RWC 2011 The road to glory: The mighty 30 announced!

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Ireland coach Declan Kidney today announced the 30 man squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The squad will be captained by Brian O’Driscoll and has a split of sixteen forwards and fourteen backs.

Fifteen players will be travelling to the Rugby World Cup for the first time including Ulster men Rory Best, Tom Court, Stephen Ferris, Andrew Trimble and Paddy Wallace. Nine of the forwards will be making their first appearance at a Rugby World Cup Squad while six of the backs will make their tournament début.

Ex Ulster scrum half Isaac Boss makes the cut at the expense of Thomas O’Leary and veteran Geordan Murphy makes the trip after loosing out last time round due to injury.

Tony Buckles and Keith Earls can count themselves lucky to be travelling after recent performances. Then again you could say that about a half the squad as . . .

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4 responses to “RWC 2011 The road to glory: The mighty 30 announced!”

  1. rekinek

    Muller and Pienaar in SA WC squad 😛

  2. the mote

    After saturdays performance by O’Leary it would have taken more b***s to atcually select him
    The message boards and press would have sliced him up in small pieces.

    I can hear Isaac Boss now ” hey Ma can I bring a few friends for tea ?”
    ” Sure Isaac how many ?”
    “Twenty -nine players half a dozen coaches and two coaches of alickadoos”
    ” Don’t talk dirty Isaac— we should never have allowed you to go to Ulster”

    Hope the Ulstermen have a successful injury free Cup

  3. junty

    Ragin – he obviously grew a set after the dismal performance of O’Leary on sat. However they obviously aren’t big enough to pick a prop who can scrummage and went for Tony ‘Buckles’
    But it’s good to see the ‘Boss man’ going along with the current 5 Ulstermen and Tommy Bowe.

  4. Raging Raven

    Delighted for Isaac,Tommy,Rory,Tom,Stephen ,Andrew and Paddy.

    I didn’t think Decky had the balls to bin O’ Dear O’Leary and Luke”buba” Fitzgerald. 😆

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