Your Irish Team of the Noughties

Het-Field

Inspired by an article I saw in the Sunday Times, I was wondering what Irish team would the Boards.ie posters pick ? Who would be in your 22 Man squad ??? This is simply an exercise in picking who has been your best over the decade. I dont wish to start a debate about who should be in the team, as each person will have their own views.


My selection would be


D.Wallace

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J.Heaslip

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E.Miller

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P.O Connell

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M.O Kelly

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J.Hayes

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K.Wood

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P.Clohssey

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R.OGara

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P.Stringer

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D.Hickie

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B.ODriscoll

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R.Henderson

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S.Horgan

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R.Kearney

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D.Humphreys
T.OLeary
G.D'Arcy
S.Easterby
D.O Callaghan
M.Horan
J.Flannery

danthefan

Kearney
Horgan
BOD
D'Arcy
Hickie
ROG
Stringer (don't rate him anymore but he was the SH for basically the whole decade)
Heaslip
Wallace
Easterby
POC
MOK
Hayes
Wood (Only played 3 years of the noughties but he was brilliant)
Clohessy

thomond2006

Kearney
Hickie
BOD
D'Arcy
Murphy/Horgan
ROG
Stringer
Heaslip
Wallace
Easterby
POC
MOK
Hayes
Wood
Clohessy

outwest

murphy
horgan
bod
darcey
hickie
rog
stringer
heaslip
wallace
easterby
mok
poc
hayes
flan
horan

anonymous_joe

1. Clohessy
2. Wood
3. Hayes

4. Mal
5. POC

6. Eric Miller (It should be Easterby, but Miller was such a great player I hate to leave him out)
7. Wallace
8. Heaslip

9. Stringer
10. Humphreys :P (Nah, O'Gara really)

11. Hickie
12. D'Arcy
13. O'Driscoll
14. Horgan

15. Murphy

16. Healy
17. Is there another Irish tighthead of any note?
18. Shane Byrne
19. Donncha
20. Ferris
21. O'Leary
22. David Humphreys
23. Kearney or Fitz

OldJay

Every player that was part of the 2008/09 season's squad is part of the greatest Irish team.

Podge_irl

Justind wrote: »

Every player that was part of the 2008/09 season's squad is part of the greatest Irish team.

They may, as a whole, have been the best Irish team of the decade, but there were better players in the earlier part of the decade who weren't on the team. Wood was better than Flannery, Hickie was better than Fitz etc. etc.

OldJay

Podge_irl wrote: »

They may, as a whole, have been the best Irish team of the decade, but there were better players in the earlier part of the decade who weren't on the team. Wood was better than Flannery, Hickie was better than Fitz etc. etc.

They'll do for me.
All the rest is just Ali v Tyson chat.

Podge_irl

Justind wrote: »

All the rest is just Ali v Tyson chat.

True, but I might actually have to do work if I stopped wasting time in engaging in such discussions.

jam_on_toast

1. Clohessy
2. Wood
3. Hayes

4. POC
5. MOK

6. Ferris
7. Gleeson
8. Heaslip

9. O'Leary
10. Humphreys

11. Hickie
12. Darcy
13. BOD
14. Horgan

15. Kearney

16. Horan
17. Flannery
18. DOC
19. Wallace
20. Stringer
21. ROG
22. Murphy

Hard to leave wallace out but I'm a big fan of out and out 7s. Would have picked Wallace at 6 but i cant recall him ever starting there.

anonymous_joe

I was half tempted to go with a Miller Gleeson Costello back-row for old school Leinster-ness but it just wouldn't be right. :pac:

I actually think if Gleeson had been played more he'd be in a team of the decade on his own merits.

little173

murphy
horgan
bod
darcy
hickie
rog
stringer
heaslip
wallace
easterby
Doc
poc
hayes
Wood
Claw


Miller - Great player, but really he was at his peak in the late 90's and dont think was ever that same player in the Noughties.
Gleeson - Erm, no - talented no 7, but not in the same class as Wallace or Easterby.
MOk - Always preferred DOC, think he offers more despite Mal's number of caps and consistency.
Hendo - Just misses out to Darce, excellent in the early years and his partnership with Bod on the 2001 Lions trip was deadly.
Kearney - Still to early for him to be ahead of Murphy who was super talented and deserves his spot.
Axel - Just misses out to Jamie, great player and servant to Irish Rugby.