World cup 2027. Were do Ireland go?

Best thing Ireland can do is build depth,teach ur props how to scrum cos they have gotten away with murder and lastnight a ref had the balls ping them.line out not much better.

it showed straight away when Ireland started basically a full strength team for every game then when subs called on they didn’t perform

Was the team already just Leinster & project players .

Peter O mahony who’s time is now up and Henderson the only others started last night . Tadhg Beirne is from Leinster.

We keep doing the same thing and expect different results

The physicality needed to win a world cup can we develop players who can bulk up to level need to win that arm wrestle. De fliers people I believe aren't Irish I'm sure you can correct me. Sexton, Henshaw etc can get there but injuries are a big cost as an outcome. I wonder what would be in the tank for next if we crossed the line yesterday. not a whole lost I suspect.

Australia

I think we are too focused on building a first team and we don't do enough to build a squad. Same story at previous WCs, the 15 best players have been decided upon well over a year in advance and they get all the game time regardless of form. We are too loyal to certain players, we make them indispensable which is a self-fulfilling issue, if nobody else gets a shot then nobody else can be considered good enough. If we dont have enough depth, that's because we don't do enough to develop it.

Look at NZ, SA and France, they have handled injuries much better than we could have (we were lucky in that regard). They also used their squad players more than we did. Continuity is important but we take it too far. We also need to stop relying on aging stars, they can of course bring a lot but there is a limit to what guys in their mid 30s with a lot of miles on the clock can do. Look at how NZ use Whitelock.

We need to switch things up the next 6N. Guys like JGP, Herring Aki and Murray may have something to offer in the short-term but we should be actively looking at replacing them with younger models. Apart from JGP, I wouldnt have the others in the 6N unless there is another player injured. Get Doak, Stewart and Osborne involved instead. Similar goes for Henderson and Conan to an extent although they have a couple of years at international level in them yet. They should be part of the next squad but need to be replaced well before the next WC.

Furlong should be left with Leinster to try find some form. He's not the player he was and Bealham and TOT can do much the same job. Bring in a young TH and try to develop him. Doris needs a kick in the hole, should be part of the 6N squad but shouldn't start, has to play his way back into a jersey. Bring in Coombes and give him some game time, he's at least as good a player as his opposite number would be for all 6N opposition bar France.

To be fair there would be plenty of the corporates who would go and pay those prices for 6 nations and November tests regardless of what happens on the pitch so that isnt the reason.

You are very naive if you think every other team bar Ireland are going to be looking to 4 years ahead bar Ireland in feb

Any player who is a periphery squad member and over 30 should be thanked for their service and not included in any squad for the next 6N.

We had a ludicrous situation last night where Porter was asked to play 75 mins, and Sexton the full 80, because no real replacement was available.

Conor Murray and JGP should not feature in February, they will be 38 and 35 respectively in 2027. We have 4 years to find 3 quality scrum halves. Let's use the 20 6 Nations games and the 12 Autumn Internationals properly and build a squad.

We did not bring a squad to France. We brought a first 15. And they were knackered last night.

Putting all your eggs in one basket is a mugs game and any calls to build exclusively for a World Cup should not be taken seriously.

You're leaving so much up to chance that you won't get major injuries or see a wholesale drop in form. Can't throw away four years worth of Six Nations appearances for that.

What squad was built by sticking to the same tried and tested over the last 4 years? We had no squad at this tournament. JOB making his first tournament appearance last night, ridiculous. No viable backup for Porter, ridiculous. No out half trusted to take the reins from Sexton, ridiculous.

Been considered one of the best in the world by multiple publications over the last few years and made multiple World 23s.

You can keep lying about it, but you posted about your dislike for him years ago. But you were never able to back it up because Doris put in years worth of World Class performances. You're not all of a sudden right because you perceive him to have played poorly.

I think Doris is a good example of the issue I was referring to earlier. He played his way into the starting jersey but his performances 12+ months ago meant he held onto the jersey despite his form having dropped off significantly. Once he got the jersey, there was no pressure to keep it.

The other no.8 in the squad being injured meant Doris had to start but bringing Conan when he was already injured is another example of sticking with a guy when we shouldn't have. He was injured and only plays one position, a position where we already had someone else starting. Prendergast got a run out but in truth, I think there was little chance of him getting picked over an established player despite the added flexibility.

Doris's form hasn't dropped off though. He's been a key player in everything we've achieved this year and last.

We quite clearly didn't built a squad. You don't build a squad for the world cup snd flog most of your first 15 for every single match.

No one being trusted start over form Sexton isn't a problem. No one being trusted to play when Sexton can barely walk is a massive problem and deserves significant criticism. Was the plan to okay Sexton for the full 80 minutes for the next two games if we won last night? Crazy stuff.