Rocket Surgery is like 590 points these days!Jumper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:31 amUnlike the rocket surgeon Cian Healy?Nolanator wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:26 amAnd he's thick as fuck.
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Compared to you both are incredibly intelligent undoubtedlyJumper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:31 amUnlike the rocket surgeon Cian Healy?Nolanator wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:26 amAnd he's thick as fuck.
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I just don't know what happened Stander at the weekend. He has been one of Ireland best and most consistent forwards over the past two years and had a nice little rest the week before to be good to go against the pigdogs.Willie Falloon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:23 am https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2020/112 ... h-backrow/
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Complete overraction/navel gazing 23 for Georgia
Healy
Kelleher
Tom O Toole
Ryan
Henderson
Doris
Connors
Coombes
Cooney
H Byrne
Daly
Frawley
C Farrell
Stockdale
Keenan
Sheahan
EOS
Porter
Thornbury
Stander
Casey
Healy
Conway
Healy
Kelleher
Tom O Toole
Ryan
Henderson
Doris
Connors
Coombes
Cooney
H Byrne
Daly
Frawley
C Farrell
Stockdale
Keenan
Sheahan
EOS
Porter
Thornbury
Stander
Casey
Healy
Conway
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Would be daft to drop Doris. He was far from the problem, and probably showed the most energy of the backrowers. He's just unsuitable to be at 8 against a pack like Englands without some mongos around him. So many times he fronted up for a carry, running a good line at pace, and was met with a white wall of orcs. At least a double tackle every time, with channels full of locks and props.
Against a worse team, or a defence going backwards, he would have been making loads of meters, but they were waiting for him. I'd play him at 6 with Coombes at 8 in my 'hypothetical young fellas 23"
Against a worse team, or a defence going backwards, he would have been making loads of meters, but they were waiting for him. I'd play him at 6 with Coombes at 8 in my 'hypothetical young fellas 23"
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I'd go the other way. Doris has good hands an looks a little bit quicker so should stay at 8. Minor quibble.SFBB wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:02 pm Would be daft to drop Doris. He was far from the problem, and probably showed the most energy of the backrowers. He's just unsuitable to be at 8 against a pack like Englands without some mongos around him. So many times he fronted up for a carry, running a good line at pace, and was met with a white wall of orcs. At least a double tackle every time, with channels full of locks and props.
Against a worse team, or a defence going backwards, he would have been making loads of meters, but they were waiting for him. I'd play him at 6 with Coombes at 8 in my 'hypothetical young fellas 23"
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Glad to see cooney, jgp stank up the place
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Is that munster 10 healy on the bench 

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I'd prefer the more agile player on the flank, lending assistance to the blindside defence. Coombes with the first carry off the base 

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Who you just said is the best LH availableJumper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:31 amUnlike the rocket surgeon Cian Healy?Nolanator wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:26 amAnd he's thick as fuck.

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Ah feck... I thought it was squad announcement not naval gazingrialtoblue wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:11 pmYes, in an unexpected twist, the IRFU have given me power of squad selection for the coming weekend, and I've gone with Healy on the bench
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He was a number 8 until he was 17/18 AFAIK, and given the guys around his age group - Timoney, Doris, Deegan etc, it was probably a clever move to make! Also explains why he didn't make much of a splash at age-group levelYOYO wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:24 am “ Born in Dublin, O'Sullivan attended Templeogue College and Trinity College, where he completed a business studies course. O'Sullivan represented his native Leinster at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-20 level, but missed out on a place in Leinster's academy. Strong performances for Dublin University in the All-Ireland League caught the attention of Ulster and, after an appearance for Ulster's 'A' side in early 2017, O'Sullivan joined the Ulster academy.”
So he never represented Ireland at underage. That right?
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Do you "rest" Ryan for this weekend and make someone else captain, say Henderson?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?
