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Which Irish player had the best 2013 season?

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  • 08-07-2013 8:53pm
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    JagerScout
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    Who do you think?

    Think the main contenders are Murray, Heaslip.
    With Sexton, O'Connell, Healy and Bowe the next level but missed too much of the season due to injury.


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    Podge_irl
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    No one.

    Murray didn't have a good season, he had an excellent Lions tour, an up and down 6N and a poor start of the year.
    Heaslip was excellent since the 6N but very quiet during it.
    Sexton was Sexton - I think he was probably the most consistent but he wasn't exactly pulling up trees in the 6N either.

    Ultimately, everyone was pretty **** in the 6N which puts a bit of a dampener on the whole thing.


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    CastingCouch
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    Mike McCarthy had a real good season imo.

    Maybe not the best though?


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    Rozza Best.


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    Podge_irl
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    CastingCouch wrote: »
    Mike McCarthy had a real good season imo.

    Maybe not the best though?

    His handling was absolutely infuriating all season. So many dropped balls.

    Good shout though, I thought he really got stuck in.


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    Coleridge
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    Agreed,nobody really. Perhaps Henderson and Gilroy as breakthroughs. none of the established players had a vintage session by any means.


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    CastingCouch
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    Podge_irl wrote: »
    His handling was absolutely infuriating all season. So many dropped balls.

    Good shout though, I thought he really got stuck in.

    Yeah against England especially (although everyone was at it).

    He really stepped it up though I thought.


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    LowOdour
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    What about Zebo? Played pretty well in his first season in the 6N, ok in the HC and got a call up to the lions, where he did well when he played


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    its_phil
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    Based on consistency throughout the season I'd probably say POM. But it wasn't a great year for individual players. Anyone who looked very good at times kind of fell off the radar through form or injury.

    Healy or Madigan with honorable shouts too.


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    JagerScout
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    POM was not consistent, had 1 good game during the 6N.


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    Podge_irl
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    Madigan and Zebo both benefit from not having much involvement in that abomination of a 6N!


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    Hagz
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    Candidates for me are Ian Madigan, Stuart Olding and Tommy Bowe.

    Ian Madigan acquitted himself well at full-back and put in some stand out performances at out-half, not to mention winning the golden boot in the Pro 12. For me he should have seen more game-time for Ireland ahead of Paddy Jackson in my opinion.

    Stuart Olding emerged more in the tail end of the season but for a 19 year old he put in some really impressive performances with Ulster and earned himself a call up to the Irish team.

    Tommy Bowe was constantly battling through injury this season, but still managed to hold onto form both at club level and test level and finished it off with a Lions victory.


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    .ak
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    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Sexton was Sexton - I think he was probably the most consistent but he wasn't exactly pulling up trees in the 6N either.

    Hard to do that in a cast all right! :D


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    .ak
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    Also I'm shocked we've gone 13 posts without SOB being mentioned. My player of the year, if only because he was the ONLY consistently good Irish player through the 6N.


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    Podge_irl
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    .ak wrote: »
    Hard to do that in a cast all right! :D

    I've actually managed to erase the 6N enough from my memory that I forgot he was injured.

    Thanks for ****ing ruining that you bastard.


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    Artful_Badger
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    Thought Heaslip had a good season.


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    matthew8
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    Has to be SOB. Only consistent 6N performer, and only good player who could stay healthy all the way through the season and Lions series.


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    Seanbass
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    would have said Madigan myself, really stepped up his game when Sexton leaving was announced.

    honorable mentions to the usuals, P O'C, Healy, S O'B etc, McFadden was his usual Workhorse self too


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    Bassfish
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    Tommy O' Donnell had a great season for Munster


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    jamiedav2011
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    Between TOD, Madigan, Murray for me.

    Hard to remember the whole way back to August though!


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    Swiwi.
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    My €0.02. I would give it to Murray. Went from being a 50/50 call to start for Ireland to arguably the form scrumhalf on the B&I Lions tour. Given neither Italy nor France have particularly compelling 9 options at present, maybe only Kahn Fotualii is a better scrumhalf in Europe at the moment.

    No Irish player seemed on form all season (but then who is), I guess SOB came closest.


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    JagerScout
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    Le vieux renard wrote: »

    No Irish player seemed on form all season (but then who is), I guess SOB came closest.

    but you pick murray :confused:


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    Swiwi.
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    JagerScout wrote: »
    but you pick murray :confused:

    Well, your Q is which player had the best 2013 season? Not which player was the most consistent. I'd say Murray would be very content as he heads off to the beach for a few weeks. He was never that poor either, but has improved ++. It's only an opinion, don't get too hung up about it...


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    Hottowel
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    .ak wrote: »
    Also I'm shocked we've gone 13 posts without SOB being mentioned. My player of the year, if only because he was the ONLY consistently good Irish player through the 6N.

    That's true. He doesn't ever seem to get much recognition. Thought himself and Tipuric were the standout backrow players of the tour and it was amazing they only featured in the last test. Granted backrow was competitve but they were the two best players in the back row.


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    JagerScout
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    Le vieux renard wrote: »
    Well, your Q is which player had the best 2013 season? Not which player was the most consistent. I'd say Murray would be very content as he heads off to the beach for a few weeks. He was never that poor either, but has improved ++. It's only an opinion, don't get too hung up about it...

    Murray wasn't poor you must have missed the group stages of the Heineken cup.

    But i'd agree he had a pretty good season, just needs to stay consistent and retain his form shown during the Lions.


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    phog
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    As it seems anyone who featured in the 6Ns is ruled out due to the disaster that turned out to be I'd go for TOD, it was a great season for him.


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    jm08
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    Just seen this on the twitter machine:

    OptaJonny ‏@OptaJonny 7h
    5 - Scrum-half @ConorMurray_9 weighed in with more try assists (five) than any other player on the 2013 #Lions tour.


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    phog
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    jm08 wrote: »
    Just seen this on the twitter machine:

    OptaJonny ‏@OptaJonny 7h
    5 - Scrum-half @ConorMurray_9 weighed in with more try assists (five) than any other player on the 2013 #Lions tour.

    I assume that's midweek games too, still he had a great tour. Delighted for him, grabbed his opportunity when he got it.


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    bilston
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    Clearly the answer to the thread is Paddy Jackson.

    Sean O'Brien bring a close second.


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    #30
    jm08
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    Sean O'Brien missed the first half of the season with Leinster and the AIs for Ireland.


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    bilston
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    jm08 wrote: »
    Sean O'Brien missed the first half of the season with Leinster and the AIs for Ireland.

    Well it's hard to think of too many others who played consistently well across the whole season. Maybe Heaslip or possibly Murray but its really only been since the new year that Murray has come to the fire.


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