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RWC squads 2023

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    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/08/24/anthony-watson-out-of-rugby-world-cup-england/

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      Confirmed now: Anthony Watson out of England’s World Cup squad.

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        https://www.irishrugby.ie/2023/08/27/farrell-names-33-player-ireland-rugby-world-cup-squad/

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          https://www.namibian.com.na/namibia-names-world-cup-squad/

          https://www.namibian.com.na/namibia-pick-39-year-old-van-lill-for-rugby-world-cup/

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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 - Herring

            Bit 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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            • D Derm McCrum

              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 - Herring

              Bit 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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              @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 - Herring

              Bit 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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              • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                @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 - Herring

                Bit 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
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                @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 - Herring

                Bit 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.

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                • D Derm McCrum

                  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 - Herring

                  Bit 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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                  @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 - Herring

                  Bit 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

                    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby-world-cup-2023/132809410/rugby-world-cup-2023-the-33man-squads-for-every-team-in-france

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                    • D Derm McCrum

                      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 - Herring

                      Bit 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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                      @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 - Herring

                      Bit 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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                        • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                          @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 - Herring

                          Bit 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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                          @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 - Herring

                          Bit 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

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                              @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.

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                                  @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.

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                                  • His BobnessH His Bobness

                                    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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                                    @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.

                                    Obviously I am not qualified to answer, but maybe he's not confident he can find powerful enough forwards and thinks his only change is, as you say, insanely, run them off their feet?

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                                    • nostrildamusN nostrildamus

                                      @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.

                                      Obviously I am not qualified to answer, but maybe he's not confident he can find powerful enough forwards and thinks his only change is, as you say, insanely, run them off their feet?

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                                      @nostrildamus Finau seems to have plenty of power, as did Gus from the Chiefs.

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                                      • His BobnessH His Bobness

                                        @nostrildamus Finau seems to have plenty of power, as did Gus from the Chiefs.

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                                        @His-Bobness said in RWC squads 2023:

                                        @nostrildamus Finau seems to have plenty of power, as did Gus from the Chiefs.

                                        Yes

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                                          @His-Bobness said in RWC squads 2023:

                                          @nostrildamus Finau seems to have plenty of power, as did Gus from the Chiefs.

                                          Yes

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                                          @nostrildamus said in RWC squads 2023:

                                          @His-Bobness said in RWC squads 2023:

                                          @nostrildamus Finau seems to have plenty of power, as did Gus from the Chiefs.

                                          Yes

                                          Did, being the key word for PGS. He was a real flash in the pan, and shouldn't have made the abs when he did.

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