Ireland at the RWC 2015 Thread.

[whimpersnap]

[Cowboy]

holy shyt Darcy!

[redherring]

Keatley didn't make it.

[whimpersnap]

holy shyt Darcy!

He was always going to, I think. Joe says Ruddock was left out because of his injury so looks like he won't be considered.

No real surprises that I can spot.

[redherring]

Conan maybe. He has had one or two decent matches. Wouldn't have him in the reckoning for Ireland yet. Although he's probably on tackle bag duty. I assume Dave Foley is considered injured too?

[Arthur Roberts]

He was always going to, I think. Joe says Ruddock was left out because of his injury so looks like he won't be considered.

No real surprises that I can spot.

Bent over Cronin

[hellovating]

no foley or cronin... jeez, we must be strong up front

[HenryFitz]

Reid ahead of McCloskey and Marshall is abysmal Leinsterite clientelism.

[The Last Stand]

Reid ahead of McCloskey and Marshall is abysmal Leinsterite clientelism.

Are you surprised?

[Cowboy]

There's still 10/11 lads to be axed from that group though.

[The Outlaw]

Denis Buckley has reason to be disappointed . Glad to see Furlong there.

Mc closkey doesn't offer anything different to Henshaw so that's why he hasn't been picked.

[Viigand]

Says a lot when Munsters starting out half can't even make the training squad.

[The Outlaw]

There's still 10/11 lads to be axed from that group though.

Conan
Boss/marmion
Reid/Darcy
Bent/furlong
Herring
Cave
Tuohy
Gilroy
Dave rage
Henry/tod

[hellovating]

LH - healy, mcgrath, kilcoyne, bent
hooker - best, cronin, strauss, herring
TH - ross, moore, furlong
second row - o'connell, toner, ryan, touhy
blindside - o'mahony, henderson
openside - o'brien, henry, o'donnell
number 8 - heaslip, murphy, conan

scrum half - murray, reddan, marmion, boss
fly half - sexton, jackson, madigan
centres - henshaw, payne, darcy, cave, reid
wings - bowe, trimble, zebo, earls, kearney, mcfadden, gilroy, fitzgerald
full back - kearney, jones

[blackwarrior]

Says a lot when Munsters starting out half can't even make the training squad.

Big turnaround since January for Keatley. Disappointing for him, but like others on here, I feel that this period may have been his peak. Since then, his kicking both out of hand and off the tee have both seemed to deteriorate, and Jackson has passed him on the inside. Can't complain really.