The Six Nations General Banter Thread. *Read Mod Warning. Post no.5*

Webbs

twinytwo wrote: »

at least johnson finally got over himself and played tait... i think

flood
cueto
tindall
tait
ashton or strettle
foden

would have been far better ... armitage is useless as is monye but we shall see how they go. I still think wales will win. Why?... the welsh front row will cream them

Far more creativity than previously but is a lightweight midfield that likes an outside break, combine that with a ponderous backrow then Wales will really target the breakdown

Riskymove

toomevara wrote: »

Wow...well enjoy! I warn you though It is worse than crack! ...

unfortunately crack must be (I wouldnt know honestly) better than the last Croker Irl v Italy game!!

hopefully more upbeat this time!!

toomevara

Riskymove wrote: »

unfortunately crack must be (I wouldnt know honestly) better than the last Croker Irl v Italy game!!

hopefully more upbeat this time!!

Oh aye, but i mean the whole 6N match day experience...nothing quite like it in world sport imo. I'm heading to Twickers for Eng/Ire and i'm salivating at the thought....never seen Ireland beat England in Twickers (seen em lose a few though!).

Stev_o

thomond2006 wrote: »

Bar Wilkinson, it's a positive selection from Johnson.

Youngs has made a great step forward this season. Open to correction, but wasn't he third choice behind Ellis and Dupuy last season for Leicester?

He looks very good and is one to look out for at the RWC.

He was 19 last year, in 2008 at age of 18 he played 25 mins against Toulouse of Welford Road. Every Tiger supporter knows he is the real deal but at that age you need to mind your player. Plus Dupuy was our first choice kicker last year and Cockers is trying to give Youngs a kicking game now.

Riskymove

toomevara wrote: »

Oh aye, but i mean the whole 6N match day experience...nothing quite like it in world sport imo. I'm heading to Twickers for Eng/Ire and i'm salivating at the thought....never seen Ireland beat England in Twickers (seen em lose a few though!).

agreed, i just wouldn't put that particular game forward as the example fo how great it is!

am off to Twickers for the game for the first time myself....looking forward to it..Ireland have won every time I have seen that game at home (not many mind you) so am hoping my talisman-like attendance continues!

danthefan

Sexton out of the 22.

twinytwo

danthefan wrote: »

Sexton out of the 22.

Huh?

toomevara

danthefan wrote: »

Sexton out of the 22.

Source/attribution?

danthefan

twinytwo wrote: »

Huh?

ROG starting with Reddan, Earls, Wallace the subs is apparently the case. We'll see in about 30 mins.

toomevara wrote: »

Source/attribution?

A guy who knew about Sexton starting against SA in advance, I believe it.

Spud83

danthefan wrote: »

Sexton out of the 22.

Seriously are you just taking random pot shots at the selection. It's not announced till 1.30, so can you at least say where you are getting it from, or say that you are taking a random guess.

wicklowwonder

danthefan wrote: »

Sexton out of the 22.

if this is the case Declan Kidney is Eddie O'Sullivan in disguise! Unless sexton is injured his dropping from startin fly half v the world champions to even making the panel v italy is the probably the biggest joke seen in irish rugby since year dot.... Any reason?

twinytwo

Webbs wrote: »

Far more creativity than previously but is a lightweight midfield that likes an outside break, combine that with a ponderous backrow then Wales will really target the breakdown

would their attacking ability not make up for their reduced defensive capabilities?.. Obviously a decent backrow is needed as well. BUt the likes of tait and streetle can be a handfull for anyone

danthefan

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Seriously are you just taking random pot shots at the selection. It's not announced till 1.30, so can you at least say where you are getting it from, or say that you are taking a random guess.

Healy
Flannery
Hayes
DOC
POC
McLaughlin
Wallace
Heaslip
TOL
ROG
Trimble
D'Arcy
BOD
Bowe
Kearney

Best , Court, Cullen, O'Brien, Reddan, Wallace, Earls


We'll see very soon how many are right or wrong.

PhatPiggins

Sexton out of 22!!! Forum melt doen imminent. Mods break out their Rosary beads and banning sticks

Would understand an extra prop on the bench instead of Sexton or ROG but not an extra back.

