Leinster

DrDeath says...

@makemehappy

Again, look at the Leinster-Cardiff quarter-final! Watch the "mighty" Mike Ross entirely dominate Jenkins from start to finish! As I said earlier, he may not be the player he was 4 years ago!

Posted 09:09 02nd May 2012

blametheref says...

Thorn had a decent game and fits into the Leinster ethos so easily you'd think he's been playing with them for years...but Bonnaire really but his body on the line to the extent that he got a full accidental boot in the face and never even flinched his mind was so on not losing the ball...man of steel of the entire weekend in a game that was far tougher than it appeared

Posted 19:51 01st May 2012

pog_mahone says...

Generally agree with the picks except for O'Brien, and wondering what Welshman that Rob Kearney is "just" ahead of, he is in the best form of his life since coming back from injury. No-one in the NH comes near the guy - just hope he keeps it up.

makemehappy, I thought Adam Jones was a tighthead so Cian Healy wouldn't be evicting him. Cian Healy was superb on Sunday and at this stage brings far more than Gethin Jenkins at least to his club game. I don't agree that he was going backwards against Zirakashvilli (who is a force of nature, I can't imagine Gethin Jenkins standing up to him either), anyway it was actually Mike Ross who looked to be under more pressure expect for one scrum that I can remember where Healy missed his bind.

Posted 18:58 01st May 2012

Bones7 says...

@hhlamazing - great call on Corbisiero, I've been saying for ages how average he is. Compared to the likes of Nick Wood and Paul Doran-Jones who seem to scrummage better and get more done round the park he's very lucky to be in an England shirt. Saying that though I never rated Dan Cole, his work round the field is still awful but I think his scrummaging has improved quite a bit from regular international experience.

I'd definitely go with Gethin Jenkins over Healy, but as APV1 said it's early doors for picking Lions teams and maybe one more season could be a bit too much for him at that level. Healy is improving but he's not really a top level scrummager but I think that will come.

Posted 18:24 01st May 2012

APV1 says...

@ jonesy2 - it's always fun having your comments, as they're so rediculous, as to be very amusing.

I think that hhlamazing has the right idea. Let's wait until after the next 6N before we start putting Lions Squads together...

Posted 17:23 01st May 2012

Rosbif says...

7 your problem area only because vosloo was injured methinks. also, why no thorn?

Posted 16:56 01st May 2012

crunchfit says...

Have to say, not the best scrummaging display by Healy. Not sure he's 1st choice, or at least, not on his scrummaging.

Posted 15:54 01st May 2012

hhlamazing says...

Australia can't scrum we all know that. What Healy adds in the loose is why he is ahead on Genkins at present. Zirakashvilli is also one of the best tight-heads in the Top14 and generally destroys most loose-heads week in and out.

@DBRowan Healey was propping against Cole not Corbisiero both are loose heads and lets be honest Corbisiero is not great, misses a lot of tackles, not great around the park and average scummager. Think England are better off finding another soon.

The Lions loose-head shirt is a two horse race and still a year away. Let's see what happens up till the next 6 nations before we make any calls.

Posted 15:27 01st May 2012

makemehappy says...

Cian Healey ahead of a welshman in the Lions pecking order. Can't believe anyone would support that theory! Hard to evict either Adam or Gethin from a world XV and Gethin from an all time 15!

Posted 13:20 01st May 2012

staph_glorious says...

Honourable mentions for Davit Zirakashvili and Sean O'Brien, but that looks the right selection from Adam.

Posted 12:50 01st May 2012