Ireland Team Talk XII: Farrell's First Fifteen

I never said Farrell is a poor coach or has awful results. So nice one making up sh*t I never said.

And yeah, Farrell has picked Leinster players over better players at other provinces.

Is it a worry to take and start porter when he is a liability at scrum time, concedes 2 or 3 per game and refs have a pre conceived notion that he bores in

I always laugh when i see how many French players would get in to that squad. 7 or 8 easily in the XV.

Thomas Ramos, Damian Penaud, Ringrose, Bundee, Bielle-Biarrey
, Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont, Grégory Alldritt, Tom Curry, Chalres Ollivon, Emmanuel Meafou, Tadgh Beirne, Uini Atonio, Dan Sheehan, Cyrille Baille.

Subs. Marchand or Mauvaka, Porter or Genge, Finlay or Furlong, Maro Itoje, Caelen Doris, Gibson-Park, Matthieu Jalibert, Hugo Keenan.

Ramos is their kicker and 15. Otherwise I would agree, Keenan is the better 15.

Also agree Ramos at 10 is not in the same league as Ntamack but will be interesting if the French go all French and start Ramos at 10 and Leo Barre at 15 against us.

6-2 with Ntamack and Le Garrec.

And Gailleton and Depoortère in the centres. Théo Attissogbé
and Louis Bielle-Biarrey on the wings.
Jegou and Auradou in the pack. Its scary how talented that vintage are.

Nolann Le Garrec to help out if Dupont needs a rest.

It's extraordinary that they've won absolutely nothing with this team, shocking. In any other country the coaches would be toast.

Right, one championship in 15 years. Thye've had the players to win most years during that period.

but it is more than "absolutely nothing"

which is why the coach is not "toast"