2013/14 Depth Charts

[Feicarsinn]

As we all know, the nautre of the Rabo means that you're going to be missing a lot of your front liners for large parts of the seasons. So let's see your clubs' depth charts lads. Standard rules, each player can only be used once, etc.


Leinster:

15: R Kearney/Z Kirchner/?
14: F McFadden/D Hudson/A Byrne
13: B O'Driscoll/E O'Malley/B Macken
12: G D'arcy/A Goodman/N Reid
11: L Fitzgerald/D Kearney/S Coughlan-Murray
10: I Madigan/J Gopperth/C Marsh
9: E Reddan/I Boss/J Cooney

8: J Heaslip/R Ruddock/J Conan
7: S Jennings/D Ryan/J Murphy
6: S O'Brien/K McLaughlin/B Marshall
5: D Toner/L Cullen/?
4: M McCarthy/Q Roux/T Denton
3: M Ross/M Bent/M Moore
2: R Strauss/S Cronin/ A Dundon
1: C Healy/J McGrath/J O'Connell

I'm okay with that. Obviously could do with another back three player or two and maybe a top class lock, but aside from that we should have a panel that can be competitive an all fronts. Backrow depth is insane.

 

[Peat]

Ulster

15. Payne / Nelson / McIlwaine
14. Bowe / Gilroy / Scholes
13. Cave / Farrell
12. L Marshall / Olding / Wallace
11. Trimble / Allen / Cochrane
10. Jackson / McKinney
9. Pienaar / P. Marshall / Heaney / Porter

8. Wilson / Williams
7. Henry / Doyle / McComish
6. (Ferris) / Henderson / Diack / Joyce
5. Tuohy / Donnan
4. Muller / Stevenson / McComb
3. Afoa / Fitzpatrick / Macklin / Lutton / Ross
2. Best / Herring / Annett
1. Court / McAllister / Black

A lot of the weaker looking spots are protected by guys who could easily be listed twice (Allen, Henderson, Lutton, Pienaar etc.etc). I'm mostly ok with that - the backs depth is fantastic (except for 15 and arguably 9), we'll have 4 Irish internationals who won't be in the starting team most weeks and that's not bad, the forwards depth leaves something to be desired and we need a lot of guys to step up.

 

[SelimNiai]

Bristol

Props - Gaston Cortes, Bruce Douglas, Kyle Traynor, Mark Lilley, Jason Hobson, Will Davis, James Hall
Hookers - Ollie Hayes, Rhys Lawrence, Ross Johnston
Locks - Ben Glynn, Mariano Sambucetti, Mar Sorensen, Glen Townsen, Joe Joyce,Peter Buxton
Flankers - James Merriman, Iain Greive, , Marco Mama, Mitch Eadie, Redford Penneycook, Steve Uren
No 8 - Ben Skirving, Iain Greive*,

Scrum Halves - Riki Tipuna, James Grindall, Calim Braley
10's - Nicky Robinson, Tristan Roberts, Adrian Jarvis
Centres - Ben Mosses, Luke Eves, Bryan Rennie, Fatua Otto,
Wingers - Charlie Amesbury, Ryan Edwards, George Watkins
Full Backs - Jack Tovey, Jack Wallace,
Utility Backs - Erie Claasens, Andy Short

Promoted Academy players - Nick Carpenter (Centre), Ellis Genge (Prop), Jack Hughes (Full Back), Auguy Slowik (Winger)

Strong squad this year, particularly in the back row and the backs. Bit short on natural No 8's so I expect Greive and possibly Marco Mama to cover (provided no more signings are made). The academy players are hoghly thought of and should make an impart, particularly in the B&I Cup games and no, I dont know how to pronounce Auguy Slowiks name either

 

[big ginger 8]

As we all know, the nautre of the Rabo means that you're going to be missing a lot of your front liners for large parts of the seasons. So let's see your clubs' depth charts lads. Standard rules, each player can only be used once, etc.


Leinster:

15: R Kearney/Z Kirchner/?
14: F McFadden/D Hudson/A Byrne
13: B O'Driscoll/E O'Malley/B Macken
12: G D'arcy/A Goodman/N Reid
11: L Fitzgerald/D Kearney/S Coughlan-Murray
10: I Madigan/J Gopperth/C Marsh
9: E Reddan/I Boss/J Cooney

8: J Heaslip/R Ruddock/J Conan
7: S Jennings/D Ryan/J Murphy
6: S O'Brien/K McLaughlin/B Marshall
5: D Toner/L Cullen/?
4: M McCarthy/Q Roux/T Denton
3: M Ross/M Bent/M Moore
2: R Strauss/S Cronin/ A Dundon
1: C Healy/J McGrath/J O'Connell

I'm okay with that. Obviously could do with another back three player or two and maybe a top class lock, but aside from that we should have a panel that can be competitive an all fronts. Backrow depth is insane.

