Lions Squad Announcement: SSN 1:30pm

thomond2006

For those of you who don't know, the Lions squad annoucement will be broadcast live on Sky Sports news on 1:30 pm tommorrow.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,15562_5213642,00.html


G'WAN THE LIONS!!!!

steelbar

Can't wait!!

Noopti

Will this be broadcast online?

chupacabra

Noopti wrote: »

Will this be broadcast online?

On setanta ireland only. If you are a member of eircom then you can watch setanta ireland for free at http://setanta-video.eircom.net/eircom/channels/Live.aspx

You may have to refresh that domain again after the "check system" page.

Noopti

chupacabra wrote: »

On setanta ireland only. If you are a member of eircom then you can watch setanta ireland for free at http://setanta-video.eircom.net/eircom/channels/Live.aspx

You may have to refresh that domain again after the "check system" page.

I am an eircom customer......at home, which I presume is why I am getting an error when trying to watch in work.

budhabob

chupacabra wrote: »

On setanta ireland only. If you are a member of eircom then you can watch setanta ireland for free at http://setanta-video.eircom.net/eircom/channels/Live.aspx

You may have to refresh that domain again after the "check system" page.

just in regards to this, has the setanta sports on eircom resumed? there was a previous thread on this saying it had been cancelled?

buck65

Shane Williams rumoured not to have made it!

MG

buck65 wrote: »

Shane Williams rumoured not to have made it!

He would have made it last year - hard to justify his inclusion this year, plenty of good wingers around.

chupacabra

budhabob wrote: »

just in regards to this, has the setanta sports on eircom resumed? there was a previous thread on this saying it had been cancelled?

It never stopped. They just removed all reference of it from their site, and took the link down to watch it live. Trying to conserve bandwidth i think.

But ive been using it all year now, for all the irish ML games and the Premier League matches too.

budhabob

chupacabra wrote: »

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But ive been using it all year now, for all the irish ML games and the Premier League matches too.

Ah feck it, and theres me searching everywhere for weblinks. crap!

Stealdo

buck65 wrote: »

Shane Williams rumoured not to have made it!

I'd be delighted if he was left out. Nothing against him as such but always thought his ability when not 100% on his game was outweighed by his short comings.

wixfjord

Im too late for the prediction thread so im predicting earls and halfpenny.

chupacabra

Ok lads, squad announcement coming up. I dont ive ever been as apprehensive about a "press release" before.

Dubh Geannain

It's on Newstalk too I think

Auvers

http://www.justin.tv/live24live

live stream

conf101

http://www.setanta.com/ie/Articles/other-sports/2009/04/21/Rugby-Lions-squad-announcement-LIVE/gnid-49590/

Davei141

The excitement!

gcgirl

christ I am dying to know !

gcgirl

will yous get on with it

I have a good feeling about this year !

EdgarAllenPoo

I hope that guy doesn't give the team talks, they'll fall asleep before they get on the pitch.

razorblunt

http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/other-sports/2009/04/21/Rugby-Lions-squad-announcement-LIVE/gnid-49590/

Live on setanta!

jamieh

buck65 wrote: »

Shane Williams rumoured not to have made it!

He's in

murpho999

Jeez....loads of Irish!

jamieh

G'wan Quinny

No Bull!?

Davei141

Lots of surprises!

Cuchulain

Earls and O Leary :eek:

Cuchulain

Quinny & Ferris too

Dubh Geannain

13 Irish

EdgarAllenPoo

Quinny and O'Leary? That's a shock, no Irish props.

themont85

No Jones!

Davei141

POC the captain. Well done Paul.

damoz

anyone have the full list?

molloyjh

Good to see Earls in there.....

Hennybug

13.35 Squad named:

Backs: Lee Byrne, Rob Kearney, Shane Williams, Lee Halfpenney, Ugo Monye, Luke Fitzgerald, Tommy Bowe, Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll, Keith Earls, Riki Flutey, Ronan O'Gara, Stephen Jones, Mike Phillips, Harry Ellis, Tomas O'Leary

Forwards: Jamie Heaslip, Andy Powell, David Wallace, Stephen Ferris, Alan Quinlan, Joe Worsley, Martyn Williams, Alu-Wyn Jones, Paul O'Connell, Donncha O'Callaghan, Simon Shaw, Nathan Hines, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Andrew Sherdian, Phil Vikcery, Euan Murray, Jerry Flannery, Lee Mears, Matthew Rees

Dubh Geannain

themont85 wrote: »

No Jones!

