Eddie's Team

daveirl

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uberwolf

POC great choice IMO, the rest, somewhat dodgy i reckon. Not looking forward to sat at all

hallelujajordan

Not the most dynamic back row ever to line out in the green shirts !!

btw, great site daveirl . . .

GreenHell

At least Costello isn't playing, thats something isn't it....

POC and Axel returning to the starting line up are the only good points.

ROG's selection has more to do with his ability to pin the oppostion will back with great kicking. Unlucky for humphries.

MarVeL

Have to admit I'm a bit concerned at the choice of O'Connell as captain. Sure he is a definite for the team and is one fo our best players at the moment but does he have the maturity to take on the captaincy for the first time in Paris? He will have the support of some very good heads around him but you would have to wonder why one of them wasn't picked ahead of him

uberwolf

maybe because they expect O'C to be around come the next WC? And they may as well get him, eh, broken in

Hairy Homer

Yeah. Looks like it's not going to be fun. To lose one world-class running back may be deemed a misfortune; to lose two smacks of carelessness and to lose O'Driscoll, Hickie and Murphy at the same time suggests that as a nation we have offended the God's greviously.

Oh well. Remember 1998 when France were expected to put 100 pts on us and ended up lucky to get a win at all?

The Irish team from that day:

O'Shea
Hickie
Maggs
Henderson
R Wallace
Elwood
McGuinness
Corrigan
Wood
P Wallace
O'Kelly
Johns
Corkery
Ward
Costelloe

Subs
Clohessy
Nesdale
Popplewell
Galwey


So three survivors on the starting team and another on the bench. Can't see where the tries are going to come from. Unless D'Arcy proves to be tailor made for the step up and Howe shows that he is fast enough for international rugby and O'Connell takes to captaincy like a duck to water and the Irish pack outmuscles the French all day long and........
I reckon I've more chance of bedding Keira Knightley.

uberwolf

Originally posted by Hairy Homer

I reckon I've more chance of bedding Keira Knightley.

would you post the photo's?

we'll prob get hockeyed or win. can't see a close run french win.

qwertyup

I am more concerned about whether or not O'Connell can reign in his tempermental tendancies than anything else. He seriously stepped over the line a couple of times during the WC putting the boot in.

Outside of that, I guess the team is good enough considering the injuries to key backs.

daveirl

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Occidental

A very big day for D'Arcy to finally show what he can do, especially with what's lining up beside him. I keep promising myself I won't watch these matches anymore.

SAXA

The days of Irish teams failing to turn up so to speak are gone. We may have lost some big matches v England Australia and France in the last year but they played well v England but took a battering for 60 mins and it told in the end. A drop goal seperated them from Australia who went to the final and Everything that could go wrong against the Franch did but they still battled back even if it was too late. I think we will get an honest performance from this team. I also think they are a limited team and that is why OG is at OH. His kicking game will be needed. Darcy has alot of pressure on him but it's about time he lived up to expectation. He played with Leinister when he was 18 was the next wonderkid of Irish Rugby for too long. I also know that he had his injuries but now is his tiime. I think an error has been made at fullback and on the wing and I also think MOK has to shape up or let DOC get stuck in. We do not need a ruck inspector in Paris. But for our limitations I think that we can do well depending on which French team turn up. The supremely confident team that can beat anyone in the World in exciting running rugby or the team that lack all confidence and decends in a farce of ill discipline. Time will tell.

Heart says Ireland but the head says France


so

28 - 17 But I hope I am wrong