Things Sean Cronin Can't Start

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Bart S wrote:
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Do you have an example of this?

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With this bullshit thread grinding slowly in a death-trance, may I suggest Russ that each week during the silly season you select a player from another province for us to disparage?

I await with excitement next week's target for our bile.

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BaggyTrousers wrote:With this bullshit thread grinding slowly in a death-trance, may I suggest Russ that each week during the silly season you select a player from another province for us to disparage?

I await with excitement next week's target for our bile.

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So long as we don't ask Sean Cronin to start it

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...his first name with any letter of the alphabet other than S.

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An international test match when the incumbent hooker is injured

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Luke Fitzgerald says Sean Cronin should have started for Ireland in their first test against Australia on Saturday.

Ireland slipped to an 18-9 defeat to Australia in the opening game of their summer tour last weekend, with Ulster's Rob Herring starting at hooker and Cronin coming off the bench in the second half.

Cronin has started just three games for Ireland since Joe Schmidt took over as coach five years ago and is instead usually deployed as an impact-sub, coming off the bench 32 times in that same period.

Former Ireland winger Fitzgerald was critical of the decision to start South Africa-born Herring over Cronin on Saturday..

"He [Herring] is the sub hooker for Ulster, why are we not starting Scannell, why are we not starting Cronin," Fitzgerald told The Left Wing, in association with Laya Healthcare.


"There's something he (Joe Schmidt) doesn't like about him. He's been the best hooker in the country for the last three years, over and above.

"He's picked Rory Best as his captain. Rory has loads of caps and Rory's a good guy and a good player, but he's just no comparison.

"From an attack perspective you'll get like two or three carries from Bestie in a game, max. They'll say in international rugby he might get one or two turnovers, but like [Cronin] might get one or two of them as well, and for what you get he's so much better.

"I just think he [Schmidt] doesn't like him, that would be my gut on it.

"For me this [tour to Australia] was a big opportunity to blood in Sean Cronin."

"It's nothing personal with Rob Herring it really isn't, I'd just like to see the two Irish guys. I like Scannell, I like Cronin, and I think they're actually better than Best, the two of them. I'd like to see one of them start this weekend," added Fitzgerald.

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Fitzwank just needs to be put down.
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That article is cancerous

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Maybe he can't frickin scrummage for toffee?

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Joe doesn't like him.
Funny that. Deccie obviously didn't either.
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Because Fitzgerald is an expert in being international quality...

Herring to start again this weekend by all accounts. Cronin would be better wondering why he never does any of the hard work, preferring to be a Flash Harry on the wing.

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When Cronin came on he hovered over to the left wing and stood in front of Stockdale. He literally blocked him. When he got the ball he didn't looked left once. Head down and runs into an Aussie player.
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He's only 2 non-starts away from a world record.
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Jetstream wrote:Luke Fitzgerald says Sean Cronin should have started for Ireland in their first test against Australia on Saturday.

Ireland slipped to an 18-9 defeat to Australia in the opening game of their summer tour last weekend, with Ulster's Rob Herring starting at hooker and Cronin coming off the bench in the second half.

Cronin has started just three games for Ireland since Joe Schmidt took over as coach five years ago and is instead usually deployed as an impact-sub, coming off the bench 32 times in that same period.

Former Ireland winger Fitzgerald was critical of the decision to start South Africa-born Herring over Cronin on Saturday..

"He [Herring] is the sub hooker for Ulster, why are we not starting Scannell, why are we not starting Cronin," Fitzgerald told The Left Wing, in association with Laya Healthcare.


"There's something he (Joe Schmidt) doesn't like about him. He's been the best hooker in the country for the last three years, over and above.

"He's picked Rory Best as his captain. Rory has loads of caps and Rory's a good guy and a good player, but he's just no comparison.

"From an attack perspective you'll get like two or three carries from Bestie in a game, max. They'll say in international rugby he might get one or two turnovers, but like [Cronin] might get one or two of them as well, and for what you get he's so much better.

"I just think he [Schmidt] doesn't like him, that would be my gut on it.

"For me this [tour to Australia] was a big opportunity to blood in Sean Cronin."

"It's nothing personal with Rob Herring it really isn't, I'd just like to see the two Irish guys. I like Scannell, I like Cronin, and I think they're actually better than Best, the two of them. I'd like to see one of them start this weekend," added Fitzgerald.

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Sectarian nonsense coming from one of the worst selections ever for Ireland, a man with an international record of a paucity only beaten by Roger Baird, also a Lion. I suppose the fact that he is Des's son never did him any harm. :duh:

I always like to remind people that not only did his feet, hands and brain never coordinate, but he felt himself too good to play for Ireland U20s and therefore his replacement, Felix Jones, who in contrast to Fitzwank was universally liked, won a GS that year.

His punditry is as atrocious as his international record as he seeks to be "relevant". Gobshite.
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Seems wee seanie cant buy a start

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