All Blacks Vs Ireland Take III

[Rob6]

IRELAND Team & Replacements (v New Zealand, Steinlager Series, Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, Saturday, June 23, kick-off 7.35pm local time/8.35am Irish time):

15 - Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14 - Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
13 - Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)
11 - Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
10 - Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
9 - Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
1 - Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
2 - Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 - Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
4 - Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
5 - Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
6 - Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
7 - Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
8 - Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Replacements:

16 - Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
17 - Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster)
18 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
19 - Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)
20 - Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 - Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/26752.php

[Rooster]

Deccy had to start Paddy as his Mrs has threatened Deccy after he wrecked their holidays

[Mac]

Hopefully CH may get a little game time and get rid of the splinters.

Think the ABs are without Carter.

[cables]

Carter is out - hamstring.

Team: I Dagg; B Smith, C Smith, S B Williams, H Gear; A Cruden, A Smith; T Woodcock, A Hore, O Franks, L Romano, S Whitelock, L Messam. S Cane, R McCaw (capt).

Replacements: K Mealamu, B Franks, B Retallick, A Thomson, P Weepu, B Barrett, T Ellison.
UKPA

[fuzzylogic]

Very inexperienced all blacks 9 and 10. Weak point if ever there was one.

[Kofi Annan]

Wonder what Darren thinks of the coffee shops,

[Jackie Brown]

Strange to parachute Paddy straight in when he wasn't good enough to travel

Strange to drop Trimble

Good to see the future of Irish rugby is being nurtured well with DC getting 2mins off the bench

Strange that McFadden is STILL there even though he's tom kite.

[Snipe Watson]

Very inexperienced all blacks 9 and 10. Weak point if ever there was one.

Wouldn't pin my hopes on Smith being a liability at 9 Fuzzy. He looks like the real deal to me.

[Rooster]

Has beagle been sighted at any stage or did he get lost on the baggage carousel when they arrived ?

[Snipe Watson]

He should have had his surgery before he went. Could have held the tackle bag with his good hand.

[breakdown]

Is McCaw playing 8?

[Mac]

Has beagle been sighted at any stage or did he get lost on the baggage carousel when they arrived ?

Aye.......Aaron and Paul have been comparing notes at the 5'8" Club downtown all week.

Very disappointing as Rooster says & UR will be the ones to suffer in the long run.............
.........and I firmly believe Chris woud have been on the same carousel had injury to others
not played it's hand.

[cables]

Is McCaw playing 8?

Yes

Hansen felt comfortable with Read's replacement on the back of the scrum, despite McCaw's relative inexperience in that position in the test arena.

"Richie's comfortable at [No] 8. He knows all the calls, he's been with us the last month - it just makes sense," he said. "It's just a means to an end. I've said before and I'll keep saying it, I think he's the best No 7 in the world, regardless of what other people are saying.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=10814509

[ColinM]

Big ask for Paddy, hope he goes well.

Shame for the likes of Cave and Marshall, shows why there should be a midweek game on tour.

[Setanta]

Agreed but they get a free sojourn in NZ and to show their faces. Wouldn't be too sorry for them!