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6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:50 pm
by StandUp
A ton of injuries leading up to this years 6 nations.
Which Ulster players will get picked?
What price Hendo to recover in time only to get broken again during the tournament?
Hendo, Timoney, should be Cooney but won’t, Hume, Balacoune.
Tom O’Toole??
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:56 pm
by Neill_M
Hopefully not too many, two postponed inter pros v Connacht and Leinster from Christmas to be rescheduled during 6N.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:49 pm
by justinr73
The Rugby Pod is heading to Belfast on 10 March.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:42 pm
by paddybrown
The squad has been announced. Rob Baloucoune, James Shume, wee Mike Lowry, Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Tom O'Toole, Nick Timoney and Kieran Treadwell are in.
Some interesting choices. Baloucoune, Hume, Lowry, Herring and Timoney couldn't have been left out given current form. Henderson is a class act when fit, but has been injured pretty much all season and has barely played. I'd probably pick Marty Moore ahead of O'Toole for Ulster, and O'Connor is the mainstay of our second row, with Treadwell only one of a rotating cast to partner him.
Jack Carty is in, quite rightly.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:46 pm
by jean valjean
Ireland Guinness Six Nations Men’s Squad 2022
Backs (17)
Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 33 caps
Robert Baloucoune (Ulster/Enniskillen) 2 caps
Joey Carbery (Munster/Clontarf) 27 caps
Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht) 10 caps
Craig Casey (Munster/Shannon) 4 caps
Andrew Conway (Munster/Garryowen) 27 caps
Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 96 caps
Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 12 caps
Mack Hansen (Connacht) uncapped
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 53 caps
James Hume (Ulster/Banbridge) 1 cap
Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 16 caps
Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 30 caps
Michael Lowry (Ulster/Banbridge) uncapped
Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 92 caps
Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 37 caps
Johnny Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 101 caps CAPTAIN
Forwards (20)
Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 6 caps
Finlay Bealham (Connacht/Buccaneers) 18 caps
Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 25 caps
Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 22 caps
Gavin Coombes (Munster/Young Munster) 2 caps
Caelan Doris (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 12 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 52 caps
Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 112 caps
Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 65 caps
Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 23 caps
Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 16 caps
Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 45 caps
Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 79 caps
Tom O’Toole (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 2 caps
Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 40 caps
James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 40 caps
Dan Sheehan (Leinster/Lansdowne) 2 caps
Nick Timoney (Ulster/Banbridge) 2 caps
Kieran Treadwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 3 caps
Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 35 caps
Development Player
Cian Prendergast (Connacht)
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:48 pm
by jean valjean
8 ulstermen must be a record for quite a while. Congrats to Lowry, well deserved and I hope he gets a run out at some stage. Hopefully none come back broken.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:59 pm
by waggonsroll
jean valjean wrote:8 ulstermen must be a record for quite a while. Congrats to Lowry, well deserved and I hope he gets a run out at some stage. Hopefully none come back broken.
Agree they all deserve it but how many injured tackle bag holders will we get back
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Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:39 pm
by Dublin4
So much for the great white hope of Harry Byrne. Not much joy all round in the Byrne household this evening.
Carty and Lowry are well deserved.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:53 pm
by solidarity
As usual, I've divided loyalties. Great to see eight lads in the squad, but losing them, along with all of our injuries could leave us with up to 20 players unavailable during the 6 nations .
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:01 pm
by Dave
Kiwis need the tackle bags held in an Ulsterish manner you know. You could almost give fecks for this if any would get more than a crumb of game time.
Even all black conquerer Andeeeh Farrell knows that no Irish pack can function without Hendy. Anyway feck em.
Gwan Ireland.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:07 pm
by rumncoke
O Connor is too small to be an International second row the fact that he may be considered a first name on the team sheet for Ulster may be down to the fact he is seldom injured and size may be less important at league level . O'Connor also suffers from the image of being a Leinster reject thus anyone at Leinster must be better .
The fact is Treadwell actually puts himself about on the pitch not so much as a ball carrier but in the tackle he appears to enjoy tackling which some player fine a task and become weary after a few.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:14 pm
by rumncoke
Hendy tends to be a needless player if there is no need to exert himself he doesn't but in the essential areas of the game he is there 110% which possibly accounts for the fact he gets injured frequently because they are the times when effort is greatest.
Also when apparently doing little at times he is actually directing others around him because they are taking their positioning from him .
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:37 pm
by paddybrown
rumncoke wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:07 pm
O Connor is too small to be an International second row the fact that he may be considered a first name on the team sheet for Ulster may be down to the fact he is seldom injured and size may be less important at league level . O'Connor also suffers from the image of being a Leinster reject thus anyone at Leinster must be better .
The fact is Treadwell actually puts himself about on the pitch not so much as a ball carrier but in the tackle he appears to enjoy tackling which some player fine a task and become weary after a few.
