Whatās the problem? Hodnett is a little hop oā me thumb that will never cut it at international level and Ahern is being brought over to train with the big boys.
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Appointing Peter Oā Mahoney as captain is a strange one. 38 years old by the time the next World Cup rolls around.
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Theyāll never ever learn. In ability to review what exactly
Went wrong v New Zealand the route cause.
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Iād say heās only captain for the 6 nations. Iād imagine they start using the summer tour and autumn internationals to really rotate the old lads out
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20 Leinster
6 Ulster
6 Munster
2 Connacht
There in the 34.
He is viewing this as the last chance of that team to win something together and somewhat right the wrong of the World Cup.
Also, heāll want it to be settled around Crowley so he can accurately gauge how good he is.
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England have not selected 17 of the 34 players who featured in the World Cup. Properly committing to a World Cup cycle. The IRFU bean counters demand that Ireland go full blooded for the 6N every year.
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True, they do do that, that England team was absolutely ancient though I think. He brought nearly them all back bar Mike Browne!
Wait, are you surprised that an Irish set up isnāt planning ahead for a World Cup in 4 years time?
Fucking hell 
4 year cycle
4 year cycle
4 year cycle!
Healy shouldnāt be there.
Donāt mind the rest of it. OāMahoney getting a campaign at captain makes sense after Sexton retired.
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Ideally Healy would be replaced but thereās no one really putting their hand up to do it. Same at Leinster where he should be used less and less at this stage.
Hodnett and Prendergast (back row one) are about the only ones who could really feel aggrieved. Their problem is the level of competition in the back row. Who would you drop to get them in?
Weāre literally just a few months after another world cup flop and fans are going on about the next one. Itās four years away itās absolutely irrelevant.
Dricco advising caution was correct choice
https://x.com/brianodriscoll/status/1747665382767272312?s=46&t=pBoz6vwJNpAFZhshXLNoZg
Ah lads 
Conan. Aside from the run of form that got him into the Lions team heās been on the periphery and is 31.
Iād disagree. Heās been a key part of the back row 4 over the last two years and adding proper impact off the bench. Also, he covers 8 which we donāt really have without him.
On the 31 thing - youād be looking to move OāMahony on first surely then
OāMahony is Captain and a presumed guaranteed starter. Murray for example isnāt going to be first choice barring an injury crisis so little benefit to persisting with him instead of an option with potential, albeit Doak hasnāt kicked on, Bladeās face doesnāt seem to fit and Gunne probably isnāt ready yet. Conan probably is the first cab of the rank as it stands but may not start for Leinster behind Baird. For the French game, you could probably do worse than Will Connors chopping down those big units
Nice to be able to look forward to it all the same
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