The Official Irish Rugby Thread

[nelly sham]

Jacob Stockdale shouldn't be there either. He's had his chance

I'd have picked the young scrum half at Connacht over Blade to be honest.

Needless to say it's absolutely disgraceful Coombes and Hodnett are looked over again.
Prendergast has been injured and has done fuck all anyway.

 

[Barry K O Bama]

FFS
This is a crock of shit
Henshaw will be 34, Aki 37 next WC
Cian Healy will be 39

Leinster/Ireland bottle it on the big occasion

Farrell should be called out on this but the Dublin Meeja will be happy

 

[jeepers]

Unbelievable that Healy is going, but it looks like they'll keep picking him until he breaks the caps record.

 

[Barry K O Bama]

Anyone ever explain 'Horses for Courses' to Faz ?

Leinster shit the course consistently in SA. Munster win there consistently.

Take all the Leinster Players to SA and snub Munster

Very smart from Faz

 

[Coogee]

Bit odd bringing 34 players to south Africa for two tests!

4 tight heads in the squad and only two looseheads. Can Jager play loosehead too?

Bringing healy is just madness

What has Prendergast done to get ahead of Coombes or Hodnett especially when you consider Munster's success in South Africa in the last few years.

Not sure what the value in bringing the likes of Murray and aki considering their age. Henshaw still has a part to play even though he'll be 34 at the next world cup

With Gibson Park out I feel we will be very poor at 9

With the likes of Stockdale, Larmour and McCloskey getting picked it shows the lack of talent coming through in the outside backs.

Looks like Frawley as bench cover for 10/15. Hopefully Prendergast kicks on next season and the Frawley experiment can be put to bed as I don't think he is up to it at international level in any position

 

[greengrass]

is hansen still injured. Some injury

 

[How bad boy]

Bit odd bringing 34 players to south Africa for two tests!

4 tight heads in the squad and only two looseheads. Can Jager play loosehead too?

Bringing healy is just madness

What has Prendergast done to get ahead of Coombes or Hodnett especially when you consider Munster's success in South Africa in the last few years.

Not sure what the value in bringing the likes of Murray and aki considering their age. Henshaw still has a part to play even though he'll be 34 at the next world cup

With Gibson Park out I feel we will be very poor at 9

With the likes of Stockdale, Larmour and McCloskey getting picked it shows the lack of talent coming through in the outside backs.

Looks like Frawley as bench cover for 10/15. Hopefully Prendergast kicks on next season and the Frawley experiment can be put to bed as I don't think he is up to it at international level in any position

Sure would have been useful to have Ben Healy and Antoine Frisch as options...

Feel they could have made space for Shane Daly.

 

[Handy Run]

lol, the naivety in thinking the SA tests are anything but an immediate revenue generator at the cost of long term squad development

 

[How bad boy]

lol, the naivety in thinking the SA tests are anything but an immediate revenue generator at the cost of long term squad development

Those things are not mutually exclusive

 

[Stacky]

Sure would have been useful to have Ben Healy and Antoine Frisch as options...

Feel they could have made space for Shane Daly.

Stockdale and a bunch of old lads going putting more miles on an already long season with the World Cup.

Henshaw, Aki, Healy, O'Mahony and possibly a few others should have been given a rest.

Daly and Coombes have had great seasons and snubbed yet again.