Same 22 to line out against France

[limecat]

no surprise there then

Player/Club/Caps

15 - Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 35

14 - Shane Horgan (Lansdowne/Leinster) 41

13 - Brian O’Driscoll (C) (Blackrock College/Leinster) 60

12 - Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 16

11 - Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 7

10 - Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 56

9 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 62


1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 34

2 - Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) 2

3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 58

4 - Malcolm O’Kelly (St.Mary’s College/Leinster) 76

5 - Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster) 30

6 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli) 45

7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 23

8 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 7


Replacements:
16 – Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 2

17 – Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 10

18 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 20

19 – Johnny O’Connor (Wasps) 10

20 – Eoin Reddan (Wasps) 0

21 – David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster) 72

22 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 2


Not considered due to injury:
Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster) {back}
Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster) {knee}
Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster) {neck}

[TrueBlue]

EOS was never going to change the team.....only maybe Foley, but no way was he going to give Reddan his first cap in Paris, nor was he going to give into demand for Heaslip, Gleeson etc..........

MOK to have a stormer in Paris, Easterbunny to have his last cap , and Tommy Bowe to prove doubters wrong (hopefully!!!)

[groundhog]

Have serious doubts over Easterby.......Ah well shall just have to wait and see..
depressing selection.....

[upfront_1979]

give this team 40 minutes - if they are not winning or playing well then lets see the bench out en masse at half time! there are 15 players in that 22 that could beat France if they play well. But if there is some way that EOS can balls it up I'm sure he will

[Flash Gordon]

give this team 40 minutes - if they are not winning or playing well then lets see the bench out en masse at half time! there are 15 players in that 22 that could beat France if they play well. But if there is some way that EOS can balls it up I'm sure he will

Bench??? Bench???? WE have a bench? Someone telling EOS.....

[Drico]

give this team 40 minutes - if they are not winning or playing well then lets see the bench out en masse at half time! there are 15 players in that 22 that could beat France if they play well. But if there is some way that EOS can balls it up I'm sure he will

I think 40 minutes might be too long. If things start to go bad on saturday, we maybe in for a serious hiding. The q/f against france was over at half time, lets hope we dont see a repeat on saturday.

[upfront_1979]

Possibly. but I reckon the team will play old school and hold the score down. Then if we bring on hte likes of Trimble and Reddan and possibly Humphreys? we should be able to loosen up our game and cause some real problems. This french team can still beat themselves if we put it up to them and make them doubt. Their own crowd will turn on them if they are not well ahead by half time.

[limecat]

Then if we bring on hte likes of Trimble and Reddan and possibly Humphreys? we should be able to loosen up our game and cause some real problems.

that's a pretty big IF with steady Eddie in charge

[bluesky]

Marcus Horan's out...Reggie on the bench and Best(gulp) starts...

[Dave Cahill]

At loose head?

[sewa]

Unless you expect Hayes to play loose...

[Dave Cahill]

I wouldn't but you never know with Eddie, and with Best able to play across the front row anythings possible