[2014 EOYT] Ireland vs Australia

[Jaguares]

Wallabies team named:

1. James Slipper (Queensland Reds- 61 Tests)
2. Saia Fainga’a (Queensland Reds – 34 Tests)
3. Sekope Kepu (NSW Waratahs – 50 Tests)
4. Sam Carter (ACT Brumbies – 9 Tests)
5. Rob Simmons (Queensland Reds – 48 Tests)
6. Luke Jones (Melbourne Rebels – 1 Test)
7. Michael Hooper (c - NSW Waratahs – 40 Tests)
8. Ben McCalman (Western Force – 36 Tests)
9. Nick Phipps (NSW Waratahs – 26 Tests)
10. Bernard Foley (NSW Waratahs – 16 Tests)
11. Henry Speight (ACT Brumbies – uncapped)*
12. Matt Toomua (ACT Brumbies – 19 Tests)
13. Tevita Kuridrani (ACT Brumbies – 19 Tests)
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs – 102 Tests)
15. Israel Folau (NSW Waratahs – 27 Tests)

Reserves**

James Hanson
Tetera Faulkner
Benn Robinson
Ben Alexander
James Horwill
Will Skelton
Jake Schatz
Will Genia
Quade Cooper
Rob Horne
Kurtley Beale
*On Debut
**Three to be omitted

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

^ :lol: you're the grande quindecimophiliac grande Super Moderator master poster on this forum, 20morster10, but you need another title to add to your board so badly too...so badly...
I'm thinking something up as we speak (let's pretend like we're speaking atm)...yes...'cosmopathy'. You suffer from cosmopathy too, s10rtm0oer2, amongst your other strange tastes for peculiar aspects of Rugby. From "cosmos", in the ancient Greek philosophical, original acceptation of the term (a nominal entity meaning universe, and 'the beauty of organization' which pertains to the universe) and the Greek root "pathos" (disease), this obsessive condition consists in a great infatuation with all things related to world organization, ranging from charts and stats to world rankings, in the field of professional sports for instance.

You're piling up those obsessive disorders, ssssssssssssss10, you weird quindecimophiliac cosmopath.

That was a very tough read for me but, yeah, what can I say other than guilty as charged. I love order what can I say.

Wallabies team named:

1. James Slipper (Queensland Reds- 61 Tests)
2. Saia Fainga’a (Queensland Reds – 34 Tests)
3. Sekope Kepu (NSW Waratahs – 50 Tests)
4. Sam Carter (ACT Brumbies – 9 Tests)
5. Rob Simmons (Queensland Reds – 48 Tests)
6. Luke Jones (Melbourne Rebels – 1 Test)
7. Michael Hooper (c - NSW Waratahs – 40 Tests)
8. Ben McCalman (Western Force – 36 Tests)
9. Nick Phipps (NSW Waratahs – 26 Tests)
10. Bernard Foley (NSW Waratahs – 16 Tests)
11. Henry Speight (ACT Brumbies – uncapped)*
12. Matt Toomua (ACT Brumbies – 19 Tests)
13. Tevita Kuridrani (ACT Brumbies – 19 Tests)
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs – 102 Tests)
15. Israel Folau (NSW Waratahs – 27 Tests)

Reserves**

James Hanson
Tetera Faulkner
Benn Robinson
Ben Alexander
James Horwill
Will Skelton
Jake Schatz
Will Genia
Quade Cooper
Rob Horne
Kurtley Beale
*On Debut
**Three to be omitted

Still sticking with Phipps, he. Oh, well. Other than that (+ the injury crisis at 2 and the lack of world class locks) a good team though. The two 'smart' teams (other than the ABs) taking each other on.. interesting.

 

[The Jones Boy]

Awesome sauce, the game of the weekend.
Aussie want their no.3 ranking back and Ireland want to stamp their authority on the newly attained no.3 spot.
Ireland to dominate in the forwards, but Aussie have the more dangerous backs.
Can Ireland show their win over the Boks was not a flash in the pan?
Can Aussie restore their comeback progress after the loss against France?

 

[munstermuffin]

Awesome sauce, the game of the weekend.
Aussie want their no.3 ranking back and Ireland want to stamp their authority on the newly attained no.3 spot.
Ireland to dominate in the forwards, but Aussie have the more dangerous backs.
Can Ireland show their win over the Boks was not a flash in the pan?
Can Aussie restore their comeback progress after the loss against France?

I think it's the more structured backs will win this. Flashy won't be effective in this.

 

[tituslechmakus]

Awesome sauce, the game of the weekend.
Aussie want their no.3 ranking back and Ireland want to stamp their authority on the newly attained no.3 spot.
Ireland to dominate in the forwards, but Aussie have the more dangerous backs.
Can Ireland show their win over the Boks was not a flash in the pan?
Can Aussie restore their comeback progress after the loss against France?

