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<blockquote data-quote="raziel_eire" data-source="post: 435038" data-attributes="member: 12288"><p>@ munstermuffI actually agree with McLaughlin being the worst of the 3 - I was simply pointing out that he did not get the same quality of game time as the other 2, so his chance was not as &quot;fair&quot;. Would it have changed things? No, I don&#039;t think so.I&#039;m also not saying that Ryan didnt rightly earn his chance back in 2008, but he has not kicked on since then at an international level.I thought McCarthy was 29, which is late but not so late as to be seen as a negative. Maybe he wasn&#039;t as good 2-3 years ago but that doesnt mean he cant be good enough now... and on a straight comparison between him and Ryan from what joe public has got to see in the tests, McCarthy was as good. What we&#039;ve seen of McCarthy at test level has been good, Ryan has been more mixed over his longer tenure in the setup, but if we can call them equal then something must have swayed it.... familiarity over new blood? Kidney def has shown form in this scenario before...</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="raziel_eire, post: 435038, member: 12288"] @ munstermuffI actually agree with McLaughlin being the worst of the 3 - I was simply pointing out that he did not get the same quality of game time as the other 2, so his chance was not as "fair". Would it have changed things? No, I don't think so.I'm also not saying that Ryan didnt rightly earn his chance back in 2008, but he has not kicked on since then at an international level.I thought McCarthy was 29, which is late but not so late as to be seen as a negative. Maybe he wasn't as good 2-3 years ago but that doesnt mean he cant be good enough now... and on a straight comparison between him and Ryan from what joe public has got to see in the tests, McCarthy was as good. What we've seen of McCarthy at test level has been good, Ryan has been more mixed over his longer tenure in the setup, but if we can call them equal then something must have swayed it.... familiarity over new blood? Kidney def has shown form in this scenario before... [/QUOTE]

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