its_phil wrote:

sea_point wrote: Pretty straight forward really, Loughney (who can play both sides) offers more than Cooney all round, and is a better scrummager than Rodney and equal in defence.

Loose Head cover would be Finlay, unless Pat decides he wan't to run Rodney & Ronan....

Not sure how you compare a loose-head in Loughney, who plays part time as tight-head, with Ah You who plays full-time as a tight-head. Apples and oranges in terms of position. Ah You is the superior scrummager at TH.

Wow, you been sitting in the long grass buddy..?

Pretty easy actually because both have played on both sides of the scrum even this season if you actually paid attention, and Ronan (when fit) spent more time with his face out of the dirt as he seems to be able to comprehend a long bind keeping the scrum up and thus avoid being penalised several times a game....

sea_point wrote: Pretty straight forward really, Loughney (who can play both sides) offers more than Cooney all round, and is a better scrummager than Rodney and equal in defence.

Loose Head cover would be Finlay, unless Pat decides he wan't to run Rodney & Ronan....

Not sure how you compare a loose-head in Loughney, who plays part time as tight-head, with Ah You who plays full-time as a tight-head. Apples and oranges in terms of position. Ah You is the superior scrummager at TH.

sea_point wrote: Pretty straight forward really, Loughney (who can play both sides) offers more than Cooney all round, and is a better scrummager than Rodney and equal in defence.

Loose Head cover would be Finlay, unless Pat decides he wan't to run Rodney & Ronan....

Oh, didn't expect that... You'd like to move Loughney to TH cover once more, and Bealham to make the opposite route?
I'm willing to add this option, then, but I can't Edit the poll

Pretty straight forward really, Loughney (who can play both sides) offers more than Cooney all round, and is a better scrummager than Rodney and equal in defence.

Loose Head cover would be Finlay, unless Pat decides he wan't to run Rodney & Ronan....

White kept out as a precaution until now, but next week, we'll probably be in full-strenght (Am I talking about Connacht Rugby? Yes, I'm not kidding :woohoo: )

So nice problem/dilemma to have, which deserves a little poll

I Think 95% of our members would agree to use Buckey/White as the starting pairing
But who would you pick for the bench?