Ireland selection for Russia

Tigerandahalf

So after the great win today what will the line up be for this game. Do you give all the backup players a game and rest the frontliners, since it doesn't matter how much we beat the Russians by, once we beat them. The likes of Ross and Healy could certainly do with the rest.

Court
Best
Buckley

Cullen
O'Connell/O'Callaghan

Ryan
Leamy
Heaslip

Murray
O'Gara

Earls
McFadden
Bowe
Trimble
Kearney

Bench of
Ross
Cronin
One of the O'Cs
O'Brien
Boss
Sexton
Murphy


Well what's the opinion?

Hype710

Don't like your back row.

6 Leamy
7 Jennings
8 O' Brien

19 Heaslip for me.

Hope Ferg gets a go from the off. Confidence should be sky high. Hope we can build on this and expectation doesnt get to them!

Thanos

Would not risk Best, he is now in the same bracket as Ross (cannot do with him getting injured)

Rest looks about right.

Brendan97

1.court
2.cronin
3.buckley
4.cullen
5.doc
6.ryan
7.jennings
8.leamy
9.murray
10.o'gara
11.earls
12.mcfadden
13.bowe
14.trimble
15.murphy

take off bowe for sexton on 60mins, put sexton at 12 and move mcfadden out to 13

Tigerandahalf

I was going to leave out Best but Cronin's throwing looks dodgy. The scrum could be weak so at least you would have a decent lineout. Forgot about Jennings but to be honest he hasn't really stepped upto the mark at international level.

Podge_irl

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I was going to leave out Best but Cronin's throwing looks dodgy. The scrum could be weak so at least you would have a decent lineout. Forgot about Jennings but to be honest he hasn't really stepped upto the mark at international level.

If Cronin has to come on though you'd really like him to have some game time behind him.

Court
Cronin
Buckley
Cullen
Ryan
Leamy
Jennings
O'Brien/Heaslip
Murray
ROG
Earls
McFadden
Bowe
Trimble
Kearney

Something along those lines. But with a well stacked bench just in case.

bamboozle

i'd rest all of the starting team today apart from maybe DOC, Kearney, Reddan and bowe.
keep them rested up as much as possible because we'll have 3 tough weeks in a row with italy, QF and then semi final....

CIARAN_BOYLE

Court
Cronin
Buckley
Cullen
Ryan
Leamy
Jennings
O'Brien
Boss
ROG
Earls
Wallace
McFadden
Trimble
Kearney

cython

I'd go with the below. Rests as many of the critical or apparent first choice players as possible (BOD, POC, Darcy, Ross, Kearney), and gives game time to a lot of them that have seen little (Court, Jennings, ROG, Trimble) or nothing (Buckley, Cronin, Cullen, Ryan, Leamy, Boss, Wallace, McFadden, Murphy) so far and so would have use of it. Also a strong bench on the chance that everything goes to hell, and we need to rescue the game.

Court
Cronin
Buckley

Cullen
Ryan

Leamy
Jennings
SOB

Boss
ROG

Trimble
Wallace
McFadden
Bowe

Murphy

Bench: Best, Healy, DOC, Ferris, Murray, Sexton, Earls

theboss80

1. Court
2. Cronin
3. Buckley

4. Cullen
5. Ryan

6. Leamy
7. Jennings
8. O'Brien

9. Boss
10. RO'G

11. McFadden
12. Wallace
13. Bowe
14. Trimble
15. Murphy

Bench
Best
Healy
POC
Ferris
Murray
Sexton
O'Driscoll

Tigerandahalf

I wouldn't risk SOB. He's way too valuable now. His tackle on Genia today was outstanding. Not only did he tackle but he smothered the ball and rolled Genia taking the momentum out of the move. Heaslip could do with more game time to get into form.

marco_polo

Something like:

Court
Cronin
Buckley

Ryan
Cullen

Leamy
Jennings
Heaslip

Boss/Murray
ROG

Trimble
Wallace
McFadden
Earls

Murphy