15: Billy Dardis
12: Steve Crosbie/ Jordan Coughlan
9. Luke McGrath
5: Tadgh Beirne

And a number of others who'd be a bit risky as would these except McGrath.

 

[profitius]

Munster

15 Hurley, Jones, Johne Murphy
14 Conway, O'Dea, Van Der Heefer
13 Lualala, Dineen
12 Downey, Bohane
11 Earls, Zebo, Ronan O'Mahony
10 Keatley, Hanrahan, Holland
9 Murray, Sheridan, Williams

8 Coughlan, Stander, Butler
7 TOD, Dougal, Ronan, Barry O'Mahony
6 POM, Dave O'Callaghan,
5 POC, Holland,Foley
4 Donncha Ryan, DOC, Nagle
3 Botha, Archer, John Ryan, Cotter
2 Sherry, Varley, Casey, Scannell
1 Kilcoyne, Cronin,

 

[welshglory]

Ospreys

Loosehead - Ryan Bevington / Duncan Jones / Marc Thomas
Hooker - Richard Hibbard / Scott Baldwin / Matthew Dwyer
Tighthead - Adam Jones / Aaron Jarvis / Joe Rees / Dimitri Arhip
Lock - A-W Jones / Ian Evans / Ian Gough / Lloyd Peers / Rhodri Hughes / Sam Williams
Flanker - Justin Tipuric / Sam Lewis / Tom Smith
No. 8 - Joe Bearman / Morgan Allen / Dan Baker
Utility back five - Ryan Jones / James King / Tyler Ardon

Scrum-half - Rhys Webb / Tom Habberfield / ***o Tebaldi
Fly-half - Dan Biggar / Matthew Morgan / Sam Davies
Centre - Ashley Beck / Andrew Bishop / Jonathan Spratt
Winger - Hanno Dirksen / Eli Walker / Jeff Hassler / Tom Grabham / Dafydd Howelss
Fullback - Richard Fussell / Jamie Murphy
Utility back - Tom Isaacs / Ross Jones / Ben John / Aisea Natoga

I'm pretty happy with that.
Like to see more depth in the outside backs, i think it shows where most of the funding in the squad is though.
Players from the academy and the feeder clubs will most likely be used during the season as injuries and international call ups mount up.

 

[lynam1104]

Munster
11 Earls, Zebo,

I can't see Earls being ahead of Zebo particularly on current form, knowing Munster/Earls he'll end up at 13 for another wasting his career.

 

[DuncTheDoodle]

Ospreys

1. Ryan Bevington - Duncan Jones - Dimitri Arhip - Marc Thomas
2. Richard Hibbard - Scott Baldwin - Matthew Dwyer
3. Adam Jones - Aaron Jarvis - Joe Rees - Dan Suter
4. Alun Wyn Jones - Lloyd Peers - Ian Gough
5. Ian Evans - Rhodri Hughes - Sam Williams
6. Ryan Jones - James King - Tyler Ardon - Tom Smith
7. Justin Tipuric - Sam Lewis
8. Joe Bearman - Morgan Allen - Dan Baker

9. ***o Tebaldi - Rhys Webb - Tom Habberfield
10. Dan Biggar - Matthew Morgan - Sam Davies
11. Eli Walker - Jeff Hassler - Dafydd Howells
12. Ashley Beck - Ben John
13. Andrew Bishop - Tom Isaacs - Johnathan Spratt
14. Hanno Dirksen - Aisea Natoga - Tom Grabham
15. Richard Fussell - Ross Jones - Jamie Murphy

Dimitri Arhip, Ryan Jones, James King, Dafydd Howells and Aisea Natoga are all useful utility players as well, while the likes of Habberfield, Isaacs and John can also shift to the wing if needs be (As per last season). I think we're building some kind of depth, which is very nice. Not sure who'll be the starting scrum-half; I'm expecting Habberfield to begin coming through in a big way, and Webb and Tebaldi aren't nearly as difficult to push aside as Fotuali'i.

 

[Draggs]

Won't do a Dragons one, as the tight five would be impossible to even get a first team.

