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Predict Irish XXIII for 2023 RWC

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    #32
    The Lost Sheep
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    I can name a team that has never won a knockout world cup match.

    Did we have out best 15 athletes on the pitch sadly no

    We need to try something?
    we do but moving guys who've never been backs to centre is not the answer. It would be ridiculous to try it.
    And can you name players who were pros and were converted from backrow to centre. Plenty done it at age grade but if it was this simple then you have plenty of successful examples


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    #33
    Quin_Dub
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    The Lost Sheep wrote: »
    we do but moving guys who've never been backs to centre is not the answer. It would be ridiculous to try it.
    And can you name players who were pros and were converted from backrow to centre. Plenty done it at age grade but if it was this simple then you have plenty of successful examples

    This exactly - I absolutely think we should be looking at the current top prospect 18/19 year olds and having discussions about this kind of thing. Trying to move a 25 yr old is WAY too late.


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    #34
    The Lost Sheep
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    Quin_Dub wrote: »
    This exactly - I absolutely think we should be looking at the current top prospect 18/19 year olds and having discussions about this kind of thing. Trying to move a 25 yr old is WAY too late.
    25 is too late for pro rugby but you can see it happen at AIL level albeit very irregularly
    Cork29 wrote: »
    We have a small pick the players i mentioned will not be playing centre for ireland in 4 years time

    The way rugby is played less of a difference between backs and forwards.

    Brian O’Driscoll one of the best for poaching a ball etc
    there is still huge differences though and yes o Driscoll was excellent at turning ball over that doesnt mean he would have made an excellent backrow.
    Are you going to provide examples to back your point up then?


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    #35
    The Lost Sheep
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    I can not give you examples.

    We have such a small pool of players every effort should be made to make best use.

    So what if it now work out what is lost. The players i mentioned are not going to be first choice in the centre.

    I even go as far as say sam aronold is 4 if not 5 choice in his position at munster.

    We need to have our best most dynamic players on the pitch simple
    this wouldn't be best use of players. They may not be first choice centres but would be nowhere near good enough as backrow. You cant just say these would be better than actual out and out backrows. They're not more dynamic than many backrows or at least you cant show they would be more influential on games than guys who've always played backrow


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    #36
    cson
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    Sure why don't we just start practicing eugenics and be done with it? Lab grown players for each position.


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    #37
    The Lost Sheep
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    How can you say not best use of players? Did you see us at the world cup we were like a limp biscuit. We need some wrecking balls hard running ball carrriers.

    These players are international centres i would be quite sure they have the skillset
    maybe we do. But moving guys from centre isnt thebanswer and suggesting it shows a complete lack of awareness of both the players and the positions and how tough it would be to change position. It wasnt wrecking ball ball carriers that we were lacking. It was a lot more than that


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    #38
    salmocab
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    I’m sure the players would be delighted to see their careers go down the spout for an experiment.


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    #39
    sydthebeat
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    We're very close to shark jumping territory here.

    We had plenty of ball carrying threat up front. Healy furlong and porter often make good ground around the fringes when playing for Leinster. Henderson is a fantastic explosive ball carrier, one of his main strengths. Ryan simply never goes backwards in the tight. CJ obviously can do it, Conan is great in the loose. It's not JVDFs main strength but the guy has serious wheels. POM was a winger at an earlier age, but concentrates not these days on creating space for others. Leavy is very powerful and fast, hopefully he can get back to those levels. Jordi has shown in top level games he has that in his locker as well.

    The problem is for the last 4 years we haven't been playing in a way which exploits this. We have been, up to now hopefully, a very much risk averse possession based team. This isn't down to not having the players to play another way.... But rather down to getting the best results on a particular day.

    Joes gone. We don't know yet how farrell will set up his team.

    But we certainly do not need knee jerk reactions of getting to turn centers into flankers.... Competely different skill sets required, and instincts, for both which are honed over years....

    Its not like gaa where you throw a full back up full forward and hope he shines....


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    #40
    Faugheen
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    Brian Corcoran, Diarmuid Osullivan lots more examples if you are a hurler you can play anywhere. Same wiith rugby.

    You can’t.

    Stop this nonsense. You’ve clearly never played a game of rugby before.


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    #41
    sydthebeat
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    Can you show me any clips at this world cup of these players ball carrying?

    As i keep saying we need to get explosive athletes on the pitch was have some that can be worked in

    Brian Corcoran, Diarmuid Osullivan lots more examples if you are a hurler you can play anywhere. Same wiith rugby.

