Rob Gardner
@robgardner.bsky.social
Leinster rugby, NFL, writing, SEO consultant
Good bitta kit.
Inspired by the 2001 jersey, this collection celebrates the players, supporters and moments that helped shape the club's identity, while recognising the new generation who continue to build on that legacy.
Legacy Never Goes Out of Style 💙
Legacy Never Goes Out of Style 💙
August 5, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Good bitta kit.
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Really enjoyed this piece on James Lowe from @squidgerugby.bsky.social
They've some of the details wrong about the new reality of the contracting & financing situation in Irish rugby, but they have nailed it otherwise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Dt...
They've some of the details wrong about the new reality of the contracting & financing situation in Irish rugby, but they have nailed it otherwise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Dt...
So James Lowe is leaving Leinster & Ireland- Why and what does this mean?
YouTube video by More Squidge Rugby
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June 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Really enjoyed this piece on James Lowe from @squidgerugby.bsky.social
They've some of the details wrong about the new reality of the contracting & financing situation in Irish rugby, but they have nailed it otherwise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Dt...
They've some of the details wrong about the new reality of the contracting & financing situation in Irish rugby, but they have nailed it otherwise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Dt...
Very excited for the interview in a few weeks when Lowe gives them both barrels tbh.
This is a real shame.
This is a real shame.
And it's official. But Lowe signs off with nothing but class.
I'm not going to lie, this one hurts.
I'm not going to lie, this one hurts.
June 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Very excited for the interview in a few weeks when Lowe gives them both barrels tbh.
This is a real shame.
This is a real shame.
Explain to me again why failed sports administrator David Humphreys received the most powerful job in Irish rugby?
The Leinster Tax isn’t great for Leinster, but it’s even worse for Ireland. Shooting yourself in the foot a season before the World Cup is crazy behaviour.
The Leinster Tax isn’t great for Leinster, but it’s even worse for Ireland. Shooting yourself in the foot a season before the World Cup is crazy behaviour.
Ireland and Leinster wing James Lowe set to join Japanese club: the42.ie/7057126t
Ireland and Leinster wing Lowe set to join Japanese club
The Ireland and Leinster wing is set to replace Cheslin Kolbe in Tokyo.
the42.ie
June 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Explain to me again why failed sports administrator David Humphreys received the most powerful job in Irish rugby?
The Leinster Tax isn’t great for Leinster, but it’s even worse for Ireland. Shooting yourself in the foot a season before the World Cup is crazy behaviour.
The Leinster Tax isn’t great for Leinster, but it’s even worse for Ireland. Shooting yourself in the foot a season before the World Cup is crazy behaviour.
The vibes have rarely been more off.
Give it a few years and we'll be calling out for the halcyon days of Matt O'Connor.
Give it a few years and we'll be calling out for the halcyon days of Matt O'Connor.
James Lowe set to leave Leinster and Irish rugby this summer: the42.ie/7055532
James Lowe set to leave Leinster and Irish rugby this summer
The 33-year-old was offered a new deal but is expected to depart at the end of the season.
the42.ie
May 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The vibes have rarely been more off.
Give it a few years and we'll be calling out for the halcyon days of Matt O'Connor.
Give it a few years and we'll be calling out for the halcyon days of Matt O'Connor.
Let’s start a guy at outhalf for a knockout game who would find the half-time minis too physical 🤌🤌🤌🤌
May 28, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Let’s start a guy at outhalf for a knockout game who would find the half-time minis too physical 🤌🤌🤌🤌
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May 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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We'll see you in Bilbao 👋 🛫
May 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
We'll see you in Bilbao 👋 🛫
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A proper captain's performance has landed Caelan Doris in this week's Castore Player Spotlight 🫡
2️⃣0️⃣ carries
4️⃣4️⃣ post-contact metres
4️⃣ defenders beaten
1️⃣5️⃣ tackles
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣% tackle success
1️⃣ try assist
1️⃣ try
Just wow 🤩
#NeverLessThanEverything
2️⃣0️⃣ carries
4️⃣4️⃣ post-contact metres
4️⃣ defenders beaten
1️⃣5️⃣ tackles
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣% tackle success
1️⃣ try assist
1️⃣ try
Just wow 🤩
#NeverLessThanEverything
May 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A proper captain's performance has landed Caelan Doris in this week's Castore Player Spotlight 🫡
2️⃣0️⃣ carries
4️⃣4️⃣ post-contact metres
4️⃣ defenders beaten
1️⃣5️⃣ tackles
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣% tackle success
1️⃣ try assist
1️⃣ try
Just wow 🤩
#NeverLessThanEverything
2️⃣0️⃣ carries
4️⃣4️⃣ post-contact metres
4️⃣ defenders beaten
1️⃣5️⃣ tackles
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣% tackle success
1️⃣ try assist
1️⃣ try
Just wow 🤩
#NeverLessThanEverything
If Bath could do me a favour and win so we can avoid a Prem ref in the final that would be great.
