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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 241159"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (danny @ Jan 31 2009, 09:40 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=374425" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>I agree to an extent. I'm no fan of Horan - he'd rather be a winger than a prop, is an average scrummager (if I'm being nice) and is liable to be sinbinned for stupidity in almost every game. Hayes is often confused with being a great player over here for the sole reason that there's nobody else. However this season the Munster scrum has held up really well. </p><p></p><p>Horan and Hayes are the best options although the race for the loosehead spot is getting tighter- in a few months time there'll be a viable 4 way race for the 1 shirt with Horan challenged strongly by Healy, Court and Wilkinson. No longer will Horan make the team by default. While Hayes is still by a long way the best tighthead, Mike Ross is a decent option - he's far from spectacular but can keep the scrum held up. If Tony Buckley pulls his finger out, he too could be a good tighthead. Beyond them, we're hoping for some "kids" to emerge. Tim Ryan and Jamie Hagen seem best placed to have solid pro careers but it's up in the air how good they'll be at the moment.</p><p></p><p>In short, we'll cope at prop when Hayes and Horan retire/are replaced. While the alternatives may not be great, their lack of ball carrying ability (bar Healy) can be compensated for by a rampaging group of backrows making their way through the system. Ferris, Jennings, O'Brien, Heaslip, Pollock and Leamy can serve Ireland well for close to the next decade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 241159"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (danny @ Jan 31 2009, 09:40 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=374425']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I agree to an extent. I'm no fan of Horan - he'd rather be a winger than a prop, is an average scrummager (if I'm being nice) and is liable to be sinbinned for stupidity in almost every game. Hayes is often confused with being a great player over here for the sole reason that there's nobody else. However this season the Munster scrum has held up really well. Horan and Hayes are the best options although the race for the loosehead spot is getting tighter- in a few months time there'll be a viable 4 way race for the 1 shirt with Horan challenged strongly by Healy, Court and Wilkinson. No longer will Horan make the team by default. While Hayes is still by a long way the best tighthead, Mike Ross is a decent option - he's far from spectacular but can keep the scrum held up. If Tony Buckley pulls his finger out, he too could be a good tighthead. Beyond them, we're hoping for some "kids" to emerge. Tim Ryan and Jamie Hagen seem best placed to have solid pro careers but it's up in the air how good they'll be at the moment. In short, we'll cope at prop when Hayes and Horan retire/are replaced. While the alternatives may not be great, their lack of ball carrying ability (bar Healy) can be compensated for by a rampaging group of backrows making their way through the system. Ferris, Jennings, O'Brien, Heaslip, Pollock and Leamy can serve Ireland well for close to the next decade. [/QUOTE]
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