Totally agree. And further than this, will Ireland and France's performance this week end tell us more on who will win the 6N ? Ireland won to Saf, but what if they loose to the Aussies ? And France won to the Aussies, but what if we loose to Arg ?
We cannot think about England, because they lost so close to NZ and Saf. They are unpredictable and always dangerous ... Can finish eighther 1st or 4th ! Same as France anyway !

 

[Jaguares]

Totally agree. And further than this, will Ireland and France's performance this week end tell us more on who will win the 6N ? Ireland won to Saf, but what if they loose to the Aussies ? And France won to the Aussies, but what if we loose to Arg ?
We cannot think about England, because they lost so close to NZ and Saf. They are unpredictable and always dangerous ... Can finish eighther 1st or 4th ! Same as France anyway !

Ireland is better than France. They beat South Africa with authority, you were saved at the last minute by Ben Alexander

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Speight is going to have a field day running over zebo.

 

[munstermuffin]

Speight is going to have a field day running over zebo.

I don't know I think it could be a nice battle. Speight is a bit over rated and Zebo's defense has improved hugely. And I know it's a long time ago but I still remember Speight shying away from Shane Williams (before Zebo came on) against Lions in 2013.

 

[Jaguares]

Speight is going to have a field day running over zebo.

I don't know what is the physical condition of Henry at this time. but both players in good fit, Henry is much better than Zebo.

Speight in his best could be the starting NZ right winger if he was available for the black jersey. He's better than the current Cory Jane and Charles Piutau. And Ben Smith is better at 15 IMO

11 Savea 15 Ben Smith 14 Speight

That combination would be better than:

11 Savea 15 Dagg 14 Cory Jane

 

[Big Ewis]

That was a very tough read for me but, yeah, what can I say other than guilty as charged. I love order what can I say.

mmm yes it was quite a concentrated post, let me compensate for/dilute it with a little bit of pis...I mean orange juice:

Now for my on-topic contribution: I don't know who's going to win this but I'm almost certainly positively certain it won't be a draw. Then again, it could...well I'm going to go out on a Limousin and confirm I predict one team actually winning.

 

[big ginger 8]

Speight is going to have a field day running over zebo.

Lucky for us he'll be against Tommy Booooooowwweeeee.

Also Jones in for Zebo seems to be a fairly prominent rumour at the moment.

 

[collace]

No Olding, Cave or Gilroy for Ireland on Saturday as they have been released to play for Ulster tomorrow night.

 

[Groundhog]

Zebo's defensive weaknesses are wildly overstated these days.

 

[profitius]

Marmion not included in the Connacht squad for tomorrow night so he could make it.


Positive news that the weather looks to be good on saturday.

 

[lynam1104]

No Olding, Cave or Gilroy for Ireland on Saturday as they have been released to play for Ulster tomorrow night.

Pretty much confirms we'll see D'Arcy at 12 I think. Doubt Joe wants Madigan there, hes actually been pretty good at 10 this season its just MOC refuses to play him there.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

No Olding, Cave or Gilroy for Ireland on Saturday as they have been released to play for Ulster tomorrow night.

Ugh, I wanted two of them to start... At least Cave's not playing, wouldn't mind never seeing him in a Green again.

 

[big ginger 8]

Ireland XV: Kearney, Bowe, Henshaw, D’arcy, Zebo, Sexton, Murray, Heaslip, Ruddock, O’Mahony, O’Connell, Toner, Ross, Best, McGrath

Subs; Cronin, Kilcoyne, Ah You, Foley, O'Donnell, Reddan, Madigan, Jones

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Good enough to beat the Aussies.

 

[lynam1104]

Ugh, I wanted two of them to start... At least Cave's not playing, wouldn't mind never seeing him in a Green again.

Have to agree on Cave TBH, for years people have been saying he just needs a chance and I think hes been given that now and not delivered. No doubting his value to Ulster but I reckon hes like Jennings, just not international standard.

Anyway Irish team is as expected D'Arcy at 12 and Best at 2.

 

[Jaguares]

Ireland team named:

15: R. Kearney
14: T. Bowe
13: R. Henshaw
12: G. D'Arcy
11: S. Zebo
10: J. Sexton
9: C. Murray
8: J. Heaslip
7: R. Ruddock
6: P. O'Mahony
5: P. O'Connell
4: D. Toner
3: M. Ross
2: R. Best
1: J. McGrath

Bench:

Cronin, Kilcoyne, Ah You, Foley, O'Donnell, Reddan, Madigan, Jones