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Literally praying for another Henshaw at 15 game, will need cheering up after England bomb outHaley cut.
Literally praying for another Henshaw at 15 game, will need cheering up after England bomb outHaley cut.
I'd be near certain he won't start one there, the approach appears to be two specialists plus a guy who can cover in a real bind or against a minnow in a few positions. Prior to injury all rumours suggested it'd be Sexton > Carbery > Cooney, and both Healy > Kilcoyne > Porter and Kearney > Larmour > Henshaw look likely. The second one is maddening considering its obvious to everyone but Joe that Carbery is the better 15 option, I'd even rather have the good Sale recruit there too!Literally praying for another Henshaw at 15 game, will need cheering up after England bomb out
I'd say he was being considered there originally but he's probably been ruled out now by injury as he presumably won't be able to train there. Carty probably a decent bet there right now. If three 10s do go it'd be madness for Carbery playing 15 not to be at least considered.I wonder is Joey Carbery an option as 3rd 9. He was mentioned their in Irish camp a few years ago as a contingency. And well Joey may also be seen now as an extra option at 15 if a 3rd 10 were to travel.
The rumours are very strong that Carbery is seen as the key man. Carty is set to go too and from the rumours it seems with 9 to leave camp.ROG saying Joey Carbery can cover 12 this morning! With Joe saying Ringrose can play wing I reckon the best shout is just play with ten men with those two covering the backs positions.
The rumours are very strong that Carbery is seen as the key man. Carty is set to go too and from the rumours it seems with 9 to leave camp.
Dave Kearney, Jack McGrath, Devin Toner, Rhys Ruddock, Andrew Conway, Ross Byrne, Will Addison, Rob Herring and Luke McGrath have been told it is looking like they will be on stand by. That leaves 1 spot open. I still can't see how we can omit Dev myself but those are the rumours. And believe the lock is still open. And Tommy O'Donnell was not on list but he is behind some so he will not go 100% so Ruddock may be in.
100% agree. And as I say may be just a rumour as it's not from solid source. I think Toner is a vital man for set piece.I think leaving Toner back would be a massive (literally) mistake!
I've heard the Addison rumours as well, given his record it wouldn't surprise me at all. He's talented enough to go and his versatility would be very useful but he hasn't played since January, if he can't get a run out in the warmup he can't be in consideration. Farrell and Conway having big games against Italy can't have helped him either.100% agree. And as I say may be just a rumour as it's not from solid source. I think Toner is a vital man for set piece.
Rumours too Addison is in trouble injury wise
I've heard the Addison rumours as well, given his record it wouldn't surprise me at all. He's talented enough to go and his versatility would be very useful but he hasn't played since January, if he can't get a run out in the warmup he can't be in consideration. Farrell and Conway having big games against Italy can't have helped him either.100% agree. And as I say may be just a rumour as it's not from solid source. I think Toner is a vital man for set piece.
Rumours too Addison is in trouble injury wise
Jaysus, one actual and two potential career ending injuries ****** our backrow hard...https://www.the42.ie/team-joe-built-world-cup-2019-4768788-Aug2019/
Interesting article on how the squad has been developed since 2015 with the gametime of various players. Also found it interesting how certain guys came into their spots. Also compare how constant a guy like best has been to the 7 jersey which in terms of minutes no one exceeds 1000, and injury has caused the jersey to change hands often.
No Sexton in all likelihood, reckon we go weaker than the English tea and use Wales to start getting spunky.
From that you could make a pretty good guess at something likeSexton, Henshaw and Earl's sat out training yesterday so given Schmidt's usual MO they likely won't be involved.
Murray, Furlong, Stander and Stockdale on media duty.