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Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread II

RuggieBear · 2012-12-25 13:28:17

New thread as old thread was getting too large for the hamsters

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#9782 30-01-2014 11:59am
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sydthebeat wrote: »

yeah looks to be the best 23 available at the moment.
Darcy / Marshall probably interchangeable in that what Darcy may give more in defence Marshall probably offers more in attack.

Could be D'Arcy for Wales, England and France and Marshall for Scotland and Italy, that way neither player doubles up (ie plays two weekends in a row).

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#9783 30-01-2014 12:00pm
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.ak wrote: »

/sick

More proof that Evans deserved his 12 week ban.

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#9784 30-01-2014 12:00pm
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McCarthy is someone we could well afford to lose considering we have Touhy and Henderson in reserve. We're much lighter if Luke can't play

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#9785 30-01-2014 12:01pm
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bilston wrote: »

Could be D'Arcy for Wales, England and France and Marshall for Scotland and Italy, that way neither player doubles up (ie plays two weekends in a row).

Bod for five in a row? maybe cave (or robbie) / marshall versus italy would be a good shout.

Im worried that our injury list has nearly doubled and we haven't kicked a ball yet

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#9786 30-01-2014 12:02pm
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The Pheasant2 wrote: »

FFS McCarthy too?! Is someone going around the Ireland camp smashing mirrors or something?

Ian Evans tore him up!

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#9787 30-01-2014 12:02pm
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bilston wrote: »

More proof that Evans deserved his 12 week ban.

Not according to the Welsh players who tweeted about it saying that McCarthy deserved it for being where he was in the maul/ruck. Stay classy lads.

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#9788 30-01-2014 12:03pm
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thomond2006 wrote: »

Not according to the Welsh players who tweeted about it saying that McCarthy deserved it for being where he was in the maul/ruck. Stay classy lads.

Welsh players? Surely you mean fans?

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#9789 30-01-2014 12:04pm
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god damn injuries. Seems beating the Scots by 40 points might just be a pipe dream after all

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#9790 30-01-2014 12:04pm
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Ian Evans tore him up!

Yeah I know that but it's fairly unlucky that his face would go all sceptic

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#9791 30-01-2014 12:04pm
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Interesting interview with Kearns.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/rob-kearney-feels-sense-of-liberation-under-new-regime-1.1672523

Pretty much confirms what we thought of Kidney and his tactics regarding kicking.

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#9792 30-01-2014 12:04pm
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bilston wrote: »

Welsh players? Surely you mean fans?

Nope, players. Joe Bearman in particular.

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#9793 30-01-2014 12:05pm
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The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Yeah I know that but it's fairly unlucky that his face would go all sceptic

Ah I think he was always in doubt for it.. I kinda hoped he'd be okay, perfect game for him, but with 25 stitches it takes time to the wound to seal up.

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#9794 30-01-2014 12:05pm
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sydthebeat wrote: »

Bod for five in a row? maybe cave (or robbie) / marshall versus italy would be a good shout.

Im worried that our injury list has nearly doubled and we haven't kicked a ball yet

I don't see BOD finishing 5 in a row, I would have thought the plan against Scotland might have been to move Fitz to 13 for the final quarter to keep BOD's powder dry for Wales (if the game was won which is no given by any stretch). Maybe McFadden to 13 late on against Scotland now? Or Jackson to 10 and Sexton to 12 and Marshall/D'Arcy to 13. Actually that's far too much shuffling about so ignore that last bit!

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#9795 30-01-2014 12:10pm
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They really have to be getting Zebo back into camp soon as. He needs to be around the match atmosphere this weekend and train like a motherfunny next week.

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#9796 30-01-2014 12:13pm
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former legend wrote: »

Nope, players. Joe Bearman in particular.

Tom Shanklin as well if I remember correctly

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#9797 30-01-2014 12:13pm
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Just noticed BOD is 3 caps away from matching Gregan's record, and 4 caps away from being the most capped player in history.

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#9798 30-01-2014 12:14pm
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Swiwi. wrote: »

Carter, Cooper, Cruden. Barrett is barely tested at international level at 10. Cruden is chronically under-rated on this forum, but I lose no sleep over it. Cooper was pretty sensational for Australia in the recently completed AIs. I'd be genuinely interested to know whether the other 5N forums/blogs think Sexton is in the top 2 FHs in world rugby. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. I think those teams would fear Dan Carter and Quade Cooper more, but I might be wrong. And just to say it again, I do rate Sexton.

Cooper is eratic though, brilliant or sometimes brutal, I'd say Cruden is probably more in line for the tag, as he could very soon be passing Carter for the NZ jersey (even with Carter fit and available). Of course it's very hard to rate one OH against another given the teams they play in, it is far easier for both Carter and Cruden to look better considering the dominance of the team they play in. I don't think Sexton has really done much wrong in an under performing Irish team, that Cruden or Carter would have done better.

*MOD EDIT* Thread locked as reaching limit. new thread here

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