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T0 kieran how are you doing today from Mel J0y

He’s literally English 😂

Who knows better? Farrell or journalists? Who would you drop?

Saffa here. Ireland will be just fine

As a Bok fan - am under no illusion that Ireland has plenty of depth - their teams may not have won URC but are typically the toughest teams to play home and away and play a similar style which South African teams tend to battle with. for Boks, we must use the time to identify the next generation as the double RWC champions, third time winners is realistic if we manage our player talent pool properly and continue to evolve our style of play.

How does European nations think they will develop depth? The RSA teams have 99.9% South African players. Yet the Euro league teams are dotted with SANZAR and Island players. You'll win leagues, but not world cups..

Jesus, Jackson does my head in

Well Ciaran Frawley, Sam Prendegaast , and Cian Healy are 3 who are not starting for their province and still get included in the squad. Being on the bench is not the reason that Coombes has not been picked.

Yes, Munster players should be involved. It’s ridiculous the bias towards Leinster. They did fuck all again this year.

From a Bok supporter and all S African channels and commentators agree, we are so stoked to see Ireland fighting at the top, absolutely brilliant to have another tough rivalry like NZ to play and a team that will push our limits. This will be a real 50/50 series, I can't even make a prediction, it's just unfortunate it's not 3 games but the positive for SA is that they can give the newcomers some time against Portugal in their obsession of creating depth before the next RWC while still taking these tests seriously, some very exciting players comming through, just hope Rassie gets the balance right in selection between new blood and the experienced players. Good luck Ireland, just got to love how Rassie is allowing the media to create the hype for the game, really promoting this fixture in SA, I'm really excited for this one.

Ireland is much better then England yes England has Moore money then Ireland but money is not everything

Bafana Bafana Boks vs Paddy and the Imports. It'll mean a lot more to the latter, hopefully it lives up to the billing.

Ridiculous to send Healy to Racing where he would probably be a reserve squad player at lets say 32 or 33 and lose form and fitness. Its hard to believe Jackman is this blind to the faults of what hes suggesting. Basically what the WRU implement which eventualy crumbes the national side. Easy solution the IRFU need to be more efficient make a call on an average player who is 25 years plus and not likely to improve look at move them on if they are holding back someone with obvious potential. Maybe on a case by case basis.

Fuck sake carve it up at Bristol no thanks I think Jackman massively overates the level in England and France.

Probably the best rugby analyst in the media

Ireland are declining which is natural, saffers, who knows?

Hodnett for seven the man knows what it takes to win in South Africa

9 minutes of dribble & waffle....as one of my teachers often said...shut your , , and give your mouth a chance. Surely you can get better guests Murray...or just talk yourself

I thought Coombes should be ahead of Cian Prendergast and Nick Timoney. He has performed better than those two players in my opinion and is a great player to bring off the bench. I don''t see Timoney or Prendergast having the same impact.

So confused as to why Cooney wasn't picked, especially with JGP out, he was the best 9 in the URC this season, and his kicking is immaculate

South Africa is going to absolutely flog Ireland.

WHAT MORE DOES COONEY HAVE TO "SHOW" TO BE SELECTED FOR IRELAND? TELLINGLY HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE COMBINED URC TEAM.

In the healy example him getting 50 60 minutes elsewhere would have meant porter gets the bench slot and healy starts for ireland for way move years and extends his career at the top. They just handed porter the jersey too easily and he just wasn't better than healy.

Team looks knackered tbh, both physically and definitely mentally, James Ryan was speechless after the bulls game and I guess the body can take only so much? The tests mean nothing to me personally if we beat SA this summer but can't beat them when it matters what's the point (NZ test reference).

Zebo was interviewed on the KOKO show and mentioned he would get tax back for his 10 best professional years following retirement? First time I've heard of it and assuming this would extend to all provincial players and not just Irfu contracted? Surely that's a incentive for guys who have only grown up in one system since they were 14 to stay in a familiar environment with the same players since age grade, rather than the risk of going abroad,especially if they are not the 1st choice big names i.e they go abroad and still don't get played?

Get rid of the playing abroad rule? That would be dumb. The best thing you can do is just make hard choices and move players to different provinces where there is a log jam. There are only 4 teams and if you are not spreading them around those 4 teams then you are shooting yourself in the foot.

Ireland will be fine, doomsday punditry isn't going to ease the pressure of expectation for Ireland. They have been a top team and has a very good record vs the Springboks over the last number of years. Only advantage the Boks have is home ground. The rest are just getting excuses in before the series, if they don't do well, the excuses are predetermined, if they do well, then the pundtis will say they are the best in the world.

