Inter County Rugby Teams

Leroy Lita

just for the craic, what players would make up your 'county rugby team'?
you would have to say, Dublin would be the strongest with the likes of Cork , Limerick, Kildare and Antrim being fairly strong too.

as a Tipp man, our county team wouldnt be too bad with the likes of Denis Leamy, Donnacha Ryan and Denis Fogarty.

what would be the first 15 of your county team?

jk86

Carlow

1 - 15 : SOB

PTH2009

Waterford

We would be fairly low down

snotboogie

The best three (in no order) by some distance would be

Cork:
Mike Ross
?
Tony Buckley
Mick O'Driscoll
Donnacha O'Callaghan
Billy Holland
Peter O'Mahony
James Caughlan
Peter Stringer
Ronan O'Gara
Tom Gleeson
Stephen Archer
Simon Zebo
Tomas O'Leary
Scott Deasy


Limerick:
Horan
Flannery
Hayes
O'Connell
Ryan
?
Wallace
Leamy
Murray
Cusack
?
Earls
?
?
?


Dublin:
Cian Healy
Jason Harris-Wright
Jamie Hagan
Mark Flanagan
?
Shane Jennings
Kevin McLaughlan
Domonic Ryan
Johnny Cooney
Johnny Sexton
Eoin O'Malley
Brian O'Driscoll
Fionn Carr
Felix Jones
Andrew Conway

RMD

Dublin:

1. Cian Healy
2. JHW
3. Hagan
4. Kevin McLaughlin
5. Mark Flanagan
6. Shane Jennings
7. Rhys Ruddock
8. Dominic Ryan

9. Paul O'Donohoe
10. Johnny Sexton
11. Andrew Conway
12. Eoin O'Malley
13. Brian O'Driscoll
14. Felix Jones
15. Geordan Murphy

Shame about Fitzgerald and Cullen, both would have added to the team and they learned their trade in Dublin, but they both live just outside it. I think it's fair to say though Dublin would have the strongest team.

orourkeda

Leitrim for sam

orourkeda

PTH2009 wrote: »

Waterford

We would be fairly low down

Makes a pleasant change

ormond lad

snotboogie wrote: »

The best three (in no order) by some distance would be



Limerick:
Horan
Flannery
Hayes
O'Connell

Ryan
Tipp not limerick
?
Wallace
Leamy
Murray
Cusack
?
Earls
?
?
?

Donnacha ryan is tipp not limerick

Amazotheamazing

ormond lad wrote: »

Donnacha ryan is tipp not limerick

As is Leamy, and Horan is from Clare.

Hard to work out what's going on with Limerick rugby, the numbers should be there but are they?

klairondavis

Kildare:

15 Geordan Murphy (Naas)
14 Johnny Murphy (Ellistown)
13 Fergus McFadden (Suncroft)
12
11 Fionn Carr (Ardclough)
10
9
8 Jamie Heaslip (Naas)
7
6 Trevor Brennan (Leixlip)
5 Devin Toner (Kilcock)
4 Bob Casey (Maynooth)
3
2
1


We might cobble together a decent 7s outfit!

siltirocker

Im running out the door and don't want to get into it but a lot of these Limerick & Dublin players aren't from Limerick & Dublin.

GerM

Fionn Carr, Mark Flanagan and Jason Harris-Wright are not from Dublin.

Cill Dara Abu

snotboogie wrote: »

Dublin
Fionn Carr

He's a Kildare man!

snotboogie

RMD wrote: »

Dublin:

1. Cian Healy
2. JHW
3. Hagan
4. Kevin McLaughlin
5. Mark Flanagan
6. Shane Jennings
7. Rhys Ruddock
8. Dominic Ryan

9. Paul O'Donohoe
10. Johnny Sexton
11. Andrew Conway
12. Eoin O'Malley
13. Brian O'Driscoll
14. Felix Jones
15. Geordan Murphy

Shame about Fitzgerald and Cullen, both would have added to the team and they learned their trade in Dublin, but they both live just outside it. I think it's fair to say though Dublin would have the strongest team.

I made mistakes too but it has been pointed out that some of those players are not Dubs. Cork have a very balanced team, it would be a close match

eigrod

snotboogie wrote: »

The best three (in no order) by some distance would be

Cork:
Mike Ross
?
Tony Buckley
Mick O'Driscoll
Donnacha O'Callaghan
Billy Holland
Peter O'Mahony
James Caughlan
Peter Stringer
Ronan O'Gara
Tom Gleeson
Stephen Archer
Simon Zebo
Tomas O'Leary
Scott Deasy

I'm sure Frankie Sheehan could still do a job at hooker ????

And the Dublin team could have Stephen Cluxton as cover for Sexton :-)

chris85

eigrod wrote: »

I'm sure Frankie Sheehan could still do a job at hooker ????

Cant be any worse than how his commentary/panel slot is going.

sickpuppy

Galway team off top of head.

