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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 619782" data-attributes="member: 22777">Wow. To have the gall to accuse anyone of provincial bias and them come out with that. Especially considering you&#039;re the one who went through the squad and totted up who plays for which province and then judged the squad based on that. Interesting attitude. Zebo didn&#039;t get in? Oh, all of Munster must get up in arms. You&#039;re more worried about your province not getting a fair deal than if the side does well.Looking through the squad, the coach got the vast majority of the decisions right. Yep, there are lots of Leinster players, but that&#039;s just a mark of where Irish rugby is. Leinster have more Irish players playing in key roles than any of the other provinces. Are there any players out of the 17 who don&#039;t deserve to be there? Not really. You could argue McFadden, but as has been argued probably more eloquently than I could he brings a different skill set to the side than Zebo, one that perhaps Schmidt prefers. Schmidt&#039;s wingers have rarely played the role of poachers or speedsters that comes more naturally to Zebo and are typically more involved with the play that he gets. Not a criticism of Zebo, just a note on style. But of course it&#039;s easier to jump up and down and scream &quot;BIAS BIAS BIAS.&quot;As Snoop as said, there are a lot of guys from Leinster in the squad who didn&#039;t feature much under Schmidt. There are also some of his previous favourites left out. That doesn&#039;t indicate a strong bias from the coach. No credit to Schmidt for bringing in Robin Copeland and Tommy O&#039;Donnell I note if we&#039;re talking about guys coming into the squad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 619782, member: 22777"] Wow. To have the gall to accuse anyone of provincial bias and them come out with that. Especially considering you're the one who went through the squad and totted up who plays for which province and then judged the squad based on that. Interesting attitude. Zebo didn't get in? Oh, all of Munster must get up in arms. You're more worried about your province not getting a fair deal than if the side does well. Looking through the squad, the coach got the vast majority of the decisions right. Yep, there are lots of Leinster players, but that's just a mark of where Irish rugby is. Leinster have more Irish players playing in key roles than any of the other provinces. Are there any players out of the 17 who don't deserve to be there? Not really. You could argue McFadden, but as has been argued probably more eloquently than I could he brings a different skill set to the side than Zebo, one that perhaps Schmidt prefers. Schmidt's wingers have rarely played the role of poachers or speedsters that comes more naturally to Zebo and are typically more involved with the play that he gets. Not a criticism of Zebo, just a note on style. But of course it's easier to jump up and down and scream "BIAS BIAS BIAS." As Snoop as said, there are a lot of guys from Leinster in the squad who didn't feature much under Schmidt. There are also some of his previous favourites left out. That doesn't indicate a strong bias from the coach. No credit to Schmidt for bringing in Robin Copeland and Tommy O'Donnell I note if we're talking about guys coming into the squad. [/QUOTE]

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