Josh Van Der Flier reacted to getting dropped by winning world player of the year.
If he had your mentality he might not.. alternatively he could work on the feedback he got and nail down the 10 Jersey at Munster similar to what Coombes did after he got dropped.
At least when i mentioned it, i meant it was weird timing. Not that it was a bad decision.
Its so strange that the key argument against dropping Carberry is that he has been worse before and not been dropped. The dropping is long overdue. Hopefully it has the same impact as it did on VdF and Coombes.
Byrne definitely deserves his shot and it would be good to see himself and Crowley get some serious game time this 6N.
Great to see Coombes back. Unfortunate for Haley, he genuinely deserves a cut.
Yea, you’d have to shift roles some.
I have a theory that isn’t super unique probably that power guys in underpowered packs are underrated. And, if you can find a way to unleash them and surround them with power, they can be way better than you think. I’d love to see coombes get a run of games to find out.
His workload has been insane. A number of games he’s been primary power ball carrier for 60 mins and then 20 mins of lock. It’s kind of incredible munster have been able to win so many games with no locks on the bench.
I am sure he did But the story is carberry dropped -and the media have had a field day
Farrell sold out carbery by not doing interviews - would not be surprised if carberry never plays under farrell again
With henshaw out it makes Ringrose crucial to our success along with having Sexton, Furlong and Porter available.
We have depth elsewhere but those 4 players are crucial to this team because whats behind them isnt good enough to lift a trophy tbh.
Don't really think there would be anything nuts about it, but it would shift the balance in the back row a fair bit. Him and POM are vastly different players.
This might be a mad idea, but maybe farrell spoke to carbery directly.
Farrell did no interview today and by doing so he let carberry swing in the wind, you should never treat people like that, disgraceful carry on
You think Farrell only communicates to players he’s dropped thru interviews?
I’d be amazed if he hadn’t spoken to him.
Stockdale earls Murray and aki selections. Murray and earls are finished and stockdale is in a long term slump, and aki has not played any rugby in months and is now not first choice at connacht
Crawley instead of carberry makes zero sense, Joe Murphy instead of treadwell - Murphy subbing for leinster actually works in his favour,
Would it be nuts to just play doris and coombes together? Coombes, Doris, VdF back row would be interesting.
By the end of the six nations is sooner than by the end of 2023, so…
Sooo…… by the end of 2023.
I’d actually be surprised if he got another cap barring an injury crisis.
We have at least 1 more and probably 2 warm ups. IRFU will want at least 1 more game in Aviva to try sell tickets/Earn few €€€
I thought I read somewhere that one of the warm up matches might be in France v Samoa.. but can't find that now.
I've been very impressed with Baird at 6 and think he has huge scope there. O'Mahony was incredible in the summer and I'm hesitant to write him off given what he offers but I think with Baird, we have another potential game breaking backrower on our hands for the world cup.
Personally, I'd like to see him start against Wales and beyond to aid his development there.
I like Coombes as he's something different too but the comparisons to Doris are a bit bizarre. Doris is the complete backrow and probably the form backrow in the world right now.
Six nations, warm ups, world cup
How could he get sooner than by the end of 2023?
Ah ignore that nonsense, poster wants to have something to quote in-case we lose against Wales.
With your last sentence you've lost me completely. These two have brought us to the best place we've ever been.
I reckon Earls will bench this six nations, and he’ll get to 100 by end of 2023 if not sooner
Baird at 6 after o'mahony. Unless they bring conan in at 8.
Happy with all of them.
Yep you are correct. My mistake. I don't know why.
I don't think Earls will features during the six nations. Definitely not twice, maybe once off the bench but not twice.
We haven't announced our world cup warmups yet. If there's 4 warmups I expect Earls will hit 100. If the two warmups announced so far (by our opponents) are it Earls probably won't hit 100 imo.
I think yep and no.
I'd see him getting it at centre. No idea why!
Prendergast
Will Earls get his 100th cap? And if he does will they give it to him as a starter like Murray?
I suspect that Coombes Baird and Patterson are a 3 into 1 pick. That is to say that all 3 got picked but in reality they are fighting for 1 spot.
Its a pity that Italy have improved so much because you cant go there and rest a lot of your starting 15 anymore, there are a good few players in that 37 man panel that wont see any gametime.
Im not sure Coombes will see much gametime tbh. Maybe conans level is down a bit and coombes is improved but its still playing for a bench position because POM, vdf and doris is as good as it gets, and you have baird / beirne Who can slot in as well.
Same goes for Casey, not sure how much he will feature, JGP starts and Murray benches because JGP can be left on for 70/75 mins if needs be.
I think it's less about individual positions, and more about what combinations and units can deliver. If your 6 and 8 are selected for delivering your high tackle counts, then I don't think it particularly matters if POM is wearing 7.
He's started 7 games from 7 for Munster this season, for example. I think it's possible Connors or Timoney could be called in, but I'd still expect POM to start.
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