Ireland vs Wales, Friday 13th Nov 2020 7pm

thomond2006 · 13-11-2020 07:18PM #1

Ireland:
15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jonathan Sexton (c), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 James Ryan, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Andrew Porter, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Tadhg Beirne, 20 Will Connors, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Keith Earls

Wales:
15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Samson Lee, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Callum Sheedy, 23 George North

This deserves its own thread surely?

I don't think the back three loses much with Conway in for Stockdale. Roux comes in for Henderson, this is a big opportunity for him as Ryan Baird is waiting in the wings to challenge for a spot in the 23.

dublinman1990 · 13-11-2020 07:28PM

I don't know if Ireland have fully recovered from their defeat against France in Paris in the 6N. Their competitive streak is under some trouble as they did not have a great finale to the 6N campaign this year. Wales are also suffering with their defeat against Scotland at Parc Y Scarlets. I'd say Ireland v Wales will be a tough match this evening because both teams are coming from a defeat from both of their recent fixtures. In both of their games they were struggling to get their heads together while their opposing teams were actually flying away like out of nothing to make big wins against them. But both teams will be looking to start off a clean slate when this fixture is the 1st match of the tournament. It will be anyone's game for the taking at the Aviva tonight.

If I were to call the result. It will probably be very tight. I'd say Ireland by 5.

arsebiscuits1 · 13-11-2020 07:29PM

I know Eddie is a small man.

But seeing him barely get his chin above the table while it comes up to Heaslip and Ferris's waist is absolutely hilarious