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Autumn Internationals Team Announcement/Talk

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Ireland play Italy on Nov 3^rd, Argentina Nov 10^th, New Zealand Nov 17^th and USA Nov 24^th.
[font=Calibri, sans-serif]Team announcement expected on Tuesday or Wednesday.[/font]

[font=Calibri, sans-serif]With just under a year until the World Cup this is realistically the last chance for any bolters (bar a Kleyn-esque deadline residency qualification!) and with two of the games likely to be without a number of our first liners (USA and Italy as Italy will be without their French and English based players) there will certainly be opportunities.[/font]

[font=Calibri, sans-serif]Last year Ireland selected 38 players for a 3 game autumn series but Joe sent out an entire B team against Fiji so we can probably expect something similar. Are there any bolters? What do we do about the likely absence of Murray?[/font]
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[font=Calibri, sans-serif]For interest in how the team has changed here was the 38 selected last year –[/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif]21 FORWARDS:[/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Rory Best[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Jack Conan[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Ultan Dillane (hasn't been capped since)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Tadhg Furlong[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Cian Healy[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Iain Henderson[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Rob Herring (injured)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Dave Kilcoyne (hasn't been capped since)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Dan Leavy[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Jack McGrath[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Sean O'Brien[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Tommy O'Donnell (sadly injured...again) [/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Peter O'Mahony[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Andrew Porter [/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Rhys Ruddock[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]James Ryan[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]John Ryan[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]CJ Stander[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Devin Toner[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]James Tracy [/font][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif](hasn't been capped since)[/font][/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Kieron Treadwell (hasn't been capped since)[/font][/font]

[font=Calibri, sans-serif]Have since been selected in Ireland squads:[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Finlay Bealham, [/font][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Tadhg Berine, [/font][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Sean Cronin, [/font][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Quin Roux, Jordi Murphy, Niall Scannell, Josh Van Der Flier[/font]

[font=Calibri, sans-serif]17 BACKS:[/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Bundee Aki (1st capped last Nov)[/font][/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Adam Byrne (1st capped last Nov, hasn't been capped since)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Joey Carbery[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Andrew Conway [/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Keith Earls (injured?)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Chris Farrell (injured)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Robbie Henshaw[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Dave Kearney (hasn't been capped since)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Rob Kearney[/font][/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Ian Keatley (hasn't been capped since)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Kieran Marmion (injured?)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Stuart McCloskey (hasn't been capped since)[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Luke McGrath[/font][/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Conor Murray (injured?)[/font][/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Jonathan Sexton[/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Jacob Stockdale[/font]
[font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Darren Sweetnam (1st cap last Nov)[/font][/font]

[font=Calibri, sans-serif]Have since been selected in Irish squads:[/font]
[font=Calibri, sans-serif][font=lucida_grande, Calibri, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif]Ross Byrne, John Cooney, Jordan Larmour, Fergus McFadden, Garry Ringrose, Craig Gilroy (was injury call up to Nov squad last year)[/font][/font]

[font=Calibri, sans-serif]Whoever gets selected lets just be thankful there will be no ZEBO OUT bombshells like last year ... Or will there????[/font]

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[Deleted User]

Lollabies

bilston

Fair play to England but Australia have been absolute dirt.

Dog Botherer

Australia are so bad they’re making England resemble a competent rugby team.

Clegg

Starting to think Cheika might be getting the sack after this.

[Deleted User]

Wallabies already in the pub.

Cheika probably done now albeit I fail to see what Australian rugby does instead. Problem is bottom to top and everything in between.

GDK_11

Posted in here a couple of weeks ago saying I thought England were decent against NZ.

Think they’ve been very average today, lots of mistakes.
As for the Aussies, despite then being one of our biggest rivals it’s not great to see them this poor, a good Australian team is a must going forward. MC could be in trouble after this.

[Deleted User]

GDK_11 wrote: »

Posted in here a couple of weeks ago saying I thought England were decent against NZ.

