Ireland Vs Scotland - Injurymageddan vs Resurgence

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UPDATED - Ireland 29 Man Squad Announced:

Hooker- Rory Best, Sean Cronin,
Props- David Kilcoyne, Tom Court, Mike Ross, Declan Fitzpatrick,

Second Row- Donnacha Ryan, Donncha O'Callaghan, Ian Henderson, Lewis Stevenson, Devin Toner
Backrow - Jamie Heaslip, Sean O'Brien, Peter O'Mahony, Chris Henry, James Coughlan,

Scrumhalf - Conor Murray, Eoin Reddan,
Flyhalf- Ronan O'Gara, Paddy Jackson,

Centre- Brian O'Driscoll, Keith Earls, Luke Marshall, Darren Cave,
Wings- Craig Gilroy, Fergus McFadden, Luke Fitzgerald,
FullBack- Rob Kearney, Robin Henshaw

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So with Darcy now out, where will Deccie be forced to go? I think we all realize he will go with ROG and use the Darcy injury as even more excuse to stay with a “wise” old head at outhalf. Below I put in what I believe Deccie will put down as the starting line-up and below that my selection. Just to clarify, either team is capable of beating Scotland as we all know that we can show up and randomly, erraticly beat nearly anyone, but I believe my team has the benefit of win or lose being a team that starts to prove out whether the young players we all have such hopes for can do a job for us.

Deccie (Total Starting Caps, 663, 363 Backs, 300 Forwards)
15 Kearney (43)
14 McFadden (16)
13 Earls (36)
12 O’Driscoll (122)
11 Gilroy (3)
10 ROG (127)
9 Murray (16)
8 Heaslip (54)
7 SOB (24)
6 POM (11)
5 Ryan (25)
4 DOC (92)
3 Ross (26)
2 Best (64)
1 Kilcoyne (4)

16 Cronin (24), 17 Court (29), 18 Fitzpatrick (4), 19 Henderson (2), 20 Henry (6), 21 Reddan (48), 22 Jackson (0), 23 Fitz (49)
Bench Caps: 162

Me (Total Starting Caps, 394, 207 Backs, 187 Forwards)
15 Kearney (43)
14 Earls (36)
13 O’Driscoll (122)
12 Marshall (0)
11 Gilroy (3)
10 Madigan (0)
9 Murray (16)
8 POM (11)
7 Henry (6)
6 SOB (24)
5 Ryan (25)
4 Henderson (2)
3 Ross (26)
2 Best (64)
1 Court (29)


16 Cronin (24), 17 Kilcoyne (4), 18 Fitzpatrick (4), 19 DOC (92), 20 Heaslip (54), 21 Reddan (48), 22 Jackson (0), 23 McFadden (16)
Bench Caps: 242

The touch judge made the call on Harley's challenge. It looked like a yellow was warranted seiing the replays.

Another card coming...?

Nice easy kick to settle Paddy in.

Now, an easy one for Paddy. Take it son!

Jebus Scotland, do you want to win this or give it away?

Must be a change of behaviour or I may escalate....sounds like my wife

Finally on the score board.

YO! Go lad!

Wayne Barnes is having a shocker. Brown was on his feet and allowed to compete.

Yay! He needed that sooo bad.

0-3 at 35 minutes. Ireland really should be a lot more up than that considering the territory they've had.

have Scotland even been in Irish half let alone their 22?

ironrobson21 wrote:What's the penalty count against Scotland now?

10 against or something mental like that.

Gawd Princess Anne's looking rough. Heavy night oot on tha toon was it ma'am?

ooh interesting...Hoggy kicking for goal. It's a huge 51 metres. ooh just under the bar.

0-3 HT

100%beefy wrote:Must be a change of behaviour or I may escalate....sounds like my wife

So close to going over

That would have been a kick in the teeth for Ireland

Why are Ireland not out of sight?

Can we have some ball to play with in the second half please.

Any half decent would be well in the lead with that amount of posession. Ireland are simply awful.

Get Fitzy on. Earls is a headless chicken.

I'm hoping the 2nd half we'll see the 100% scotch beef running over the 50% beef 50% horse meat Irish.

I dont think I have ever seen such dominant stats after a half of international rugby.

If Scotland turn it around and win, it will be a huge wasted opportunity for Ireland

Earls just has no awareness of the players around him

Can we have our ball back, please?

We need to keep the ball and stop kicking it to Ireland

Oh balls I thought SOB would get through then!

Are scotland incapable of retaining possession....or even getting it

Another clean break, O'Brein should have just ran straight

FINALLY

Gilroy spinning

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Made by SOB. Had to come.

Scotland, can you just get out the way and let...oh thanks!

Nice one Gilroy!

And some afters from Hambo. Gwaaan, beat Earlsy round the ears and he'll get replaced.

Got up at just the right time to see Gilroy go over.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:Any half decent would be well in the lead with that amount of posession. Ireland are simply awful.

Get Fitzy on. Earls is a headless chicken.

Totally agree.

Lamentable defence...I am really surprised by their complete lack of ambition...today was an opportunity to quieten some critics but they seem incapable of playing rugby. awful

Linebreaker wrote:Got up at just the right time to see Gilroy go over.

Morning!

Barnes, don't tell Earls to behave, we want him off.

Awh, it bounced off the post. Unlucky Paddy.

0-8 at 46 minutes.

now deccie get rog on and batton down the hatches.

Philip Matthews has to be the worst co-commentator where does the BBC find them?

He misses so much, the reason that fight started was Hamilton had Gilroy round the neck and Gilroy elbowed him in the ribs. You didn't need a replay to see it.

Any chance of Lukey Fitz getting on in the next minute or so..?

We should really be putting 30/40 pts on this Scottish side. No offence lads. But we should be out of sight by now.

Looks like Ireland are still on for the championship then.

Gwaaan Chilli!

Awh Paddy missed touch...I can see ROG coming on any minute now...

Oh God. Looks like ROG de ligind will be on soon.

And the biggest cheer of the day is for Scotland finally getting into the Irish 22.

I almost miss the days before citing when players would actually fight. Not because I enjoy watching it or think it should be part of the game ( I don't) but because the spectacle of a group of players holding each others jerseys and trying to look aggressive/threatening is really pathetic.

Morning Cari.
Paddy needed to find touch... now the pot at goal.

Oh Scotland where is the passion of old, the Culloden spirit, the bagpipes, whisky and kilts

Bugger, thought it was a 3pm (8am) kick off so missed the first half. At only 3 nil to Ireland doesn't look like I missed too much. Nice finish by Gilroy and what is it with players tackling Kearney with their heads?

100%beefy wrote:Oh Scotland where is the passion of old, the Culloden spirit, the bagpipes, whisky and kilts

'Elf and safety won't allow it at Murrayfield.

Awh no. Poor Paddy...wait for the random shot of ROG taking off his jacket.

3-8 at 55 minutes.

Jackson needs to practise his kicking...

Seriously, I really like Jackson, but ireland CANNOT play him without another kicker. I fear ROG may be coming on, but I would rather see Madigan

And Barnes ought to practise his refereeing of the breakdown

Well SOMEONE needs to blydi kick...they've lost nine points now.