In all seriousness, it would be Sexton for me if the brains trust decide POC's injuries are too much of an issue.
In all seriousness, it would be Sexton for me if the brains trust decide POC's injuries are too much of an issue.
Heard a rumour that Heaslip is particularly unpopular with the Munster boys. POC allegedly is quoted as saying that he will never retire if there is a chance Heaslip is made captain. Source is pretty good but not sure I believe it but in any event if it is true the Sexyboy it is.
"They’re the benchmark that everyone else has to raise their game to meet." Alan Quinlan on Leinster
The injuries again make a mockery out of this player welfare system we operate.
Head coaches of clubs are the best people to decide when players are fit and should play.
Kidney's team has been depressing to watch for the last 3 years (Aus game in RWC excepted)
So we are potentially without SOB,Healy,BOD,POC,Kearney,Earls?
(6 of our best players)
To cap it all off, Heaslip could be set to get the captaincy.(Enough to make you puke)
"That's what's difficult. You know that O'Connell is going to be the one that will jump for the ball but you still don't manage to steal it. It's kind of annoying
"I talked about it with the Toulouse players, my final in 2006 and theirs in 2008 against Munster. I was marking Paul O'Connell and they were man-marking him too. We knew he was going to jump. But I remember I was in really good condition, with a good lift, but every time I just missed it."
Harinordoquy
Every player currently injured got injured in club games. BOD played on the ankle he rolled against Munster and now needs surgery.Originally Posted by tickettout
Vorsprung durch Pfennig.
Would hate to see that partnership but not because I think either of them isn't a good player. D'Arcy's in fine form and McFadden is a good 12 imo. I just don't see either of them at 13.
Would like to see D'Arcy/Earls against the Boks, McFadden/Earls against the Argies and Marshall/Cave against Fiji.
My point is that they should be deciding when/how to keep guys fresh. The player mgmt. system hasn't done the likes of ROG and Earls any favours before these upcoming tests, both are lacking in gametime - not helped by missing all the preseason and early rabo games due to the system.
This system is a one shoe fits all, some players openly admit that the more games they play the better/sharper they become.
TOL said as much recently. POC has always said it.
Alot of our first team will have less than a handful of games played this season before we play the battle hardened Boks - 5/6 of our best players will also miss the game due to injuries.
"That's what's difficult. You know that O'Connell is going to be the one that will jump for the ball but you still don't manage to steal it. It's kind of annoying
"I talked about it with the Toulouse players, my final in 2006 and theirs in 2008 against Munster. I was marking Paul O'Connell and they were man-marking him too. We knew he was going to jump. But I remember I was in really good condition, with a good lift, but every time I just missed it."
Harinordoquy
Yea I would love to see Luke Marshall given a run. No personnal grief with Darce, I just think it might be time we looked to the future.
And good point, McFadden could also be a very decent option at 12.
Good things happen to those who wait, though mostly much too late.
The Bokke are also missing key players. There is no perfect solution.
Vorsprung durch Pfennig.
Both are fully fit according to a reliable source. That discredited fool in the Indo. is clueless.
The BOKS are at a season end though - we're starting ours in awful shape.
It's so bad that even Houdini might get the captaincy.
"That's what's difficult. You know that O'Connell is going to be the one that will jump for the ball but you still don't manage to steal it. It's kind of annoying
"I talked about it with the Toulouse players, my final in 2006 and theirs in 2008 against Munster. I was marking Paul O'Connell and they were man-marking him too. We knew he was going to jump. But I remember I was in really good condition, with a good lift, but every time I just missed it."
Harinordoquy
Would hate to see that partnership but not because I think either of them isn't a good player. D'Arcy's in fine form and McFadden is a good 12 imo. I just don't see either of them at 13.
Would like to see D'Arcy/Earls against the Boks, McFadden/Earls against the Argies and Marshall/Cave against Fiji.
some irfu site news there about kidney addressing injury issues.
The quotation from him look like he's now impersonating risteard cooper's
impersonation of himself.. He's kind of like: ah sure , we'll see how the
lads do for their clubs this weekend, and then we'll be grand..
It's almost funny.
Clearly hasn't got a notion what do about filling bod's boots.
Or he does but he forgot to text you.
Stephen Ferris, Craig Gilroy and Paul Marshall have been released for this Friday’s game against Edinburgh at Ravenhill.
4 Feb 2011 - Gilmore on the General Election
"Frankfurts way or Labours way."
28 Feb 2012 - Gilmore on a yes vote for the fiscal treaty
"A vote for economic stability and a vote for economic recovery."
oh I see what you did there.. yes.
Sorry for posting my observation.
the floor is yours, herr omniscient.
