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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2019 Six Nations] Italy vs Ireland (24/02/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 933529" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Those stats are mad skewed by including Ringrose, he's not part of the argument. </p><p></p><p>Aki - Farrell were grand at home to Argentina in 2017 but that game was far closer than need be. 3 tries against the 9th ranked team in the world.</p><p></p><p>Aki - Farrell went well against Wales with five tries but if we're labelling all the teams Aki and Henshaw beat as poor I'm doing the same with that Wales team, the centre pairing in particular, Parkes and Scott Williams would have their work cut out to get a start for a province. 5 tries against the team ranked either 6th or 7th in the world</p><p></p><p>Aki - Addison were fairly disappointing in a three try win over a lackluster Argentina in the 2018 game. 3 tries against the 9th ranked team in the world</p><p></p><p>Aki - Farrell two weeks ago, nothing more than fine, they weren't the sole reason for not getting a BP but they played their part. 3 tries v the 7th ranked team in the world. </p><p></p><p>While more tries are being scored with those guys than Aki and Henshaw's away games against Australia who were ranked 4th at the time, apart from Scotland the defensive performances have been far worse. The jury is certainly still out on what the best option is without Ringrose. There's simply not enough data to determine it statistically so it comes down to the individual's intuition. We'll probably see what Joe Schmidt's is this weekend, I'd back Aki - Henshaw on what we've seen so far but would like to see Henshaw - Farrell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 933529, member: 45598"] Those stats are mad skewed by including Ringrose, he's not part of the argument. Aki - Farrell were grand at home to Argentina in 2017 but that game was far closer than need be. 3 tries against the 9th ranked team in the world. Aki - Farrell went well against Wales with five tries but if we're labelling all the teams Aki and Henshaw beat as poor I'm doing the same with that Wales team, the centre pairing in particular, Parkes and Scott Williams would have their work cut out to get a start for a province. 5 tries against the team ranked either 6th or 7th in the world Aki - Addison were fairly disappointing in a three try win over a lackluster Argentina in the 2018 game. 3 tries against the 9th ranked team in the world Aki - Farrell two weeks ago, nothing more than fine, they weren't the sole reason for not getting a BP but they played their part. 3 tries v the 7th ranked team in the world. While more tries are being scored with those guys than Aki and Henshaw's away games against Australia who were ranked 4th at the time, apart from Scotland the defensive performances have been far worse. The jury is certainly still out on what the best option is without Ringrose. There's simply not enough data to determine it statistically so it comes down to the individual's intuition. We'll probably see what Joe Schmidt's is this weekend, I'd back Aki - Henshaw on what we've seen so far but would like to see Henshaw - Farrell. [/QUOTE]
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