Rugby World Cup 2011

[Capt Pat]

Aaagh I come back in after my walk between matches and Canada lead 10-7 after 10 minutes. Cad a tharla?

[Hardy]

Mighty stuff. One of the great moments was Ferris picking Will Genia up and carrying him away like a mother carrying a cranky baby out of mass.

Great stuff. Up there with Con Houlihan's description of Paddy Cullen running back to his goal like a woman who smelt a cake burning.

[qz]

Just home (in OZ) from Auckland, after one of the great weekends for Irish sport. Similar atmosphere to what Stuttgart 88 felt like. It was electric amongst the irish fans all day Saturday in the build up. You never felt like we were ever gonna get beat. The game was immense with the only annoyance was Sexton's kicking. Time for O'Gara to start. On the hunt for QF tickets

[muppet]

Mighty stuff. One of the great moments was Ferris picking Will Genia up and carrying him away like a mother carrying a cranky baby out of mass.

Great stuff. Up there with Con Houlihan's description of Paddy Cullen running back to his goal like a woman who smelt a cake burning.

Hard to beat that. 

[Celt_Man]

Ferris has been cited for alleged Dwarf carrying and throwing in yesterday's game....

[gallsman]

Anyone see the size of the replacement Russian scrum-half today?!

[Hoof Hearted]

Springboks starting to peak at the right time ?

87-0 against Namibia - i suppose they realise now that their 1/4 final is possibly against Australia now rather then Ireland !

[Dinny Breen]

TEAM v Russia

15: Kearney
14: Mc Fadden
13: Earls
12: Wallace
11: Trimble
10: O'Gara
9: Boss

1: Healy
2: Cronin
3: Buckley
4: O'Callaghan
5: Cullen (c)
6: Ryan
7: O'Brien
8: Heaslip

16: Varley
17: Court
18: Ferris/Leamy
19: Jennings/Leamy
20: Murray
21: Sexton
22: Murphy

[RealSpiritof98]

A weakened team on paper, but on paper it looks a great team, if you know what I mean!!

[Hardy]

I wouldn't have risked Healy or O'Brien in this one.

[Hardy]

Or Heaslip either.

[Donnellys Hollow]

I think the decision to play Heaslip is a good one. He needs to play his way into form and build confidence. Similar comments would apply to Kearney to a lesser extent. I wouldn't have risked Healy and O'Brien though.

Disappointing that McFadden isn't being given a run in the centre. He's obviously not seen as a viable alternative to D'Arcy.

[Capt Pat]

Healy and O Brien had a rest against the US so should still be fresh.

[Hoof Hearted]

TEAM v Russia

15: Kearney
14: Mc Fadden
13: Earls
12: Wallace
11: Trimble
10: O'Gara
9: Boss

1: Healy
2: Cronin
3: Buckley
4: O'Callaghan
5: Cullen (c)
6: Ryan
7: O'Brien
8: Heaslip

16: Varley
17: Court
18: Ferris/Leamy
19: Jennings/Leamy
20: Murray
21: Sexton
22: Murphy

has your mate Brian O'D texted you Dinny cause i cant find official team news anywhere !

[Fishmonger]

How beneficial would it be to give Sexton half an hour at centre with ROG?