Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread VIII - MOD NOTE POST #4781

bilston · 09-06-2017 03:50PM

Madelynn Glamorous Range wrote: »

swiwi_ wrote: »

Me too! These are the kind of games where TOH & LM need to star, the tour is a golden opportunity for TOH in particular. Look forward to seeing how Carberry and Stockdale go as well. Will be interesting to follow Ryan too, he was a standout for the U20s, but after being burnt a few times, the NZ selectors publicly stated they would no longer select directly out of the ITM cup, so picking a guy who has yet to feature for Leinster senior team could be a bit risky. I suppose the USA is less pressure than facing one of the 6N sides at home in November out for NZ blood.

Looking at the Lions performances to date, and you do think Ireland are lucky Ringrose is not down in NZ, he seems to have some creativity which the Lions could do with. Ireland's gain!

Stockdale is far more interesting than TOH. The latter has been around squads for ages but he hasn't so much as made the bench for a serious match barring an injury crisis really. Schmidt obviously rates him to a point but not enough to play him in a 6N game for example. He won't have any sustained international career under Schmidt imo.

Stockdale on the other hand, is a good few years younger and is hugely talented. Sky is the limit for him if he can stay fit and break into the Ulster team, which has to be pointed out he really hasn't so far.

He played a fair a bit last year. Enough to score 9 tries. Is he a first choice player? Clearly not as he was benched at times in the run in. That was madness though and said more about Kiss's inability to pick a backline. Virtually all Ulster fans would tell you he was our most dangerous back and so include Piutau in that.

I've said it on the Ulster thread but I'd be starting him ahead of Trimble next season and like most Ulster supporters I'm a huge Trimby fan.

shuffol · 09-06-2017 03:53PM

bilston wrote: »

He played a fair a bit last year. Enough to score 9 tries. Is he a first choice player? Clearly not as he was benched at times in the run in. That was madness though and said more about Kiss's inability to pick a backline. Virtually all Ulster fans would tell you he was our most dangerous back and so include Piutau in that.

I've said it on the Ulster thread but I'd be starting him ahead of Trimble next season and like most Ulster supporters I'm a huge Trimby fan.

He's a left wing though, not sure you'd have him and Piutau starting on opposite wings.

irishbucsfan · 09-06-2017 09:07PM

"I had a role this week where I was watching the master at work" - Ronan O'Gara

Wonder who he's referring to!

ScrumORProp · 09-06-2017 09:08PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

"I had a role this week where I was watching the master at work" - Ronan O'Gara

Wonder who he's referring to!

either carbery or ryan would be my guess

Christy42 · 09-06-2017 10:14PM

ScrumORProp wrote: »

either carbery or ryan would be my guess

ROG's dream of being a lock get's told.

molloyjh · 09-06-2017 10:31PM

Really liked that interview with ROG. He was so genuinely excited and energised. Fantastic to see that positivity.

10-06-2017 07:56AM

molloyjh wrote: »

Really liked that interview with ROG. He was so genuinely excited and energised. Fantastic to see that positivity.

and also extremely red. needs a bit of sun screen

10-06-2017 08:01AM

Esteban Sour Sneaker wrote: »

and also extremely red. needs a bit of sun screen

That's not sunburn, his shoulders are permanently red from carrying Munster for all those years!

MJohnston · 10-06-2017 12:53PM

Eirsport is it tonight? I guess I'll be trying to find a way to watch NBCSN then

Peregrine · 10-06-2017 01:11PM

MJohnston wrote: »

Eirsport is it tonight? I guess I'll be trying to find a way to watch NBCSN then

Eir Sport and Premier Sports, yeah. Not great.

MJohnston · 10-06-2017 01:21PM

Peregrine wrote: »

Eir Sport and Premier Sports, yeah. Not great.

I'm on Virgin Media (IE) so literally no legal way to watch it. Great situation.

Stheno · 10-06-2017 02:49PM

Is premier sports on sky sports?

Squidgy Black · 10-06-2017 02:53PM

Stheno wrote: »

Is premier sports on sky sports?

Only available in the UK and NI

maddness · 10-06-2017 08:02PM

So does anyone have any suggestions for somehow finding a way to watch this match online?

10-06-2017 08:10PM

maddness wrote: »

So does anyone have any suggestions for somehow finding a way to watch this match online?

Have a look at the match thread on the reddit subreddit for rugbyunion as there are usually some solid suggestions there.

.ak · 10-06-2017 09:03PM

Reminder: no illegal stream requests or links to be posted here.

D14Rugby · 10-06-2017 09:03PM

maddness wrote: »

So does anyone have any suggestions for somehow finding a way to watch this match online?

I'm sure your local pub will have it on

Squidgy Black · 10-06-2017 09:21PM

It's on NBCSN which is available on Mobdro

wp_rathead · 10-06-2017 09:29PM

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

It's on NBCSN which is available on Mobdro

Also Premier Sports

DGRulz · 10-06-2017 09:49PM

Premier Sports seems to have the Eir coverage for anyone who doesn't want to listen to Yanks talk about rugby.

Squidgy Black · 10-06-2017 09:52PM

DGRulz wrote: »

Premier Sports seems to have the Eir coverage for anyone who doesn't want to listen to Yanks talk about rugby.

Mike McCarthy doing the analysis for Premier Sport should be reason enough to chose it over NBC

Erik Shin · 10-06-2017 09:54PM

We should Make Venjur listen to NBCSN just so he can do his drinking game.... he'll be hammered before the first scrum!

10-06-2017 09:56PM

Erik Shin wrote: »

We should Make Venjur listen to NBCSN just so he can do his drinking game.... he'll be hammered before the first scrum!

T-total this weekend as misses working!

Elvisjuice · 10-06-2017 10:03PM

why did paddy jackson not travel to this ?

10-06-2017 10:09PM

Elvisjuice wrote: »

why did paddy jackson not travel to this ?

DOWN IT

CIARAN_BOYLE · 10-06-2017 10:22PM

Elvisjuice wrote: »

why did paddy jackson not travel to this ?

I believe that his legal issues isn't fully cleared up and that he failed to get a visa.

Elvisjuice · 10-06-2017 10:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

DOWN IT

great thanks, brill info

Elvisjuice · 10-06-2017 10:26PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

I believe that his legal issues isn't fully cleared up and that he failed to get a visa.

thank you

11-06-2017 03:06PM

Any word what happened to Marshall?

thomond2006 · 11-06-2017 03:33PM

LH: Healy, Kilcoyne
HK: Scannell, Tracy, Heffernan
TH: Bealham, Porter, Ryan
LK: Ryan, Toner, Treadwell, Roux
BS: Ruddock, Leavy
OS: Reidy, VDF
N8: Conan, JOD

SH: Cooney, Marmion, McGrath
OH: Carbery, Jackson
IC: Marshall, Scannell
OC: ROL, Ringrose
WG: Earls, Stockdale, Zebo
FB: Conway, TOH

I'd go with:

Healy, Scannell, Ryan, Toner, Treadwell, Ruddock, Leavy, Conan;
Marmion, Jackson, Earls, Scannell, Ringrose, Conway, Zebo

Tracy, Kilcoyne, Bealham, Ryan, VDF, Cooney, Carbery, TOH

Bring in the rest of the squad for the second test. I saw that Carbery is awaiting an ankle scan so his tour may be over. In that case you can bring in ROL to the 23.

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Ireland Team Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread VIII - MOD NOTE POST #4781