Darcy's injury

shaneh

Any official word on this?

High&Low

The official word since Saturday evening has been fractured wrist and out for the season...

tHE vAGGABOND

He has been playing utter pish since this time last year...

I think 3 or 4 weeks on a beach [or some other holiday getting away from it all], getting away from rugby totally, to recharge his batteries is just what he needs tbh..

marco_polo

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

He has been playing utter pish since this time last year...

I think 3 or 4 weeks on a beach [or some other holiday getting away from it all], getting away from rugby totally, to recharge his batteries is just what he needs tbh..

Also assuming Dr Phil moves to 12 while he is out, it is a great opportunity for J Sexton to get some serious game time under his belt, when he returns from injury himself.

tHE vAGGABOND

Im a bit of a sexton fan tbh so I hope he gets some serious magners league game time as a result of this.

zAbbo

Every cloud has a silver lining, both for Ireland & Leinster.

Tim Robbins

zAbbo wrote: »

Every cloud has a silver lining, both for Ireland & Leinster.

It's not as if Tipoki or Mafi can slot into the team. If anything this illustrates what a mess Irish Rugby is in. It's a pity Lewis and Murphy didn't head up to Ulster than they might be able to slot in.

shaneh

Sad to hear. I know he has had a bad season but I wouldn't wish it on anybody.Was near the tunnel on Sat and the guy looked in bits coming off.

You could be right with regards to time away from the game, could be good to re-focus the mind

zAbbo

Tim Robbins wrote: »

It's not as if Tipoki or Mafi can slot into the team. If anything this illustrates what a mess Irish Rugby is in. It's a pity Lewis and Murphy didn't head up to Ulster than they might be able to slot in.

It might mean picking players in their proper positions, Switching BOD to 12, and Trimble to 13 makes sense.

We could also go the next step, and play wingers on the wing!


11 - Kearney
12 - BOD
13 - Trimble
14 - Bowe
15 - Murphy

Rattlehead_ie

zAbbo wrote: »

It might mean picking players in their proper positions, Switching BOD to 12, and Trimble to 13 makes sense.

We could also go the next step, and play wingers on the wing!

Thats crazy talk, players in their proper position,pppffft

zAbbo wrote: »

11 - Kearney
12 - BOD
13 - Trimble
14 - Bowe
15 - Murphy

That looks good to me.

marco_polo

zAbbo wrote: »

It might mean picking players in their proper positions, Switching BOD to 12, and Trimble to 13 makes sense.

We could also go the next step, and play wingers on the wing!


11 - Kearney
12 - BOD
13 - Trimble
14 - Bowe
15 - Murphy

I woud love to see that backline get a go on Saturday, I am a big fan of Dempsey but I feel that Murphy needs to start fullback given how poor the backs have been recently, it is worth a risk at this stage to try to provide a spark for the backs. Just one converted linebreak in Paris could make a huge impact on the confidence of the team.


I really fear we will actually see something like following:

11 - Trimble
12 - Horgan
13 - BOD
14 - Murphy
15 - Dempsey

kev_s88

marco_polo wrote: »

I woud love to see that backline get a go on Saturday, I am a big fan of Dempsey but I feel that Murphy needs to start fullback given how poor the backs have been recently, it is worth a risk at this stage to try to provide a spark for the backs. Just one converted linebreak in Paris could make a huge impact on the confidence of the team.


I really fear we will actually see something like following:

11 - Trimble
12 - Horgan
13 - BOD
14 - Murphy
15 - Dempsey

unfortunately that is all too likely

id go for:

11-Kearney
12-Trimble
13-BOD
14-Horgan
15-Dempsey

Snickers Man

Some time away from the game may not be the worst thing to happen to Darce. Here's hoping he comes back more like he was four years ago.

As for what to do: has to be Trimble in the centre. Thought he did really well on Saturday. On the wings, any two from Horgan (of fit) Kearney, Bowe and Murphy.

There ain't no way he's going to drop Dempsey unless he loses a leg in a pothole so no point wishing for it.

chris85

kev_s88 wrote: »

unfortunately that is all too likely

id go for:

11-Kearney
12-Trimble
13-BOD
14-Horgan
15-Dempsey

Swap the centres around. Trimble not big enough for the inside and has the speed for the outside.

ColinJennings

Will Horgan be back in action next week?

marco_polo

ColinJennings wrote: »

Will Horgan be back in action next week?

EOS seems pretty excited about his poor enough showing the A game last Friday, so I would put money on him being in the squad at least.

Tim Robbins

chris85 wrote: »

Swap the centres around. Trimble not big enough for the inside and has the speed for the outside.

I'd ditch Trimble altogether. He has absolutely no rugby brain. I'd almost prefer Paddy Wallace at 12 with Drico at13.

Stev_o

Tim Robbins wrote: »

I'd ditch Trimble altogether. He has absolutely no rugby brain. I'd almost prefer Paddy Wallace at 12 with Drico at13.

Correct me if im wrong but was it not Trimble who beat one player sucked in the FB and popped the ball to Dempsey for our only try?? yeah.....

Paddy Wallace cant handle international stage at all and he hasnt played at centre for a long while.

Drico is loosing gas in my view but is showing more skills as a IC then a OC so id have it

12.O'Driscoll
13.Trimble

dc69

the smart solution is paddy wallaxe at 12 or trimble at 12,why would you bother playing bod out of position,both of the players i named can play 12 no problem,we just have to hope its not horgan

Podge_irl

Trimble doesn't have the hands for 12 and I wouldn't want an O'Gara - Wallace midfield, it'd be a defensive nightmare. There's a school of thought that says 12 would suit BOD better at this stage of his career.

To be honest, he is probably the best 12 and the best 13, so it's a question of which combination works best, and to my mind that is 12. BOD 13. Trimble.

dc69

wallace is a **** out half but an ok 12 with good hands,smart money goes on him imo

suppafly

Stev_o wrote: »

Correct me if im wrong but was it not Trimble who beat one player sucked in the FB and popped the ball to Dempsey for our only try?? yeah.....

He also went inside completely cutting off reddan and ending the move which if he had gone inside would have set up a try. I think he could be a good player later on but is still a bit immature.

dc69 wrote: »

wallace is a **** out half but an ok 12 with good hands,smart money goes on him imo

agreed on not being and outhalf, dunno about centre. haven;t seen him play there much

Stev_o

suppafly wrote: »

He also went inside completely cutting off reddan and ending the move which if he had gone inside would have set up a try. I think he could be a good player later on but is still a bit immature.

Did you see the amount of space that was on Reddans inside??? He would have got pushed into touch by the Italians and people would complain why he didnt cut on the outside. He was screwed either way tbh