Ireland v Barbarians
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Ireland v Barbarians
We're playing the Barbarians in Thomond Park on the 28th of May (two days before Pro12 Final). Should be plenty of Leinster players for the Munster faithful to cheer on.
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one thing for sure, there will be plenty of barbarianscormac wrote:We're playing the Barbarians in Thomond Park on the 28th of May (two days before Pro12 Final). Should be plenty of Leinster players for the Munster faithful to cheer on.
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quiteolaf the fat wrote:one thing for sure, there will be plenty of barbarianscormac wrote:We're playing the Barbarians in Thomond Park on the 28th of May (two days before Pro12 Final). Should be plenty of Leinster players for the Munster faithful to cheer on.
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indeed, lots of second and third string lads who won't be involved in the finalcormac wrote:We're playing the Barbarians in Thomond Park on the 28th of May (two days before Pro12 Final). Should be plenty of Leinster players for the Munster faithful to cheer on.
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Sure Glasgow don't have any Irish Internationals. And we can make do without the Ulster guys for the Babas.berniemac67 wrote:indeed, lots of second and third string lads who won't be involved in the finalcormac wrote:We're playing the Barbarians in Thomond Park on the 28th of May (two days before Pro12 Final). Should be plenty of Leinster players for the Munster faithful to cheer on.
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James Downey is on his way to your house to beat you up.Degz wrote:Sure Glasgow don't have any Irish Internationals. And we can make do without the Ulster guys for the Babas.berniemac67 wrote:indeed, lots of second and third string lads who won't be involved in the finalcormac wrote:We're playing the Barbarians in Thomond Park on the 28th of May (two days before Pro12 Final). Should be plenty of Leinster players for the Munster faithful to cheer on.
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In a straight line.cormac wrote:James Downey is on his way to your house to beat you up.Degz wrote:Sure Glasgow don't have any Irish Internationals. And we can make do without the Ulster guys for the Babas.
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Does anyone know if this is on telly?
I've had a gander around the interweb but all I can find is Sky showing the England v Barbarians match.
I've had a gander around the interweb but all I can find is Sky showing the England v Barbarians match.
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Yeah, it's on sky sports 1, coverage starting at 19.30Uncle Monty wrote:Does anyone know if this is on telly?
I've had a gander around the interweb but all I can find is Sky showing the England v Barbarians match.
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Thanks for that Jim Bob Joe, only seeing it on their website now....I must be going senile!
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Ulster players would be on a six-day turnaround, Munster players would be on a five-day turnaround, Connacht players would be on a four-day turnaround, and Joe likes the team to train together all week so we could be looking at pretty much an all-Leinster 23 for this game
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in terms of available emigresleinsterforever wrote:Ulster players would be on a six-day turnaround, Munster players would be on a five-day turnaround, Connacht players would be on a four-day turnaround, and Joe likes the team to train together all week so we could be looking at pretty much an all-Leinster 23 for this game
Farrell, Hart, Whitten, Steenson, Caldwell, McGuigan (Newcastle hooker), Court, Sheridan, TOl,
McGrath, Strauss, Ross, McCarthy tbc, Toner, Murphy, SOB, Heaslip
Reddan, Madigan, DK, Reid, Darcy, Whitten, RK
McGuigan, Bent, Furlong, 2 of Dippy/Conan/Ruddock, Boss, Farrell, Kelleher/TOL
second row looking very ropey especially if McCarthy and even Denton not fit, not even sure if Caldwell is fit
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I must admit that a mischief-making part of me has been hoping that results would fall so that only the Leinster players would be available for this fixture.leinsterforever wrote:Ulster players would be on a six-day turnaround, Munster players would be on a five-day turnaround, Connacht players would be on a four-day turnaround, and Joe likes the team to train together all week so we could be looking at pretty much an all-Leinster 23 for this game
Admit it, who else doesn't want to see Joe put out virtually the same team/squad as MOC has been using this season? Just to see....
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Is it worth risking SOB for this one? He can be quite injury-prone.
I suppose players who bench for Ulster in their semi might be considered as subs for this if they were to lose.
Think I'd go for:
McGrath, Strauss, Ross, Toner, McCarthy, Ryan, Murphy, Heaslip, Boss, Madigan, Kelleher, Darcy, Reid, Kearney, Kearney; Herring/Dundon/Byrne, Bent, Furlong, Denton, Conan/Ruddock, Reddan/McGrath/Marshall, Marsh, O'Shea/Farrell/Scholes
If there were doubts over the fitness of McCarthy and/or Denton, Marshall and Moloney would probably be next in line
Would some second-string Munster guys like Luke O'Dea be available to Joe?
I suppose players who bench for Ulster in their semi might be considered as subs for this if they were to lose.
Think I'd go for:
McGrath, Strauss, Ross, Toner, McCarthy, Ryan, Murphy, Heaslip, Boss, Madigan, Kelleher, Darcy, Reid, Kearney, Kearney; Herring/Dundon/Byrne, Bent, Furlong, Denton, Conan/Ruddock, Reddan/McGrath/Marshall, Marsh, O'Shea/Farrell/Scholes
If there were doubts over the fitness of McCarthy and/or Denton, Marshall and Moloney would probably be next in line
Would some second-string Munster guys like Luke O'Dea be available to Joe?
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I'd still pick Jimmy at ten.
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I laughed then cried a littleLeRouxIsPHat wrote:I'd still pick Jimmy at ten.
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LeRouxIsPHat wrote:I'd still pick Jimmy at ten.
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Will Reddan be fit for this? Was he injured when Leinster played Edinburgh?
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Doesn't lokk like Murray is going to be available for a while so maybe another chance for marmion.
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offshorerules wrote:Doesn't lokk like Murray is going to be available for a while so maybe another chance for marmion.
Cooney might be a better option
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