Ireland team

RuggieBear

Player / Club / Caps
15 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 36
14 - Shane Horgan (Lansdowne/Leinster) 42
13 - Brian O'Driscoll (Captain) (Blackrock College/Leinster) 61
12 - Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 17
11 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 3
10 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 57
9 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 63

1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 34
2 - Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) 3
3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 59
4 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 21
5 - Malcolm O'Kelly (St.Mary's College/Leinster) 77
6 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli) 46
7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 24
8 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 8

Replacements:
16 – Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 2
17 – Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 11
18 – Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) 3
19 – Johnny O'Connor (Wasps) 10
20 – Eoin Reddan (Wasps) 1
21 – David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster) 72
22 – Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) 62

LegacyUser

No surprises really, with DOC a straight swap for POC, and Mick O'D coming into the bench.

Trimble was always favourite after Paris, and tbh it seems that Bowe's short of pace and confidence at the moment. I know there's a body of argument for bringing Geordan to the wing and bringing Dempsey to #15, but personally I'm a Murphy fan, and he's in my starting 15. Dempsey is always an option off the bench where its easy to re-jig the back line.

I thought there should be a possible change at #8, but 3 changes from EOS is about as much as you'd expect!

JuliusFranco

Really just one change - Trimble for Bowe
Donnacha coming in and Mick O'D on the bench was a no brainer. Horan was sick for the last game.
Malcom needs a good game. If he gets replaced and MOD gets on and has a good game here he will be under pressure to keep his place in the squad.

I don't think EOS is going to be chaging the back row for a while yet.

I too am a Murphy fan and I think he might produce something special this weekend!

Nukem

JuliusFranco wrote:

I too am a Murphy fan and I think he might produce something special this weekend!

He would want to - i think he is a great player but has never lived to up to the expectations of bringing his game from the Zurich to internationals. Shame really:(

sioda

bruachain
Can you honestly see EOS making changes during the game he's allergic to on time strategical subbing

Yet again a plain ordinary side. POC is a huge loss and Marcus is only back and a stone and a half lighter. After Bowe's abysmal games Trimble was the obvious replacement. Great to see Mick O brought up to the replacements and hopefully O Kelly will get dragged ashore and he'll get some game time

I think murphy should have been moved if only to give him a good kick up the backside

Well thats just my 2 cents

Funkstard

Poor auld tommy bowe, hope he comes back and shows us what he's capable of when he gets a bit bigger, stronger and confident

Crash

you left out better there.

spanner

JuliusFranco wrote:

I don't think EOS is going to be chaging the back row for a while yet.

I think he definately should, one of the biggest problems in the two games has been losing the ball at the break down and just basically a lack of aggression. Even though JOC hasnt done much for his club at the moment I think he should be in the reckoning, he is a great groundhog player and will get on the deck to get the ball back.

For all that he promised Wallace is looking very ordinary in this 6N

dinjo

Come On Wales ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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smackbunnybaby

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ha ha

spanner

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as long as he brings some much needed agression to the game we can give a few penalities

daveirl

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shuushh

thank god Bowe is dropped, im confident he wont be in anymore squads for a fair aul while now

sioda

shuushh wrote:

thank god Bowe is dropped, im confident he wont be in anymore squads for a fair aul while now

We all said that about Reggie and looked what happened

daveirl

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