Is the cutoff for WC seeding this November or next year?

I thought there would be a few more new names mentioned but Joe is probably looking at the world rankings and keeping with the tried and tested for the moment.

Benji wrote: Ya. Ally has been great for us and if he was 2-3 years younger he would maybe have got the shot.
Its apity Healy didnt get the deserved callup instead of Trimble or Dave Kearney.
Great that we now have the players good enough to argue about. Buckley will hopefully get his chance soon .
Delighted for Marmion lets hope he takes his chance

Ah Trimble deserves to be in squad...
..Simon Zebo on the other hand..

4 players, isn't it the best total ever?

Congrats to the 4 lads, delighted for them, especially Ultan. Amazed that Matt didn't get a shout, and presume that the only reason Buckley isn't nailed on is injury. Great stuff tho!

Ya. Ally has been great for us and if he was 2-3 years younger he would maybe have got the shot.
Its apity Healy didnt get the deserved callup instead of Trimble or Dave Kearney.
Great that we now have the players good enough to argue about. Buckley will hopefully get his chance soon .
Delighted for Marmion lets hope he takes his chance

menacethedenis wrote:

Accidentally Onside wrote:

Ger C wrote: Great to see 4 players in the squad but Healey can feel hard done by not to be included.

As can TOH- how Zebo is in there is beyond me.

Muldowney as well. Congrats to the 4 lads and to new captain Rory Best, great choice IMO

Yeah Aly has been immense for us. Maybe his age counting against him? Assuming Joe is already thinking about Japan.

Delighted for the lads who made the cut and for the Connacht coaches who have brought them to this point.

Accidentally Onside wrote:

Ger C wrote: Great to see 4 players in the squad but Healey can feel hard done by not to be included.

As can TOH- how Zebo is in there is beyond me.

Muldowney as well. Congrats to the 4 lads and to new captain Rory Best, great choice IMO

Ger C wrote: Great to see 4 players in the squad but Healey can feel hard done by not to be included.

As can TOH- how Zebo is in there is beyond me.

Great to see 4 players in the squad but Healey can feel hard done by not to be included.

Massive congrats to Ultan Dillane on his call up to 6 Nations Extended Squad!

And to Kieran Marmion, Nathan White and Robbie Henshaw aswell ofcourse

Injuries are a very disappointing outcome of a wonderful performance and result.

But d'ya know what, there's a different mindset in Connacht now, The young lads are stepping up, and we have some experienced backup coming back in from injury at just the right time.

Buckley out for three weeks, will if anything freshen him up after carrying a heavy workload since the season started. We'll need his dynamic play in the second half of the season.

Losing Neeps is a big blow though, we seem to have an unhappy knack of breaking our imported back rows and he's been unbelievably fabulous up to now. BUT....there is depth in his position now..

We went into the Munster game missing:

Unavailable/Injured: Tom McCartney, Rodney Ah You, JP Cooney, Quinn Roux, Ben Marshall, Andrew Browne, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Jake Heenan, Eoin McKeon, John Cooney, Fionn Carr, Danie Poolman, Dave McSharry, Api Pewhairangi, Conor Finn.

Take the equivalent players out of any other province and ask for a performance and result like Saturdays...

In previous seasons we just didn't have the depth, and then we'd lose a game after going pretty well for a while and .confidence would fall apart. Pat Lam's Connacht Squad is made of sterner stuff though..

wp_rathead wrote:

menacethedenis wrote: Linley says Masterson out for 3 weeks too...... but Ah You, Roux,McSharry, McKeon, Marshall are back

Still no Poolman?
Thought he'd be back by now

No mention on him or a few others like Heenan. Official squad update out confirming the severity of Nepia's injury. Out for 6 months. Terrible, terrible news

www.connachtrugby.ie/squad-update-ahead-...-blues/#ConnachtNews

menacethedenis wrote: Linley says Masterson out for 3 weeks too...... but Ah You, Roux,McSharry, McKeon, Marshall are back

Still no Poolman?
Thought he'd be back by now

Linley says Masterson out for 3 weeks too...... but Ah You, Roux,McSharry, McKeon, Marshall are back

Ah , Feck that crap news for both players.