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lassassinblanc 
Paul McGrath 
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Good player, just a scummy bastard |
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Jack Charlton 
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 9:41am |
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 Photo leaked this morning appearing to confirm Warburton as captain.
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 9:53am |
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Makes sense, Gatland knows him well and trusts him, Also captained last winning team, Only issue I'd have is he is 1) currently injured 2) not playing well when he was fit
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
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Watching a bit of Sky sports there the level of ignorance they have in terms of English Players who are rumoured not to be included thinking they are World Class and should be in the team
Josephs and Hartley being the main contenders. I'm telling you if I ever see Stuart Barnes in real life I will most likely punch the pompous little **** Edited by lassassinblanc - 19 Apr 2017 at 11:26am |
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Liam Brady
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 11:27am |
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warburton won't have much rugby to get himself back to full fitness as well. certainly could be a case of touring captain and not necessarily test match captain.would fully agree to leaving Hartley out. think about it, he has had so many run-ins that his inclusion in the touring squad could cause issues before they even get on the plane. fine to keep him in the England setup, but across four countries I don't think it would sit well
reckon 11 irish will be in, covering most of the top positions too |
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Jack Charlton
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 11:27am |
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In fairness, Hartley probably is the best Hooker available in terms of ability.
Just so happens he's a fooking ratbag. Joseph is at least as good as Roberts these days - that's a bit of a farce. Did he even start a game in the 6N ?
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Paul McGrath
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 11:31am |
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It was always Warbs or AWJ. Best is a poor captain and Hartley is a flight risk let alone a viable squad member.
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 11:34am |
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Must be a proud day for CJ Stander - I'm sure he always dreamt of playing for the Lions as a kid !
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
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Don't think so, Roberts is a good impact from the bench though imo, Starting centres will Farrell and Davies/Henshaw Farrell being nailed on for inside centre and I can't see Josephs playing ahead of the other two which is his more favoured position |
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Jack Charlton
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I'm not sure what exactly they are saying over on Sky but in fairness not bringing the likes of Launchbury and Mike Brown, as has been widely reported, seems a little crazy to me. Then again it's Gatland so it's also not massively surprising.
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
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I'll agree with Launchbury but Brown should be nowhere near the squad over rated, Hogg and Halfpenny will be the fullbacks with possibly Zebo as cover imo |
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
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Rumours that Roberts hasn't made the squad
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nor should he. hasn't really performed over the last couple of seasons, and was even surprised to see him on the bench during the 6N
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Hope that's the case. Would reflect badly on Gatland IMO |
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 12:08pm |
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Josephs in after all,
Jared Payne got in  |
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Denis Irwin
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 12:09pm |
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Furlong in. Well deserved
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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Denis Irwin
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The Tullow Tank is in
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath
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2017 BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS SQUAD Props: Dan Cole, Tadhg Furlong, Joe Marler, Jack McGrath, Kyle Sinckler, Mako Vunipola. Hookers: Rory Best, Jamie George, Ken Owens. Locks: Iain Henderson, Maro Itoje, Alun Wyn Jones, George Kruis, Courtney Lawes. Back rows: Taulupe Faletau, Ross Moriarty, Sean O'Brien, Peter O'Mahony, CJ Stander, Justin Tipuric, Billy Vunipola, Sam Warburton (c). Scrum-halves: Conor Murray, Rhys Webb, Ben Youngs. Fly-halves: Dan Biggar, Owen Farrell, Jonathan Sexton. Centres: Jonathan Davies, Robbie Henshaw, Jonathan Joseph, Ben Te'o. Back three: Elliot Daly, Leigh Halfpenny, Stuart Hogg, George North, Jack Nowell, Jared Payne, Tommy Seymour, Anthony Watson, Liam Williams. |
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