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RWC 2011: Ireland and Italy announced.

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John McMurtry

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OK so the team for the biggest game in Ireland’s recent history has been announced and thankfully Ireland have abandoned all pretence at playing an open game with the selection of O’Gara at out half in place of the much more talented, but slightly more flaky, Sexton.

We’ll it is the team we have been calling for ever since it became obvious a few season’s back that Kidney, and the commercial managers at the IRFU, were never going to sacrifice the business of results and bums on seats in favour of all out development and believe me if David Wallace had stayed fit he would be in there too with Ferris or O’Brien benching.

The one glaring anomaly in Kidney’s pick  is the selection of the unproven Conor Murray, a surprising gamble for the manager, though, in the type of game that Ireland are expected to play, any scrum half that can quickly shovel the ball into the arms of the charging back row should be . . .

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One response to “RWC 2011: Ireland and Italy announced.”

  1. junty

    Before the historic form busting win against the aussies, everyone that supported Ireland or Italy knew that saturdays game was always going to be the crunch game of the pool to decide on who went through as the 2 place team to meet the Boks. However as it stands at the minute Ireland’s ‘prize’ for winning on sat … is a match as pool winners against Wales (probably), and not as the runners-up. Italy’s ‘prize’ however is their first appearance in a RWC QF against the Boks…… and having said that it wouldn’t matter who they play next, as this would be like winning the tournament for them and what a way for Nick Mallet to say Caio to the Azzurri. So the pressure is on ! I’m looking forward to this one game in particular cos although it might not be a high scoring game it will be a tough bruising battle.
    The head says Ireland to win !!

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