NPR

Things are slipping and can't let 2 years of Corona and war in Ukraine to get in the way of certain traditions.

So this Sat its France vs Lions for northern hemisphere bragging rights and we need a 23 taking into account current form, injuries, disdain for certain players, outright bias and trolling

Basically Ireland + a few

Genge
George
Furlong
Itoje
Beirne
Darge
VDF
Conan - Faletau was excellent vs Eng and Fra but Italy....
JGP
Smith
Van der Merwe
Henshaw
Ringrose
Hansen - Lowe has the strange long hair but rapidly receeding hairline that just looks wrong and thats enough for me
Keenan

Schoman, Sheehan, Sinks, Lawes, Doris, back up 9 is terrible choice....Randall, Sexton, Graham

Just swap the Leinster jumper for a Lions one, job done. Save on a lot of fuckaboutery.

Quite right re need for fred.

From your 15 I'd change:

Faletau for Conan, if not him then Fagerson or Dombrandt over Conan
Darcey Bussell for Hansen
Sanjay for Keenan

Bench up for grabs. Probably a few more English.

EnergiseR2 wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:17 pm Sanjay for Keenan ....

Quite

SaintK wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:21 pm

EnergiseR2 wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:17 pm Sanjay for Keenan ....

Quite

Should be Genge

Porter
Kelleher
Furlong
Beirne
Gray
Ritchie
Navidi
Doris
Price
Sexton
van der Merwe
Henshaw
Ringrose
Adams
Keenan

SaintK wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:21 pm

EnergiseR2 wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:17 pm Sanjay for Keenan ....

Quite

Williams is still class.

All depends who’s coaching. If it’s Gatland, then just pick the Wales team.

Woddy wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:15 pm Quite right re need for fred.

From your 15 I'd change:

Faletau for Conan, if not him then Fagerson or Dombrandt over Conan
Darcey Bussell for Hansen
Sanjay for Keenan

Bench up for grabs. Probably a few more English.

Never would've thought Woddy was Gatland's login.

Good to see the normal mad levels of shit when picking a composite team.

Clear leader is mad selection is Williams over Keenan, shortly followed by Gray over Itoje

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:31 pm Porter
Kelleher
Furlong
Beirne
Gray
Ritchie
Navidi
Doris
Price
Sexton
van der Merwe
Henshaw
Ringrose
Adams
Keenan

Gray and price a million miles away from combined team - from a Scotland fan

Fuck, if we want to up the Welsh quota just bang Rowlands into the second row.

Genge
George
Furlong
Itoje
Rowlands
Doris
Van Der Flier
Conan
Gibson-Park (Almost didn't pick anyone)
Smith
Adams (I suppose...)
Henshaw
Ringrose
Graham
Keenan

Porter, Kelleher, Sinckler, Beirne, Lawes, throw darts at a board for replacement half backs, Steward

Back row comes with a huge caveat that not many players played as much as those 3 as far as I noticed and Hamish Watson needs to do a lot more than make a shit load of tackles to be considered.

sockwithaticket wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:58 pm

Woddy wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:15 pm Quite right re need for fred.

From your 15 I'd change:

Faletau for Conan, if not him then Fagerson or Dombrandt over Conan
Darcey Bussell for Hansen
Sanjay for Keenan

Bench up for grabs. Probably a few more English.

Never would've thought Woddy was Gatland's login.

Hey, take that back! I've never been so insulted... I like fun, flowing rugby.

I did almost go for Rowlands in place of Beirne though, on current form. And I'm not even Welsh.

sockwithaticket wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:58 pm

Woddy wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:15 pm Quite right re need for fred.

From your 15 I'd change:

Faletau for Conan, if not him then Fagerson or Dombrandt over Conan
Darcey Bussell for Hansen
Sanjay for Keenan

Bench up for grabs. Probably a few more English.

Never would've thought Woddy was Gatland's login.

Hey, take that back! I've never been so insulted... I like fun, flowing rugby.

I did almost go for Rowlands in place of Beirne though, on current form. And I'm not even Welsh.

Woddy wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:09 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:58 pm

Woddy wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:15 pm Quite right re need for fred.

From your 15 I'd change:

Faletau for Conan, if not him then Fagerson or Dombrandt over Conan
Darcey Bussell for Hansen
Sanjay for Keenan

Bench up for grabs. Probably a few more English.

Never would've thought Woddy was Gatland's login.

Hey, take that back! I've never been so insulted... I like fun, flowing rugby.

I did almost go for Rowlands in place of Beirne though, on current form. And I'm not even Welsh.

The real test is would you take AWJ?

dkm57 wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:10 pm Just swap the Leinster jumper for a Lions one, job done. Save on a lot of fuckaboutery.

This.

Let Darcy Graham tour. Other than that no Welsh or Scots. Itoje can tour as well, but that's about it.

France by 30

clydecloggie wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:04 am

dkm57 wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:10 pm Just swap the Leinster jumper for a Lions one, job done. Save on a lot of fuckaboutery.

This.

Let Darcy Graham tour. Other than that no Welsh or Scots. Itoje can tour as well, but that's about it.

I'd take the English front row of Genge, George and Sinckler, with the decision on loose head being close between Genge and Schoeman. Furlong was once untouchable, but he got his arse handed to him by Genge and George - Sheehan getting split from his tighthead so easily and frequently counts against him in my book and the fancy dan stuff is immaterial if you're coughing up penalties and possession at the scrum.

Biggar, I don't like his on-field persona one bit, but he beat Scotland on one leg, however the shirt probably goes to Aul Raisin face Sexton.
Graham on the right wing, but not many others from the ScoWAlEng sides make the team