Funnily enough playing Heaslip at 8 allows him to play to his strengths too and Heaslip has been in magnificent form, even as recently as last week. He was even short listed for IRB player of the year last year.munster#1 wrote:Claiming that my opinion is based on a provincial bias is a childish and small minded comment.matt wrote:Apart from your Provincial bias munster#1 why would you want to drop Heaslip & Kearney who were certainly not as poor as others in Murrayfield and have 7 Munster players on team (Assuming Furlong not fit agree with all except POM & Earls).munster#1 wrote:As it's Italy, Team I want to see:
Healy, Best, Ryan,
Toner, Ryan
POM, SOB, CJ
Murray, Jackson,
Earls, Henshaw, Ringrose, Trimble, Zebo.
Only change I expect would be the introduction of D.Ryan in place of Henderson.
If I was looking at the Irish team with a provincial bias, then surely I would want all Munster lads returned to their province to play for Munster tomorrow?
Like many have said in media, online and on the street, Ireland need to sort out the lineout, that is why I want to see POM added.
I would move stander to 8 as he is in incredible form, and despite playing at blindside, he still made the most carries for Ireland last week. Playing him at 8 would allow him to play to his strength.
On kearney, this is purely based on his defensive frailties, which most will agree is an issue with him.
Adding trimble to the wing and moving Zebo to the position he has excelled in this season, would strengthen the Irish team imo.
Ryan and healy for Furlong and McGrath is purely for rotation. I wouldn't have an issue with whichever combination of front row starts, as all are as strong as each other imo, but given the nature of the 6 nations, I would like to see all options being given meaningful game time.
He also proved just how good a player he is against SA in the game that Stander got himself sent off quite early on.
Your provincial bias may not be your problem but your begrudgery of Jamie Heaslip certainly is.
The usual rubbish from you regarding props. Ryan is a wet day in the squad, I think he'll prove himself but jaysus lad give it a break, it's not even amusing any more, you need some new material.