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I expect Ireland to up a gear and win by 10 at least.

Match ups don't really count for a great deal unless, the gap in class one to 15 is vast, if you look at Connor and Sexton you would have to say they are one of the best halfbacks in the world.
But starve them of ball and they become less of a threat, its the combinations that work the best on the day that count, backrow back three and so on. Wales by 8.

DragsterDriver wrote:I expect Ireland to up a gear and win by 10 at least.

Wales really ought to win, as long as they don't lose their nerve - they are pretty much at full strength while Ireland are missing a few big names.

ovalball wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:I expect Ireland to up a gear and win by 10 at least.

Wales really ought to win, as long as they don't lose their nerve - they are pretty much at full strength while Ireland are missing a few big names.

I'm also counting on home advantage. I think we'll win just.

Wales team announced in a few mins. Rumours are that Faletau is back at Bath and won’t play yet. George North has been training at 13...

cubby boi wrote:Wales team announced in a few mins. Rumours are that Faletau is back at Bath and won’t play yet. George North has been training at 13...

Please god no....

P in VG wrote:

cubby boi wrote:Wales team announced in a few mins. Rumours are that Faletau is back at Bath and won’t play yet. George North has been training at 13...

Please god no....

Please god yes....

Wales: Leigh Halfpenny; Liam Williams, Scott Williams, Hadleigh Parkes, Steff Evans; Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Samson Lee; Cory Hill, Alun Wyn Jones (C); Aaron Shingler, Josh Navidi, Ross Moriarty.

Reps: Elliot Dee, Wyn Jones, Tomas Francis, Bradley Davies, Justin Tipuric, Aled Davies, Gareth Anscombe, George North.

Wales team

That's a good Welsh team.

No excuses now Welshies.

Congrats in advance of your victory. Our lads are just happy to be out for a game.

feckwanker wrote:No excuses now Welshies.

Congrats in advance of your victory. Our lads are just happy to be out for a game.

As long as they do their mammies proud.

What the fück does Halpenney offer when Biggar is selected?

feckwanker wrote:No excuses now Welshies.

Congrats in advance of your victory. Our lads are just happy to be out for a game.

Your front 5 and centres are better than ours. So are your half-backs but apart from that. Ireland by 10

Good mockers management all round.

Anyway, should be a good match. Jammy ba***ds getting Biggar back in time.

Yup. Now we absolutely HAVE to pick Kearney.

YOYO wrote:

Nolanator wrote:

feckwanker wrote:No excuses now Welshies.

Congrats in advance of your victory. Our lads are just happy to be out for a game.

As long as they do their mammies proud.

So after the bating from Wales of our B team on Saturday, provided we can stop them getting a 4 try bonus point and we get a losing bonus point, if we put away Scotland, we may still have a chance of the title on St. Patrick’s day. Squeaky bum time everyone.

So when Ringrose wasn’t available, your centres were b-team and now Ringrose is now available you’re still b-team because you haven’t got the original b-team selection available? I can’t keep up, bless you.

Webb, Faletau, Warburton, Ball, Jon Davies - We’re missing far more quality from the first 15. We haven’t a hope.

Back to shite rugby we go. That free flowing beautiful rugby v Scotland will be seen as a cruel glimpse of "this is what you coulve been"

Got to feel for Ireland B, losing their star centre who was named Lions player of the series and their Sports Personality of the year must devestate their chances.

Oh wait that's us

Feel for Patchell, but Eddie did tell him what was coming in Round 2 and he failed utterly to deal with it. Decent Welsh team, slightly surprised Gatland has resisted the urge to start North

cubby boi wrote:What the fück does Halpenney offer when Biggar is selected?

Couldn't agree more. Would have chucked Liam Williams at Full Back and George North on the Wing with Steff Evans.

Ireland by 16.

Dai another day wrote:

cubby boi wrote:What the fück does Halpenney offer when Biggar is selected?

Couldn't agree more. Would have chucked Liam Williams at Full Back and George North on the Wing with Steff Evans.

Ireland by 16.

Halfpenny can catch, kick, and tackle better than North

Very tough on Patchell. Presumably Biggar can cope with 80? Its a bit of an ask?

Frodder wrote:

ovalball wrote:This should be a cracker of a game. Two very good sides. Wales now with a full strength squad to choose from, battle hardened from their exploits against England and confident from their demolition of Scotland. Ireland maybe a little under cooked but with Home advantage.

I'd have had Ireland as big favourites before the start of the 6N but now, too close to call - Wales to edge it, maybe.

Will be close but Ireland by 7 for me. Home advantage to count

This is the one game in the 6 Nations where home advantage often doesn't seem to matter all that much.

P in VG wrote:

Dai another day wrote:

cubby boi wrote:What the fück does Halpenney offer when Biggar is selected?

Couldn't agree more. Would have chucked Liam Williams at Full Back and George North on the Wing with Steff Evans.

Ireland by 16.

Halfpenny can catch, kick, and tackle better than North

I see you would pick your backline on defensive qualities - which is fair enough. But I thought we got past that phase. I thought we moved on to Scarletball.

