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2024 Guinness Six Nations
Ireland Squad Annouced for 6 Nations
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<blockquote data-quote="shazbooger" data-source="post: 169566"><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_unio...ish/7189325.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_unio...ish/7189325.stm</a></p><p></p><p>Healy, Buckley, Jackman, Cullen, Heaslip, O'Connor and Sexton all called up.</p><p></p><p>I'm happy enough with the squad, but hey, squad has nothing to do with it really. He'll only use 17 of these players throughout the tournament. The one worrying quote is ""There's a great opportunity for the squad to get back to the standards we have achieved in the past." **** sake, and there I was thinking we'd be looking to improve on a triple crown and maybe look to win the damn tournament. Apparently not on EOS agenda.</p><p></p><p>Preferred team for me would be;</p><p></p><p>1. Buckley</p><p>2. Jackman</p><p>3. Horan</p><p>4. Cullen</p><p>5. O'Callaghan</p><p>6. Leamy</p><p>7. Wallace</p><p>8. Heaslip</p><p>9. Reddan</p><p>10. O'Gara</p><p>11. Horgan</p><p>12. D'Arcy</p><p>13. O'Driscoll</p><p>14. Kearney</p><p>15. Dempsey</p><p></p><p><strong>Ireland squad:</strong></p><p><strong>Forwards:</strong> Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster), Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster), Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster), Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster), Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Johnny O'Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster), Malcolm O'Kelly (St Mary's College/Leinster), Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster). </p><p></p><p><strong>Backs:</strong> Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster), Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht), Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster), Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster), Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster), Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster), Eoin Reddan (Wasps), Jonathan Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster), Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shazbooger, post: 169566"] [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_unio...ish/7189325.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_unio...ish/7189325.stm[/url] Healy, Buckley, Jackman, Cullen, Heaslip, O'Connor and Sexton all called up. I'm happy enough with the squad, but hey, squad has nothing to do with it really. He'll only use 17 of these players throughout the tournament. The one worrying quote is ""There's a great opportunity for the squad to get back to the standards we have achieved in the past." **** sake, and there I was thinking we'd be looking to improve on a triple crown and maybe look to win the damn tournament. Apparently not on EOS agenda. Preferred team for me would be; 1. Buckley 2. Jackman 3. Horan 4. Cullen 5. O'Callaghan 6. Leamy 7. Wallace 8. Heaslip 9. Reddan 10. O'Gara 11. Horgan 12. D'Arcy 13. O'Driscoll 14. Kearney 15. Dempsey [b]Ireland squad:[/b] [b]Forwards:[/b] Neil Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster), Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster), Simon Easterby (Llanelli), Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster), Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster), Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster), Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Johnny O'Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster), Malcolm O'Kelly (St Mary's College/Leinster), Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster). [b]Backs:[/b] Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster), Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht), Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster), Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster), Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster), Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster), Eoin Reddan (Wasps), Jonathan Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster), Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster) [/QUOTE]
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