Yeah, he's better than Buckley and Byrne and contributes more positively to his side. Kilcoyne has been good but Jack's fundamentals are still better. I don't put an awful lot of stock in form, the cream rises to the top at international level regardless of it it more often than not and Jack has been better for Ireland than he's been for Leinster. Again, his dip is being massively overstated, he peaked in the season leading up to the Lions and dipped during the tour and for a few months after, he's since been as good as he has for most of his career, a good international prop.
No but what you said, "he wasn't up to the form of others", is wrong.
Cullen had this to say at the time "With Jack it was touch and go with him. He got through some minutes last week, but Ed Byrne has been going really well." I read it as he could have played but a fully fit Byrne who had trained all week was a better option, it's kind of how I see this anomoly in selection panning out too.
No, but this is a strange fallacy you use in your arguments that I tend to ignore.
Lose or draw that match and we get an away QF, it's not a game to experiment.
I think you're trying to justify Kilcoyne's selection by ******** on McGrath, you don't have to, the guy is playing well and deserves a shot. Saying you think Buckley and possibly even Byrne are ahead of McGrath really detracts from your point, because that's wrong.
