Heaslip is going to the World Cup; he was the 5th choice backrower for
the 6N this year (travelled with the squad when Leamy wasn't 100%) and
he and Leamy are the only backrow contenders who have regular gametime
at 8.

The 6th spot, if there is one, was always going to be a case of what
does Eddie think he needs? A groundhog 7 like Gleeson or O'Connor (or
Jennings) has been proven unsuccessful against Argentina, but may be
just what is needed against France. Quinlan may go, but Best is ahead
of him and they're both players that bring a lot of the same things to
the table, not to mention the fact that Easterby is in there too; just
how many lineout-jumping blindsides do we need to bring?


Donal




--- In irishrugby@yahoogroups.com, <Michael_Halpenny@...> wrote:
>
> Depending on how many backrowers go I'd imagine that Heaslip might be in
> the mix too. To be honest I don't think that Jennings was going to go
> anyway, he had a poor tour in Argentina and was outshone by both Heaslip
> and Quinlan but perhaps he was tired after a fairly lengthy season with
> Leicester and was showing up well in training. If you were looking to
> the future you'd obviously go for Heaslip but it's a world cup so
> Quinlan for his greater versatility as well as his experience would get
> my nod. If Ferris is seriously in the mix he must play the full game
> against Scotland - so far he's had very little exposure at international
> level.
>
>
>
> From: irishrugby@yahoogroups.com [mailto:irishrugby@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of colin burkley
> Sent: 06 July 2007 11:22
> To: irishrugby@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [irishrugby] Shane Jennings
>
>
>
> Yeah, Ferris has potential but this has probably come too early for him.
>
> On 7/6/07, peadar kelly <peadar.kelly@...
> <mailto:peadar.kelly%40dcmnr.gov.ie> > wrote:
> >
> > Jersey is awful.
> >
> > Bad luck for jennings. I'd probably go for quinlan due to his
> > experience.
> >
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> <irishrugby%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
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> > Behalf Of Stuart Flint
> > Sent: 06 July 2007 11:03
> > To: irishrugby@yahoogroups.com <mailto:irishrugby%40yahoogroups.com>
> <irishrugby%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [irishrugby] Shane Jennings
> >
> > Seems that Jennings has a fracture in his thumb and will be out for up
> > to 6 weeks. Basically blown his world cup chances out of the water.
> >
> > Ferris and Quinlan vying for a spot now?
> >
> > Also it seems that canterbury are just giving each country a different
> > colour of the same shirt for the RWC. Not sure that i'm a fan of the
> > Aus/SA/Scotland kit but there you go...
> >
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