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9 years 6 months ago #48804 by Diabhal
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Did Cooney not say at ht that he's a few weeks away from playing again?

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9 years 6 months ago - 9 years 6 months ago #48801 by connachta
ChampionsCup build-up topic! was created by connachta
Soooooo the squad is back to his best in the right time :woohoo:

Injuries/Unavailabilities seem to mean the Toulouse matchday squad is picking itself
Front-row will go on, hope Delahunt, who was only on the bench in AIL last week, won't be rusty
SOB could come in for injured McKeon
Unchanged back-three, too

BUT some depth and good debate on a few areas

Midfield

If Jack isn't 100% I wouldn't be bother to see a Ronaldson/Robb/Aki combo
If Robb isn't, I think Jack improved in the last two games and Carty/Ron/Aki is ok
If both aren't 100% Ronaldson/Aki/Griffin would be interesting too

Secondary controversy, I really wonder if both Carty and Ronaldson play, shouldn't we drop SOL to choose our 2 best back subs? (2 of Robb, Griff, Poolman, Lli). Craig would cover outhalf when (if) Jack goes off

2nd row

Who starts with Ultan, who's on the bench?
Browne fits in for the "Muldowney" strategy, but is just back from injury, and European game will be high-tempo game
Roux didn't let us down against Embra and is really efficient at the breakdown, we need this too...

Scrum-half

Marmion carried a knock, wasn't great until know, but has international credentials
Cooney appears on the trainning pics for a while, must be 100% fit and a good element of surprise for Toulouse video analysts
Blade had a stormer last night but has shown limits before
It's not a 50/50 but a real 33/33/33 IMO

EDIT Cooney not ready yet apparently, so it's Kieran vs Caolin.
And in backrow SOB straight in for Eoin, or on the bench with Connolly to start at 6?
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