Challenge Cup 2018/19

Well no sign of Scholes on training pics or Eagles team. De Buitlear appears though, not with Eagles so might have be 24th man in Belfast...
Start him as 11, and Niyi 23 vs UBB
(+ the same, Joyce for Robb as 12 if the latter is unavailable)

connachta wrote: Well no sign of Scholes on training pics or Eagles team. De Buitlear appears though, not with Eagles so might have be 24th man in Belfast...
Start him as 11, and Niyi 23 vs UBB
(+ the same, Joyce for Robb as 12 if the latter is unavailable)

This guy can't catch a break...

Fast twitch wrote: ...
Bordeaux 8th place
Perpignan 14th place
Sale 11th place.
...

The difference is huge. Connacht can't be relagated.
+ Domestic league matters more in France (and England to a lesser extent)

ConnachtCows wrote: Makes sense for the last round to be TBC. The TV companies will want to certain games played at times that suit them. They just wont know what those certain games are until after the 4th round realistically

As for the fixtures, considering going to the Sale away game.
The times for the home matches are frustrating. All Saturday afternoons (or early evening)
Whatever the reason, Friday Night matches seem to have been killed off

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pinky wrote: No word on Horwitz being registered by the noon deadline so looks like our fly-half resources will remain thin. You'd imagine Jack has to get a rest at some point but mightn't have that luxury ...

Horwitz in for Ronaldson:

www.the42.ie/munster-champions-cup-croni...ded-4276203-Oct2018/

Academy player Conor Fitzgerald is the third 10 in the squad. Can't understand why Horwitz wasn't registered in the first place if there's no limit on player numbers.

Joy Neville costing us the qualification. BP for Sale because of a silly red card, when Perpignan would have held if not win.
Sale have the BIG BIG advantage to receive us 1st
We have to go full-strenght there. If we don't manage to pick a BP, we can rotate for the next 4 rounds

I dont get why Aki starts, Butler a bit it's puzzling too.
The rest is ok IMO, even Roux Godwin Niyi and so on, they have not been really overused, it's ok (except Carty, but there's no real choice here).
Copeland and Cannon even need gametime.

Next week, Horwitz would have been introduced gently by Eagles game and could start, Buckley, Dillane, Farrell and Bealham will be rested/fiiter

So Probably in Manchester, the best we could put to grab something over there (without Aki and Butler, at worse) :

1) Buckley
2) McCartney
3) Bealham
4) Roux
5) Dillane
6) Boyle
7) Fainga'a
8 ) Copeland
9) Marms or else
10) Horwitz
12) Farrell
13) Godwin
11) Healy
14) Niyi
15) Kell or Leader

16) Shane
17) McCabe
18) Carey
19) Cannon
20) one of Masterson/SOB
21) whoever, thin margin
22) Carty
23) Kell/Leader

We chose to go 80% full-strenght tomorrow, but we can still go in England 90% full-strenght with this team....