Six Nations Best XV

thomond2006

1. Gethin Jenkins/ Marcus Horan
2. Jerry Flannery
3. John Hayes
4. Alun Wyn Jones
5. Paul O' Connell
6. Stephen Ferris
7. David Wallace
8. Sergio Parisse/Jamie Heaslip
9. Peter Stringer
10. ROG
11. Luke Fitzgerald
12. Riki Flutey ....... top try scorer: 4 tries
13. BOD
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Delon Armitage/Rob Kearney

Stick_man

1. Horan
2. Flannery
3. Hayes
4. O Callaghan
5. O Connell
6. Ferris
7. Williams
8. Parisse
9. O Leary
10. Jones
11. Fitzgearld
12. Flutey
13. O Driscoll
14. Medard
15. Kearney

anonymous_joe

1. The Welsh one (I can't get my props straight ever)
2. Flest
3. Ha... Argh. Euan Murray? Nah, fúck it Hayes.
4. O'Callaghan/Wyn Jones
5. O'Connell
6. Ferris
7. Dave Wallace
8. Sergio Parrise (argh, I wanted to say Heaslip, but like Tom Shanklin there was just someone inhuman playing hte same position

9. I don't know, I really don't. Disappointing position I thought.
10. Similar feelings - O'Gara married moments of genius to moments of farce, Stephen Jones was great at times, and Hook and Trinh-Duc had cameos, but that's about it of note...

11. Luke Fitzgerald/Medard
12. Flutey (eugh)
13. 3 guesses
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Byrne/Kearney/Armitage

stephen_n

1. Jenkins
2. Meers
3. Hayes
4. A W Jones
5. O'connell
6. Ferris
7. Wallace
8. Parrise
9. Ellis
10. Jones
11 Fitzgerald
12 Fluety
13 O'Driscoll
14. Bowe
15 Byrne


More English in there than I'd like but what can you do, the scrum halves have been fairly poor in this 6N but I think Ellis came out on top. Fluety ahead of Darcy probably on game time but also cause he has the edge in short burst pace. Jones is the only choice for outhalf and Bowe who I was dubious about at the start has really impressed me. Front 5 kinda picks itself number 8 was the hard one cause for my money Harinordoquy and Heaslip were pushing real close but Parrise gets it because of his work rate in a farily average team. Ferris without doubt the blind and wallace after yesterday the open!

ScholesyIsGod

1. Marcus
2. Fla
3. Bull
4. Paulie
5. DOC
6. Ferris
7. Wally
8. Heaslip
9. O'Leary
10. ROG
11. Fitz
12. D'Arcy
13. BOD
14. Bowe
15. Kearney

louthandproud

ScholesyIsGod wrote: »

1. Marcus
2. Fla
3. Bull
4. Paulie
5. DOC
6. Ferris
7. Wally
8. Heaslip
9. O'Leary
10. ROG
11. Fitz
12. D'Arcy
13. BOD
14. Bowe
15. Kearney

Couldn't have put it better!!!!:D

twinytwo

thomond2006 wrote: »

1. Gethin Jenkins/ Marcus Horan
2. Jerry Flannery
3. John Hayes
4. Alun Wyn Jones
5. Paul O' Connell
6. Stephen Ferris
7. David Wallace
8. Sergio Parisse/Jamie Heaslip
9. Peter Stringer
10. ROG
11. Luke Fitzgerald
12. Riki Flutey ....... top try scorer: 4 tries
13. BOD
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Delon Armitage/Rob Kearney

You mean joint top scorer right??

thomond2006

twinytwo wrote: »

You mean joint top scorer right??

Yeah, you're right, joint top scorer with BOD.

Misanthropy

1. Gethin Jenkins
2. Dimitri Szarzewski
3. John Hayes
4. Donncha O'Callaghan
5. Paul O'Connell
6. Thierry Dusautoir
7. Martyn Williams
8. Jamie Heaslip
9. Mike Phillips
10. Ronan O'Gara
11. Thom Evans
12. Riki Flutey
13. Brian O'Driscoll
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Delon Armitage

chupacabra

15. Delon Armitage
14. Luke Fitzgerald
13. Brian O'Driscoll
12. Jamie Roberts
11. Leigh Halfpenny
10. Stephen Jones
9. Morgan Parra

1. Gethin Jenkins
2. Dimitry Szarzewski
3. Euan Murray
4. Donnacha O'Callaghan
5. Paul O'Connell
6. Stephen Ferris
7. Martyn Williams
8. Sergio Parisse

Noffles

louthandproud wrote: »

Couldn't have put it better!!!!:D

Very true... after one of the poorest 6 nations in years... pick the winners.

holly1

Noffles wrote: »

Very true... after one of the poorest 6 nations in years... pick the winners.

