Loads of interesting names there.
Bolton in the centre,Wooton back, and Greg McGrath starts at TH, with Sam Illo will make his debut from the bench. Oisin McCormack starts - he was so good for the Irish U20s, as was Cathal Forde who subs.
I had to look up Bart Vermeulen, interesting story, Belgian guy who has been playing for Trinity where he's been doing a degree, used to be a number eight:
Papa Leahy at eight, keep it low Papa!
Duggan plays but as expected our only other LH for now is kept in the fridge...
Robb/Bolton, our winger won't see many balls but a lot of great carrying to come
Munster won 36-21.
Report here: https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2021/11/12/munster-a-defeat-connacht-in-ul/#post
"Report" a somewhat loose term in this case unfortunately.
Carty been called up to the Ireland squad according to Murray Kinsella.
Great news for Jack. Cian Tracey mentioned on Twitter that him and Dave Heffernan were with the Irish sqaud on Saturday but not togged out.
Both were with the squad on the pitch pre match but not involved in the drills / warmup , when I saw Jack I was wondering was it an injury to one of the other 10's or covid related?
One small step closer for Jack, but is there any reason to believe it won't be the other two 10's in the squad at the weekend? In which case Jack really just needs to do his best to impress in training, and then come back to Connacht and work hard on performing consistently well before the 6 nations squad is picked.
There is nothing to suggest he will be in the squad, what he has though is a run of form this year which Harry hasn't and more caps so it will be interesting to see. He needs to hit the ground running this week given the short window he has to impress Farrell.
It shows he's 4th on the ladder.
If he impresses in camp, he may rise higher. Many are saying that our current style would suit him better than previously.
Yeah, fingers crossed he gets a shot, but I just wouldn't be expecting it, in which case the call up doesn't really change things much for him really. Is Burns injured? If not, I suppose this call-up at least confirms he's moving up the pecking order!
I wish Carty well! He's a very good player. That said, I want the best man to step up for Ireland. If that's Carty ... Great. If not... I wish the other lad the best.
Carty certainly has the skill. I hope he grabs the opportunity and pushes on. It will demand a response from the other out halfs.
I think it's true that the way Ireland have played in recent matches would suit Jack better, but his place kicking is a concern. That was drummed home on Saturday when Joey aced that kick from the halfway line, and he was 3/3 off the tee IIRC. Were Jack to play 10, would someone else handle the kicking duties?
Highlights here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gTCHlf9P34
A lot of maul tries conceded!
Carty has signed a 3 year contract extension. Hallelujah
https://twitter.com/connachtrugby/status/1462768430814310408
Three year deal is huge. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him club captain next season.
Fantastic news.
He probably believes he's not to far off the Ireland team. Some consistency and he's right back.
What sort of team are we looking at for the weekend? Wonder what the injury situation is like now. Wootton, Robb back anyways. Will prendergast be?
Great news about Carty's contract. Not easy to find good 10's. I really thought he might go abroad next Summer. I wonder did getting called into the Ireland squad last week (even as 4th choice) convince him to put pen to paper to the contract on offer? Probably feels he's not far away from the Ireland squad now. And one injury and he's in.
Ya great news on carty! I'd be surprised if just being called into training squad was enough to convince him to stay! I'd imagine being named captain and the form he is in had more to do with it!
From the training pictures players wearing bibs:
Burke heff Bealham
dillane Murray
prendergast Butler boyle
marnion Carty
arnold Bolton
hansen mcnulty wootton
Bundee out with a slight knee injury. Porch out for a few weeks due to a small procedure on his knee. Cian Prendergast, Tom Farrell, Matt Healy and Dominic Robertson-McCoy are back training and Tietie Tuimaga is due to arrive next week.
Been a while since I've seen a good bib theory post 😁
It’s been a boring day working from home, so I had time to do a bit of digging.
Would be excited to see Bolton and mcnulty Start. Also have a theory on subs based on bibs being tucked into shorts...
Im surprised he signed on. Even with the call up it's obvious that Farrell doesn't really rate him. Otherwise he would have been in the squad (see Burns and Ross Byrne in the Autumn Nothing Cup).
Friend is clearly a big admirer though and i doubt he resigned on the cheap. I would say he's Irelands next best option at 10 but he needs to improve his place kicking.
Delighted he has signed back on. I'd agree that Farrell is unlikely to pick him, but all Jack can do is continue playing well for Connacht, so fingers crossed he pushes on from here and we reap the benefits!
Hee hee
I wonder will Jack ever grace an upgraded SG?? Such a pity it all got stalled.
I see Big Papa got a Samoa call up so that's him gone this weekend.
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