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I've tried it but it bounces my Ulster bank debit card.Munster-fogs wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:40 amJust looking into that link above again. When I click the red box on the page instead of one of the broadcast links it takes me to another page called allsports4free.live. Has anyone used this and verify it's legit? It says it's free yet requires credit card details, but promise they won't charge it. Sounds a bit fishy but it looks pretty nifty.Munster-fogs wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:11 pmThat's a handy aul website. I'm quite reliant on Mobdro and an app I have for my android box but couldn't seem to get a working link on either of them. Good to have another option. Don't appear to be able to cast it to the tv though. Any time I click to do it it doesn't work.Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:09 pmhttps://www.vipleague.lc/rugby-sports-streamblindsider wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:43 pm Fudge Eir and Virgin and their bich-argument!!
Any streams for GLA v MUN? None listed on the usual sites VIPBox, Cricfree or Wiziwig......
Can't even go tho the bloody pub to watch it....![]()
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No, let him learn from it and captain again. I was really surprised in reports saying that he was calling the lineout, I think that is a mistake, too many jobs for one man. Give the lineout to someone else.earl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:18 pm Do you "rest" Ryan for this weekend and make someone else captain, say Henderson?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?
I'm pretty sure POC 's first captaining of Ireland resulted in a Parisian routing, so I wouldn't be condemning Ryan's captaincy just yet
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Yes he had and he's still an excellent choice for Ireland captain.earl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:18 pm Do you "rest" Ryan for this weekend and make someone else captain, say Henderson?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?
That said, rotation in the 2nd row for Georgia isn't a bad shout.
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Jumper do you mean rocket scientist? Tree surgeon yes, rocket surgeon no.Jumper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:31 amUnlike the rocket surgeon Cian Healy?Nolanator wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:26 amAnd he's thick as fuck.
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So we hive it to the calm headed lad coming back from a braindead red card.earl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:18 pm Do you "rest" Ryan for this weekend and make someone else captain, say Henderson?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?

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Farrell has already said that Henderson would normally call the lineout but wasn't selected so it fell to Ryan.rialtoblue wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:23 pmNo, let him learn from it and captain again. I was really surprised in reports saying that he was calling the lineout, I think that is a mistake, too many jobs for one man. Give the lineout to someone else.earl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:18 pm Do you "rest" Ryan for this weekend and make someone else captain, say Henderson?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?
I'm pretty sure POC 's first captaining of Ireland resulted in a Parisian routing, so I wouldn't be condemning Ryan's captaincy just yet
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I'd love to see O'Toole and EOS involved in an Irish squad soon, but I wonder if Georgia is game, given what kind of game they play. I'd probably be a little conservative around front-row selection for this game. As such I'd probably go with Herring on the bench again. Maybe EOS to start with Kelleher and Porter and Healy, Herring and O'Toole to come off the bench. I think Ruddock deserves recognition for his form and I'd be tempted to start with a Ruddock, Doris, Connors backrow and bring Coombes off the bench. Thornbury is an interesting shout, but I think Baird needs to be involved - I'd actually start him and have Ryan/Henderson on the bench.rialtoblue wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:51 am Complete overraction/navel gazing 23 for Georgia
Healy
Kelleher
Tom O Toole
Ryan
Henderson
Doris
Connors
Coombes
Cooney
H Byrne
Daly
Frawley
C Farrell
Stockdale
Keenan
Sheahan
EOS
Porter
Thornbury
Stander
Casey
Healy
Conway
Cooney at 9 is a good call, but I doubt we'll see it, I'd imagine JGP will get another start. I doubt we'll see three novice half-backs in the 22 either. I'd maybe go Casey and Ross Byrne/Billy Burns on the bench. I like your centres selection, but we'd need someone on the bench to cover. That could be a specialist centre in place of an O/H sub (leaving Frawley/Cooney to cover), but if you go that route you'd probably want an experienced 9. I think you have to play Lowe, so I'd probably put Daly on the bench.
