit you flash fu@ckโ€ฆ Nice!!

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    Mute Simon Gregg
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:25 PM

    Think Andys goin to get his rocks off tonight

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    Mute Shane Flanagan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:52 PM

    I got โ€œu may be beautiful but theyโ€™re keeping my idea on file, in a filing cabinetโ€

    If Iโ€™m right, she ought to be ashamed. Filth.

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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:33 PM

    Cheer up you miserable scotch cannnttt

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    Mute Cliff Browne
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:26 PM

    โ€œIโ€™m gonna f@@kin make you the best f@@kin sandwich you ever had when we get homeโ€ฆโ€ฆf@@kโ€

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    Mute Glen Patrick Daly
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:47 PM

    Fu*king hell have a shower you french fcuk ! Is what sheโ€™s saying

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    Mute Mick Stafford
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:07 PM

    Whereโ€™s my comment?!!

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    Mute Michelle Nรญ Dhubhlaรญocht
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:04 PM

    It actually looks like fed up of this sh-it, the french f**k

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    Mute Gavin Scott
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:23 PM

    Itโ€™s shite being scotttishh

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    Mute Tommie Brennan
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:00 PM

    A: Fลซcking cโ€™mon
    A: yessssh
    Aโ€™s girlfriend: Fรผck all off, you chechen fat fลซck

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Jan 30th 2015, 12:06 AM

    Anyone lip read what Bryan Dobson said at the end of 6.1 tonight? lol.

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    Mute gerry campbell
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    Jan 29th 2015, 8:40 PM

    Fuxk off you check Fat Fuxxer. ?

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    Mute Carol C.
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    Jan 30th 2015, 12:29 AM

    F*ck I forgot to put up that shelf, F*ckity F*ckโ€™ ????!!

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    Mute John Ward
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    Jan 30th 2015, 12:09 AM

    It looks to me very much like, โ€œF*ck Berdych, the old fashioned f*ck.โ€!

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    Mute Hughes The Daddy?
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    Jan 29th 2015, 7:49 PM

    Iโ€™d fckin love a shower and freshin up?

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    Mute Ciarรกn Byrne
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    Jan 30th 2015, 3:39 AM

    She is stunning and classy โค๏ธ

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    Mute John Ward
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    Jan 30th 2015, 12:13 AM

    Second attempt: โ€œF*ck off, Berdych, you old fashioned f*ckโ€!

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    Jan 29th 2015, 10:23 PM

    โ€œIโ€™m a lovely shy fat fanโ€

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    Mute Lily
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    Jan 29th 2015, 6:00 PM

    Andy Murray โ€œah f@ck, come onโ€

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    Mute Anthony
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    Jan 29th 2015, 11:27 PM

    โ€œI feel like having a shite, fart after fartโ€ฆโ€ Bad lip read?

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