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Evan O’Connell has been superb and the half backs have controlled things very well. Agreed. Evan is a standout this year. There was a lot of talk after the last game that the half backs weren't doing well. Both have bounced back now. O'Connell has been excellent in all 3 games - saw him play 2 AIL ...

Looks like Henshaw is covering 15,14,11 and Aki 13, Frawley 10 with Stu coming in at 12 and indirectly covering all back positions except scrum half. Yep. As GT says in his IT article; no obvious cover for wing with either JCB or Henshaw being the options if either Lowe or Nash go down. No matter h...

Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets) 15. Henry McErlean (1) 14. Aitzol King (1) 13. Liam Turner (24) 12. Ben Brownlee (5) 11. Andrew Osborne (0) 10. Sam Prendergast (11) 9. Ben Murphy (10) 1. Michael Milne (32) 2. John McKee (22) 3. Rory McGuire (3) 4. Brian Deeny (16) 5. Conor O’Tighearnaigh (1) 6. R...

Thornley predicting the same 23 as the Indo - same 23 as Marseille except for Frawley for Keenan and McCloskey replacing Frawley on the bench.

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Saw it rumoured on another platform that we're going 6-2, with Murray and McCloskey on the bench and Frawley at 15. Ringrose missing out. I think that would be a huge mistake. Any injury to anyone in the back three would be disastrous in that scenario. If Ringrose is good to go, makes far more sens...

Isa, Isa, Isa Fingers crossed Well they had a printed picture of him in the window of the coaches box, right in front of Andrew Goodman, at the game at the weekend. I'm taking that as a hint public confirmation on their part. Saw an interview with Isa a couple of years ago where he said that he'd l...

FtD wrote:Oli Jager & Tom Ahern added to the Ireland squad.

Henderson & Keenan - both in the squad but doubtful

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LAR lost to Lyon 28-17, keeping them 9th in the table albeit only 6 points behind Bordeaux in third. ROG's comments after were interesting. First time in a whole he's under real pressure. Interesting to see if they can turn this around. They've 3 home games and Bayonne/Perpignan away before they fa...

9 ex St Michael's players in the starting 15, impressive.

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… When Sexton first started for Ireland he was slated for his kicking % vs ROG. it cost him a starting place RWC11 vs Wales even though he clearly offered more than ROG in open play. I disagreed with that at the time and I would disagree with Crowley not being selected over say Ross Byrne based pur...

Holly Davidson reffing on Saturday, happy enough with that selection.

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Heard James Tracey saying on OTB that there's a standard fitness test that all international teams use - Hugo Keenan holds the record for the best ever score (Beauden Barrett is second best) Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk I wonder where your namesake Barry McGann of Ireland and Munster in the ...

Heard James Tracey saying on OTB that there's a standard fitness test that all international teams use - Hugo Keenan holds the record for the best ever score (Beauden Barrett is second best)

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Thought Casey was the difference between a 36 point winning margin and a 50+ point winning margin if JGP had started. Frequently took the wrong option. The kick before half time was awful , we were sure to score if he kept the ball in play. Caolin Blade must be wondering what he has to do to get a g...

Observingprop123 wrote:Have no idea how O'Connor got man of the match. Well I guess try=good performance but was out at sea defensively. Edogbo would have been the passionate choice.

He's from Cork

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Saw that Bealham's wife gave birth to their 1st in Galway yesterday, would explain Jager's late call up to the squad.


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In the last 2 matches against them, we have 9 tries to their 3, 10 match points to their zero and 2 thumping wins. The world is changing If my figures are right, France has only won 4 of its last 14 matches against Ireland. For someone of my generation that’s an amazing statistic. Agree, 5 tries in...

riocard911 wrote:Gibson-Park was fantastic. Particularly cute was the little dummy he sold Penaud on route to the first try, giving him the added half a second he needed to get over the whitewash.

Possibly his best ever performance in green

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JohnB wrote:My evenings enjoyment won’t be complete until I switch over to Munsterfans to find just how badly Jack Conan played when he came on!

Thought the bench were very good, especially Conan (although he's no Gavin Coombes!!! )

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Would a fully fit Ross Byrne have been selected ahead of Crowley for tomorrow night?
Not entirely sure but think it would have been a possibility.

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