Think they’ve been very average today, lots of mistakes.
As for the Aussies, despite then being one of our biggest rivals it’s not great to see them this poor, a good Australian team is a must going forward. MC could be in trouble after this.

As poor as Australia are, Ireland still made hard work of beating them in the summer, and I'd still back them to up their game for the RWC. Write them off at your peril.

[Deleted User]

Basil3 wrote: »

As poor as Australia are, Ireland still made hard work of beating them in the summer, and I'd still back them to up their game for the RWC. Write them off at your peril.

Take Pocock out and they just aren't the same team. They also are missing two players because of shenanigans which is something Australia urgently need to put behind them, they've far too many off field discipline issues and it's inevitable this impacts on field discipline and concentration.

Australia could turn around and beat anyone in the world with a full deck and a reason to play next week. They just have terrible consistency and a lot of headers in the squad.

They aren't afraid of Cheika anymore either.

Mookie Blaylock

Didn't Farrell throw an arm up in the air?... Sure that's an attempted wrap...no foul at all
:rolleyes:

GDK_11

Basil3 wrote: »

As poor as Australia are, Ireland still made hard work of beating them in the summer, and I'd still back them to up their game for the RWC. Write them off at your peril.

I hope you’re right (obviously don’t want them to beat England or win it for that matter) but probably rugby’s great entertainers. Would be a bit of a shame for the tournament if this Australia turned up.
Nice try at the end to be fair

[Deleted User]

Basil3 wrote: »

As poor as Australia are, Ireland still made hard work of beating them in the summer, and I'd still back them to up their game for the RWC. Write them off at your peril.

yes well known for peaking at the WC. Argentina also. some countries not known for peaking at the WC - hopefully not this time.

bilston

Basil3 wrote: »

As poor as Australia are, Ireland still made hard work of beating them in the summer, and I'd still back them to up their game for the RWC. Write them off at your peril.

Yeah, fair point, Australia proved a harder nut to crack than NZ.

razorblunt

Samoa beat Spain 28-10.
Uruguay beat Romania 27-20.

stephen_n

Why does Colby start with 23 on his back?

razorblunt

stephen_n wrote: »

Why does Colby start with 23 on his back?

Big fan of MJ and Space Jam.

dtpc191991

Think next year could be Wales' .

mangobob

Fantastic start for Wales here.

visatorro

What was the scores in the English and Scottish games?

FrancieBrady

visatorro wrote: »

What was the scores in the English and Scottish games?

https://www.autumn-internationals.co.uk/2018/

razorblunt

Saffers getting nothing from the ref.
Cynical holding by North, pretty blatant. Should be a pen and yellow.

FrancieBrady

Shaping up for a good finish in Cardiff

mangobob

Fair play to Wales. Great result for them.

ScrubsfanChris

BBC hilarious.
South Africa beat New Zealand, Wales at home beat tired South Africa side. Opens up the world cup for Wales.......

[Deleted User]

OldRio wrote: »

How did Farrell get away with that?

no doubt he will do it at a crucial moment in the world cup and be finally severely punished - will be all the sweeter then!!!

With 2 teams that traditionally peak at the WC in France and Argentina they could potentially be in trouble at the pool stage again.

FrancieBrady

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

BBC hilarious.
South Africa beat New Zealand, Wales at home beat tired South Africa side. Opens up the world cup for Wales.......

Two tired and lethargic Southern hemisphere teams today.

Clegg

Christ I hope France lose this.

[Deleted User]

This is some game.

Clegg

That's a late tackle by the Fiji player but he was committed and essentially the French player then ran into him. It's robbed Fiji of scoring one of the best trys we've seen this year.

A basketball offload from Nakarawa.

razorblunt

Fiji shoot themselves in the foot. Perfectly good try scratched off for a no wrap, late hit on Huget.
Should be a yellow, but given Farrell's incident consistency that it isn't a yellow.

[Deleted User]

some pass there for the try by Fiji that was subsequently disallowed due to a late tackle beforehand