1.Ray Mcloughlin
2. Ciaran Fitzgerald
3.
4. declan Browne
5.Andrew browne
6.John Muldooon
7 Johnny O connor
8 Noel Mannion :pac:
9.
10 Eric Elwood
11.Tiernan O halloran
12 .E oin Griffin
13.
14.
15.

Corsendonk

klairondavis wrote: »

Kildare:

15 Geordan Murphy (Naas)
14 Johnny Murphy (Ellistown)
13 Fergus McFadden (Suncroft)
12
11 Fionn Carr (Ardclough)
10
9
8 Jamie Heaslip (Naas)
7
6 Trevor Brennan (Leixlip)
5 Devin Toner (Kilcock)
4 Bob Casey (Maynooth)
3
2
1


We might cobble together a decent 7s outfit!

I have a Leinster programme that says Toner comes from Kilcock Co Meath

Cill Dara Abu

Corsendonk wrote: »

I have a Leinster programme that says Toner comes from Kilcock Co Meath

Burn it!

siltirocker

(Southern Heemisphere) Ireland XV

1 John Afoa (i know he's tight)
2 Richardt Strauss
3 BJ Botha
4 Johann Muller
5 Stephen Sykes
6 Pedrie Wannenburg
7 Ray Ofisa
8 George Naoupu
9 Ruan Pienaar
10 Matt Berquist
11 Fetu'u Vainikolo
12 Lifeimi Mafi
13 Henry Fa'afili
14 Doug Howlett
15 Isa Nacewa

That's a good invitational game waiting to happen.

Cill Dara Abu

siltirocker wrote: »

(Southern Heemisphere) Ireland XV

1 John Afoa (i know he's tight)
2 Richardt Strauss
3 BJ Botha
4 Johann Muller
5 Stephen Sykes
6 Pedrie Wannenburg
7 Ray Ofisa
8 George Naoupu
9 Ruan Pienaar
10 Matt Berquist
11 Fetu'u Vainikolo
12 Lifeimi Mafi
13 Henry Fa'afili
14 Doug Howlett
15 Isa Nacewa

That's a good invitational game waiting to happen.

No Rocky Elsom or Christian Cullen?

marco_polo

Clare

1.Marcus Horan
2. Keith Wood.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8 Axel Foley.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

paul71

Corsendonk wrote: »

I have a Leinster programme that says Toner comes from Kilcock Co Meath

It's correct, he is from Garadice, which is a Kilcock address but is in Co. Meath. I fear the only other we can add is Shaggy.

chupacabra

KERRY!


3. Pa O'Reagan
4. Mick Galwey
5. Moss Keane
6. Mick Doyle

10. Jonny Sexton
11. Luke Fitzgerald
12. JJ Hanrahan
13. Danny Barnes

paul71

chupacabra wrote: »

KERRY!


3. Pa O'Reagan
4. Mick Galwey
5. Moss Keane
6. Mick Doyle

10. Jonny Sexton
11. Luke Fitzgerald
12. JJ Hanrahan
13. Danny Barnes

Dick Spring...

siltirocker

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

No Rocky Elsom or Christian Cullen?

No, as this team is of current Southern Hemisphere players playing with Irish provinces.

CIARAN_BOYLE

siltirocker wrote: »

(Southern Heemisphere) Ireland XV

1 John Afoa (i know he's tight)
2 Richardt Strauss
3 BJ Botha
4 Johann Muller
5 Stephen Sykes
6 Pedrie Wannenburg
7 Ray Ofisa
8 George Naoupu
9 Ruan Pienaar
10 Matt Berquist
11 Fetu'u Vainikolo
12 Lifeimi Mafi
13 Henry Fa'afili
14 Doug Howlett
15 Isa Nacewa

That's a good invitational game waiting to happen.

Heinke VDM as LH ahead of Afoa

Junior

Isn't Geordan Murphy actually from Wexford ?

siltirocker

Junior wrote: »

Isn't Geordan Murphy actually from Wexford ?

That'd be Gordon D'Arcy.

Digifriendly

On same topic I was told there were inter county rugby games played in Ulster back in 1960's but as yet have found no evidence of this.

laugh

Wicklow:

15 - Luke Fitzgerald
14 - Luke Fitzgerald
13 - Luke Fitzgerald
12 - Luke Fitzgerald
11 - Luke Fitzgerald
10 - Luke Fitzgerald
09 - Luke Fitzgerald
08 - Leo Cullen
07 - Leo Cullen
06 - Leo Cullen
05 - Leo Cullen
04 - Leo Cullen
03 - Leo Cullen
02 - Leo Cullen
01 - Leo Cullen

siltirocker

Galway

1 Denis Buckley
2 Dermot Murphy
3 Ronan Loughney
4 Damien Browne
5 Andrew Browne
6 Eoin McKeon
7 Johnny O'Connor
8 John Muldoon
9 Mark Dolan
10 Jack Carty
11 Tiernan O'Halloran
12 Aidan Wynne
13 Eoin Griffen
14 Callum Bolland
15 Daniel Riordan

Sanity_Saviour

laugh wrote: »

Wicklow:

