The Official Irish Rugby Thread

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Very strange indeed. The NZ 95 bug must never have left.

No Finn Russell in the Scottish squad so I’d say Healy’s phone is ringing off the hook. I don’t think he’s got it to be a consistent starting 10 for Ireland but he’d make himself NIQ in the eyes of the IRFU. It never held AJ Macginty back (who interestingly is soon to be eligible for Ireland again - not for caps but more for a contract at a province). The Scots would cast him aside sharpish as he’s not an Embra schools boy, it’s a tough decision for him.

 

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Leinster side for Scarlets game tomorrow night

Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets):

15. Chris Cosgrave (2)
14. Rob Russell (9)
13. Liam Turner (7)
12. Charlie Ngatai (5)
11. Dave Kearney (176)
10. Ross Byrne (134)
9. Luke McGrath (180)
1. Ed Byrne (89)
2. John McKee (7)
3. Thomas Clarkson (19)
4. Ross Molony (145)
5. Jason Jenkins (5)
6. Rhys Ruddock (212) CAPTAIN
7. Scott Penny (43)
8. Max Deegan (86)

16. Tadgh McElroy (0)
17. Michael Milne (18)
18. Vakhtang Abdaladze (20)
19. Brian Deeny (3)
20. Martin Moloney (9)
21. Nick McCarthy (50)
22. Charlie Tector (0)
23. Ben Brownlee (0)

 

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Ulster side for tomorrow

will be interesting to see how doak progresses.

(15-9): Stewart Moore, Ben Moxham, James Hume, Luke Marshall, Ethan McIlroy, Billy Burns, Nathan Doak;

(1-8): Andy Warwick, Tom Stewart, Marty Moore, Alan O’Connor (Captain), Sam Carter, David McCann, Sean Reffell, Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements: John Andrew, Rory Sutherland, Gareth Milasinovich, Cormac Izuchukwu, Jordi Murphy, John Cooney, Angus Curtis, Craig Gilroy.

 

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Connacht side for ospreys

Connacht: T O’Halloran, A Wootton, T Farrell, D Hawkshaw, J Porch, J Carty (C), C Blade, D Buckley, D Tierney-Martin, J Aungier, O Dowling, G Thornbury, S Hurley-Langton, C Oliver, J Butler. Replacements: G Stewart, J Duggan, S Illo, D Murray, P Boyle, K Marmion, T Daly, A Byrne.

 

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Ireland A side for friday night's game against All Blacks xv

Good to see Lowry get a run and also good to see stockdale back

Casey needs a big game and let's see how Frawleys goes but I'm not convinced either are long term options in green

Will be good to see if Timoney and Coombes can out their hand up and a big night for Thornbury after a year out with injury

Hopefully Crowley gets a run from the bench

Ireland A: Mike Lowry; Jimmy O'Brien, Jamie Osborne, James Hume, Jacob Stockdale; Ciáran Frawley, Craig Casey (capt); Jeremy Loughman, Dave Heffernen, Tom O'Toole; Joe McCarthy, Gavin Thornbury; Cian Prendergast, Nick Timoney, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Dave Kilcoyne, Marty Moore, Ross Molony, Max Deegan, Caolin Blade, Jack Crowley, Calvin Nash.

 

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based on the above then i guess we are looking at the following 23 for the springboks

Porter, Sheehan,Furlong, Ryan, Beirne, O Mahoney, VDF, Doris, JGP, Sexton, Hansen, Henshaw, Ringrose, Balacoune, Keenan

Healy, Herring, Bealham, Baird, Conan, Murray, Carberry, Mccloskey

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

What's happened to Ultan Dillane?

 

[How bad boy]

Ireland A side for friday night's game against All Blacks xv

Good to see Lowry get a run and also good to see stockdale back

Casey needs a big game and let's see how Frawleys goes but I'm not convinced either are long term options in green

Will be good to see if Timoney and Coombes can out their hand up and a big night for Thornbury after a year out with injury

Hopefully Crowley gets a run from the bench

Ireland A: Mike Lowry; Jimmy O'Brien, Jamie Osborne, James Hume, Jacob Stockdale; Ciáran Frawley, Craig Casey (capt); Jeremy Loughman, Dave Heffernen, Tom O'Toole; Joe McCarthy, Gavin Thornbury; Cian Prendergast, Nick Timoney, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Dave Kilcoyne, Marty Moore, Ross Molony, Max Deegan, Caolin Blade, Jack Crowley, Calvin Nash.

Very interesting that Craig Casey is actually captain. A very strong indicator of the level of esteem he's held in by the Irish setup

 

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What's happened to Ultan Dillane?

Hes gone to La Rochelle, never really got going at the top level, should probably have left Connacht to challenge himself a while ago.



Exciting back row for the game on Friday

 

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Very interesting that Craig Casey is actually captain. A very strong indicator of the level of esteem he's held in by the Irish setup

Let's see how much esteem he's held in next week if he starts against Fiji and benches against Australia over Murray