Irish AI Squad

[Dave]

When's the team announced?

[Russ]

When's the team announced?

Who's doing the presser?

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[Dave]

When's the team announced?

Who's doing the presser?

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Adam Byrne and Jack Conan starting. Reidy on bench.

[Russ]

When's the team announced?

Who's doing the presser?

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Adam Byrne and Jack Conan starting. Reidy on bench.

Loike mcgraaaa at 9
Guess Joe doesnt want to start marmion. Wonder when that will bite him

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[Dave]

[Dave]

Where's Tommy Bowe?

[Neill_M]

No Adam Byrne in the 23 a bit surprising unless he is injured. Learn nothing from playing Daverage.

[Russ]

Dave Kearney head over heals at being guaranteed 3 tries to his tally against a bankrupt nation

PS that would double his try total!

How does a winger with a try scoring record of less than 1 every 5 games even get a pro contract?

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[Russ]

No Adam Byrne in the 23 a bit surprising unless he is injured. Learn nothing from playing Daverage.

Adam Byrne is dung and Joe knows it
No amount of Dublin pr will sort that out

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[Dave]

No Adam Byrne in the 23 a bit surprising unless he is injured. Learn nothing from playing Daverage.

Adam Byrne is dung and Joe knows it
No amount of Dublin pr will sort that out

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How many wingers has Stockdale leapfrogged to nail down a starting place after one match?

[Russ]

No Adam Byrne in the 23 a bit surprising unless he is injured. Learn nothing from playing Daverage.

Adam Byrne is dung and Joe knows it
No amount of Dublin pr will sort that out

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How many wingers has Stockdale leapfrogged to nail down a starting place after one match?

He's the only actual winger Ireland have had since the amateur era

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[Dave]

Rumours going round that toner is to be dropped (not in the line out).

[rumncoke]

The surprise is Toners selection I thought Treadwell would have started with Toner on the Bench to strengthen the line out if it started to stutter.

But 13 changes from last week shows Joe recognises 5 mins caps from the bench is no guarantee of International experience and fails to provide any basis of assessing any player's international potential.

Dave Kearney is a known but is basically the only back with International experience be he ever so wanting as a player but defensively he is a serious set up from Byrne .

Unfortunately Larmour lacks experience at Pro14 level and IMO is the best of the Leinster would be wingers although he would like to be a centre .

Nice to see McCloskey get a cap along with Farrell and while with Ringrose Henshaw and Payne and Ali it appears there is ample cover the fact is centres occupy an area of the pitch where injuries are plentiful because the channels are frequently subject to attack by heavy back rows coming at pace and players like Sonny Boy .









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[Dave]

What about Craig 'should have been a Lion' Gilroy?

[BaggyTrousers]

Dave Kearney head over heals at being guaranteed 3 tries to his tally against a bankrupt nation

PS that would double his try total!

How does a winger with a try scoring record of less than 1 every 5 games even get a pro contract?

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He is prolific compared to Luke Fitzgerald. He made his debut in 2006, scored 2 against Italy in 2009 and finally added another try in a world cup warm up in 2015 and then low and behold he finally scored one that mattered, a great try against the Argies in the RWC quarter-final. Of course, another dick, Shinnerboots missed the chance to put Ireland ahead and having been let off the hook, the Argies were like Fit in the Falklands and kicked Irelands D4 butts.

I'll tell you another interesting Fitzchube 35 cap career fact & "maybe-fact". In an era when Ireland has been comparatively successful, he is probably one of very very few Irish players who played a substantial number of games but has a losing record. In fairness to him, he didn;t play as many games against tier 2 teams as most. 35 caps 4 tries eh?