[quote]Adam-F wrote:
Yes! I remember that hit - I hated Gregan with a passion too…typical scrum half - much prefer Kelleher!
Id post that massive hit from Lewsey on Rodgers (sp) where he broke his rib haha, best technical hit ever IMO[/quote]
It made it all that little bit better because of the fight before hand!
Josh lewsey is a machine.
[quote]Jereth127 wrote:
[quote]IrishDiablo wrote:
i have a feeling he’ll be on the plane…would love to see murray/boss/reddan and o’leary left out…really hasnt been the same since his lions ending ankle injury imo
scotland/ireland will be a standard boring boshfest…whatever you say about scotland,they’re always extremely physical…i wonder if they have all bulked up again like before the last wc…
Oz/Nz should be well worth dragging your arse out of bed on your day off for…[/quote]
Oh god here we go haha.
Not meaning to turn this into a standard munster/leinster affair but even with tthhe shitty performances O’Leary has been putting in over the last 12 months you still couldnt pick Boss over him. Boss has never even hit international level IMO(although ill always remember his break away try against England in Croker in 2007 with great fondness). Undoubtedly the season with Leinster has done him the world of good but he simply isnt good enough. I think he proved this at the start of the previous season when Jo Schmidt inexplicably picked Boss over Reddan and Boss continued to disappoint. Not that im overly fond of Reddan either. Although a good friend from college stuck around after the munster/leinster clash back in april and got a chance to talk to Reddan for a bit, said he was one of the nicest guys he’s ever talked to!
Nah I wont be dragging myself out of bed for it, beauty of Sky+ haha[/quote]
Well I’m a Munster Fan, but O’leary is one of the players I find most frustrating. He slows the game down to a snails pace with his dithering at the base of rucks. I can understand that he likes some time to set up etc. but it just lets the opposition organise their defence that bit more and then Ireland revert to crashing it up.
For all his faults I’d prefer to see Boss in there ahead of him. However in the longer term Murray is the answer both at club and international level.
ENGLAND TEAM
15 - Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 - Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
13 - Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
12 - Riki Flutey (London Wasps)
11 - Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
10 - Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)
9 - Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 - Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
2 - Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 - Matt Stevens (Saracens)
4 - Simon Shaw (Unattached)
5 - Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
6 - Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
7 - Lewis Moody (Bath Rugby, capt.)
8 - James Haskell (Ricoh Black Rams)
SUBSTITUTES
16 - Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
17 - David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
18 - Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
19 - Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
20 - Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
21 - Charlie Hodgson (Saracens)
22 - Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
WALES TEAM
15 - Rhys Priestland
14 - George North
13 - Jonathan Davies
12 - Jamie Roberts
11 - Shane Williams
10 - Stephen Jones
9 - Mike Phillips
8 - Toby Faletau
7 - Sam Warburton (capt.)
6 - Dan Lydiate
5 - Alun Wyn Jones
4 - Bradley Davies
3 - Craig Mitchell
2 - Huw Bennett
1 - Paul James
SUBSTITUTES
16 - Lloyd Burns
17 - Ryan Bevington
18 - Luke Charteris
19 - Ryan Jones
20 - Tavis Knoyle
21 - Scott Williams
22 - Morgan Stoddart
Interesting to see how the new faces do. Cannot believe simon shaw is in there!
a load of uneducated gingers talking shit about munster rugby.
they are a team of has beens, they got embarassed by quins in the Amlin, they are useless and need serious investment.
[quote]gavinhenson wrote:
a load of uneducated gingers talking shit about munster rugby.
they are a team of has beens, they got embarassed by quins in the Amlin, they are useless and need serious investment.[/quote]
I know you are a troll, but you are such a fucking hypocrite its unreal.
If you are gonna be calling someone illiterate for one spelling mistake, you sure as hell better spell all your words correctly. You say im sad for talking to people online, something which you refuse to stop doing. LOL and you call munster has beens, yet your idol is gavin henson?
I wonder if Matt Stevens has overtaken Dan Cole as number 3 or if he is just being tried for the friendly
[quote]rugggby wrote:
[quote]gavinhenson wrote:
a load of uneducated gingers talking shit about munster rugby.
they are a team of has beens, they got embarassed by quins in the Amlin, they are useless and need serious investment.[/quote]
I know you are a troll, but you are such a fucking hypocrite its unreal.
If you are gonna be calling someone illiterate for one spelling mistake, you sure as hell better spell all your words correctly. You say im sad for talking to people online, something which you refuse to stop doing. LOL and you call munster has beens, yet your idol is gavin henson? [/quote]
Mate, don’t even give him air. There’s been some great rugby talk in this thread, don’t let this inbred derail it.
[quote]kennyken wrote:
I wonder if Matt Stevens has overtaken Dan Cole as number 3 or if he is just being tried for the friendly[/quote]
I think there are a few in there which wouldnt be in a starting XV world cup team.
But I really rate Matt Stevens, he was going places before he made silly lifestyle choices. I dont know scrums at all, but he is more mobile and his engine is better than cole IMO. It’ll be good to see how manusomoa tuilagi gets on.
Proper english name, that.
[quote]krebcycle wrote:
[quote]rugggby wrote:
[quote]gavinhenson wrote:
a load of uneducated gingers talking shit about munster rugby.
they are a team of has beens, they got embarassed by quins in the Amlin, they are useless and need serious investment.[/quote]
I know you are a troll, but you are such a fucking hypocrite its unreal.
