The Six Nations, now with added bonus points!

[offshorerules]

Nel out for 6n's.

[suisse]

For all the ragging on us and wailing from Irish hacks over the Irish ness of our side

Scotland squad has
5 Projects: Dell, Nel, Du Preez, Strauss, Visser
3 Granny qualified: Berghan, Maitland, Hardie
(not sure of Swinsons heritage)
And a couple like Seymour and Toolis who qualify on a parent who left Scotland as children
Thats leaving out the guys qualified by both parents but born and reared elsewhere

France squad has
4 Projects: Antonio, Spedding, Nakaitaci, Virimi Vakatawa
2 players without wikipedia pages so I couldnt check

we'll have 2 projects tops and one granny (Bealham)

Is it Irish hacks or certain posters on social media sites that have a problem with you if you weren't born here to Irish parents and have 2 grandfathers called Pat and 2 grannies called Maureen?

Yes, there are those of us who don't want to see a team named with Strauss, Roux, Heenan, Stander, Diack, JGP, Bleyendaal, Aki, Payne etc

So, yeah, I would have a problem with that.

[Oldschool]

Nel out for 6n's.

Wish him well in recovery but I think he has been overrated of late.
He's important in terms of Scotland's match day 23 but he's not in the same class as Furlong or even Ross.

[simonokeeffe]

Yes, there are those of us who don't want to see a team named with Strauss, Roux, Heenan, Stander, Diack, JGP, Bleyendaal, Aki, Payne etc

So, yeah, I would have a problem with that.

good thing most of them cant even get into their provincial sides so

Nel out for 6n's.

Wish him well in recovery but I think he has been overrated of late.
He's important in terms of Scotland's match day 23 but he's not in the same class as Furlong or even Ross.

Fagerson will probably start, and while a promising young prop he will get accordioned by any team with a vaguely hefty front 5

[Peg Leg]

Nel out for 6n's.

Wish him well in recovery but I think he has been overrated of late.
He's important in terms of Scotland's match day 23 but he's not in the same class as Furlong or even Ross.

Best tight head in Scotland.... is that even rated?

[Oldschoolsocks]

That's pretty harsh peig, chucklesome but harsh


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[neiliog93]

Nel out for 6n's.

Wish him well in recovery but I think he has been overrated of late.
He's important in terms of Scotland's match day 23 but he's not in the same class as Furlong or even Ross.

Agreed, people were talking him up for the Lions last season after a not better than decent 6 Nations. Woeful defensively, bit of the Jannie Du Plessis about him, misses so many tackles. Fagerson is a better player and has pretty scary potential.

[simonokeeffe]

Fofana out of the 6n with an achilles injury

[offshorerules]

Ireland 2017 RBS 6 Nations Squad Round 1 & 2

Forwards (22)

Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht) 6 caps
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (c) 100 caps
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 1 cap
Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht) 8 caps
Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 11 caps
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 62 caps
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) (vc) 91 caps
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 28 caps
Billy Holland (Cork Constitution/Munster) 1 cap
Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 17 caps
Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap
Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 36 caps
Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster) 44 caps
Tommy O’Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster) 12 caps
Peter O’Mahony (Cork Con/Munster) 37 caps
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) 43 caps
John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 1 cap
Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) *
CJ Stander (Munster) 10 caps
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 42 caps
James Tracy (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap
Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster) 5 caps

Backs (18)

Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 67 caps
Andrew Conway (Munster) *
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 54 caps
Craig Gilroy (Bangor/Ulster) 9 caps
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 24 caps
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 19 caps
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 72 caps
Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 9 caps
Luke Marshall (Ballymena/Ulster) 9 caps
Stuart McCloskey (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 1 cap
Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 1 cap
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 53 caps
Tiernan O’Halloran (Buccaneers/Connacht) 3 caps
Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 3 caps
Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) *
Jonathan Sexton (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 63 caps
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 69 caps
Simon Zebo (Cork Con/Munster) 28 caps

*Denotes uncapped player

[D4surfer]

15 Leinster
13 Munster
8 Ulster
4 Connacht

How are Bowe and Gilroy included?

[offshorerules]

I was thinking that McGrath was a bit unlucky to miss out when I saw Marshall made it but the more I think about it him not being included along with some of our younger backs probably is a blessing in disguise.

[simonokeeffe]

15 Leinster
13 Munster
8 Ulster
4 Connacht

How are Bowe and Gilroy included?

Injuries and forty man squad

Tracy over Strauss seems the only call made so far, exiles policy maintained

[All Blacks nil]

I was thinking that McGrath was a bit unlucky to miss out when I saw Marshall made it but the more I think about it him not being included along with some of our younger backs probably is a blessing in disguise.

????
Elaborate

[CiaranIrl]

I was thinking that McGrath was a bit unlucky to miss out when I saw Marshall made it but the more I think about it him not being included along with some of our younger backs probably is a blessing in disguise.

He did make the squad.

[All Blacks nil]

I was thinking that McGrath was a bit unlucky to miss out when I saw Marshall made it but the more I think about it him not being included along with some of our younger backs probably is a blessing in disguise.

He did make the squad.

And Marshall didn't but otherwise good reasoning

[D4surfer]

Is Bowe still on a central contract which guarantees selection?

[offshorerules]

I was thinking that McGrath was a bit unlucky to miss out when I saw Marshall made it but the more I think about it him not being included along with some of our younger backs probably is a blessing in disguise.

He did make the squad.

And Marshall didn't but otherwise good reasoning

I'm suffering a bit today with a migraine and I did miss McGraths inclusion and mistook my Marshalls, Mea Culpa.

[simonokeeffe]

Is Bowe still on a central contract which guarantees selection?

Think its more a case Sweetnam is injured, possibly Connachts bad form hurting Adeoloken

[simonokeeffe]

Oh and world rugby want to take one of the rest weeks out of 6n

[offshorerules]

Jesus, its attritional enough as it is.