Haha. Rattled.
centres will be D'Arcy and Earls and if Felix comes through Friday he'll be full back. Ferris to get game time with Ulster and the two young fellas probable benchers
There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If he says yes you know he\'s crooked.
Groucho Marx
BTW. Why is my last post noted as entered at 17.01 when its now 3pm?
There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If he says yes you know he\'s crooked.
Groucho Marx
You might have your timezone setting wrong. Your post appears at the correct time regarding my timezone.
Good things happen to those who wait, though mostly much too late.
See it as 15:01. Possibly as your in Spain the local time is used for your view.
4 Feb 2011 - Gilmore on the General Election
"Frankfurts way or Labours way."
28 Feb 2012 - Gilmore on a yes vote for the fiscal treaty
"A vote for economic stability and a vote for economic recovery."
It involves breaches in the space-time continuum, Wally and Fla from 2006, a De Lorean, and a KC's burger with Donkey Forde's chips. But I can't give away more details.
Vorsprung durch Pfennig.
Argentina squad for November internationals.
AGULLA, Horacio.
ALBACETE, Patricio
AYERZA, Marcos
BOSCH, Marcelo
BUSTOS MOYANO, Martín
BUSTOS, Maximiliano
CAMACHO, Gonzalo
CARBALLO, Rafael
CARRIZZA, Manuel
CORDERO, Santiago
CREEVY, Agustín
CUBELLI, Tomás
DE LA VEGA, Tomás
FARIAS, Julio
FERNÁNDEZ, Santiago
FERNÁNDEZ LOBBE, Juan Martín
FIGALLO, Agustín
FIGUEROLA, Agustín
GALINDO, Alvaro
GOMEZ KODELA, Francisco
GONZALEZ AMOROSINO, Lucas
GUIÑAZÚ, Eusebio
GUILLEMAÍN, Juan Cruz
HERNÁNDEZ, Juan Martín
IMHOFF, Juan José
LANDAJO, Martín
LEGUIZAMÓN, Juan Manuel
LEONARDI, Tomás
LOBO, Nahuel
LOZADA, Esteban
MONTERO, Manuel
ORLANDI, Juan Pablo
POSTIGLIONI, Bruno
SANCHEZ, Federico
SENATORE, Leonardo
TIESI, Gonzalo
TUCULET, Joaquín
VALLEJOS, Tomás
VERGALLO, Nicolás
Otaga Daily Times 2/5/2012
Taz-Where did you get that information as I have seen nowhere that he(Penney) was ruled out?
Editor - The writer stands by the Penney information.
Otaga Daily Times 3/5/2012
Editor-- This article originally said Rob Penney had missed out on the Munster coaching job. That information was incorrect.
From the interview in the Irish Times, I'm not sure he'd be made captain of Leinster, let alone Ireland.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...325504032.htmlSexton has a bit of a “rep” for being, how shall we put this, a little argumentative, notably with team-mates. As usual when you meet such a good-humoured, intelligent lad, you wonder how this could be so. At Riverview, he holds the door open for anybody within walking distance, politely orders his club sandwich, and nibbles on it while letting it go cold. But on the pitch or at training, he’s different.
“Well, I probably do argue, but it’s my job. I have to know what Joe wants most of all. I’m the guy on the pitch who decides which move we pull out at which time. Obviously messages come on but I have to try to organise, and sometimes that ends in arguments. I don’t like it. I end up going home thinking ‘I had an argument with him’ and I regret it. And I lose sleep over it. But it’s work and I don’t really argue with people away from rugby; I would be quite different away from rugby.
“There’s a bit of a switch that goes off,” he admits with a wry chuckle. “Even in training, I lose it a bit. It’s something I’m trying to control a bit, to be honest with you. I do agree that I probably have to temper it a little bit in terms of the way I do it. I’ve had some discussions with other players about how I go about that. Not everyone is perfect and sometimes I get my point across in the wrong way at times, but I think I’m getting better at it, with age.”
Looks like ROG has been as well. Photographed in training with Munster today.
Utter nonsense. McFadden & Earls are both centres and not only that but McFadden is a 12 and Earls is a 13. Earls is versatile enough to cover wing & possibly even full back in an emergency. McFadden has proven beyond all reasonable doubt that he isn't the long lost relation of an INTL winger. Let's stop pretending he's not a center.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again (like picking Gordon D'Arcy) and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
didnt train yesterday either. Should listen to me more often. Nice to see though the obsession remains.
Connacht Rugby
"Live to win. Born to lose"
Add one D. Hurley, Esq., to the panel.
Vorsprung durch Pfennig.
Wouldn't believe the news on your car radio mate.
Who said you were my mate?
Connacht Rugby
"Live to win. Born to lose"
Don't try using your logic here!Don't you know that they've a secret free-masonary dedicated to ensuring Heaslip never gains credit for his achievements.
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