World cup warmups

[jimbobjoe]

Sky are televising the Ireland v Scotland, Ireland v Wales and England vIreland live. I can't seem to find if/where the Wales v Ireland game is on tv this weekend. Anyone know?

[domhnallj]

Sky are televising the Ireland v Scotland, Ireland v Wales and England vIreland live. I can't seem to find if/where the Wales v Ireland game is on tv this weekend. Anyone know?

Its on the BBC - according to the BBC and I'm sure they'd never lie.

Edit: Might be BBC Wales only though

[jimbobjoe]

Sky are televising the Ireland v Scotland, Ireland v Wales and England vIreland live. I can't seem to find if/where the Wales v Ireland game is on tv this weekend. Anyone know?

Its on the BBC - according to the BBC and I'm sure they'd never lie.

Edit: Might be BBC Wales only though

Thanks Domhnall. At least it's on somewhere.. there's always a way to work around that.

[simonokeeffe]

looking like a very experimental Welsh side too

[neill_m]

BBC 1 Wales to be exact. Sky channel no 952. Highlights on RTE2 at 8pm and on Sky Sports at 9:30pm.

[johng]

BBC 1 Wales to be exact. Sky channel no 952. Highlights on RTE2 at 8pm and on Sky Sports at 9:30pm.

Not in the ROI. You have to get it it in "other channels"

[Dave Cahill]

BBC One Wales can be added using the following settings

Frequency: 10788
Polarisation: V
Mode: DVB-S,
Modulation: QPSK
Symbol rate: 22000
FEC: 5/6

And BBC One Wales HD

Frequency: 11023
Polarisation: H
Mode: DVB-S2,
Modulation: 8PSK
Symbol rate: 23000
FEC: 2/3

[WarPoodle]

When's the team being announced?

[johng]

15 Hallam Amos, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Eli Walker, 10 James Hook, 9 Mike Phillips, 1 Nicky Smith, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Aaron Jarvis, 4 Jake Ball 5 Dominic Day, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Justin Tipuric, 8 Dan Baker.

Replacements: Rob Evans, Kristian Dacey, Scott Andrews, James King, Taulupe Faletau, Lloyd Williams, Gareth Anscombe, Matthew Morgan.

[simonokeeffe]

15 Hallam Amos, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Eli Walker, 10 James Hook, 9 Mike Phillips, 1 Nicky Smith, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Aaron Jarvis, 4 Jake Ball 5 Dominic Day, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Justin Tipuric, 8 Dan Baker.

Replacements: Rob Evans, Kristian Dacey, Scott Andrews, James King, Taulupe Faletau, Lloyd Williams, Gareth Anscombe, Matthew Morgan.

No first choice starters (except for Faletau on bench), 6 guys starting who normally bench, think this side will want to throw it around & attack

Whatever team (named Thursday lunchtime) we put out wont be giving much away in terms of moves except for the few classic Schmidt plays
chance for guys like Trimble and Ryan to prove fitness. Issues in Ireland squad selection more about how many in what positions are taken; Prop, Backrow, Outhalf Centre, Fullback

Jones, Trimble, Earls, Darcy, Zebo, Jackson/Madigan, Reddan, Bent, Strauss, Ross, Ryan, Henderson, Murphy, Henry (c), Conan
Herring, Killer, Furlong, Tuohy, TOD, Boss, Jackson/Madigan, Cave

Injured: Luke, Healy, Moore, Cronin

[PCASEY]

Injured: Luke, Healy, Moore, Cronin

ahh hear now, have I missed something or are you just taking a punt on past (unlucky) form....

[simonokeeffe]

Injured: Luke, Healy, Moore, Cronin

ahh hear now, have I missed something or are you just taking a punt on past (unlucky) form....

Meanwhile, Easterby said that the three other Ireland players returning from surgery are making positive progress and are in line to feature in the World Cup warm-ups, albeit that Saturday’s clash with Wales will come too soon.

There are the obvious guys who came back from shoulder surgery – so Luke Fitzgerald, Marty Moore and Sean Cronin – who are all progressing nicely,” said Easterby. “They’re going through their rehabilitation programme and working hard to get back to full fitness.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Did they all have the same surgery?

[Dublinner]

Heard Ferg is starting and SOB isn't travelling.

[Donny B.]

BBC 1 Wales to be exact. Sky channel no 952. Highlights on RTE2 at 8pm and on Sky Sports at 9:30pm.

Not in the ROI. You have to get it it in "other channels"

For those who don't have the option to tune it in, this is an excellent site to watch British TV, some of which are blocked over here like ITV:

http://www.filmon.com/tv/bbc-1-wales

[johng]

Cheers. I'll try that on Saturday when I'm out foreign.

Here is a stab in the dark at a team.

Michael Bent (Dublin University/Leinster)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster)
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Jared Payne (Ulster)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) *
Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

[paddyor]

Close to my own
But I think McGrath will start so as to get up to Match fitness. Also move Heaslip to the bench and put Murphy on at 8. Then swap in Murray for Reddan.

[arsebiscuits1]

D'arcy at 12 maybe? Give him a fighting chance of possibly making it?

Payne and Henshaw are nailed on as starters all going well (touch wood). Might be good to try out other combinations

[johng]

I selected based on leaving our least experienced combo (centres) in place. You have to keep some spine of first teamers in there.

I don't think murray or sexton will play. Jordi might though.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Apparently Joe and Gatland had a chat last week and we're likely to have a relatively weak team.

God I hate these games, I'll just spend the 80 minutes looking for injuries.