Your irish 23 for the 2019 rugby world cup

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Watched him the whole way up through school - has always been a monster in the contact area; but to look at him as a one dimensional bosh machine does him a disservice. He has a decent pass on him and isn't afraid to get stuck into the dirty work.

I'm not sure where they'd be available but take a look at the Ireland U20s 6N 2014 if you want to see some of his play.

Yeah I know he played 10 a lot in school and apparently had a very good skill set on him but just wondering if he's regressed a little in this department. On paper he should be a guy who is at least getting some experience at senior level

bilston wrote: »

How is Dan Leavy developing? He looked a good player at U20s level. Is he still at Leinster?

He was out for a long time with a broken leg I believe. I understand that Leinster are still expecting big things from him. Tough position to get the chance though.

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Now world cup 2015 for us is over anyone care to predict a side for 2019 now???

I'm gone it a shot though so hard so many young talent coming through.
McGrath
Brian Byrne
Moore
Henderson
???
Ruddock
Heenan
Conan/ stander
Murray
Sexton (or Ross Byrne if he moves and gets game time)
Mclosky
Henshaw
Back 3 haven't a clue, I imagine Zebo in there some where and new young players. I imagine Kearney and Bowe won't be here.

WarZ wrote: »

I assume the midfield will be Henshaw and Ringrose.

Hard to guess after that, who really cares we will go out in the QFs anyway as per every WC. Even Scotland and Romania have made a semi final.

When have Romania made it to the semi final?

Scotland should have made it to the final in 1991 but for a really really bad miss kick from Gavin Hastings. They had a very good team back then to be fair.

Always a fairly impossible task to make any predictions with such a distant timeline, but it's also interesting to think about. Especially when you need something to distract yourself from the doom & gloom of the past week

The likes of Henderson, Henshaw, McCloskey, Murray, Ruddock, Moore, McGrath, Conan & a few others all look to have the capacity to continue developing even further & may well become top class players at international level. JJ Hanrahan, Olding, Marmion, Furlong, Ringrose, & several others also have buckets of potential & may kick on to be top internationals if they stay healthy.

There's plenty of talent around right now, so it will all depend on who can nail down a starting spot at their province & stay injury free. There's a good basis with the lads above though, and hopefully there will be plenty more coming through in the next few years.

1-McGrath 30
2-Strauss 33
3-Furlong 27
4-Henderson 27
5-Toner 33
6-O'Mahony (c) 30
7-van der Flier 26
8-O'Brien 32

9-Murray 30
10-Jackson 28
11-Fitzgerald 31
12-McCloskey 27
13-Ringrose 24
14-Gilroy 28
15-Henshaw 26

16-S.Cronin 33
17-J.Cronin 30
18-Moore 28
19-Molony 26
20-Stander 29
21-Marmion 27
22-Hanrahan 27
23-Zebo 29

Rest of squad??

Casey
McCall
O'Connor
Murphy
O'Donoghue
L.McGrath
Aki
Scholes

1-McGrath
2-?
3 - furlong
4+5 Henderson and dillane
6 Ruddock/Pom
7 Heenan
8 stander
9 Murray
10 sexton/ Byrne
12 13 mccloskey henshaw
11+ 14 hard to know
15 same as the wings

1. McGrath
2. Herring
3. Furlong
4. Henderson
5. Dillane
6. Ruddock
7. Van Der Flier
8. Stander
9. Murray
10. Jackson
11. Scholes
12. Henshaw
13. Ringrose
14. Gilroy
15. Olding

16. Tracy
17. Buckley
18. Moore
19. Moloney
20. O'Donoghue
21. McGrath
22. Hanrahan
23. McCloskey

Oh hadn't seen this thread. I'll throw something up to have a laugh at in 3.5 years I suppose.

1. Jack McGrath(29)
2. Richardt Strauss(33)
3. Mike Ross(40 odd)
4. Ultan Dillane(25)
5. Iain Henderson(27)
6. Peter O'Mahony(30)
7. Jake Heenan(27)
8. CJ Stander(29)

9. Conor Murray(30)
10. Paddy Jackson(27)
11. Rory Scholes(26)
12. Stuart McCloskey(27)
13. Stuart Olding(25)
14. Keith Earls(31)
15. Simon Zebo(29)

16. Sean Cronin(33)
17. Denis Buckley(29)
18. Marty Moore(28)/Tadhg Furlong(26)
19. Alan O'Connor(27)
20. Josh van der Flier(26)
21. Kieran Marmion(27)
22. JJ Hanrahan(27)
23. Robbie Henshaw(26)

*I've gone for a lot of longer odds selections for a laugh.

Yeah_Right wrote: »

The last couple of months have proved how impossible these predictions are. 6-8 months ago, no one was talking about Dillane, VdF, Bealham or even CJ really. Now we would all expect them to be going to the RWC in 2019.

Agree about Bealham, but mainly because AhYou dropped off the standard, and Moore is leaving

Disagree for CJ, obvious pick for anyone since he's IQ, sadly just after RWC
Even Dillane and VdF were clear prospects for RWC in 3 and 1/2 years. Much time to develop from their natural abilities

connachta wrote: »

Agree about Bealham, but mainly because AhYou dropped off the standard, and Moore is leaving

Disagree for CJ, obvious pick for anyone since he's IQ, sadly just after RWC
Even Dillane and VdF were clear prospects for RWC in 3 and 1/2 years. Much time to develop from their natural abilities

I did a quick scan back through the thread and a couple of people had CJ but no one had Dillane or VdF before the 6 Nations started. I think nearly everyone has Murray. Hope someone is at the very least challenging him for his spot 3.5 years from now.

1 Dooley
2 Cronin
3 Furlong
4 Ryan
5 Dillane
6 Henderson
7 Van Der Flier
8 O'Donaghue

9 Murray
10 Jackson
11 A Byrne
12 Henshaw
13 Ringrose
14 Gilroy
15 Zebo

16 McCartney
17 McGrath
18 Stander
19 O'Connor
20 Marmion
21 McCloskey
22 Hanrahan
23 Scholes