Alan Wyn & Stephen Jones were mentioned I think

EdgarAllenPoo

I hope Earls makes a good showing. Are my maths right, only 2 Scottish players? Not a surprise really.

themont85

Dubh Geannain wrote: »

Alan Wyn & Stephen Jones were mentioned I think

Apologies no R Jones! Big suprise even if he wasn't playing well.

Most dissapointed for Armitage, Darcy, Jones, Hayes.

damoz

Dubh Geannain wrote: »

Alan Wyn & Stephen Jones were mentioned I think

No Ryan Jones though.

Cuchulain

Surprised that Croft or Armitage wasnt there.

Davei141

Think he mean's Ryan Jones, thats quite the shock alright.

damoz

Hennybug wrote: »

13.35 Squad named:

Backs: Lee Byrne, Rob Kearney, Shane Williams, Lee Halfpenney, Ugo Monye, Luke Fitzgerald, Tommy Bowe, Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll, Keith Earls, Riki Flutey, Ronan O'Gara, Stephen Jones, Mike Phillips, Harry Ellis, Tomas O'Leary

Forwards: Jamie Heaslip, Andy Powell, David Wallace, Stephen Ferris, Alan Quinlan, Joe Worsley, Martyn Williams, Alu-Wyn Jones, Paul O'Connell, Donncha O'Callaghan, Simon Shaw, Nathan Hines, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Andrew Sherdian, Phil Vikcery, Euan Murray, Jerry Flannery, Lee Mears, Matthew Rees

I didnt want to see Flutey. Vickery is past it. No room for the Bull

LightningBolt

Armitage very unlucky to miss out in my opinion.

Evil_Clown

Hennybug wrote: »

13.35 Squad named:

Backs: Lee Byrne, Rob Kearney, Shane Williams, Lee Halfpenney, Ugo Monye, Luke Fitzgerald, Tommy Bowe, Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll, Keith Earls, Riki Flutey, Ronan O'Gara, Stephen Jones, Mike Phillips, Harry Ellis, Tomas O'Leary

Forwards: Jamie Heaslip, Andy Powell, David Wallace, Stephen Ferris, Alan Quinlan, Joe Worsley, Martyn Williams, Alu-Wyn Jones, Paul O'Connell, Donncha O'Callaghan, Simon Shaw, Nathan Hines, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Andrew Sherdian, Phil Vikcery, Euan Murray, Jerry Flannery, Lee Mears, Matthew Rees

No Ryan Jones and no Blair players that would have been certainties a few months back, really goin on current form for his picks

Sad that the Bull missed out, would have been nice reward and his last chance at a Lions test place

molloyjh

Paul is having a good old chuckle at Gatland......

toomevara

Hilarious moment in the press conf when Gatland questioned on recent spat with POC..O'Connell just sitting there grinning like a chesire cat...definitely a rub between the two...

madds

Did you see the look on POC's face when Gatland said he was really looking forward to playing with the Irish guys, "guys of real quality". POC was looking down at his feet laughing.

Need some more time to look through the names, but initial my reaction is that its a good squad picked on form.

EdgarAllenPoo

14 Irish players in total, g'wan ya good thing.

Apart from the fact that the players will only have been together for a short period of time I can seriously see them either getting a clean sweep or at least winning two out of the three tests.

Backrow option are immense, only trouble I could see is in the front row.

spoon

Amazed to see Quinlan got into the squad! Happy for the guy though, there was a cheer in my office when his name was announced anyway!

athtrasna

Dubh Geannain wrote: »

13 Irish

14!!

Kearney
Bowe
Fitzgerald
O'Driscoll
O'Gara
O'Leary
Earls

Heaslip
Ferris
Wallace
Quinlan
O'Callaghan
O'Connell
Flannery

Yippee!!

Mind you there'll be 8 very tired Munster lads getting on that plane on the 24th of May

Rattlehead_ie

Fair play Earls

wixfjord

Powell ahead of jones and worsley ahead of croft? I wonder if worsley wasnt a wasps player would he have been picked. very harsh on armitage also and darcy must be very dissapointed a couple of below par performances and out the door.

On the other hand great for Ireland and big opportunity for o gara with only two 10s.