Six Nations - Page 2 - TalkCeltic

KK-Bhoy · 04-02-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Graham1888

Ireland just look tired.Too many average players...Rory Best was awful as per....Flannery is a big loss...Trimble looks out of his depth even tho he had to move to inside ctr..
Really have ta up for it Paris even tho the French were average enough yesterday

Bernard Jackman has to come in for Rory Best. Jackman has been possibly the on form hooker in Europe this season at club level yet Eddie O'Sullivan, being the dick that he is, continues to ignore him. Best had just come back from injury and was thrown straight back into the side - poor on O'Sullivan's part. While Flannery is a loss, I still think Jackman has been playing much better rugby than him all season at club level and deserves the jersey.

Have to disagree concerning Trimble. Had a good game considering he was playing out of position. He's been playing at outside centre all season for Ulster, and playing very well, too. He's a great player when given good ball to work with and deserves to be given a chance in the thirteen jersey next weekend outside of Brian O'Driscoll, who, in turn, should move to inside centre after D'Arcy's injury. Tommy Bowe to come into the side on one of the wings with hopefully Rob Kearney swapping with Geordan Murphy.

Ireland's record in France under O'Sullivan is very poor, and I don't expect things to get better on Saturday. France will be full of confidence after yesterday's performance, and have something to prove to their public. Ireland need a miracle to stand a chance of picking up a win. France by twenty.

neverwalkalone · 04-02-2008, 06:20 PM

Scotland are mince. What was Hadden thinking of dropping Paterson? Get him oot!

Healy · 04-02-2008, 10:12 PM

Wens The Next Set Of Matches
This Weekend????

seanbhoy87 · 04-02-2008, 11:27 PM

yeah, the fixtures are as follows:

Saturday, 09 February 2008
France v Ireland, 16:00
Wales v Scotland, 14:00

Sunday, 10 February 2008
Italy v England, 14:30

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Originally Posted by neverwalkalone

Scotland are mince. What was Hadden thinking of dropping Paterson? Get him oot!

i can see scotland finishing bottom this year, not looking good!
wales have an excellent chance, will be between them and the french me thinks.

eire4 · 05-02-2008, 07:31 AM

With the way France looked yesterday and the obvious lack of confidence in the Irish side I fear for us next saturday. It could get ugly.

Graham1888 · 05-02-2008, 06:00 PM

Jackman,Kearney left wing and Heaslip in at 8 with Leamy moving to blindside all in
Horgan makes the bench

KK-Bhoy · 05-02-2008, 07:33 PM

Has Eddie O'Sullivan finally seen the light? Finally Jackman and Heaslip get a proper chance - although, having said that, it would have been much better if they got some good game time against Italy last weekend to really get them in the mood for international rugby. Kearney on the left wing is a good move, although keeping Geordan "Bonecrusher" Murphy in the side ahead of either Tommy Bowe, Shane Horgan (my favourite player, when he's not on the angry pills that is) or Luke Fitzgerald is an absolute joke. Looking forward to the match a bit more now. Still, as 'eire4' stated, it could get ugly.

eire4 · 07-02-2008, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TheKilkennyBhoy

Has Eddie O'Sullivan finally seen the light? Finally Jackman and Heaslip get a proper chance - although, having said that, it would have been much better if they got some good game time against Italy last weekend to really get them in the mood for international rugby. Kearney on the left wing is a good move, although keeping Geordan "Bonecrusher" Murphy in the side ahead of either Tommy Bowe, Shane Horgan (my favourite player, when he's not on the angry pills that is) or Luke Fitzgerald is an absolute joke. Looking forward to the match a bit more now. Still, as 'eire4' stated, it could get ugly.

I would love to be way wrong but I am not holding out too much hope that I will be. France look very good and our record in Paris is, well it's shite.

BrazilBhoy · 07-02-2008, 02:30 PM

CMON Bra....ops, we don´t play rugby "very well" here :P

I ll try to watch the games on demand!
Good luck to Scotland and ireland!

SwoopingVulture · 07-02-2008, 03:26 PM

Scotland were awful last weekend. When we missed the penalty and then they scored a try straightaway to make it 17-3 instead of 10-6 that was the end of the match. Really disappointed as i thought we had a chance this year. It's the same old story with our backs being useless, our pack was matching the French and doing its job.

That was a waste of 40 quid.

Graham1888 · 07-02-2008, 03:59 PM

I only saw the highlights of the Scots match but the management seemed to make some strange decisions...taking off the 2 second rows who i thought were doing well..
Think ye do have a very good pack there but Hadden needs to play to the strengths of the team and not try and match teams like France in champagne rugby style ...
Just good old fashioned 10 man rugby the Munster way would be the best way to go imo..
O and Henderson in the centre is pretty bad hat trick agin us aside

KK-Bhoy · 07-02-2008, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Graham1888

Think ye do have a very good pack there but Hadden needs to play to the strengths of the team and not try and match teams like France in champagne rugby style ...
Just good old fashioned 10 man rugby the Munster way would be the best way to go imo..

I agree. Scotland have a really solid scrum and lineout and in Parks and Paterson they have two top class kickers of the football. Just play good, solid rugby and kick for the corners and let the set piece do the rest and then they'll be all right. Apart from the Lamont brothers, Scotland's outside backs are a load of shite so giving them as little ball as possible to work with - and lose - may not be a bad thing in the long run.

Really hope Scotland beat Wales on Saturday. Don't want Wales thinking they're world beaters again, do we now?

Italy against England on Sunday should also be very interesting. If Italy win - which they've never had a better chance of doing - I'll be a bag of laughs for weeks!

eire4 · 07-02-2008, 09:42 PM

Would love to see the Italians turn the English over this weekend. I don't see it happening but certainly the Italians are now a legit part of the 6 nations and on their day can win so who knows. Clearly they are still the weakest of the 6 but they have improved a lot and are no longer an automatic win.

lbarnett-bl · 08-02-2008, 06:55 PM

If anyone is interested, there is an Under 20 Six Nations match between Wales and Scotland tonight on BBCi (press red button on BBC1 or BBC2), kick-off is 7:10pm and coverage starts at 7pm.

KK-Bhoy · 08-02-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by lbarnett-bl

If anyone is interested, there is an Under 20 Six Nations match between Wales and Scotland tonight on BBCi (press red button on BBC1 or BBC2), kick-off is 7:10pm and coverage starts at 7pm.

Both teams - Wales and Scotland - got tonked last weekend so will have points to prove. Might just watch this if a night on the town doesn't take my fancy later on.

Not a bad few days of sport ahead.