The Official Irish Rugby Thread

[How bad boy]

No offence but you were spouting similar in 2018.

Let's see how well we do in the 6N. Then we will see where we are.

Farrell put all his chips in on Sexton and we saw on Saturday how well giving him every available minute played out. Crowley did so so given he was parachuted in with 15 mins notice and sod all minutes beforehand.

Ireland should have gotten over putting ANY stock in beating any of the big three one or two years before a World Cup.. won't matter a shit in France next September

Sigh. Ok, whoever you are. You appear to be another alt, presumably in that case you'll have read all the criticism by myself and others on that Sexton overreliance. Nothing new there.

That said, would Ireland be in a better position had they lost all those matches?
Clearly not. So Ireland are not in a bad position, just with a clear Achilles heal, one the game last weekend helped a little in dealing with.
Which is good

 

[Monty Burns]

We will see how Farrell's doing come February.

Australia are poor and Ireland showed enough frailties to have any sensible support worried.

 

[Megelus]

We will see how Farrell's doing come February.

Australia are poor and Ireland showed enough frailties to have any sensible support worried.

Well it's a pretty clear setup

Sexton healthy :

Sexton injured:

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Going by history, they're more than capable of it.

Additionally, they're massively overdue a win

Which playing at home, is going to put them under a lot of pressure imo!

 

[nelly sham]

They need to sort out their 10. They almost always go with the out of of form one. Ntamack almost lost them the Aussie game, Jalibert rescued it. If that continues they have to start Jalibert come February.

 

[Coogee]

Ulster side for Zebre tomorrow night

(15-9): Stewart Moore, Ethan McIlroy, James Hume, Luke Marshall, Jacob Stockdale, Jake Flannery, Nathan Doak; Callum Reid, Tom Stewart, Marty Moore, Cormac Izuchukwu, Sam Carter, Matty Rea, Marcus Rea, Duane Vermeulen (Captain).

Replacements: John Andrew, Andy Warwick, Jeff Toomaga-Allen, Iain Henderson, David McCann, Michael McDonald, Angus Curtis, Ben Moxham.

Hopefully Doak gets a run of games now prior to the six nations

Good to see Henderson back and Stockdale needs a good run too

 

[Coogee]

Leinster side for Glasgow

Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets):

15.Jamie Osborne (21)
14. Rob Russell (10)
13. Liam Turner (8)
12. Charlie Ngatai (6)
11. Dave Kearney (177)
10. Ross Byrne (135)
9. Luke McGrath (181)
1. Ed Byrne (90)
2. Rónan Kelleher (38)
3. Thomas Clarkson (20)
4. Ross Molony (146)
5. Joe McCarthy (13)
6. Rhys Ruddock (213) CAPTAIN
7. Scott Penny (44)
8. Max Deegan (87)

16. John McKee (8)
17. Michael Milne (19)
18. Vakh Abdaladze (21)
19. Jason Jenkins (6)
20. Ryan Baird (41)
21. Cormac Foley (8)
22. Harry Byrne (36)
23. Chris Cosgrave (3)

 

[How bad boy]

Leinster side for Glasgow

Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets):

15.Jamie Osborne (21)
14. Rob Russell (10)
13. Liam Turner (8)
12. Charlie Ngatai (6)
11. Dave Kearney (177)
10. Ross Byrne (135)
9. Luke McGrath (181)
1. Ed Byrne (90)
2. Rónan Kelleher (38)
3. Thomas Clarkson (20)
4. Ross Molony (146)
5. Joe McCarthy (13)
6. Rhys Ruddock (213) CAPTAIN
7. Scott Penny (44)
8. Max Deegan (87)

16. John McKee (8)
17. Michael Milne (19)
18. Vakh Abdaladze (21)
19. Jason Jenkins (6)
20. Ryan Baird (41)
21. Cormac Foley (8)
22. Harry Byrne (36)
23. Chris Cosgrave (3)

Barely the B team

 

[Coogee]

crazy when you think only kelliher and one of the second rows would make their first team

 

[junior footballer]

crazy when you think only kelliher and one of the second rows would make their first team

And absolutely destroying Glasgow, incredible amount of talent in the club