England Saxons vs Ireland Wolfhounds 4:30 Jan 28

[TRF_Olyy]

Ay?

It's being played at Sandy Park, Exeter, if that's what you're asking

 

[Jockstap]

Ay?

It's being played at Sandy Park, Exeter, if that's what you're asking

:huh:

 

[TRF_Olyy]

This:

Being played where it is?

I don't understand :huh:

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Just heard that Mickey Young has been dropped from the squad (he's facing the citing lot on Friday, accused of gouging) and has been replaced by Ben Spencer.
Shame for Young however I'm a massive fan of Spencer, hopefully he'll start (though I think Hodgson will, with Spencer (hopefully) getting 20mins at the end).

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Saxons squad announced:

15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
13 Matt Hopper (Harlequins)
12 Billy Twelvetrees (Leicester Tigers)
11 Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
10 Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby)
9 Ben Spencer (Saracens)
1 Matt Mullan (Worcester Warriors)
2 Joe Gray (Harlequins)
3 Paul Doran-Jones (Northampton Saints)
4 Matt Garvey (London Irish)
5 George Robson (Harlequins)
6 James Gaskell (Sale Sharks, captain)
7 Andy Saull (Saracens)
8 Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Replacements: 16 Chris Brooker (Harlequins), 17 Rupert Harden (Gloucester), 18 Kearnan Myall (Sale Sharks), 19 Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), 20 Paul Hodgson (London Irish), 21 Ryan Lamb (Northampton Saints), 22 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby).



Not a bad side - Hopefully May gets a decent amount of time.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

England Saxons Line Up

15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
13 Matt Hopper (Harlequins)
12 Billy Twelvetrees (Leicester Tigers)
11 Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
10 Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby)
9 Ben Spencer (Saracens)
1 Matt Mullan (Worcester Warriors)
2 Joe Gray (Harlequins)
3 Paul Doran-Jones (Northampton Saints)
4 Matt Garvey (London Irish)
5 George Robson (Harlequins)
6 James Gaskell (Sale Sharks, captain)
7 Andy Saull (Saracens)
8 Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)

Replacements: 16 Chris Brooker (Harlequins), 17 Rupert Harden (Gloucester), 18 Kearnan Myall (Sale Sharks), 19 Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), 20 Paul Hodgson (London Irish), 21 Ryan Lamb (Northampton Saints), 22 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)


Thats a good set of forwards and some talent in the backs! Is this game on TV anywhere?

 

[Atco]

Yep. Sky Sports.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

15 - Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
14 - David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster) *
13 - Eoin O'Malley (Old Belvedere/Leinster) *
12 - Nevin Spence (Ballynahinch/Ulster) *
11 - Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)*
10 - Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
9 - Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
1 - Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)*
2 - Damien Varley (Garryowen/Munster)
3 - Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution/Munster) *
4 - Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
5 - Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht)
6 - John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)
7 - Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster) Captain
8 - Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College/Leinster)

Replacements:
16 - Mike Sherry (Garryowen/Munster)*
17 - Ronan Loughney (Galwegians/Connacht)*
18 - Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
19 - Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
20 - Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
21 - Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)*
22 - Denis Hurley

Pretty good side with the exception of Keatley at 10 Madigan would have been better.

 

[psychic duck]

1 - Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht)*
2 - Damien Varley (Garryowen/Munster)
3 - Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution/Munster) *

Replacements:
16 - Mike Sherry (Garryowen/Munster)*
17 - Ronan Loughney (Galwegians/Connacht)*

I bet England's scrum will be pulling at the leash to get their teeth stuck into that lot

 

[Jockstap]

I bet England's scrum will be pulling at the leash to get their teeth stuck into that lot

Sherry looks an excellent prospect, but the rest leave a lot to be desired. I think we could be in for a bit of a tanking, I like the look of that England team(not much difference between the probable EPS side IMO). The biggest area o interest for me is to see how our centres get on, hopefully O'Malley can take his chance.

 

[j'nuh]

Burns-12T will be a nice taster of what might happen next season at Kingsholm don't really like the back 3, but May coming on to tired legs could be smart.

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

That Wolfhounds team would be hockeyed by Ulster, Munster and Leinster and would struggle against Connacht. As such, this game is a waste of time. The players are better off resting ahead of the resumption of the Pro 12 where they'll play truely competitive games. Save Wolfhounds games for end of season tours.

 

[o'concrete]

i dont think englands B are great shakes either...i seem to remember loughney and wilkdo doing a great job against YOU 'QUINS and seemed to have maintained gloucester and harlequins away too!

 

[big ginger 8]

Connacht though performing really well had a shocking scrum.

 

[o'concrete]

quite annoys me when people see a Connacht player on any team and think they will ge thumped. please start watching some of our games, highly frustrating. Wilkinson and loughney work their damn socks off and it has showed all season (may not reflect on wins etc)...

 

[Groundhog]

Connacht definatly have some have some very good players, Wilkinson is one example (not sure about Loughney) Muldoon is another. One of the most underrrated players in Ireland, Shame he never had much opportunity to play for Ireland because of our large ammount of flankers. Same can be said about McCarthy, Connacht come off quite in badly in Europe because of their tendency to throw games

 

[big ginger 8]

quite annoys me when people see a Connacht player on any team and think they will ge thumped. please start watching some of our games, highly frustrating. Wilkinson and loughney work their damn socks off and it has showed all season (may not reflect on wins etc)...

Please look over some of my previous posts am a big fan of Connacht and highly rate the likes of McCarthy, Muldoon, McSharry, Griffen, O'Hallorn and Duffy. My cousin is roomates with Gannon. I've watched every H cup game and any televised Pro 12 games however even the most blinkered fan cannot say the scrum was not a big weakness. Many people don't respect Connacht enough I am however not one of them.

To say a teams scrum isn't good enough is not saying they're shite Wilkinson is of a good enough standard but Loughney is simply not up to scratch ecspecially as a tighthead.

 

[McTallshort]

Saxons team looks good, nice to see Garvey getting a shot he has been in good form for London Irish and the back line and back row look good. Fancy our chances tomorrow.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Just about to start:
I so excite!

 

[Jockstap]

Yeesh, not looking good for our scrum, England should start knocking on for the craic.