The IRISH RUGBY thread

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Milltown Row2

Quote from: Hound on January 11, 2020, 11:14:07 AM
Big risk for Munster to pick JJ for Sunday, despite him having trained feck all this week.

If his dodgy hamstring goes in the first half they're going to look pretty silly. Hopefully they can pull off (another) miracle and also do everyone else a favour by knocking out Saracens.

Saracens are a man down for the whole match, they'll be lucky to win that one! Munster have been poor recently
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

Hound

Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 11, 2020, 01:19:31 PM
Quote from: Hound on January 11, 2020, 11:14:07 AM
Big risk for Munster to pick JJ for Sunday, despite him having trained feck all this week.

If his dodgy hamstring goes in the first half they're going to look pretty silly. Hopefully they can pull off (another) miracle and also do everyone else a favour by knocking out Saracens.

Saracens are a man down for the whole match, they'll be lucky to win that one! Munster have been poor recently
Saracens 2nd team playing with 14 men near the whole match still won. Ospreys must have been a right pile of pish

marty34

Quote from: Hound on January 12, 2020, 08:42:21 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 11, 2020, 01:19:31 PM
Quote from: Hound on January 11, 2020, 11:14:07 AM
Big risk for Munster to pick JJ for Sunday, despite him having trained feck all this week.

If his dodgy hamstring goes in the first half they're going to look pretty silly. Hopefully they can pull off (another) miracle and also do everyone else a favour by knocking out Saracens.

Saracens are a man down for the whole match, they'll be lucky to win that one! Munster have been poor recently
Saracens 2nd team playing with 14 men near the whole match still won. Ospreys must have been a right pile of pish

Does this impact on Saracens' Euro campaign or is it just the Premiership in England?

Tony Baloney

Quote from: Hound on January 12, 2020, 08:42:21 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 11, 2020, 01:19:31 PM
Quote from: Hound on January 11, 2020, 11:14:07 AM
Big risk for Munster to pick JJ for Sunday, despite him having trained feck all this week.

If his dodgy hamstring goes in the first half they're going to look pretty silly. Hopefully they can pull off (another) miracle and also do everyone else a favour by knocking out Saracens.

Saracens are a man down for the whole match, they'll be lucky to win that one! Munster have been poor recently
Saracens 2nd team playing with 14 men near the whole match still won. Ospreys must have been a right pile of pish
Saracens could have beaten Ospreys with 13 men. Ospreys have lost nearly every match this season.

seafoid

"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

JPGJOHNNYG


seafoid

The competition shows how money is allied with success and how big city teams took over from regional teams with history as the years went by

Brive won in 96 but it's  a small town and wouldn't have a notion of qualifying now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Rugby_Champions_Cup#Wins_by_club
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

Tony Baloney

Quote from: seafoid on January 12, 2020, 05:35:35 PM
The competition shows how money is allied with success and how big city teams took over from regional teams with history as the years went by

Brive won in 96 but it's  a small town and wouldn't have a notion of qualifying now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Rugby_Champions_Cup#Wins_by_club
Not unsurprising as the game was made professional around the same time. Saracens are a case in point to the extent of cheating the salary cap to ram the squad full of England players. It's a shame for Exeter Chiefs etc. who have been beaten finalists on more than one occasion whilst trying to play within the cap.

Hound

That was a great effort by Munster.

Maybe easy to say in hindsight, but they should have been braver with their last penalty. 5 metres out, in front of the posts and in the last two plays had been a whisker away from getting over the line. 3 points was not enough.


GetOverTheBar

Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 12, 2020, 10:54:03 AM
Quote from: Hound on January 12, 2020, 08:42:21 AM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 11, 2020, 01:19:31 PM
Quote from: Hound on January 11, 2020, 11:14:07 AM
Big risk for Munster to pick JJ for Sunday, despite him having trained feck all this week.

If his dodgy hamstring goes in the first half they're going to look pretty silly. Hopefully they can pull off (another) miracle and also do everyone else a favour by knocking out Saracens.

Saracens are a man down for the whole match, they'll be lucky to win that one! Munster have been poor recently
Saracens 2nd team playing with 14 men near the whole match still won. Ospreys must have been a right pile of pish
Saracens could have beaten Ospreys with 13 men. Ospreys have lost nearly every match this season.

The Welsh regions are a shambles at the moment.....Wonder what the plan is to fix that, Webb won't single handily sort out The Ospreys.

seafoid

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/johnny-sexton-confirmed-as-new-ireland-captain-for-six-nations-1.4140794

Ireland 2020 Guinness Six Nations squad

Forwards (19):
Max Deegan (Leinster, uncapped)
Caelan Doris (Leinster, uncapped)
Ultan Dillane (Connacht, 14 caps)
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster, 41 caps)
Cian Healy (Leinster, 95 caps)
Dave Heffernan (Connacht, 1 cap)
Iain Henderson (Ulster, 53 caps)
Rob Herring (Ulster, 8 caps)
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster,0 caps)
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster, 36 caps)
Jack McGrath (Leinster, 56 caps)
Jack O'Donoghue (Munster, 2 caps)
Peter O'Mahony (Munster, 64 caps)
Tom O'Toole (Ulster, uncapped)
Andrew Porter (Leinster, 23 caps)
James Ryan (Leinster, 23 caps)
CJ Stander (Munster, 38 caps)
Devin Toner (Leinster, 67 caps)
Josh van der Flier (Leinster, 23 caps)

Backs (16):
Will Addison (Ulster, 4 caps)
Bundee Aki (Connacht, 23 caps)
Billy Burns (Ulster, 0 caps)
Ross Byrne (Leinster, 3 caps)
Andrew Conway (Munster, 18 caps)
John Cooney (Ulster, 8 caps)
Keith Earls (Munster, 82 caps)
Chris Farrell (Munster, 9 caps)
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster, 40 caps)
Dave Kearney (Leinster, 19 caps)
Jordan Larmour (Leinster, 21 caps)
Luke McGrath (Leinster, 19 caps)
Conor Murray (Munster, 78 caps)
Garry Ringrose (Leinster, 28 caps)
Jonathan Sexton (Leinster, capt, 88 caps)
Jacob Stockdale (Ulster, 25 caps)

Development Players:
Ryan Baird (Leinster)
Robert Baloucoune (Ulster)
Harry Byrne (Leinster)
Will Connors (Leinster).
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

GetOverTheBar

Looks like McCloskey is never getting himself into contention. Pity. Surely worth his place.

screenexile

Quote from: GetOverTheBar on January 15, 2020, 05:04:25 PM
Looks like McCloskey is never getting himself into contention. Pity. Surely worth his place.

Aki and Henshaw have done very little to get themselves in there ... looks like Schmidt part 2 with form players missing out over "tried and trusted".

seafoid

Devin Toner is back and Jean Kleyn isn't.
Funny old world
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

johnnycool

Quote from: seafoid on January 17, 2020, 10:34:58 AM
Devin Toner is back and Jean Kleyn isn't.
Funny old world

Will Devin be going to the WC in 4 years?  Very unlikely

Will Sexton be going to the WC in 4 years?   Very Unlikely

I get that Farrell is probably looking to have a reasonably experienced spine for the upcoming 6N's in the hope of not taking a battering in the big games but I'd like to think both will be phased out if not this year then definitely the next to allow those lads to come through that will be leading the team in 4 years.