An intent to attack. Open rugby. The Welsh way.

I just hope these selections don't revert us back to the dirge of yesteryear.

cubby boi wrote:

YOYO wrote:

Nolanator wrote:

feckwanker wrote:No excuses now Welshies.

Congrats in advance of your victory. Our lads are just happy to be out for a game.

As long as they do their mammies proud.

So after the bating from Wales of our B team on Saturday, provided we can stop them getting a 4 try bonus point and we get a losing bonus point, if we put away Scotland, we may still have a chance of the title on St. Patrick’s day. Squeaky bum time everyone.

So when Ringrose wasn’t available, your centres were b-team and now Ringrose is now available you’re still b-team because you haven’t got the original b-team selection available? I can’t keep up, bless you.

Webb, Faletau, Warburton, Ball, Jon Davies - We’re missing far more quality from the first 15. We haven’t a hope.

If a fully fit North and Tips, can only make your bench, you can't really complain.

This is all very courteous......

This is a much stronger Wales side than two weeks ago, home advantage doesn’t historically count for much in this game, if we lose there’s no context apart from Ireland being better

It was a pretty convincing win from Wales last year.

Henshaw was insane to run into the maul like that. How could he not have known that was against the laws and spirit of the game?

Plato'sCave wrote:This is a much stronger Wales side than two weeks ago, home advantage doesn’t historically count for much in this game, if we lose there’s no context apart from Ireland being better

What do you mean “historically”? How “historic” are you going? I think that under Schmidt we are leading 3-2, but haven’t all 5 been home wins?

Frodder wrote:

feckwanker wrote:No excuses now Welshies.

Congrats in advance of your victory. Our lads are just happy to be out for a game.

Your front 5 and centres are better than ours. So are your half-backs but apart from that. Ireland by 10

I do think our front five and halfbacks are better, but not sure you're right about midfield. I think Shingler was well suited to the Scarlets style free flowing game, but Biggars selection probably means at least a small change in style, and not so sure that will suit him. We'll need a huge game from Leavy to match Navidi, who has been one of my favourite players for a while despite playing in such a poor Blues side.

Can we please stop with the pre emptive excuses.

YOYO wrote:

cubby boi wrote:

YOYO wrote:

Nolanator wrote:

feckwanker wrote:No excuses now Welshies.

Congrats in advance of your victory. Our lads are just happy to be out for a game.

As long as they do their mammies proud.

So after the bating from Wales of our B team on Saturday, provided we can stop them getting a 4 try bonus point and we get a losing bonus point, if we put away Scotland, we may still have a chance of the title on St. Patrick’s day. Squeaky bum time everyone.

So when Ringrose wasn’t available, your centres were b-team and now Ringrose is now available you’re still b-team because you haven’t got the original b-team selection available? I can’t keep up, bless you.

Webb, Faletau, Warburton, Ball, Jon Davies - We’re missing far more quality from the first 15. We haven’t a hope.

Henshaw, Ringrose, Furlong, SOB, Payne, Van der Flier, Heaslip.
Bench missing Luke McGrath (SH), Paddy Jackson (OH), Zebo, Dillane.
Not mentioning the other extended squad players missing.

Jon Davis, Webb & Wartburton your only main players missing. Warburton might as well be omitted from the conversation as he’s a perma crock.

Ringrose is available and we were told that he and Aki are your first choice. Stander at the very least is your first choice and probably Pom too. Payne? God knows where and why you’d want to start him

I’ll give you SOB and Furlong though, assuming Furlong isn’t actually fit and playing of course.

CM11 wrote:Can we please stop with the pre emptive excuses.

We'll post as we please, etc......

CM11 wrote:Can we please stop with the pre emptive excuses.

Particularly the fake ones.

This air of polite detachment on here is pure feckin' wayurd lads.

Me head is melted from it.

Come on Wales, you wonderful beauties in red!!!!!

I think that Wales will play the better rugby, but there will be an air of inevitability throughout that Ireland will scrape through with their home advantage.

cubby boi wrote:I think that Wales will play the better rugby, but there will be an air of inevitability throughout that Ireland will scrape through with their home advantage.

Is what I’d say if I were covering my back, but let’s face it, Wales have threats all over the park and Ireland are stagnant plodders. Anything but a Bp win for us would be unacceptable.

Dai another day wrote:

P in VG wrote:

Dai another day wrote:

cubby boi wrote:What the fück does Halpenney offer when Biggar is selected?

Couldn't agree more. Would have chucked Liam Williams at Full Back and George North on the Wing with Steff Evans.

Ireland by 16.

Halfpenny can catch, kick, and tackle better than North

I see you would pick your backline on defensive qualities - which is fair enough. But I thought we got past that phase. I thought we moved on to Scarletball.

An intent to attack. Open rugby. The Welsh way.

I just hope these selections don't revert us back to the dirge of yesteryear.

If this is anything other than an arm wrestle I'll be very surprised. An intense, absorbing arm wrestle mind.