May 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
If Bath could do me a favour and win so we can avoid a Prem ref in the final that would be great.
Ultimately I think this is the problem with the modern European competition - it doesn’t really start until the quarter finals.
This is everything I hoped so far. Nothing quite like the later rounds of Big Europe.
May 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Ultimately I think this is the problem with the modern European competition - it doesn’t really start until the quarter finals.
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✉️ Explore 145,000 medieval merchant letters as a live map: the correspondence network of Francesco di Marco Datini (c.1363–1412), spanning Florence to Barcelona to North Africa.
Visualise routes, travel times & seasonality.
docuracy.github.io/datini/
#DigitalHumanities #MedievalHistory
Visualise routes, travel times & seasonality.
docuracy.github.io/datini/
#DigitalHumanities #MedievalHistory
May 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
✉️ Explore 145,000 medieval merchant letters as a live map: the correspondence network of Francesco di Marco Datini (c.1363–1412), spanning Florence to Barcelona to North Africa.
Visualise routes, travel times & seasonality.
docuracy.github.io/datini/
#DigitalHumanities #MedievalHistory
Visualise routes, travel times & seasonality.
docuracy.github.io/datini/
#DigitalHumanities #MedievalHistory
This 80 minutes encapsulating Leinster's season tbh.
Moments were the attack looks like it's starting to stick but then the passing is letting us down.
Defence looks reasonable but then oppo will just cut through it like butter.
Relying on one of our worldies to create something out of nothing.
Moments were the attack looks like it's starting to stick but then the passing is letting us down.
Defence looks reasonable but then oppo will just cut through it like butter.
Relying on one of our worldies to create something out of nothing.
April 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This 80 minutes encapsulating Leinster's season tbh.
Moments were the attack looks like it's starting to stick but then the passing is letting us down.
Defence looks reasonable but then oppo will just cut through it like butter.
Relying on one of our worldies to create something out of nothing.
Moments were the attack looks like it's starting to stick but then the passing is letting us down.
Defence looks reasonable but then oppo will just cut through it like butter.
Relying on one of our worldies to create something out of nothing.
I’m almost certain it’s the worst season Leinster have had since ~04 season.
Entire coaching ticket needs a rethink.
Entire coaching ticket needs a rethink.
Leinster 🔵 are having their worst season of the #URC era 📉 both defensively and offensively (per game data shown)
🔻 first time averaging < 4 tries per game
🔻 first time averaging < 30 pts per game
🔻 first time averaging < 6 turnovers won per game
Data from URC website 🧑💻
🔻 first time averaging < 4 tries per game
🔻 first time averaging < 30 pts per game
🔻 first time averaging < 6 turnovers won per game
Data from URC website 🧑💻
March 25, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I’m almost certain it’s the worst season Leinster have had since ~04 season.
Entire coaching ticket needs a rethink.
Entire coaching ticket needs a rethink.
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Now that Timothee Chalamet has been taught a bloody good lesson everyone can go back to doing what they do best: Regularly and enthusiastically attending the ballet and opera
March 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Now that Timothee Chalamet has been taught a bloody good lesson everyone can go back to doing what they do best: Regularly and enthusiastically attending the ballet and opera
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Johnny Sexton has sure improved Crowley’s kicking!
March 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Johnny Sexton has sure improved Crowley’s kicking!
The Six Nations is the greatest tournament in the world.
It is singular.
Every other sports tournament playing for second.
It is singular.
Every other sports tournament playing for second.
March 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The Six Nations is the greatest tournament in the world.
It is singular.
Every other sports tournament playing for second.
It is singular.
Every other sports tournament playing for second.
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Have said this before in other forms, but will reiterate it here: if you're doing long-form writing of any sort, reading the words aloud into a microphone is a completely unparalleled cheat code. It's free, easy, and so effective it feels like it shouldn't be allowed. I do it in a few stages...
If you’re a (new) writer and haven’t heard or taken the advice that you should read your work aloud to yourself, just go and listen to some well-written audiobooks and compare them to some not-so-well written ones.
March 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Have said this before in other forms, but will reiterate it here: if you're doing long-form writing of any sort, reading the words aloud into a microphone is a completely unparalleled cheat code. It's free, easy, and so effective it feels like it shouldn't be allowed. I do it in a few stages...
Joey Carbery will be the starting outhalf for Ireland come the World Cup.
March 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Joey Carbery will be the starting outhalf for Ireland come the World Cup.
Poor old Deluded Donncha. Presume the chap can’t read if this is the rubbish he is coming out with.
Love Donncha O'Callaghan going in to bat for Jack Crowley.
Willy Wonka reference is on point.
Willy Wonka reference is on point.
March 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Poor old Deluded Donncha. Presume the chap can’t read if this is the rubbish he is coming out with.