Babbling 'brook

This is indeed great news. Super player to have, welcome Jordie!

Larmour, Jenkins and Osbourne had their best games in blue. Please lads, the Munster rhetoric has to stop, Im sure there were far more of them cheering for us, as we would for them if they were playing, dont let a few fools on the internet wind you up, they may not be from Munster for all you know. ...

Id say a good few neutrals will come aswell to join the party!

Id be quite happy to see Osbourne and Turner start tbh, Ive total faith in both from what ive seen that they can deliver on the big stage

Id agree about Jake White and Cotzee. I thought their post match presser was very honest and showed a lot of class even tho they were very disappointed. They had a great first half and should take a good bit out of the game into europe. They probably didnt deserve to lose by as much. Our counter att...

Im in the give Harry a go for a few games camp. Ross has had plenty of chances, we know what he can do. Ive been impressed by Turner, I think he has a very bright future. We will have to keep them quiet up front, cause they have some backs that could rip us to shreds given space. Agree with people o...

If its 6-2, I think its a lot safer to go with Frawley on the bench to cover ten, England I think, will be hoping that Ringrose is brought straight back in so they can try to catch him cold. Id stick with Bundee and Henshaw, and bring Ringrose back for Scotland, everything else picks itself pretty m...

For me, the jury is still very much out on Crowley. From what Ive seen, both Frawley and HByrne are every bit as good and possibly better once given a chance, I wouldnt get too comfortable if I was Crowley.

I reckon one of those french tries was a knock on aswell. not sure if the tmo had access to the cameras, heard him complaining at one point. I think the refs missed a fwe things, but were not too bad

Aldritt completely dominated by Caelan Doris. One of our truly best performances. Mc Carthy was outstanding.

Better from Crowley

Crowley having not the best start. Beirne has been brilliant, master class from him. French are playing dirty, and paid the price

Btw Im only saying what I would do, only if Beirne has been training at 6 would AF consider starting him there, but Ive a feeling that if we see a backrow of JDF Doris and PoM, we'll be listening to 'The pack just got a bit bullied up front..' narrative all next week. Beirne is also a much better li...

I have to disagree, Beirne is right up there with our handful of best players. IMO hes wasted in the second row (and probably is a bit light for it), probably our best turnover threat and should start at all costs. For me, McCarthy is the obvious secondrow choice and with Ryan are well capable of ge...

Personally I think both VDF and PoM in the same team is too lightweight for the French (Id have brought Connors and used him in this game). Would prob start or bench VDF in all the other games. I think I see your reasoning for starting Baird to have Beirne as cover OldSchool, but Id have Beirne go t...

I like your team Oldschool, just swap Baird and Beirne and youd have mine

Wouldnt surprise me at all to see Ramos starting at 10

Im finding it a bit harder to see France winning than I did a few weeks ago. We probably wont have a better chance to beat them at home than now tbf. Stars may be aligning...

Hastoy isnt even in the squad, so you may need to reassess that team Hugo. Emmanuel Meafou out of our game with a knee injury afaik.

For me, would have taken Prendergast, Blade and Connors. Blade playing by far the best 9 in the country atm, to put Murray (even with the central contract) ahead of him is a joke. Prob would take Hodnett ahead of Timony aswell. The rest looks fine

We badly need a tighthead, far worse than we needed a lock imo. There is also something very wrong with the scrums at all the provinces and Ireland for quite some time, it hasnt been working since Greg Feek left. These are the two areas we need to look at the hardest.