RWC squads 2023
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@Stargazer said in RWC squads 2023:
@MiketheSnow said in RWC squads 2023:
I would have taken Plumtree
Maybe his injury rules him out?
Possibly
Others are injured too
Don’t know the extent tbh
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Only 2 scrum halves
3 hookers selected but only 1 is fit (Dee)
Only 3 specialist locks selectedFaletau and Anscombe selected despite being injured and not featuring in RWC warm up matches
Tshiunza and Johnny Williams lucky IMHO
I would have taken Plumtree and Llewelyn
If all fit and firing I suspct Gatland will select the following for the Fiji match
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G Thomas
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Lake
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Francis
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Rowlands
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Beard
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Lydiate
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Morgan (Capt.)
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Faletau (Wainwright if Faletau is still injured)
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T Williams
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Biggar
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Adams
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North
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Grady
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LRZ
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L Williams
Replacements
Smith, Elias, Lewis, Jenkins, Basham, Wainwright
G Davies, Anscombe@MiketheSnow said in RWC squads 2023:
Only 2 scrum halves
3 hookers selected but only 1 is fit (Dee)
Only 3 specialist locks selectedFaletau and Anscombe selected despite being injured and not featuring in RWC warm up matches
Tshiunza and Johnny Williams lucky IMHO
I would have taken Plumtree and Llewelyn
If all fit and firing I suspct Gatland will select the following for the Fiji match
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G Thomas
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Lake
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Francis
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Rowlands
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Beard
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Lydiate
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Morgan (Capt.)
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Faletau (Wainwright if Faletau is still injured)
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T Williams
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Biggar
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Adams
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North
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Grady
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LRZ
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L Williams
Replacements
Smith, Elias, Lewis, Jenkins, Basham, Wainwright
G Davies, Anscombewhat a cool poster!
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Cute team announcement video with childhood photos of the Italian squad.
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Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
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Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
@Derm-McCrum said in RWC squads 2023:
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
Yeah with his gingery hair, you could say it’s a red herring.
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@Derm-McCrum said in RWC squads 2023:
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
Yeah with his gingery hair, you could say it’s a red herring.
@Billy-Tell said in RWC squads 2023:
@Derm-McCrum said in RWC squads 2023:
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
Yeah with his gingery hair, you could say it’s a red herring.
You could - it passes through from every second generation - must have been his grandfather.
No excuse for losing Jean Kleyn though - having captured him and then letting him escape back to SA into their RWC squad. He'll probably score the winning try in their pool match. -
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
@Derm-McCrum said in RWC squads 2023:
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
At least we'll have three kiwis with RWC 23 winners medals!
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Rugby World Cup 2023: The 33-man squads for every team in France
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Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
@Derm-McCrum said in RWC squads 2023:
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
All the decent ones chose to play on the wing for Scotland and who can blame them
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@Derm-McCrum said in RWC squads 2023:
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
Yeah with his gingery hair, you could say it’s a red herring.
@Billy-Tell said in RWC squads 2023:
@Derm-McCrum said in RWC squads 2023:
Ireland have named their squad. Cian Healy, longtime prop, and occasional star hooker, is not in it.
However, it has meant that another foreigner gets into the squad.
USA - Loughman, McCarthy
New Zealand - Lowe, Gibson-Park, Aki
Australia - Hansen, Bealham
SA - HerringBit disappointing that SA only managed to get one player into the squad despite their heavy involvement in Irish rugby over the last few years.
Yeah with his gingery hair, you could say it’s a red herring.
To be shore, to be shore.
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Posted for the article, but one of the replies was too funny to leave out.
https://twitter.com/andyscripture/status/1696569287853437038
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Posted for the article, but one of the replies was too funny to leave out.
https://twitter.com/andyscripture/status/1696569287853437038
@Stargazer said in RWC squads 2023:
Posted for the article, but one of the replies was too funny to leave out.
https://twitter.com/andyscripture/status/1696569287853437038
Fkn cheats
Hosts France and defending champions South Africa were among those to go with a 19/15 split while the No1-ranked Ireland and New Zealand felt an 18/15 divide was best for them.
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Question for the brain’s trust here: What is Fozzie’s rationale for sticking with five wingers and being underpowered in the second row and loose forwards when the consequences of that are already evident? We know World Cups are forward-dominated grind-fests and that every time the ABs have come unstuck since 2019 it’s been due to Fozzy’s dogged insistence that the team try and run opponents off their feet. The old quote about the definition of insanity comes to mind.
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Question for the brain’s trust here: What is Fozzie’s rationale for sticking with five wingers and being underpowered in the second row and loose forwards when the consequences of that are already evident? We know World Cups are forward-dominated grind-fests and that every time the ABs have come unstuck since 2019 it’s been due to Fozzy’s dogged insistence that the team try and run opponents off their feet. The old quote about the definition of insanity comes to mind.
@His-Bobness said in RWC squads 2023:
Question for the brain’s trust here: What is Fozzie’s rationale for sticking with five wingers and being underpowered in the second row and loose forwards when the consequences of that are already evident? We know World Cups are forward-dominated grind-fests and that every time the ABs have come unstuck since 2019 it’s been due to Fozzy’s dogged insistence that the team try and run opponents off their feet. The old quote about the definition of insanity comes to mind.
Caleb Clarke has some compromising photos of Foster eating a salad.
