The ritinzs of Neil Francis
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:36 pm
We don't have a thread dedicated to this august sage?
Personally I'd prefer if he waited till after we played Scotland before going with dressing room wall material like this.
Neil Francis today.
Another thing that will have serious consequences for this Irish team and their poor season is the make-up of the Lions squad.
It seems the tour will definitely go ahead in June and July. The format and the hosting are the only things to be decided upon.
The squad, I think, will be a much smaller roster this year for obvious reasons. This is bad news for aspiring Irish players. I think this Lions year could have the lowest number of Irish players for decades.
Garry Ringrose and Tadhg Furlong probably, and if there is space James Ryan and Andrew Porter too. That is it.
You have the galling situation that the team might be packed with mediocre Scottish players because they beat England and are set to have a decent championship.
You could have a situation where Johnny Gray gets picked for the Lions on the basis that Scotland win more games than Ireland and the Scottish second-row makes more tackles.
Last season or the season before have no bearing – unfortunately it is all down to what is going on this season.
Four Lions – that is the price of transition.