O'Connor is a very busy tackler as well, although I'd say Treadwell is probably a bit quicker around the pitch. Andy Warwick is another player who's never been on Ireland's radar, but I'm always reassured when I see him on the team sheet.
We're playing the rescheduled match against Connacht on 4 February, which is the night before Ireland play Wales in the Six Nations, and Leinster on 12 March, same day as Ireland play England. We'll be missing eight players, Connacht will be missing five, and Leinster will be missing a whopping sixteen. Best team we should be able to field:
Warwick Andrew M. Moore
A. O'Connor Carter
Marcus Rea Vermeulen Jones/Reidy
Cooney/Doak
Burns
Lyttle S. Moore Curtis Gilroy
McIlroy
Replacements: Stewart/D. Moore, McGrath, Kane, Kearney, Reidy/Jones, Doak/Shanahan, Madigan, Moxham
I reckon that's a decent lineup. Not sure if Tom Stewart is fit yet, but I assume Declan Moore is still with us as injury cover. In the back row, it might be worth switching Marcus Rea to openside and putting McCann in at blindside. Also not sure about the outside centre position - we might see Moxham there, with Curtis on the bench covering centres and out-half, but without Lowry I think we'd need to have Madge as experienced cover for Billy.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:51 pm
by jean valjean
paddybrown wrote:rumncoke wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:07 pm
O Connor is too small to be an International second row the fact that he may be considered a first name on the team sheet for Ulster may be down to the fact he is seldom injured and size may be less important at league level . O'Connor also suffers from the image of being a Leinster reject thus anyone at Leinster must be better .
The fact is Treadwell actually puts himself about on the pitch not so much as a ball carrier but in the tackle he appears to enjoy tackling which some player fine a task and become weary after a few.
O'Connor is a very busy tackler as well, although I'd say Treadwell is probably a bit quicker around the pitch. Andy Warwick is another player who's never been on Ireland's radar, but I'm always reassured when I see him on the team sheet.
We're playing the rescheduled match against Connacht on 4 February, which is the night before Ireland play Wales in the Six Nations, and Leinster on 12 March, same day as Ireland play England. We'll be missing eight players, Connacht will be missing five, and Leinster will be missing a whopping sixteen. Best team we should be able to field:
Warwick Andrew M. Moore
A. O'Connor Carter
Marcus Rea Vermeulen Jones/Reidy
Cooney/Doak
Burns
Lyttle S. Moore Curtis Gilroy
McIlroy
Replacements: Stewart/D. Moore, McGrath, Kane, Kearney, Reidy/Jones, Doak/Shanahan, Madigan, Moxham
I reckon that's a decent lineup. Not sure if Tom Stewart is fit yet, but I assume Declan Moore is still with us as injury cover. In the back row, it might be worth switching Marcus Rea to openside and putting McCann in at blindside. Also not sure about the outside centre position - we might see Moxham there, with Curtis on the bench covering centres and out-half, but without Lowry I think we'd need to have Madge as experienced cover for Billy.
McCloskey should become available soon I would have hoped. Him and Moore in the centre would be a good selection.
Re: 6 nations 22
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:45 pm
by UlsterNo9
jean valjean wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:51 pm
paddybrown wrote:rumncoke wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:07 pm
O Connor is too small to be an International second row the fact that he may be considered a first name on the team sheet for Ulster may be down to the fact he is seldom injured and size may be less important at league level . O'Connor also suffers from the image of being a Leinster reject thus anyone at Leinster must be better .
The fact is Treadwell actually puts himself about on the pitch not so much as a ball carrier but in the tackle he appears to enjoy tackling which some player fine a task and become weary after a few.
O'Connor is a very busy tackler as well, although I'd say Treadwell is probably a bit quicker around the pitch. Andy Warwick is another player who's never been on Ireland's radar, but I'm always reassured when I see him on the team sheet.
We're playing the rescheduled match against Connacht on 4 February, which is the night before Ireland play Wales in the Six Nations, and Leinster on 12 March, same day as Ireland play England. We'll be missing eight players, Connacht will be missing five, and Leinster will be missing a whopping sixteen. Best team we should be able to field:
Warwick Andrew M. Moore
A. O'Connor Carter
Marcus Rea Vermeulen Jones/Reidy
Cooney/Doak
Burns
Lyttle S. Moore Curtis Gilroy
McIlroy
Replacements: Stewart/D. Moore, McGrath, Kane, Kearney, Reidy/Jones, Doak/Shanahan, Madigan, Moxham
I reckon that's a decent lineup. Not sure if Tom Stewart is fit yet, but I assume Declan Moore is still with us as injury cover. In the back row, it might be worth switching Marcus Rea to openside and putting McCann in at blindside. Also not sure about the outside centre position - we might see Moxham there, with Curtis on the bench covering centres and out-half, but without Lowry I think we'd need to have Madge as experienced cover for Billy.
McCloskey should become available soon I would have hoped. Him and Moore in the centre would be a good selection.
Addison may be fit and ready to go also