[taking up where Logorrhea left off] Borlase might be good enough to get into the Welsh backline though.
My thoughts on this game are that Ireland are better player for player but home advantage and Ireland's tendency to give away kickable penalties by the bucketload will make it a tight contest. Wales to win by about 3 points.
You aint gonna get any bites from that snoop. Not a patch on Logorrhea.
Not many Irish players I'd personally have in the Welsh team. I'd take Heaslip and Ferris if fit from the pack (though he's always injured so maybe not worth it), possibly Sexton, and Bowe. I'd take our second string front row over Irelands. Second rows and centres are/were quality, but close to past it, so not worth it over the younger players we have playing in those positions. Warburton is better than Wallace. Phillips and O'Leary are both sh*t, so no difference, whilst Peel or Rees are arguably better than Reddan. I'd also consider having Hook over Sexton aswell, I'm just not quite sold on Sexton yet, but Hook hasn't been playing 10 recently. Shane and Halfpenny over Earls (maybe even North), and Byrne over Kearney or Fitzgerrald.
But then I'm biased, and you'd say something similar amount the amount of Welsh players you'd have in the Irish team, as you're also biased.
On the game I think Ireland will struggle in Cardiff as home advantage is a big advantage but if we can match them in front 5 and I think (bold prediction) we can take them in scrum and lineout then we should have enough of a platform to squeeze home
You won't be taking us in the scrum. If Mitchell starts, you will probably do ok, but will get shoved back a couple of times. If Adam Jones starts or when he comes on, Ireland are gonna be going backwards. I can see Wales getting a few penalties scrum if the ref knows what he's doing.
You could have a field day at the lineout depending on how Wales show up in that aspect. They seem to be up and down like yo-yo's in that facet of play. Some games they're good and barely miss a throw, others they fall to pieces and loose all the important throws, especially attacking ones in the opposition 22. I think we'll do ok, and the lineout will be fairly even, based on recent games. That's me being optimistic though.
