The IRISH RUGBY thread

[magpie seanie]

This is actually working in our favour but we should just shut up and get on with it.

[seafoid]

England aim to be like NZ but if they lose they might end up 5th

[Asal Mor]

This is actually working in our favour but we should just shut up and get on with it.

I think it will too. Ireland are refusing to comment on it.

[seafoid]

If they can beat England at Twickers it will be some achievement.
In 1972 Ireland beat England and France away but Scotland and Wales refused to play in Ireland. That probably would have been another grand slam. And there haven't been many

[Bord na Mona man]

If there was a possibility of the players losing focus after winning the tournament, the Eddie Jones comments and the assistant referee controversy should help sharpen Ireland again.

On EJ, I've always reckoned that with our glare firmly fixed on England, we tend not to notice how boorish Australian sports people are. Though even by Australian standards, Jones is in senior hurling for trash talking.

[AZOffaly]

I've always said that. The Aussies are the worst I've ever seen for boorishness (as you put it) and arrogance.

[magpie seanie]

Absolutely agree. Complete absence of sportsmanship.

[passedit]

I think the compromise rules opened most Irish people's eyes to the 'sportsmanship' of the Aussies.
BTW I hit the first page of this thread by mistake and the first post is a real blast from the past, the year of Ireland's last grand slam. Some familiar and almost forgotton names in there. Fergus Mc Fadden wtf!

39-man panel for Ireland's upcoming Guinness Series of internationals against Australia, Fiji and South Africa:

Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
Neil Best (Northampton Saints)
Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)*
Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
John Fogarty (De La Salle Palmerston/Leinster)*
John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)*
Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)*
Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Fergus McFadden (UCD/Leinster)*
Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)
Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)*
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary's College/Leinster)*
Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)*
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)*

* Denotes uncapped player


Looks like the end of the road for Quinny, Girve and Mal O'Kelly. Good to see the likes of Cronin and O'Brien involved. Unlike O'Sullivan, Kidney doesn't appear to have any hesitation about giving the younger unproven talent a chance.

How does Gavin Duffy keep getting called up to these squads though?

[GetOverTheBar]

Hartley, Sinckler, Kruis and Haskell all come in for England on Saturday. Speaks volumes as to what is about to unfold.

[Jim_Murphy_74]

I think the compromise rules opened most Irish people's eyes to the 'sportsmanship' of the Aussies.
BTW I hit the first page of this thread by mistake and the first post is a real blast from the past, the year of Ireland's last grand slam. Some familiar and almost forgotton names in there. Fergus Mc Fadden wtf!

I guess it's the same Fergus McFadden that featured in the squad for Wales game this year?

/Jim.

[screenexile]

Hartley, Sinckler, Kruis and Haskell all come in for England on Saturday. Speaks volumes as to what is about to unfold.

It'll be war!!

[Hardy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TJSbbz7OmE

[Maroon Manc]

What odds were Ireland before they played Wales in 09?

Am i right to assume there's more expectancy on here to beat England then their was a few ago?

[passedit]

Hartley, Sinckler, Kruis and Haskell all come in for England on Saturday. Speaks volumes as to what is about to unfold.

As does the weather forecast. Comes to something when Ireland teams are praying for dry sod as opposed to the great leveller. That many changes  has to have a destabilising effect though.

[GetOverTheBar]

What odds were Ireland before they played Wales in 09?

Am i right to assume there's more expectancy on here to beat England then their was a few ago?

Duno, England are still England and still a team that hasn't been beaten at home under Jones.

Just me or do I find it hard to believe this team will lose three straight?