Tblisi Cup. June 2013. "Emerging Ireland"

croket

Georgian #12 Merab Sharikadze just named man of the match

Born 1993! Only 20 years old, and no club interested by him? Too bad...

pickarooney

croket wrote: »

Georgian #12 Merab Sharikadze just named man of the match

Born 1993! Only 20 years old, and no club interested by him? Too bad...

Are you his agent?

croket

pickarooney wrote: »

Are you his agent?

Ahah no I'm not. But I follow him since he is 18 (he played for Hartpury College), seen his progress, from Hartpury College to Gloucester U19 to national team. He ended his studies if I'm right, he has to leave Hartpury and England, he just back Georgia but I think he deserve to play in a higher championship, especially as 20 years-old... He can still improve

Beery Eyed

I'd agree. He was very good today. Strong in defence and made a couple of good carries. At 20 he could certainly be a good addition to a few professional clubs looking for a solid 12

Liveforrugby

croket wrote: »

Georgian #12 Merab Sharikadze just named man of the match

Born 1993! Only 20 years old, and no club interested by him? Too bad...

undersized, I'm more interested in the gorgodze like second row, massive guy plays just like gorgodze too I think he's like 18 or 19, saw some youtube footage of him a while, can't remember his name though

croket

Liveforrugby wrote: »

undersized, I'm more interested in the gorgodze like second row, massive guy plays just like gorgodze too I think he's like 18 or 19, saw some youtube footage of him a while, can't remember his name though

Lasha Lomidze?

marc96

When's the game against the SA

Beery Eyed

marc96 wrote: »

When's the game against the SA

Tuesday, 11th. Not sure what time yet

ConFurioso

irfu site has it down as 17.00 local time.

http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/index.php

What's that, 21.00 Irish time? (I dunno I'm a little drunk)

JustinDee

ConFurioso wrote: »

irfu site has it down as 17.00 local time.

http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/index.php

What's that, 21.00 Irish time? (I dunno I'm a little drunk)

1pm Georgian time

jamiedav2011

Has team been announced?

JustinDee

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

Has team been announced?

For today? Yes. Was sent out Friday morning
Edit: sorry. Thought I was in 20s thread there.

lurtz

ConFurioso wrote: »

irfu site has it down as 17.00 local time.

http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/index.php

What's that, 21.00 Irish time? (I dunno I'm a little drunk)

woah do you drink??
madman

Buer

lurtz wrote: »

woah do you drink??
madman

The bloke lives in Japan. It would have been late night when he posted.

ConFurioso

Still no excuse for getting the rotation of the earth mixed up. >_<

JustinDee

For game v SA President's XV

15 - David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
14 - Niall Morris (Leicester/Exiles)
13 - Brendan Macken (Blackrock/Leinster)
12 - Noel Reid (Clontarf/Leinster)
11 - Tiernan O'Halloran (Galwegians/Connacht)
10 - Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
9 - John Cooney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
1 - Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s/Leinster)
2 - Niall Annett (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
3 - Michael Bent (Leinster)
4 - David Foley (UL Bohemian/Munster)
5 - Ian Nagle (Cork Constitution/Munster)
6 - Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary’s/Leinster)(Captain)
7 - Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
8 - Robbie Diack (Malone/Ulster)*

Replacements:
16 - Robert Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
17 - Richard Lutton (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
18 - Dave O’Callaghan (Dolphin/Munster)
19 - Eoin McKeon (Galwegians/Connacht)
20 - Michael Heaney (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
21 - Eoin Griffin (Galwegians/Connacht)*
22 - Michael Allen (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)

Mahatma Geansai

David O'Callaghan on the bench? I thought he missed out on the squad. Interesting that he is the secondrow replacement.

jamiedav2011

An all Leinster produced backline bar TOH.

lurtz

how come brian hayes wasnt brought? he was nothing short of monumental for con v marys in the bateman final

Hagz

I thought Martin Moore was in the squad. I was looking forward to seeing him play.

CIARAN_BOYLE

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

An all Leinster produced backline bar TOH.

who came through leinster schools :P:P

Not comfortable with the second row or centres. Its pairings that I wouldn't trust in a B&I cup game.

Hagz

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Not comfortable with the centres. Its pairings that I wouldn't trust in a B&I cup game.

Ironic. It's a pairing that won the B&I cup.

Tox56

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

who came through leinster schools :P:P

Not comfortable with the second row or centres. Its pairings that I wouldn't trust in a B&I cup game.

Reid may be an issue, but when Macken steps down a level he can be devastating. No idea what level this will be played at mind you, but he was a try scoring machine in the B&I cup for Leinster, definitely one of our most important players.

trouttrout

Good to see Nagle in, and DOC.2 on the bench, always thought he was a second row tbh

macslash

Dave O'Callaghan is in for Stevenson who is gone home due to illness. Looking forward to seeing McKeon off the bench.

Podge_irl

Reid is a much better 12 than 10, but I wouldn't hold out much hope for him ever really making it. Macken could have fun depending on the level of the oppo.

Coleridge

Any reason why Diack and Griffin have asterisks next to their names but noone else?

macslash

Coleridge wrote: »

Any reason why Diack and Griffin have asterisks next to their names but noone else?

Not sure why on the above post but on the IRFU website they all have asterisks except Keatley, Ruddock and Bent because they have been capped.

CIARAN_BOYLE

Hagz wrote: »

Ironic. It's a pairing that won the B&I cup.

and i didn't trust them then, may they continue to surprise me.

Coleridge wrote: »

Any reason why Diack and Griffin have asterisks next to their names but noone else?

I don't know on the IRFU website a lot of players have asterixes (all bar Bent) and it denotes uncapped players

JustinDee

Coleridge wrote: »

Any reason why Diack and Griffin have asterisks next to their names but noone else?

Typo. Just ignore.