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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2022 Six Nations] Ireland vs Italy (27/02/22)
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<blockquote data-quote="Smurfy" data-source="post: 1078416" data-attributes="member: 85743"><p>Really well thought out side imo, and I'm as excited about the thinking behind it as the actual selection. He has retained the core of his first team, giving Carbery, Lowry, Sheehan and Baird a real chance to show that they are genuine options capable of competing for starting spot. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I'd start that back three against a top side because I'd have real concerns about their collective defensive strength, but this is the perfect game for that unit.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate its not a popular opinion, but I think POM is another clever selection by Farrell after the loss of Ryan and Henderson and with Sheehan getting his first start. We need an experienced lineout caller and a banker jumper, and POM fits that bill perfectly, and while he certainly isn't the future, and I personally would love to see Coombes getting a chance, we really need a solid lineout to avoid getting dragged into trench warfare against the Italians. I also think we would have gone to the corner against France if POM or Sexton had been on the pitch.</p><p></p><p>On squad depth I think the massive glaring weakness is at tighthead, because if we lose Furlong we are right royally f&#ked. With all due respect to Bealham he isn't the first cousin of an international tighthead prop, and never will be. We really need to develop some options there, but I'm not really seeing a lot coming through there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smurfy, post: 1078416, member: 85743"] Really well thought out side imo, and I’m as excited about the thinking behind it as the actual selection. He has retained the core of his first team, giving Carbery, Lowry, Sheehan and Baird a real chance to show that they are genuine options capable of competing for starting spot. I’m not sure I’d start that back three against a top side because I’d have real concerns about their collective defensive strength, but this is the perfect game for that unit. I appreciate its not a popular opinion, but I think POM is another clever selection by Farrell after the loss of Ryan and Henderson and with Sheehan getting his first start. We need an experienced lineout caller and a banker jumper, and POM fits that bill perfectly, and while he certainly isn’t the future, and I personally would love to see Coombes getting a chance, we really need a solid lineout to avoid getting dragged into trench warfare against the Italians. I also think we would have gone to the corner against France if POM or Sexton had been on the pitch. On squad depth I think the massive glaring weakness is at tighthead, because if we lose Furlong we are right royally f&#ked. With all due respect to Bealham he isn’t the first cousin of an international tighthead prop, and never will be. We really need to develop some options there, but I’m not really seeing a lot coming through there. [/QUOTE]
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