All three are injured. Ollivon is out for the whole thing AFAIK.
Ollivon is out for the season, took a huge hit on his leg (maybe knee) setting up a try last weekend.
He has gotten more caps than he was ever going to get in Ireland - I suspect he's perfectly happy with his decision. The problem is not his move, the problem is that he was never good enough in the first place.
His ACL again. Could be finished in blue.
He has started 2 games this season out of 12, 1 being in the Challenge Cup. Try keeping up this isn't considered successful.
Josh Brennan called up too
except for his last few months at munster. and a number of times during his time with munster. and his early edinburgh career
fair enough to say he isnt world class or whatever, but simply saying 'he was never good enough in the first place' is just unfairly harsh
I'de much rather he was still at Munster instead of Burns. That lad isn't a rugby player. I'm convinced he got in a la "George Weah's cousin"
I'd happily have him at Munster too but I wouldn't begrudge him or belittle his achievement of playing at a RWC.
I think he has more starts for Edinburgh 'A' than Edinburgh this season.
I meant not good enough to be an international and I'd stand by that. I do find his treatment at Edinburgh a bit bizarre - I don't think he is great at all but its weird to go from playing every minute one season to the A team the next. The last few months at Munster were clearly the height of his career though and I don't think they're reflective of his actual ability.
I would have strongly disagreed with that prior to this season and think I probably still would. But yeah Burns has not worked out well at Munster.
cruel i know… but i giggled ;)
I quite like Healy as an outhalf. He'd be an upgrade on Burns as second choice for Munster, in my opinion. I think it'd make sense to make an exception to the NIQ rules for him if it comes up in the future that he might re-sign.
I didnt even need to scroll down to know who's name would be in the bottom photo 😂
Weird question. Apart from the old boys club back in the day, has there been any internationals who had a brother who was capped in another international sport. Only came into my mind because I'm watching the United v Southampton game and there's a player who has a similar surname to Izuchukwu.
Imagine the noise this would cause here if the bottom name was Harry Byrne
Probably zero since the joke wouldn't make any sense
Season 2 of Six Nations Full Contact is on Netflix on 29th January
Not the same but Kevin Moran won a couple of All Irelands with the Dubs and won two FA Cups with Man Utd. He also played for Ireland.
Probably a few rugby league/rugby union brothers out there I'm sure (like the Burgess family) but that's probably cheating a bit.
Theo Obango who plays for Cardiff has a brother who plays for the Wales football team so that might be one for the future.
Axel had a sister who played rugby for Ireland, I think she also swam the English Channel solo
I think Marcus Horan's sister played hockey for Ireland but maybe it was only club hockey that she played.
The wife of George Naoupu played rugby for Ireland, though I'm not sure if George played intentional
And if either of Wood's brothers get to play for Ireland, you'd have 3 generations of international rugby players.
It's definitely an old-boys club back in the day example but Arthur and Lucius Gwynn played rugby for Ireland while their brothers John and Robert played cricket for Ireland.
Apparently.
Athletics doesn't give caps, but Jessika Zebo has represented Ireland if that counts.
And the Garden-Bachops have been capped at underage level, Jackson in rugby and Georgia in Hockey.
Edit: found another one, Johnnie (rugby) and Jen (soccer) Beattie for Scotland.
Alan and Chris Old from Middlesbrough in England. Alan played rugby for England and also the Lions in the 70s. He should have had more Caps IMHO. Chris played cricket for England.
Thibaut Courtois represented Belgium in football and his sister Valerie represented Belgium in volleyball
Shane o leary repped Canada jn rugby and his sister maeve og is playing rugby for ireland and played softball for ireland
There's a decent few "could have played pro rugby or intercounty GAA" players but can't think of any where 2 brothers both reached the peak of their respective sports.
Ian Botham played international cricket for England and his grandson James Botham played international rugby for Wales.
Ben Cohen played international rugby for England. His uncle George won the 1966 football World Cup for England.
Still can't think of two brothers though.
his son also played underage rugby for england. was a professional cricketer, rugby union and rugby league player too at various times - was technically a professional rugby player in both codes at the same time as Leeds Tykes and Leeds Rhinos were partner clubs and he had a dual contract with them (league being a summer sport though, the seasons didnt overlap much)
Not quite the same but similar to Shane O Leary above Jack Cartys brother Luke has played for the USA national team also
My first thought was league and rugby like the Burgess, Paul, Shelford and Frizzel brothers. And probably a few others especially in PI families.
Bit of a random one from a kiwi perspective are Valerie and Steven Adams. Shes a 2 time Olympic shot put champion and he's played for 10 plus seasons in the NBA, currently with the Houston Rockets.
