The UAFC

My turn.

Whitehouse is the ref.

It’s gonna be very dry and very cold, which I intend to counter by way of a lengthy visit to The Pot Still.

Who's back? Addison? Greg?
Is the kid from MAD available?
Is there room for 2 gingers in the starting 15?
Is Hendo broken yet?

CIMANFOREVER wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:22 pm Who's back? Addison? Greg?
Is the kid from MAD available?
Is there room for 2 gingers in the starting 15?
Is Hendo broken yet?

An important away game that will give us a decent appraisal of where the team is this season . . . . . . Sounds like an ideal opportunity to give Greg Jones and Matty Rea a run out in the back row.

So It Is wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:17 am

CIMANFOREVER wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:22 pm Who's back? Addison? Greg?
Is the kid from MAD available?
Is there room for 2 gingers in the starting 15?
Is Hendo broken yet?

An important away game that will give us a decent appraisal of where the team is this season . . . . . . Sounds like an ideal opportunity to give Greg Jones and Matty Rea a run out in the back row.

Michael Lowry as a lineout option?

very odd squad

No
Herring
Timoney
Rea
Ewers
Doak
McCloskey
Moore

Back row could struggle big time, Good to see Addison back

Squad Unavailability List

Callum Reid (Back), James McCormick (Shoulder), Rob Herring (Calf), John Andrew (Neck), Marcus Rea (Elbow), David McCann (Ankle), Sean Reffell (Ankle), Nick Timoney (Knee), Greg Jones (Shoulder), Dave Ewers (Hip), Mike Lowry (Hip), Ethan McIlroy (Facial Fracture/ Concussion), Stewart Moore (Hamstring), Angus Curtis (Concussion)

3 hookers injured.

pip14 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:07 pm very odd squad

No
Herring
Timoney
Rea
Ewers
Doak
McCloskey
Moore

Back row could struggle big time, Good to see Addison back

Some injured.

Looks a bit like the injury list for Connacht when they all turned up fit for the next game……

Looking at the injury list, this is actually pretty close to the strongest team we could put out. Having 6 of our senior back row injured is very concerning, hope these injuries are all short term. Excited to see how they all go though, Kitshoff and Marty Moore are exciting options to bring off the bench, and great to see Tom, John, Luke and Will all back!

Doak and McCloskey can't make the bench, Shanahan and Moxham are somehow better options! Guess we aren't targeting this fixture.

Pleasantly surprised to see the debuts continuing to be handed out. Although thought that if we could have sneaked this one it would have been a real statement to the rest of the league. Injury count still high so not much you can do.

That'll be some test for our young back row - up against an international trio of Fagerson, Darge and Dempsey.

Really looking forward to see how James McNabney gets on. If my memory serves me correctly he was a stalwart of the last two Ireland Under 20's teams that won the Grandslam.

Also good to see Luke Marshall - back in the Ulster shirt!

I certainly wasn’t expecting to see McNabney play on successive Saturdays.

UCD probably deserved their win against Armagh last week but on the basis that their attack was more varied.

McNabney has a big frame and made a couple of good breaks from the scrum and/or ruck.

Looks like someone has told him to get the legs pumping or maybe he always ran like that.