Irish Squad announced

RuggieBear

four uncapped included

neil best and trimble from ulster, kearney and heaslip from Leinster.

Would love to see Heaslip play



Forwards (18):
Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Shane Byrne (Saracens), Reggie Corrigan (Greystones/Leinster), Leo Cullen (Leicester), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Anthony Foley (Shannon/Munster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster), Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster), Matt McCullough (Ballymena/Ulster), Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster), Johnny O'Connor (Wasps), Malcolm O'Kelly (St Mary's College/Leinster), Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster).

Backs (14):
Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Kieran Campbell (Dungannon/Ulster), Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster), Shane Horgan (Lansdowne/Leinster), David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster), Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster), Kieran Lewis (St Mary's College/Leinster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution), David Quinlan (Northampton), Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), AN Other.

Not considered though injury: Guy Easterby (Blackrock College/Leinster), Denis Hickie (St.Mary's College/Leinster), Eric Miller (Terenure College/Leinster), Brian O¿Driscoll (Blackrock College/Leinster), Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munst

cruiserweight

I think that Paul O'Connell and Simon Easterby are subject to fitness tests so there may be changes!

Red Soup

I thought Eric Miller was coming back into the Leinster team, and therefore would make it. And with Easterby a bit iffy, I'd love to see Heaslip starting (and Best as well, but that's a long shot) in the back row.

Who will this AN Other be?

Nukem

RuggieBear wrote:

Reggie Corrigan (Greystones/Leinster),

WTF WTF WTF WTF - useless moaning bit*h
Should have beeb put out to pasture long time ago!

RuggieBear wrote:

Kieran Campbell (Dungannon/Ulster),
Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster),
Kieran Lewis (St Mary's College/Leinster),

Exciting prospects - no sign of Wilson though........oh well.
If these three dont get a starting run against Romania we know its gonna be some sh!t season with steady Eddie

RuggieBear

yeah i don't think reggie should be there. He was destroyed by the bath props.

tbh, i reckon it's a little early for kearny as well. He can't tackle.

I'd have had Brown ahead of him at leinster too...

Heaslip has to start. He has been awesome

demac

Frankie Sheahan is also out for 6 to 12 weeks.

daveirl

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Mungaman

Lads do you not think Buckley should get in the squad and get some experience even just being round the team and bleed him in on short spells with **** teams ie Romania. Is Fitspatrick that far off the pace as well? I really belive your going to need the BIG BIG boys to keep competing in the top 5 in world rugby

Pancho

Definitely think big Buckley should get a run out against Romania, Heaslip and Trimble are also playing out of their skins! Especially considering it's their 1st season at inter-pro.

Snickers Man

O'Connell and Easterby are as good as out, I'm afraid. Both with broken bones. Nose and hand.

Throw the young fellas in!! Nothing to lose. If we go with the steady old guys we'll get hockeyed anyway. Give youth a chance. Trust to luck. We're bound to strike lucky once in a hundred years.

That's how long we've been playing these guys and never once beaten them.

KnowItAll

It's looking bad for Buckley but I thought Fitzpatrick would be picked. I think there are some very good players called up like Trimble, Bowe, Heaslip, Lewis and Kearney but I don't think any of these will start against NZ.

mchurl

Give kearney a go he is defintly worth it!:D

daveirl

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