15 - Luke Fitzgerald
14 - Luke Fitzgerald
13 - Luke Fitzgerald
12 - Luke Fitzgerald
11 - Luke Fitzgerald
10 - Luke Fitzgerald
09 - Luke Fitzgerald
08 - Leo Cullen
07 - Leo Cullen
06 - Leo Cullen
05 - Leo Cullen
04 - Leo Cullen
03 - Leo Cullen
02 - Leo Cullen
01 - Leo Cullen

im sure micko could persuade SOB over with a lovely flat

Drop the Ball

marco_polo wrote: »

Clare

1.Marcus Horan
2. Keith Wood or Damien Varley.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8 Axel Foley.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Damien Varley is a Clare man too

nice_guy80

Roscommon wouldn't have a team as they don't have any rugby club in the county

though Daniel Qualter is from there

ormond lad

Tipperary
1. john fogarty
2. denis fogarty
3. ray hogan
4. donnacha ryan
5. trevor hogan
6. alan quinlan
7. tommy o donnell
8. denis leamy
9.
10. barry everitt
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

pappyodaniel

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Roscommon wouldn't have a team as they don't have any rugby club in the county

though Daniel Qualter is from there

Buccaneers?

Creggs?

nice_guy80

pappyodaniel wrote: »

Buccaneers?

Creggs?

Buccaneers is in Athlone, Westmeath
Creggs is in Co Galway

vinny chase

siltirocker wrote: »

Galway

1 Denis Buckley
2 Dermot Murphy
3 Ronan Loughney
4 Damien Browne
5 Andrew Browne
6 Eoin McKeon
7 Johnny O'Connor
8 John Muldoon
9 Mark Dolan
10 Jack Carty
11 Tiernan O'Halloran
12 Aidan Wynne
13 Eoin Griffen
14 Callum Bolland
15 Daniel Riordan

You're including a lot of Athlone and Ferbane players as Galway. Probable a lot of them were born in Ballinasloe, but didn't grow up in Galway. Otherwise Jamie Heaslip is Tiberias in Israel and ROG is Southern California

amtw

GerM wrote: »

Fionn Carr, Mark Flanagan and Jason Harris-Wright are not from Dublin.

Isn't Jason Harris-Wright from Wicklow.

vinny chase

amtw wrote: »

Isn't Jason Harris-Wright from Wicklow.

Yeah, he's from Bray.

Luke Fitz was born in Cork, but grew up in Wicklow. Leo Cullen & Shane Byrne from Wicklow too.

The two Kearney's are from Louth, Shaggy is from Meath, Gordon d'Arcy from Wexford, Mark Flanagan and Conor Gilsenan (Leinster Academy) are both from Westmeath (as was Conor O'Loughlin), Sean O'Brien & Bernard Jackman both from Carlow, loads of players from Kildare & Dublin, Ian Dowling is from Kilkenny, couple of the Connacht lads from Offaly.

The periphery Leinster counties do actually contribute more players than a lot of people would think.

vinny chase

vinny chase wrote: »

Yeah, he's from Bray.

Don't tell him that, Kilcoole folk don't take too likely to that kind of talk!

vinny chase

Deleted User wrote: »

Don't tell him that, Kilcoole folk don't take too likely to that kind of talk!

Ha! I didn't realise he was from there, and I have family living there myself! Was simply assuming as he had attended Pres before Blackrock.

07438991

Would ppl stop putting John Forgarty in the Tipp team please, the guy is retired for almost a year due to chronic concussion, i.e. he becomes concussed due to any for of contact/impact. Have some sympathy!

LeeroyJones

klairondavis wrote: »

Kildare:

15 Geordan Murphy (Naas)
14 Johnny Murphy (Ellistown)
13 Fergus McFadden (Suncroft)
12
11 Fionn Carr (Ardclough)
10
9
8 Jamie Heaslip (Naas)
7
6 Trevor Brennan (Leixlip)
5 Devin Toner (Kilcock)
4 Bob Casey (Maynooth)
3
2
1


We might cobble together a decent 7s outfit!

Kilkenny may have something to say about that!

niceoneted

What about James Downey playing at centre for Dublin too!

gcgirl

laugh wrote: »

Wicklow:

15 - Luke Fitzgerald
14 - Luke Fitzgerald
13 - Luke Fitzgerald
12 - Luke Fitzgerald
11 - Luke Fitzgerald
10 - Luke Fitzgerald
09 - Luke Fitzgerald
08 - Leo Cullen
07 - Leo Cullen
06 - Leo Cullen
05 - Leo Cullen
04 - Leo Cullen
03 - Leo Cullen
02 - Leo Cullen
01 - Leo Cullen

Your forgetting Jason Harris Wright his a Kilcoole man

pajunior

Was there not something about Jackman being from the Carlow/Wicklow border and that he personally felt more affiliated with Wicklow?

Could be a heap of horse manure but I heard it somewhere.

GavMan

In all seriousness though, This would be an interesting idea at club level. Hard to fit it in to the calender but interesting none the less