Only interested in Leinster and Munster players. Cooney has been the best 9 in the URC this year and Dave McCann has played very well across the back row. If he had been at Leinster he would probably have gotten his chance. Only at Leinster can you be 3rd or 4th choice and still be picked for Ireland. The IRFU have no interest in broadening the player profile across the Provences.

You could make the same argument with scott Robinson with his 1st new Zealand side with crusaders

Ireland is seen by the Northern Hemisphere as the best rugby team in the world. They are being too hard on themselves already. The Springboks is going all out and desperearte to win against the darling of Northern Rugbym. It will surely be a great Test match series, proper old school all out war. I cant wait 😭

Cullen is useless and harming Ireland

Serious questions about depth at 1, 3, 9 & 10. Wings too perhaps.

Youse must come and cause problems in our house..Loftus is our house…no one come and win us here…

Dont agree on everything but I couldnt agree with Bernanrd more about the protectionsim hurting us in the long run, we only have 4 professional teams some young players are going weeks and months without exposure to games at the highest level (AIL not enough) not the best way to develop youth. Either let guys go abroad or look at launching a 5th team and the player development pathways should be reviewed, maybe provences can ringfence a certain number of prospects and the rest are up for an academy draft system?

Why are these Irish pundits doing a complete 180 from the views they had pre and post 6 Nations when people proclaimed you as the best team in the world What’s changed?!!! Where’s that hubris and that confidence for this tour

Need to better spread the young talent we produce. Each player spends 3 years in their home academy (which they can play for senior team during) and then every year all graduating talents are eligible for a draft. Each province gets 3/4 protected players which they auto get, but then after that, it's like the NFL draft, the province who finishes bottom gets first choice etc i.e Connacht would get Leinster's 4/5th best young academy prospect, Ulster the 5/6th etc

"More game time for Sam." Lazy journalism from Jackman and Kinsella doesn't call him out. One or both of them didn't do their research. Prendergast turned 21 in Feb. He played in 12 URC and 3 ECC games. He totaled 462 minutes. Point to another 20/21 yo in Irish rugby with 462 minutes Bernard? At the same age, Crowley had 3 sub appearances for Munster. Totalling 46 minutes. Were you asking for Crowley to go on loan? Were you asking for Crowley to get more game time? Do your research and stop grandstanding to the misinformed.

Say that to his Face David 😂

I don’t care if we’re not placed no 1 in the world anymore it means nothing . All that matters are trophies

There seems to be a lot of waffle going on here. Every time I listen to jackman his opinions seem to change, he’s now a pundit who only sings when we are winning. If we happen to get a result in SA he will be able to tell us all why we are so great . Failed player coach and now pundit 😂

I like that expectations are low in this tour. South Africa should rightly be favorites in their own country. I don't think we should go too nuts even if we lose both games. In the end it doesn't really matter this far out from a world cup anyway and the only people that care are the Bok fans who see the pool match loss against us as a kind of slight on their World Cup.

Remember everyone, Bernard Jackman wouldnt be saying any of these if Leinster/Munster weren't knocked out last week and he'll do a complete 180 on this if Ireland win the series in SA...

No, we lost the NZL game because we were destroyed at the breakdown, inconsistent in the line out and were consistently penalised in the scrum...and that happened from the first minute on. Blaming the bench in that game is just wilfully ignoring the real issue in that game.

After this test we need to start building for the next World Cup and start blooding players like the prendergasts Coombes ahern osborne hodnett Doak o toole Timoney Izuchukwu 6 of irelands regular starters will be over 34😓 we need to start building I won’t last another WC blow off with SA fans in my ear

Yes, short & simple - not enough dog in the Leinster boys who can’t deliver the winning, “killer blow” when it really counts. Against NZ Kelleher failed to ground the ball something Herring had been doing very consistently. Coombs is so reliable in this area also whereas Leinster backrow have failed to deliver from 5 yards out when it really counted [over & over sadly].

Coombes has been brilliant against the SA clubs including last year's URC final. Should be a shoe in at 8, with Doris losing form

Yes he should be going to South Africa - he's a number 8, Doris isn't as good as last season & needs competition.

Coombs is the most physical Irish player and without Conan I don’t understand why he is not in there. Loughman at lose head is the only other one. We need to establish an additional loch, a fullback and an outside centre Looks like fullback (Jimmy O’Brian) and blind side (Baird, Izuchuckwu, Prendergast) are focus areas. We will not learn much in the other areas. It looks like it’s a given for a 6/2

It was really a fad. But it should be up to each individual runner to choose what's best for them.

In big games Doris goes missing . Timoney deserves a run as does Gav. Doris needs a rest and to come back improved