    If you think that's comparable with rugby, the your knowledge is extremely limited.


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    #42
    aloooof
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    Brian Corcoran, Diarmuid Osullivan lots more examples if you are a hurler you can play anywhere. Same wiith rugby.

    It’s really not the same. It’s even written into the laws of the game, when it comes to props. You’re literally prevented from playing anywhere.


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    #43
    sydthebeat
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    They have 4 years to get to the world cup, can they not be trained to play the position?

    Has Ireland ever won a knock out match in the world cup in pretty much a 8 team competition? Need to think outside the box. Get the best/explosive athletes trained up...

    Do you not realise that players hone skills over many years... And that rugby positions have VERY specific skills for certain positions??

    Do you not also realise that players are directed towards certain positions in their development which suits their skills, physique and temperment??

    I'm going to suggest you don't realise this.... As you're gaa analogy shows.

    I'll also repeat that our poor RWC performance was as much, if not more, the result of the style of play we employed.. Than the players we played.

    If you watched our players regularly you'd see that they are all capable of being strong back carriers.


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    #44
    Faugheen
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    They have 4 years to get to the world cup, can they not be trained to play the position?

    Has Ireland ever won a knock out match in the world cup in pretty much a 8 team competition? Need to think outside the box. Get the best/explosive athletes trained up...

    A position they might never have played in in their entire lives? No they f*cking can’t.

    Watch any time someone in the backs has to go into the back row of a scrum to make up numbers when someone is in the sin-bin. The vast majority look like they’ve never done it before.

    Seriously. You need to stop this absolutely mad tirade because it’s not how it works.

    You’ve never played a game of rugby, so when it comes to these types of discussions you’re out of your depth.


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    #45
    Faugheen
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    Nothing mad about it, train the players if it works out great.

    As i said we never won a kcockout world cup match in 7 goes in pretty much a 8 team competition. How it is working now has been proved to not work. We need to try make the best of our resources? Do you think Mccloskey will play centre for Ireland. Only if about 5 players missing. Earls play centre before him

    Need to start thinking outside the box. Simple as that

    ‘Thinking outside the box’ is a whole lot different to what you’re suggesting. What you’re suggesting is dangerous in a game like rugby.

    You don’t respond to any points made. You just keep saying the same things over and over. You’re wrong. Give it up.

    Either that or you’re trolling, which I’m growing very suspicious of.


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    #46
    Richie_Rich89
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    Predictable dismissive and snobbish response to Cork29's suggestion. Brad Thorn and Sam Burgess (for Bath) can switch from league and play in the forwards but it's completely out of the question for players who've been playing union all their lives to learn how to maul and push in the scrum.


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    #47
    Clegg
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    If you want a serious answer re converting centres to backrows the first thing you have to consider is conditioning. The fitness work a backrow forward does is competely different to that of a big, ball carrying centre. Backrows do a lot of tackling at close quarters, they often amass the most tackles for the team. They do a lot of tight ball carrying where they scrap for every inch and they're often contesting the ruck where they torpedo themselves against the opposition and vice versa.

    McCloskey and Farrell don't do much of this work which makes them able to make the huge carries. They simply have the energy to do it. Slap a 6 or 8 on their back and the entire focus of the game changes. They won't be able to make those carries. Or they'd have to be very selective as to when they can actually do it.


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    #48
    Richie_Rich89
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    I'd say O'Driscoll would have been an excellent openside flank forward.


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    #49
    Squidgy Black
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    Cork29 wrote: »
    How is it dangerous.

    I am saying we switch players, get our best athletes on the pitch?

    Have you seen the size of Mccloskey, have you seen him off load this is the kind of athlete we need. Have you seen his ball carrying. Simple as.

    I do not think he gets in the team in current position. For a number 6 he could be unreal with his skill set.

    I am not saying give him number 6 jersey now

    Have you seen McCloskey clear a ruck that isn't just another back or jackal against an opposition backrow? Or take on a carry from the base of a ruck? Or pack down in a scrum? Lift in a lineout?

    They're all fundamental skills that a backrow needs and are something that some players will just pick up in a handful of training sessions. For the players safety too, you can't just slap them into those kind of positions open to clear outs without the correct body position or else they'll be folded, the amount of serious injuries that occur to top level backrows like Leavy, Warburton etc who have played there for years. On top of that, Ulster have no requirement for McCloskey to play 6, why would they agree to it?


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