Ireland V All Blacks - Teams Announced and Matchday Thread

[clivemcl]

First topic message reminder :

IRELAND TEAM

15 - Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14 - Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
13 - Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 - Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
11 - Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) *
10 - Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
9 - Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
1 - Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
2 - Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 - Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster) *
4 - Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
5 - Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
6 - Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
7 - Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements:

16 - Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
17 - Ronan Loughney (Galwegians/Connacht) *
18 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
19 - Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
20 - Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 - Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)


NZ Team

15 Israel Dagg,
14 Zac Guildford,
13 Conrad Smith,
12 Sonny Bill Williams,
11 Julian Savea,
10 Dan Carter,
9 Aaron Smith,
8 Kieran Read,
7 Richie McCaw (capt),
6 Victor Vito,
5 Sam Whitelock,
4 Brodie Retallick,
3 Owen Franks,
2 Andrew Hore,
1 Tony Woodcock.

Reserves: Hika Elliot, Ben Franks, Ali Williams, Adam Thomson, Piri Weepu, Aaron Cruden, Ben Smith.

Tour Previews:
http://www.v2journal.com/irelands-summer-tour.html
http://www.v2journal.com/new-zealands-june-tests-preview.html

[wales606]

First miss of the day for Carter, and it was a lot easier than most.

[ME-109]

Hook while you are talking absolute cr.p and you know it. Have you been talking to BOD during the game clearly he has told you he doesnt trust earls. How the f.ck can you tell you dope. Its international rugby they play in their positions and trust each other. There is absolutely nothing in the way they have played that you can tell that.

The fact is that certain players while looking flash in the hc are just not at the races internationally. Oh and Zebo has done ok with the ball he has seen and hasnt lost it or made any mistakes...isnt getting much help though.

[Gibson]

We need to hauld our heads up Show character in the face of a Storm.

[wales606]

Carters not bad. Can see him having a good career.

I don't think he'll ever win a WC though...

[MMC]

No way should ROG be starting over Sexton but that restart was better than any of Sexton's today. He should be looking to improve that in the next test.

[GunsGerms]

O'Mahony was the only one who put any feicing effort in there. Not good enough.

Go back to bed.

[ME-109]

At last ROG is on might stop the rot and help put a bit of respectability on the board.

[nathan]

fluffed it!

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

why is he not on my emotion bar????

Click the "view more emoticons" drop down on right of screen and select "rugby"

[rodders]

Christ we've butchered another chance.....

[GunsGerms]

WTF is the point bringing ROG on?

[Thomond]

Don't really see the point of bringing ROG on. BOD should trust Earls, if you use that as an excuse it's a cop out.


Leinster, he missed the tackle but at least he put some feicing effort in.

[Gibson]

At last ROG is on might stop the rot and help put a bit of respectability on the board.

Yer consitent anyway DOD. I'll give ya that. ROG is finished.

[Notch]

Why bring ROG on?

It's time for Kidney to outright back Sexton. You can rotate too much in a key position. Silly call.

[mystiroakey]

he come back sweet..

ta kiwi

[kiakahaaotearoa]

Why bring ROG on?

Drop goals are the way to an Irish victory.

[Gibson]

Well at least it will help finish off the hapless Kidney. NOT an international head coach. Never was.

[ME-109]

If ROG is finished...then Sexton hasnt even started...bring on Madigan or even better JJ Hanrahan..Sexton is not intl class.

[rodders]

Healys had a great game..... individually there's been some great performances but the attack has been disjointed agains...same old story...

[wales606]

why is he not on my emotion bar????

Click the "view more emoticons" drop down on right of screen and select "rugby"

...for balance

[offload]

Conrad Smith is the classiest centre in world rugby. His influence on the back line is huge. Brilliant.

[Rava]

Just back from making my Da his breakfast. We a taking a bit of a hammering here lads but don't let that get in the way of a good old provincial argument EH?

[doctor_grey]

ABs going for the max points

[GunsGerms]

Heaslip has has played well. I agree Quinlan.

[mystiroakey]

why is he not on my emotion bar????

Click the "view more emoticons" drop down on right of screen and select "rugby"

...for balance

NOWNOW.....

[rodders]

Blood hell we can't win our scrums now...shows how well Fitzpatrick played.....

NZ commentators seem to rate Reddan higher than Murray anyways....

[Notch]

Scrum has gone to pot since Deccie Fitzpatrick came off. Shame he can't last the full 80. We need to get that guy in shape, pronto!

[Gibson]

Just back from making my Da his breakfast. We a taking a bit of a hammering here lads but don't let that get in the way of a good old provincial argument EH?

Story pal?