My 23:
EOS*, Kelleher, Porter
Baird*, Ryan (c)
Ruddock, Doris, Connors
Cooney, H Byrne*
Lowe, Frawley*, Farrell, Keenan
Stockdale
Healy, Herring, O'Toole*, Henderson, Coombes*, JGP, Aki, Daly*
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Well that makes sense, but Roux and POM were on the starting team on Saturday and one of them, probably POM, should have been calling itearl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:31 pmFarrell has already said that Henderson would normally call the lineout but wasn't selected so it fell to Ryan.rialtoblue wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:23 pmNo, let him learn from it and captain again. I was really surprised in reports saying that he was calling the lineout, I think that is a mistake, too many jobs for one man. Give the lineout to someone else.earl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:18 pm Do you "rest" Ryan for this weekend and make someone else captain, say Henderson?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?
I'm pretty sure POC 's first captaining of Ireland resulted in a Parisian routing, so I wouldn't be condemning Ryan's captaincy just yet
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No. Rocket surgeon.YOYO wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:27 pmJumper do you mean rocket scientist? Tree surgeon yes, rocket surgeon no.Jumper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:31 amUnlike the rocket surgeon Cian Healy?Nolanator wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:26 amAnd he's thick as fuck.
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Do you mind explaining your logic here?Jumper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:38 pmNo. Rocket surgeon.
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Sounds like he hasn't called anyone else up: https://www.the42.ie/ireland-farrell-eu ... 0-Nov2020/Conspicuous wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:27 pm
Is that confirmed ? I see the Indo are suggesting he’s going to be involved this weekend but there’s no mention of him in the IRFU press release
FFS, Farrell dropping further in my estimation.
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Yeprialtoblue wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:23 pmNo, let him learn from it and captain again. I was really surprised in reports saying that he was calling the lineout, I think that is a mistake, too many jobs for one man. Give the lineout to someone else.earl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:18 pm Do you "rest" Ryan for this weekend and make someone else captain, say Henderson?
Looks like the physical domination by England plus the burden of the captaincy impacted his thought process, had he even captained Leinster prior to the England game?
I'm pretty sure POC 's first captaining of Ireland resulted in a Parisian routing, so I wouldn't be condemning Ryan's captaincy just yet
Play Ryan as captain
Have hendo beside him calling the lineout to take one of the jobs of his shoulders
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Sorry, lots of "to be called up" on Twitter, but no official word from camp, unlike EOS who's been confirmed.Conspicuous wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:27 pm
Is that confirmed ? I see the Indo are suggesting he’s going to be involved this weekend but there’s no mention of him in the IRFU press release
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EOS
Kelleher
Porter
Henderson
Ryan
Bierne
Connors
Doris
Murray
Burns
Lowe
McCloskey
Farrell
Earls
Stockdale
Herring
Healy
Bealham
Dillane
Stander
Marmion
Byrne
Daly
Kelleher
Porter
Henderson
Ryan
Bierne
Connors
Doris
Murray
Burns
Lowe
McCloskey
Farrell
Earls
Stockdale
Herring
Healy
Bealham
Dillane
Stander
Marmion
Byrne
Daly
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What’s this? Official?
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When did big Stu last play?
Feels like he was injured and then straight into camp.
It wasn’t Toulouse was it?
Feels like he was injured and then straight into camp.
It wasn’t Toulouse was it?
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Played 3 weeks ago when released to Ulster then back with the squad.
Given Ireland have held onto him throughout and not released him to Ulster except when there was a week off I'd guess there was always a plan to play him in this game.
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Lads, Cooney won't be getting called up under this regime. Not sure what he's done to sour the milk but obviously it's enough to ignore him from a team management POV.
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Ireland has too small a playing pool to have a management throwing a huff with one of his better playersfeckwanker wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:57 pm Lads, Cooney won't be getting called up under this regime. Not sure what he's done to sour the milk but obviously it's enough to ignore him from a team management POV.
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You'd think so but maybe he is disruptive in camp or likes boorish things like sleeping with the lights on - who knows? All we know for certain is that his card is marked by Farrell and co.Winnie wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:00 pmIreland has too small a playing pool to have a management throwing a huff with one of his better playersfeckwanker wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:57 pm Lads, Cooney won't be getting called up under this regime. Not sure what he's done to sour the milk but obviously it's enough to ignore him from a team management POV.