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Flannery retiring

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  • #62
    Wexfordboy89
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Wexfordboy89


    onlyrocknroll wrote: »
    If he had returned Ireland would have had serious depth at Hooker with him, Best and Strauss. I don't think that it's even remotely obvious in order to put those three.

    ya forgot Cronin although his line-out throws aren't great but hes good with ball in hand


  • #63
    onlyrocknroll
    Registered Users Posts: 750 ✭✭✭onlyrocknroll


    Wexfordboy89 wrote: »
    ya forgot Cronin although his line-out throws aren't great but hes good with ball in hand

    Certainly, but I would respectfully say that Cronin won't be benching for Ireland once Strauss is Irish qualified.


  • #64
    Wexfordboy89
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Wexfordboy89


    onlyrocknroll wrote: »
    Certainly, but I would respectfully say that Cronin won't be benching for Ireland once Strauss in Irish qualified.

    true seems like a much better allround player than cronin pity about flannery think the second bad injury he got it was gonna be hard to come back.hope the irfu get flannery training the under age sides in munster or ireland


  • #65
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    [Jackass] wrote: »

    Definitely our best hooker since Keith Wood, he had a good career and I'm sure there's a career in rugby for him beyond his playing days.

    I'm not so sure, Shane Byrne would be up there too.


  • #66
    durkadurka
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭durkadurka


    Yeah I liked Shane Byrne. Great line out thrower. Worked himself up to lions starter. Went a bit downhill from there though...


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  • #67
    Claim The Frame
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Claim The Frame


    Really sad to see him go he was a great player shame about all his injury's!


  • #68
    yogimotorsport
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭yogimotorsport


    Sad day,one of my all time favorite Munster players and he always seemed like a gentleman


  • #69
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    durkadurka wrote: »
    Yeah I liked Shane Byrne. Great line out thrower. Worked himself up to lions starter. Went a bit downhill from there though...

    Saying Flannery and Byrne were the best hookers since Keith Wood isn't really saying much. Was there anyone else in between?


  • #70
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Saying Flannery and Byrne were the best hookers since Keith Wood isn't really saying much. Was there anyone else in between?

    Jackman?


  • #71
    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Saying Flannery and Byrne were the best hookers since Keith Wood isn't really saying much. Was there anyone else in between?

    Sheahan, Jackman and Best. He's well above any of those, and imo, well above Byrne too.


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  • #72
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,207 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    I don't think he is 'well above' Best at all. Comfortably better then the others though.


  • #73
    Fishooks12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    wprathead wrote: »
    Jackman?

    Always thought Jackman was average at best

    Certainly not as good as he made him self out to be in his outrage over not getting more caps


  • #74
    durkadurka
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭durkadurka


    wprathead wrote: »
    Jackman?

    A poor man's Woody!


  • #75
    RoundBox11
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭RoundBox11


    onlyrocknroll wrote: »
    If he had returned Ireland would have had serious depth at Hooker with him, Best and Strauss. I don't think that it's even remotely obvious what order those three would be in.


    Tbh i'd rather see Cronin in ahead of Strauss for Ireland eventually, purely because Strauss, as good as he is, isnt actually irish :S

    Imagine how much depth we'd have if Stephen Moore had of declared for Ireland also!


  • #76
    Tox56
    Registered Users Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    On this topic, Strauss was excellent yesterday, particularly in his role as the mythical seven. He won thousands of turnovers and was constantly slowing things down on the floor.


  • #77
    castie
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭castie


    Dont forget Fogs!


  • #78
    Spudmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Spudmonkey


    Saw the Fla training harder than ever in the Arena. Maybe he's having second thoughts. :)


  • #79
    onlyrocknroll
    Registered Users Posts: 750 ✭✭✭onlyrocknroll


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    I don't think he is 'well above' Best at all. Comfortably better then the others though.

    Best's performances during and the since the World Cup have put him roughly on par with Flannery IMO. But when they were both competing for the 2 jersey 3 years ago Flannery was a good head and shoulders above Best.

    It's worth noting that Flannery would most probably have been the starting hooker during the last Lions tour back then, Best will most probably start in this tour.


  • #80
    nerd69
    Registered Users Posts: 9,630 ✭✭✭nerd69


    durkadurka wrote: »
    A poor man's Woody!

    thats like comparing a Ferrari to a pair of burnt out slippers :D


  • #81
    Brewster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Brewster


    Flannery was a very good player, an excellent pro and a thoroughly decent man. He has some great displays for Ireland and like everyone else I wish him all the best. Talk of him being world class and an Ireland great are wide of mark, he may have had a world class lineout throw but that was it. Rory Best on the form of last 18 months is a comfortably better player than Flannery was at his peak in 2009 in most aspects of play most notably- leadership, scrummaging, tackling, work rate.


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  • #82
    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    Brewster wrote: »
    Flannery was a very good player, an excellent pro and a thoroughly decent man. He has some great displays for Ireland and like everyone else I wish him all the best. Talk of him being world class and an Ireland great are wide of mark, he may have had a world class lineout throw but that was it. Rory Best on the form of last 18 months is a comfortably better player than Flannery was at his peak in 2009 in most aspects of play most notably- leadership, scrummaging, tackling, work rate.

    And most notably he's still a weak thrower. It's like saying a fullback is great at everything except catching, or an outhalf is great except for his kicking.


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