I get the feeling you are a fair weather rugby supporter,you have nothing good to say about the anything,maby you are a soccer fan looking for some other sport to follow

stephen_n

Noffles wrote: »

Very true... after one of the poorest 6 nations in years... pick the winners.

How's those sour grapes M8 LMAO
At least we (the Irish) were big enough to congratulate and praise the Welsh when the won the GS!

holly1 wrote: »

I get the feeling you are a fair weather rugby supporter,you have nothing good to say about the anything,maby you are a soccer fan looking for some other sport to follow

He's Welsh and ever so slightly bitter I would think!

sslazio11

1. Jenkins
2. Szarzewski
3. Marconnet
4. O'Connell
5. Wyn-Jones
6. Ferris
7. Wallace
8. Harinorduquy
9. O'Leary??? no-one stood out at 9.
10. Jones
11. Fitzgerald
12. Flutey
13. O'Driscoll
14. Bowe
15. Byrne

Noffles

Noffles wrote: »

Very true... after one of the poorest 6 nations in years... pick the winners.

The poorest being last years. Ciaran Fitzgeralds words

Red Soup

sslazio11 wrote: »

1. O'Leary??? no-one stood out at 9.

Philips

twinytwo

Noffles wrote: »

Very true... after one of the poorest 6 nations in years... pick the winners.

dude the 2008 was the worst 6n's that i can remember ... but u being a welsh fan would never admit that

GiftofGab

1. Jenkins
2. Best
3. Vickery
4. POC
5. Alun-Wyn Jones
6. Croft (ferris extremely close behind)
7. Wallace
8. Parisse (second best player of the tournament, cant leave this guy out)
9. Ellis (true that nobody stood out at no.9)
10. Jones
11. Fitzgerald
12. Fluety
13. BOD (player of the tournament)
14. Bowe
15. Byrne

Subs:

• Armitage
• O'Gara
• Mike Phillips
• Sheridan
• Harinordoquy
• Shanklin (very good six nations)

Stev_o

twinytwo wrote: »

dude the 2008 was the worst 6n's that i can remember ... but u being a welsh fan would never admit that

Don't even start with last years 6N *shudders* Italy at Croker anyone? Nearly hung myself. But sadly 6N is going down in terms of quality. I don't think there was one match where both teams came out and decided that the eventual winner would the team to play the best rugby. Sadly now Wales and ourselves have proved that if you are going to win a 6N title these days your main priority is defence and that's all that matters.

toomevara

twinytwo wrote: »

dude the 2008 was the worst 6n's that i can remember ... but u being a welsh fan would never admit that

You've got to be kidding me! The only good thing about this years 6n is that we won it...it was,in the main, utter drivel. The SH national coaches must have been watching that and rubbing their hands with glee....The Bokke will be planning Rourkes Drift, part II for the Lions after watching three months of that sh1te..

The only thing that saves the 6n from complete mediocrity is its pageantry, tradition, passion and of course, us, the mugs who support it...and pay the ridiculously hyper inflated prices which the games' inexplicably command.....

On the strength of the rugby alone,surely the only yardstick worth considering, they should be paying us to fecking watch it....

twinytwo

toomevara wrote: »

You've got to be kidding me! The only good thing about this years 6n is that we won it...it was,in the main, utter drivel. The SH national coaches must have been watching that and rubbing their hands with glee....The Bokke will be planning Rourkes Drift, part II for the Lions after watching three months of that sh1te..

The only thing that saves the 6n from complete mediocrity is its pageantry, tradition, passion and of course, us, the mugs who support it...and pay the ridiculously hyper inflated prices which the games' inexplicably command.....

On the strength of the rugby alone,surely the only yardstick worth considering, they should be paying us to fecking watch it....

If thats the case bring it on....

toomevara

twinytwo wrote: »

If thats the case bring it on....

fair cop, make that Isandlwana.....:D

Stev_o

twinytwo wrote: »

If thats the case bring it on....