Blouse instead

15 Leigh Halfpenny | Dan Fish | Aled Summerhill
14 Alex Cuthbert | Chris Czekaj |Tom Williams
13 Gavin Evans | Owen Williams
12 Dafydd Hewitt | Cory Allen |Thomas Pascoe
11 Harry Robinson | Richard Smith
10 Rhys Patchell | Gareth Davies | Will Thomas
9 Lloyd Williams | Lewis Jones | Alex Walker
1 Gethin Jenkins | Tao Filise | Thomas Davies
2 Matthew Rees | Rhys Williams | Kristian Dacey
3 Scott Andrews | Benoit Bourrust
4 Bradley Davies | Filo Paulo | Macauley Cook
5 Lou Reed | James Down | Miles Normandale
6 Robin Copeland |Rory Watts-Jones | Ben Roach
7 Sam Warburton | Josh Navidi | Ellis Jenkins
8 Andries Pretorius | Luke Hamilton

So players needed at outside centre, wing, tighthead, and 8... Sound like Wales.

 

[Alessio Brad Love Tonetto]

Benetton Treviso

15: McLean / Williams
14: Pratichetti / Esposito
13: Morisi / LaGrange
12: Sgarbi / Campagnaro
11: Nitoglia / Loamanu
10: Di Bernardo / Ambrosini / Berquist
9: Gori / Botes / Semenzato

1: Rizzo / De Marchi
2: Ghiraldini / Sbaraglini
3: Cittadini / Fernandez-Rouyet
4: Van Zyl / Bernabò
5: Pavanello / Minto / Fuser
6: Zanni / Budd
7: Favaro / Derbyshire
8: Barbieri / Vosawai

 

[Bluemoon]

10 Rhys Patchell | Gareth Davies | Will Thomas
9 Lloyd Williams | Lewis Jones | Alex Walker
1 Gethin Jenkins | Tao Filise | Thomas Davies
2 Matthew Rees | Rhys Williams | Kristian Dacey
3 Scott Andrews | Benoit Bourrust
4 Bradley Davies | Filo Paulo | Macauley Cook
5 Lou Reed | James Down | Miles Normandale

Pretty much spot on, expect Filo Paulo will start over Lou Reed, he has been by far the Blues best signing in a little while and has generally slipped under the radar. 10 and 9 are by far the shallowest positions here and the entirety of the region know it.

 

[Nomad]

I will Have a go at the Scarlets and Dragons then...

Scarlets XV

15. Gareth Owen/ Jordan Williams/ Dion Jones
14. Liam Williams/ Kyle Evans/ Chris Knight
13. Jonathan Davies/ Gareth Maule
12. Scott Williams/ Adam Warren
11. Kristian Phillips/ Frazier Cilmo/ Aaron Warren
10. Rhys Priestland/ Steven Shingler/ Aled Thomas
9. Gareth Davies/ Rhodri Williams/ Aled Davies
8. Craig Price
7. Jon Barclay/ Daniel Thomas/ James Davies
6. Aaron Shingler/ Josh Turnbull/ Rob McCusker/ Sion Bennett/ Lewis Rawlins
5. Johan Snyman/ Richard Kelly
4. George Earle/ Jake Ball/ Sione Timani/ Carwyn Jones
3. Samson Lee/ Jacobie Adriaanse/ Deacon Manu
2. Ken Owens/ Emyr Phillips/ Darran Harris/ Kirby Myhill
1. Phil John/ Rob Evans/ Rhodri Jones/ Shaun Hopkins/ Gareth Thomas

Dragons XV

15. Dan evans/ Hallam Amos
14. Tom Prydie/ Matthew Pewtner
13. Pat Leach/ Adam Hughes
12. Jack Dixon/ Ashley Smith
11. Will Harries/ Ross Wardle
10. Jason Tovey/ Kris Burton/ Steffan Jones/ Lewis Robling
9. Richie Rees/ Jonathan Evans/ Wayne Evans
8. Toby Faletau/ Netani Talei/ Ieuan Jones
7. Nic Cudd/ Darren Waters
6. Lewis Evans/ Jevon Groves
5. Andrew Coombes/ Robert Sidoli
4. Matthew Screech/ Adam Jones/ Ian Nimmo
3. Dan Way/ francisco Chaparro/ Nathan Buck
2. T. Rhys Thomas/ Hugh Gustafson/ Sam Parry
1. Aaron Coundley/ Phil Price/ Owen Evans