They are just too good. We could have 22 players out there and they'd still beat is. Simple as.

[Hookisms and Hyperbole]

Hook while you are talking absolute cr.p and you know it. Have you been talking to BOD during the game clearly he has told you he doesnt trust earls. How the f.ck can you tell you dope. Its international rugby they play in their positions and trust each other. There is absolutely nothing in the way they have played that you can tell that.

The fact is that certain players while looking flash in the hc are just not at the races internationally. Oh and Zebo has done ok with the ball he has seen and hasnt lost it or made any mistakes...isnt getting much help though.

Are you incapable of understanding a basic point? Their positional play, BOD at times standing in a 12.5 channel and leaving a big gap between him and Sexton, or some poor offloading from BOD in the tackle. They need to set out their positions and don't interchange during the match. If Earls is to be 13 he needs to be there n attack and defense, as does BOD at 12. By 'trust' I mean familiarity and understanding in each others game. It's not 'trust' in that BOD doesn't believe Earls can tackle or anything like that. The fact that you have to resort to swearing at other posters says it all about you.

[GunsGerms]

If ROG is finished...then Sexton hasnt even started...bring on Madigan or even better JJ Hanrahan..Sexton is not intl class.

Sexton hasnt a hope playing outside captain slow at scrum half. When is Kidney going to use our best 9 and 10 together. The mind boggles.

[wales606]

McFadden getting a bit of a run...how nice.

[mystiroakey]

By the way Mr Kiwi or Mr Bilty mod.. Can we get a 3 lions emotion?

[maestegmafia]

Well at least it will help finish off the hapless Kidney. NOT an international head coach. Never was.

I remember the same happening to the last guy when the Argies put 30 points on ya...!

Mc Fadden almost got a second...

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

why is he not on my emotion bar????

Click the "view more emoticons" drop down on right of screen and select "rugby"

...for balance

For some reason when I created the Wales one I put it in the "general" section rather than "rugby".

[GunsGerms]

Would have been a great try for McF. What a hero.

[rodders]

Hang on we were onside there?

[Thomond]

Against the head, jesus. Deccie has got things wrong tonight, I'm not his biggest supporter but people wre praising his player selection, couple things wrong tactically, and some indivdual errors but there are some positives.

[Gibson]

If ROG is finished...then Sexton hasnt even started...bring on Madigan or even better JJ Hanrahan..Sexton is not intl class.

Sexton hasnt a hope playing outside captain slow at scrum half. When is Kidney going to use our best 9 and 10 together. The mind boggles.

Kidney will be gone soon and some kind of normal service will take place. If the IRFU actually think about it next time.

[wales606]

By the way Mr Kiwi or Mr Bilty mod.. Can we get a 3 lions emotion?

Can we get a daffodil hat emoticon?

[LondonTiger]

If ROG is finished...then Sexton hasnt even started...bring on Madigan or even better JJ Hanrahan..Sexton is not intl class.

Sexton is the best 10 in NH.

[doctor_grey]

Well at least it will help finish off the hapless Kidney. NOT an international head coach. Never was.

I remember the same happening to the last guy when the Argies put 30 points on ya...!

Mc Fadden almost got a second...

This drubbing has nothing to do with Kidney. This is a gap in class.

[ME-109]

I understand that you are talking cr/p and living in lala land. The swearing is because of stupidity of the argument.

[kiakahaaotearoa]

Hang on we were onside there?

If the green jerseys got smudged black they were.

[Thomond]

Reddan isn't trusted to start with Leinster in a lot of their big games, is he good enough to start for Ireland? Murray has saved Ireland once or twice with big hits. I would be leaning towards Reddan, but he has a lot of question marks.

[HERSH]

Ireland are rubbish

[Pete C (Kiwireddevil)]

By the way Mr Kiwi or Mr Bilty mod.. Can we get a 3 lions emotion?

If you can find me a link to a suitable pic ...

[Gibson]

Well at least it will help finish off the hapless Kidney. NOT an international head coach. Never was.

I remember the same happening to the last guy when the Argies put 30 points on ya...!

Mc Fadden almost got a second...

Ja man, he was a Cork biy as well. But we played so much better under Steady Eddie. Far better.

[MMC]

Loughney is awful to be fair. On the other hand, Declan Fitz looked really good.

[rodders]

FFS Loughney and DOC should be playing AIB rugby....wasters the pair of them.

[ME-109]

If ROG is finished...then Sexton hasnt even started...bring on Madigan or even better JJ Hanrahan..Sexton is not intl class.

Sexton is the best 10 in NH.

doesnt say much about the NH then

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