Gwan place your bet now of a Lions 3-0 victory and let's see what happens it ll be worth it . Ill go for the SA's though 3-0 thrashing of the Lions though.

toomevara

Stev_o wrote: »

Gwan place your bet now of a Lions 3-0 victory and let's see what happens it ll be worth it . Ill go for the SA's though 3-0 thrashing of the Lions though.

I'll go for 2-1 to the Boks, if only because the third test will be a dead rubber and the Boks will be too hung over to bother.....

sslazio11

Red Soup wrote: »

Philips

I'll have to disagree there. Phillips didn't stand out. He was no more then than average throughout the tournament. On his day he's a good scrum half, but he certaily wasn't on top form throughout the 6N. God help the Lions if he's picked in the test XV.

barnesd

toomevara wrote: »

You've got to be kidding me! The only good thing about this years 6n is that we won it...it was,in the main, utter drivel. The SH national coaches must have been watching that and rubbing their hands with glee....The Bokke will be planning Rourkes Drift, part II for the Lions after watching three months of that sh1te..

The only thing that saves the 6n from complete mediocrity is its pageantry, tradition, passion and of course, us, the mugs who support it...and pay the ridiculously hyper inflated prices which the games' inexplicably command.....

On the strength of the rugby alone,surely the only yardstick worth considering, they should be paying us to fecking watch it....

Ireland - France, Ireland - Wales, France - Wales, Wales - England were all excellent test matches. Ireland - England in there too for intensity, if not quality. France were sublime against Italy, England played some fantastic stuff in the first 50 minutes against France. You're talking crap imo.

Repolho

1. Jenkins
2. Mears (England only lost 1 lineout in 5 matches)
3. Hayes
4. AW Jones
5. O'Connell
6. Dusatoir
7. Wallace
8. Parisse (practically a 1 man team)
9. Ellis (Bergamasco a close second:rolleyes:)
10. Jones (ROG stepped up when it counted but Jones for overall consistency)
11. Fitzgerald. (Williams after the first 2 matches but completely fell away in the last 2)
12. Flutey
13. O'Driscoll
14. Bowe
15. Byrne

Wow, only 1 French player on it and no backs!

GiftofGab

toomevara wrote: »

You've got to be kidding me! The only good thing about this years 6n is that we won it...it was,in the main, utter drivel. The SH national coaches must have been watching that and rubbing their hands with glee....The Bokke will be planning Rourkes Drift, part II for the Lions after watching three months of that sh1te..

The only thing that saves the 6n from complete mediocrity is its pageantry, tradition, passion and of course, us, the mugs who support it...and pay the ridiculously hyper inflated prices which the games' inexplicably command.....

On the strength of the rugby alone,surely the only yardstick worth considering, they should be paying us to fecking watch it....

I agree the quality of the 6N deteriorted a bit this year. I would actually put it down to the ELV's. It has become a bit of a ping pong game between the back 3. Also attackers are being punished in the ruck while defenders get away Scott free.

I still enjoyed 6N purley because im a rugby fan and I love the game as a whole.

Tickets are way overpriced but hey its Croke Park and they are filling the stadium. You can't blame them. Why would the GAA charge less when they could fill the stadium with those prices.

GiftofGab

Repolho wrote: »

1. Jenkins
2. Mears (England only lost 1 lineout in 5 matches)
3. Hayes
4. AW Jones
5. O'Connell
6. Dusatoir
7. Wallace
8. Parisse (practically a 1 man team)
9. Ellis (Bergamasco a close second:rolleyes:)
10. Jones (ROG stepped up when it counted but Jones for overall consistency)
11. Fitzgerald. (Williams after the first 2 matches but completely fell away in the last 2)
12. Flutey
13. O'Driscoll
14. Bowe
15. Byrne

Wow, only 1 French player on it and no backs!

I know its so difficult to leave out the French players but I think they were more of a team display rather than individualism. Harinordoquy played brill but you cant leave out Parisse in that position, he was immense.

France played some good rugby in the tournament. Def deserved to finish above England.

[Jackass]

Pretty random team, but here ya go!

1. Jenkins
2. Flannery
3. Murray
4. Alwyn Jones
5. O'Connell
6. Wallace
7. Williams
8. Harinordoquy

9. Philips
10. Jones
11. Heymans
12. Roberts
13. O'Driscoll
14. Bowe
15. Armitage