Would like to see Mclaughlin start

thomond2006

From Sky Sports:

Scotland team to face France at Murrayfield:

15 C Paterson (Edinburgh); 14 T Evans (Glasgow), 13 M Evans (Glasgow), 12 G Morrison (Glasgow), 11 S Lamont (Scarlets); 10 P Godman (Edinburgh), 9 C Cusiter (Glasgow); 1 A Dickinson (Gloucester), 2 R Ford (Edinburgh), 3 M Low (Glasgow), 4 N Hines (Leinster), 5 A Kellock (Glasgow), 6 K Brown (Glasgow),7 J Barclay (Glasgow), 8 J Beattie (Glasgow).

Replacements: 16 S Lawson (Gloucester), 17 A Jacobsen (Edinburgh), 18 R Gray (Glasgow), 19 A MacDonald (Edinburgh), 20 R Lawson (Gloucester), 21 A Grove (Worcester), 22 H Southwell (Stade Francais).

All Glasgow backrow and centres.

sock puppet

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Seriously are you just taking random pot shots at the selection. It's not announced till 1.30, so can you at least say where you are getting it from, or say that you are taking a random guess.

Dunno though. Bradley hinted after the A game that the shirt was Wallace's to lose and that one of Sexton or Darcy would lose out to him. Now I know Bradley could well have been talking through his arse but he is a coach involved in the national setup.

thomond2006

http://www.irishrugby.ie/10735_19578.php

Who will make the starting line-up when Declan Kidney announces the team this afternoon? Tune in at lunchtime on www.irishrugby.ie/tvlive to watch the team announcement press conference live.

Irish Rugby TV will be streaming live from the team hotel as Declan Kidney announces the Ireland team to play Italy in the opening game of the 2010 RBS 6 Nations Championship and you can view the press conference live right here on IrishRugby.ie.

The press conference starts at 1.30pm approx. so tune in to www.irishrugby.ie/tvlive and be the first to know.
Don't forget you can also keep up to date with the all the matchday action with our O2 MatchDay Live service - live radio streams and full match updates will keep you up with all the action on the day.

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thehighground

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Sexton out of 22!!! Forum melt doen imminent. Mods break out their Rosary beads and banning sticks

Would understand an extra prop on the bench instead of Sexton or ROG but not an extra back.

Would like to see Mclaughlin start

Might be they want to take off BOD early and save him for France.

Dropping Sexton from 22 could be to keep him under the radar for French game where an element of surprise would help.

wicklowdub

It is entirely possible that Sexton is carrying an injury, we will know in about 5 mins anyway

Podge_irl

thehighground wrote: »

Dropping Sexton from 22 could be to keep him under the radar for French game where an element of surprise would help.

Considering he only has two games under his belt in the last few months it would be silly to drop him into the France game. I can only assume he's injured.

wicklowdub

So Sexton starts

danthefan

Sexton injured.

cruiserweight

Wow no Sexton is right, he has a dead leg and is unavailable apparently

Beanmachine

Delighted for Mclaughlin

danthefan

danthefan wrote: »

Healy
Flannery
Hayes
DOC
POC
McLaughlin
Wallace
Heaslip
TOL
ROG
Trimble
D'Arcy
BOD
Bowe
Kearney

Best , Court, Cullen, O'Brien, Reddan, Wallace, Earls


We'll see very soon how many are right or wrong.

All correct.

thomond2006

Kearney
Bowe
BOD
D'Arcy
Trimble
ROG
TOL
Healy
Flannery
Hayes
DOC
POC
McLaughlin
Wallace
Heaslip

Best
Court
Cullen
SOB
Reddan
Wallace
Earls

danthefan called it right.

CJhaughey

Flannery back in should make the lineout better.

Podge_irl

Not thrilled about Flannery and Best being the hookers considering their lack of game time, and would have preferred Best starting, but its a minor quibble. Good team otherwise (bar the obvious issue of Reddan).

twinytwo

:mad:..... trimble
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

if he fecks up again

PhatPiggins

cruiserweight wrote: »

Wow no Sexton is right, he has a dead leg and is unavailable apparently

Thank fck another few days free of ROGgate tribunals

Have you got the final score by any chance Dan?