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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 619748" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>It&#039;s hardly a disgrace, McFadden is a proven international standard player more so than Zebo, he&#039;s got one of Ireland&#039;s best try scoring records for an outside back after Tommy Bowe with 8 in 21 games and doesn&#039;t have the defensive issues that both Gilroy and Zebo do. Am I saying he&#039;s a better player? No. Am I saying it&#039;s the right call? Not really but it&#039;s not wrong and it is most certainly not a disgrace! McFadden is the player better suited to coming off the bench, he covers two positions and he&#039;s a very capable place kicker if needed however unlikely that may be. If it was my choice I&#039;d have had Fitzy and Zebo starting with McFadden 23 because Zebo has looked good in the last few weeks in his cameos but Schmidt might not be convinced with the data he has from training. The real pity is that Earls and Bowe are injured because if not Zebo and McFadden wouldn&#039;t be in the 23!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 619748, member: 45598"] It's hardly a disgrace, McFadden is a proven international standard player more so than Zebo, he's got one of Ireland's best try scoring records for an outside back after Tommy Bowe with 8 in 21 games and doesn't have the defensive issues that both Gilroy and Zebo do. Am I saying he's a better player? No. Am I saying it's the right call? Not really but it's not wrong and it is most certainly not a disgrace! McFadden is the player better suited to coming off the bench, he covers two positions and he's a very capable place kicker if needed however unlikely that may be. If it was my choice I'd have had Fitzy and Zebo starting with McFadden 23 because Zebo has looked good in the last few weeks in his cameos but Schmidt might not be convinced with the data he has from training. The real pity is that Earls and Bowe are injured because if not Zebo and McFadden wouldn't be in the 23! [/QUOTE]

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