Irish Squad Announced for 6 Nations

[Thequeerone]

"The November was mission accomplished from a ranking point of view and the win against Argentina, although not the prettiest game anybody may have seen, was vitally important," Kidney added.

"The France game is another step above that as they can bring so much to their game and are incredibly dangerous in this tournament."

rest from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rug...x-Nations.html

Ireland begin their campaign by taking on France at Croke Park on Feb 7.

Ireland Squad

Backs: Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Ian Dowling (Munster), Girvan Dempsey (Leinster), Darren Cave (Ulster), Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster), Keith Earls (Munster), Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster), Shane Horgan (Leinster), Robert Kearney (Leinster), Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster), Ronan O'Gara (Munster), Tomas O'Leary (Munster), Eoin Reddan (Wasps), Jonathan Sexton (Leinster), Peter Stringer (Munster), Andrew Trimble (Ulster), Paddy Wallace (Ulster).
Forwards: Rory Best (Ulster), Ryan Caldwell (Ulster), Bob Casey (London Irish), Tom Court (Ulster), Stephen Ferris (Ulster), Jerry Flannery (Munster), John Hayes (Munster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Marcus Horan (Munster), Bernard Jackman (Leinster), Shane Jennings (Leinster), Denis Leamy (Munster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster), Paul O'Connell (Munster), Mick O'Driscoll (Munster), Malcolm O'Kelly (Leinster), Alan Quinlan (Munster), Mike Ross (Harlequins), Donnacha Ryan (Munster), David Wallace (Munster).

[thunderchicken9]

Pretty formidable lineup, I'm especially glad to see Darren Cave and Stephen Ferris in there... and believe it or not, I thought Keith Earls more than deserved his spot as well. I hope Setanta airs the match v. France here!!!

[Thequeerone]

oh..

[thunderchicken9]

Ok, so just maybe I'm a bit, uh, biased...AND maybe my perspective is narrow, perhaps somewhat clouded... AND maybe huge men from Leinster, running on the back line as wings, sort of, well frighten and confound me (Shane Horgan.. 6'5'', 230 lbs.c'mon, who wants to try and tackle that guy?).. but.. The Irish have my full support, and I think they just might win oh, four, games or so...