El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Totally beside the point of the post. Established players are professionals and aren’t delicate flowers who can’t be dropped lest it irreparably damage their ego. The form player should play. And treat Conor Murray like a professional who can take reasonable criticism and handle being dropped. He became Ireland’s best no.9 through hard work, skill and dedication. He can do it again.
accensi0n wrote: » If Keenan has a good game here, reckon he's Ireland full-back for the next 5 years.
bilston wrote: » Yeah, until the average rugby fan discovers their shiny new toy in about 6 months time and he gets replaced.
arsebiscuits1 wrote: » I think players holding on to national jerseys for that length of time is going to become a much rarer occurrence going forward with the level of quality we have available to us in certain positions. For example Will Addison is barely 28 and I think he is absolute top quality when fit and someone who could really make a dent on the international scene. Shane Daly has all the qualities of a top class fullback. Jimmy O'Brien is another who could well find himself in the picture for international starts if he continues the way he's started this season
ionadnapokot wrote: » This is how I would rate Irelands FB options Obvs Keenan & Stockdale are ahead of Lowry selection wise. I just rate Lowry higher. 1. Larmour 2. Lowry 3. Keenan 4. Daly 5. Jimmy O'B 6. Stephen Fitgerald 7. Stockdale 8. Addsion* Discounting Addison really because of his injury profile. edit ive not seen any of Matt Gallagher
ionadnapokot wrote: » This is how I would rate Irelands FB options Obvs Keenan & Stockdale are ahead of Lowry selection wise. I just rate Lowry higher. 1. Larmour 2. Lowry 3. Keenan 4. Daly 5. Jimmy O'B6. Stephen Fitgerald 7. Stockdale 8. Addsion* Discounting Addison really because of his injury profile. edit ive not seen any of Matt Gallagher
arsebiscuits1 wrote: » Eh? By and large I can see where you're coming from but Stephen Fitzgerald is generously the 3rd choice 15 for Connacht possibly. He started there twice in the last 15 months. I wouldn't have him in the picture at fullback at all. Certainly not over O'Halloran. Haley, Gallagher and even Dave Kearney would be more viable options before Fitzgerald I'd say
ionadnapokot wrote: » Fair enough. I just really like him. Totally forgot about Haley! Haley for Fitzgerald i suppose edit How good is Gallagher? Better than Haley?
aloooof wrote: » Haley as well deserves a mention. Daly rightly got a lot of praise for some very solid performances post-lockdown. But I think there's a case that Haley could start the bigger games at 15 for Munster. To my mind, he offers a bigger counter-attacking threat.
ionadnapokot wrote: » This is how I would rate Irelands FB options 1. Larmour 2. Lowry 3. Keenan 4. Daly 5. Jimmy O'B 6. Stephen Fitgerald 7. Stockdale 8. Addsion* 9. Swiwi
swiwi_ wrote: » I was awesome back in the day. And with having lived more than 5 years in Ireland, I qualify! Sadly, age is against me
Dog Botherer wrote: » there’s an argument to be made that Scotland in particular were taking the piss so aggressively with the 3 year rule that they were one of the main reasons WR had to extend residency. they literally had a lad in the SRU whose job it was to buy project players for Glasgow and Edinburgh. Wales are less noticeably bad because most of their players have English names but they pick an absolutely insane amount of English born players. England “poach” off Wales too, ask a Welsh fan about Sam Underhill. I would say we have a much lower instance of lads being bought in to play national level and ****ing off immediately when the contract is up a la Josh Strauss. in fact i can’t really think of a single instance of that. Bent has played about 5,000 Pro14 games for Leinster, Payne is defense coach in Ulster, Bundee Aki could have been on mad money in France after his first contract and he still stuck with Connacht.
bilston wrote: » Lowe is probably the last of the project players anyway isn't he? Anyone else likely to be capped?
Dog Botherer wrote: » some possibilities: Butler Marshall Knox Salanoa Cloete was brought in as project i assume but is nowhere near international standard.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » I didn’t know Cloete was a a project player. If much prefer to see Hodnet get game time ahead of Cloete.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » I didn’t know Cloete was a a project player. I’d much prefer to see Hodnet get game time ahead of Cloete.
Paul Smeenus wrote: » NO MORE MERCENARIES
sydthebeat wrote: » no its not... xenophobic means a distrust or prejudice against other countries.
glasso wrote: » Just close your eyes and pretend it's not happening 5 lads starting, none of whom had set foot in Ireland until they were in their 20's and not one Irish granny between them
jacothelad wrote: » apart from those that do have....
[Deleted User] wrote: » To be honest, I've accepted the project player thing but it has never sat right with me. I consider somebody to be from a country when they grew up there. That's my baseline. So when I see someone in an Irish jersey with a blatant South African accent, it doesn't feel right. I've accepted it and I've gotten over it as my want for Ireland to succeed is greater. .
Burkie1203 wrote: » I hate the residency rule for a few reasons but primarily is because it is for the advantage of just a few countries. The PIs, Georgia and Argentina for example aren't able to lure players into their system with 6 figure contracts. Yet they offer so much especially to RWC time. The PIs in particular lose out hugely. The move to 5 years was great but it needs to be abolished altogether IMO
ionadnapokot wrote: » Had to discount you because I heard you were prone to the odd error in the big games.
swiwi_ wrote: » The clearing kick behind the goalposts...that hit the goalposts. The quick throw-in that was intercepted. Yip a few cringeworthy clangers down the years.
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