Sexton is 100% out. Iām holding fire until I see that French team lads. In fairness at 10/11 they look a bet at the moment. Irelandās pack looks extremely vulnerable and the half-back pairing (whether it be Madigan or Jackson) with that completely useless fuck Conor Murray will struggle. BOD is not fully fit and Earls shouldnāt be anywhere near the team. Lack of Ulster contingent will hurt us (Best couldnāt care less at hooker, itās hilarious how little he cared against the Scots, and itās laughable that his lineout technique is getting questioned, statistically heās the best hooker in the HCup to date, the issue is the apes heās working with) The worry with the French is the lack of ambition, They wonāt lose every game anyway (Scotland to come), but their players do not care for this competition now, or their coach, talk of Medard being involved makes me laugh a little and they may well be missing a few other key players. Right now. gun to my head itās advantage France.
TTK loves team Toyota.
Given all the injuries who would be in ahead of Earls? Agree all fit heās down the pecking order but Luke Fitz hardly covered himself in glory last week either. And why so on Medard, heās a class player, just cause itās too soon?
Fitzgerald looked hopeless last week and McFadden is fortunate to be on the other wing. Presumably Timble could have been involved but there arenāt many fit alternatives to Earls at the moment alright.
What a pile of wank.
Fucking hell Larry Duff was never even that blind about Club Ulster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiXzm_RfB10
Interesting video from southern hemisphere about equipping the refs with a camera to give a āclose to the actionā tv feed. Probably could be off use in other sports too to give a better viewing experience and I suppose would give an insight into how a ref arrives at a decision
Andrew Trimble should be first name on that team sheet when we are as short as we are for wingers. Medard is returning too soon to too strong a game, this is international rugby ffs, he canāt just slot back in on the back of his injury time out, heāll get badly found out if they play him.
[quote=āmyboyblue, post: 744931, member: 180ā]What a pile of wank.
Fucking hell Larry Duff was never even that blind about Club Ulster.[/quote]
MBB, Ulster are by far the best Irish club side at the moment, they have more than capable players and therefore they should have the majority share of green shirts. Simple.
[quote=āThe Tipping King, post: 745407, member: 681ā]Andrew Trimble should be first name on that team sheet when we are as short as we are for wingers. Medard is returning too soon to too strong a game, this is international rugby ffs, he canāt just slot back in on the back of his injury time out, heāll get badly found out if they play him.
MBB, Ulster are by far the best Irish club side at the moment, they have more than capable players and therefore they should have the majority share of green shirts. Simple.[/quote]
Darren Cave deserves a chance too imo.
[quote=āThe Tipping King, post: 745407, member: 681ā]Andrew Trimble should be first name on that team sheet when we are as short as we are for wingers. Medard is returning too soon to too strong a game, this is international rugby ffs, he canāt just slot back in on the back of his injury time out, heāll get badly found out if they play him.
Weāll see. Medard is still better than most irish backs and if you were france you would gamble on Irelands back 3 not exposing very much. Trimble has always been a good club player but not an international. He is probably better than mcfadden there but he has to play in case jackson canāt kick which he canāt.
MBB, Ulster are by far the best Irish club side at the moment, they have more than capable players and therefore they should have the majority share of green shirts. Simple.[/quote]
Not really simple since Ulsters best players are foreign players and in fairness they would have 2 or 3 more certain starters but those are injured.
Yes thats true in part. Iain Henderson is going to be one of the best back rows in the northern hemisphere, heās benched, Chris Henry deserves his place imo, Tom Court likewise. Paul Marshall should be scrum-half, then again my daughter would be better placed than Murray, Marshall will be special, Gilroy Bowe and Trimble can battle it out for the wings, Cave could be utilised from the bench, Jared Payne qualifies to play for Ireland next season, Iād argue that you couldnāt name one Leinster/Munster man that should come ahead of those mentioned there.
Marshall is 27, shouldnāt he be special by now?
Some shit spouted here, about being special etc. BOD is special, David Campese was special, Dan Carter is special. None of these Ulster fucks are special. They are very good, and argume ts for them playing for Ireland are well founded, but special, come off it. A good pass or a couple of line breaks does not make you special
Ffs, these special Ulster players couldnāt beat Treviso last weekend. Come back to reality TTK.
lads donāt be hard of this TTK fella, his outlook on Ulllllllllster rugby is the best laugh youāll find in a long time.
What day and time is the Ireland game? Is it on Saturday?
5.30 Saturday but canāt be sure
I never said he was special, heās decidedly average, but decidedly average is good enough to replace Murray.
Iain Henderson and Luke Marshall particularly can be world class players, you can laugh if you want. The only other player as influential and dominant at center in his school days was BOD, Marshall can progress to be a top player, he has all the attributes needed.
That was a weakened Ulster side Mac, and April 6th is all they care about as they are assured a semi in the Rabo.
[quote=āThe Tipping King, post: 745473, member: 681ā]I never said he was special, heās decidedly average, but decidedly average is good enough to replace Murray.
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Ah you said Marshall will be special just after talking about the scrum half. Presume you were referring to Luke though.
Trimble has had his chances at international level, never really taken them.
Marshall, Marshall & Gilroy have struggled to get into the Ulster team this year so for two of them to be in the Irish team is good work.
Ulster have gone of the boil in the last couple of months. Theyāve squandered a home qf in the H-Cup and have squandered a massive lead in the league. They want to finish top of the league as it offers home venue advt for the semi and final so to dismiss dropping points at home to Treviso is laughable.
There is a serious chance theyāll end the year trophyless on present form. Hard to claim theyāre the top province if that was the case.
A special player would have put Gilroy in instead of fucking it forward. Marshall is not special yet by any degree.