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Ireland Squad to tour New Zealand
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I think people could be right about the centres - 13 is BOD's number, but he may well spend more time playing 12. Either way, having him there is massive because the defense seems to struggle when he's not in the team.
Considering the season Munster have had, it does seem like a lot of Munster players, but when I look at the team in full, I'm happy enough. Having said that, if the all blacks show up, we'll be hammered. Fingers crossed for a miracle. Weather may well play a big part.
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should be Earls at 11, Ferg at 12 and Zebo at 14.
picking murray ahead of reddan is a great move as aaron smith is playing for new zealand.
murray 6ft 1'' vs smith 5ft 7''
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Great to see Rollox get his chance, really looking forward to seeing him come on.
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Here we are giving out about Conservative Kidney and then he does this!!!!!
Front row grand, well as regards only options we have. Happy with the 2nd row choice. And fine with the back row.
Still think Reddan better to start as Sexton starting.
Earls at 12! Mmmmmmmm interesting??? I don't get this. Assume BOD will move into the 12 channel.
Kearney and McFadden fine too.
Now Zebo. I still think he should not even be on the tour.
Leinster 7 players, Munster 5. Enough said.
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Zebo is starting?
Wow I'd say the -17 the bookies have NZ is starting to look really attractive.
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Replacements: Sean Cronin, Ronan Loughney, Donncha O'Callaghan, Kevin McLaughlin, Eoin Reddan, Ronan O'Gara, Darren Cave
Doesn't fill me with optimism, Loughney on the bench as he can play both sides of the scrum, no McCarthy or Wilko. Going to need a huge performance to keep this being a contest.
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Has anyone checked on Marcus Horan? Is he alright? I'd imagine after the Irish squad was called and him not been in it with all those injuries to props he must be in deep shock. I mean he's a prop and he plays for Munster what else does he need to do? Not only that but he's ancient and isn't a first teamer like Donnacha O'Callaghan. Very strange.
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Basically as many Munstermen as he can possibly squeeze into the 22.
Very accurate I think you've nailed it. The only change might be Ross if he's fit.
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great to hear the home crowd shout gloucester gloucester gloucester when tindall scored.
www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/8262.php
bit late i know but only seen it now
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Trimble
O'Driscoll
D'arcy
Earls
Sexton
Murray
Healy
Best
Fitzpatrick
O'Callaghan
Ryan
O'Brien
O'Mahony
Heaslip
Cronin
Loughney
Touhy
Henry
Reddan
O'Gara
McFadden
Basically as many Munstermen as he can possibly squeeze into the 22.
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Wont be surprised if he is on bench for test matches.
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IrishRugby.ie wrote: Remaining Names For Tour Squad Confirmed
The remaining places in the Ireland squad for the summer tour to New Zealand have been confirmed. Several spots were left unfilled as players were given further time to prove their fitness in Tuesday's game against the Barbarians.
Chris Henry and Brett Wilkinson both came through the Barbarians clash after recent injury concerns and will take their places among the forwards.
They are joined by Mike McCarthy, who will travel to New Zealand as precautionary cover for Paul O'Connell who is continuing his recovery from a knee injury.
O'Connell is not included in the listed squad at present. A final decision on his participation in the tour will be made on Friday.
There are also two further uncapped players making the trip to the home of the World champions with scrum half Paul Marshall named in the squad along with prop Ronan Loughney, who will be providing further cover for the front row including Mike Ross who is currently recovering from a hamstring strain.
The Ireland management and players will depart from London for New Zealand on Thursday morning.
Declan Kidney's men will face the All Blacks in the first Test at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday week - June 9.
Rugby League Park in Christchurch and Hamilton's Waikato Stadium are the venues for the two other Tests on Saturday, June 16 and Saturday, June 23 respectively.
All three Tests will kick off at 7.35pm local time/8.35am Irish time. Sky Sports will have live TV coverage of the games, while they will also be broadcast live on RTÉ Radio 1.
IRELAND SUMMER TOUR SQUAD (New Zealand 2012):
Backs (13):
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Paul Marshall (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) *
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) *
Forwards (17):
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster) *
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Chris Henry (Ballymena/Ulster)
Ronan Loughney (Galwegians/Connacht) *
Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Mike Sherry (Garryowen/Munster) *
Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
Brett Wilkinson (Galwegians/Connacht) *
* Denotes uncapped player
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