If you are gonna be calling someone illiterate for one spelling mistake, you sure as hell better spell all your words correctly. You say im sad for talking to people online, something which you refuse to stop doing. LOL and you call munster has beens, yet your idol is gavin henson? [/quote]
Mate, don’t even give him air. There’s been some great rugby talk in this thread, don’t let this inbred derail it.[/quote]
I know mate, but that was too much to resist lol.
[quote]rugggby wrote:
manusomoa tuilagi
Proper english name, that.[/quote]
Isn’t it. I was under the impression that Manu Samoa was a country.
Oh well, guess I was wrong.
[quote]Wheels of Steel wrote:
[quote]rugggby wrote:
manusomoa tuilagi
Proper english name, that.[/quote]
Isn’t it. I was under the impression that Manu Samoa was a country.
Oh well, guess I was wrong.[/quote]
My internet sarcasm detector is a bit off… i dont know what you meant by that.
[quote]rugggby wrote:
[quote]Wheels of Steel wrote:
[quote]rugggby wrote:
manusomoa tuilagi
Proper english name, that.[/quote]
Isn’t it. I was under the impression that Manu Samoa was a country.
Oh well, guess I was wrong.[/quote]
My internet sarcasm detector is a bit off… i dont know what you meant by that.[/quote]
Dry kiwi sense of humour. Just pointing out the irony of him sharing his name with a small island nation in the pacific.
you realise he isnt english and is samoan? or is that what you meant… hard to tell online!
I dont know if he’s known in NZ.
I’m looking forward to seeing Charlie Sharples get a run out too.
According to Foden he’s the fastest white guy he’s ever seen.
Really looking forward to NZ v AUS too. I don’t have skysports anymore so I watch it on p2p. Anyone know what time it starts in the UK? I managed to miss the beginning of the SA / AUS game last week. Damn British summertime bollocks!
Score predictions for the weekend any one?
I’ll go 33 - 28 to NZ. Factored in a couple of Dan Carter missed conversions. I don’t think there’ll be too many penalties in this game.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
I’m looking forward to seeing Charlie Sharples get a run out too.
According to Foden he’s the fastest white guy he’s ever seen.
Really looking forward to NZ v AUS too. I don’t have skysports anymore so I watch it on p2p. Anyone know what time it starts in the UK? I managed to miss the beginning of the SA / AUS game last week. Damn British summertime bollocks!
Score predictions for the weekend any one?
I’ll go 33 - 28 to NZ. Factored in a couple of Dan Carter missed conversions. I don’t think there’ll be too many penalties in this game.[/quote]
Ive always liked sharples. I know its very english of me, but i always rate a player on his ability to defend, and his defensive skills are brilliant. The way he tackles is technically perfect (watch him come on a miss a try saving tackle now ive said that).
KO is 8.00am mate.
I say AUS by 5… 15-20 something like that.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
I’m looking forward to seeing Charlie Sharples get a run out too.
[/quote]
Is that the guy who plays wing for Glouster? The genuine “bolter?”
Seems like an exciting player.
[quote]rugggby wrote:
[quote]kennyken wrote:
I wonder if Matt Stevens has overtaken Dan Cole as number 3 or if he is just being tried for the friendly[/quote]
I think there are a few in there which wouldnt be in a starting XV world cup team.
But I really rate Matt Stevens, he was going places before he made silly lifestyle choices. I dont know scrums at all, but he is more mobile and his engine is better than cole IMO. It’ll be good to see how manusomoa tuilagi gets on.
Proper english name, that.[/quote]
Manu is a powerhouse center for a 20 yr old, Flutey is class as well.
I totally rate Stevens, he packs down very well…but they have seven props at the moment? his form has been good though since he ditched the charlie, hasn’t it?
[quote]rugggby wrote:
[quote]Adam-F wrote:
Yes! I remember that hit - I hated Gregan with a passion too…typical scrum half - much prefer Kelleher!
Id post that massive hit from Lewsey on Rodgers (sp) where he broke his rib haha, best technical hit ever IMO[/quote]
It made it all that little bit better because of the fight before hand!
Josh lewsey is a machine.[/quote]
Hell yes lads, well worth posting that.
IRELAND Team & Replacements (v Scotland, 2011 Rugby World Cup Warm-Up Test, Murrayfield, Saturday, August 6, kick-off 2.15pm):
15 - Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14 - Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
13 - Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
12 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
11 - Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
10 - Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
9 - Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
1 - Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
2 - Sean Cronin (Leinster)
3 - Tony Buckley (Sale Sharks)
4 - Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
5 - Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster) (capt)
6 - Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht) *
7 - Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster)
8 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Replacements:
16 - Jerry Flannery (Shannon/ Munster)
17 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
18 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
19 - Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
20 - Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster)
21 - Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
22 - Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster) *
Interesting selection to say the least. No matter who’s injured I always get worried when I see Paddy Wallace on the pitch. Particularly happy to see Flannery, Kearney and Fitzgerald back. Also nice to see Felix Jones being given a shot(no doubt will be brought on about the 60min mark). Great chance for mcFadden also, he’s going to be a star for Ireland and Leinster. Not as bulky as I thought for a Scotland clash but will be interesting to see how certain players perform.