Ireland Depth Chart 2024 | Sticking with the Old Guard?

[@davidshekleton9908]

@TwoCentsRugby it's evident that you have put a lot of time into these stats. Very impressive!. Just to let you know very much appreciated. Thank you so much.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Cheers for taking the time mate - yeah it's a fair bit of work but I love seeing how it all breaks down for these sides

[@Irish780]

I second that 👍

[@creekyknee]

This man does stats very well. He knows his Rugby too and to be honest I always learn so much from these videos.

[@AodhanP]

Your analysis and knowledge of Irish rugby is seriously impressive. Much love from Ireland 🇮🇪 🇳🇿

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Cheers man!

[@TheBullhannigan]

@TwoCentsRugby I met Tadhg Furlong yesterday, in a pub in Dolphins Barn in Dublin, very unexpectedly for that type of place. He was sitting there having a pint of Guinness and a toastie, as you do (as I'm doing right now actually) and I thought he looked too small to be Tadhg Furlong. But there he was, and me, in a nearly empty pub, and we had a grand aul chat. He's a lovely lad, a softly spoken gentleman. He says he'll be back to business in January. Love your videos, top quality work, and Two Cents Gets Distracted too, great craic altogether. Keep it up, Happy Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year too. Good luck 👍

[@LarryLoudini]

I live around Dolphin’s Barn and it’d be one of the last places I’d expect to see Tadhg!

[@TheBullhannigan]

@LarryLoudini don't get me wrong. Lowes pub is a great little spot, I used to live beside it, but yeah I wasn't expecting to see the greatest Irish prop of all time sitting there on a Tuesday afternoon. It's not exactly a rugby stronghold, the Barn.

[@LarryLoudini]

@ It’s quite close to the Coombe, he may have been wetting the head of some baby!

[@kerrylass2]

@@LarryLoudini I live 25 meters from Lowe's pub and can confirm its a rugby desert in the Barn...maybe thats why he went there for a quiet pint. 😎

[@genericusername370]

@@kerrylass2There’s a Rugby club on the Crumlin road but yes very little Rugby played west of Harold’s cross or Terenure on the south side. One of the last pubs you’d expect to see a Leinster player in the city.

[@jimbo1706]

Great way to start the day. Thank you for a great year of prime rugby analysis and have a great holiday. Love from Ireland

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Glad you enjoyed it mate!

[@thomasgalvin1158]

Never thought in the pre youtube days that we'd have this consistently good of an ireland team for a number of years and we'd be tuning in to top notch ireland analysis on a regular basis from a random punter in new zealand. Its been a great journey and your outside in view from the land where rugby is a religion is always entertaining and very informative! Keep up the great work. And thanks for jgp and lowe, born in nz, made in ireland! Cheers mate!

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

Born in NZ, made in Ireland! Love that! Might have to use it next time I read one of “those” comments, you know the ones I mean. ☘☘

[@JTAIT-b7g]

@@lizzyhanahoe4197 We dont mind NZers playing for Ireland but when you claim to have "made" them when they learned to play rugby in NZ & were good enough to play for NZ Maori then you can expect us to get annoyed.

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

@@JTAIT-b7g No I do not expect you to get annoyed ever. These guys I understand were not given a chance to play for their country because they were not good enough to get into the team then. They were picked up by Ireland to play in our Provinces, and then got into the Ireland team, and have always done well for us. Yes they may have learned to play rugby in NZ by they have grown, in every way, whilst in Ireland.

[@JTAIT-b7g]

@@lizzyhanahoe4197 They are NZ rugby players & the play the game the way NZ rugby players do. Their genetics & NZ rugby pedigree makes them the players they are, if you are playing for NZ Maori you are an elite NZ rugby player & only 1 step away from the AB's. This is the equivalent of a kid who was born & raised in Ireland playing rugby, went through an academy, played for Leinster & Ireland B then left to play in NZ & after qualifying, played for the AB's & us claiming to have made him the player he is. These guys were already elite professional NZ rugby players, that is why they were recruited, most NZers to not begrudge them playing for Ireland but we find your "they were nothing before they came to Ireland" arrogant & insulting.

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

@@JTAIT-b7g I have NEVER started any of my comments on here saying anything insulting nor arrogant to anyone about their team or their country but I admit to retaliating to rude comments about my team or country.

[@Burninglash]

Fascinating series you do. Thanks for all the effort you put in.

[@kerrylass2]

Thanks for all that stellar work on these stats! Yes Ireland, bar Fiji, played only Tier 1 nations this year so not surprising we are low on rotation. Ireland is set to tour Georgia and Romania next Summer in 2025. With the British & Irish Lions Tour underway in Australia it will be the perfect time for the Irish squad to bring in more Emerging ireland players and give them test time.

[@knoll9812]

Loise head very worrying Rest Although first choice have a lot of time the second choices are mostly dependable and gave had game time. Third choices very little time or experience. Need youth in back row. They may come straight from development team after a year.

[@ThembiLewis]

Been loving this. Would be extremely useful to see name labels on the charts so it's easier to keep up while you chat through the numbers

[@daveh2344]

Cheers for your great work in 2024 Mark. Have a great Christmas and new year.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Appreciate it mate!

[@Feeereemeers]

Great analysis. I think a lot of the use of players reflects the Irish system. We don’t have the numbers of a France or South Africa so we need to get more from less elite players. We can rest players more during the season so they can compensate for longer minutes during internationals. Also we are very dependent on the national team winning for the business model to work

[@gideonvanniekerk4252]

The truth is that everyone thinks South Africa have so many players to choose from but this is not true. The most popular sport in South Africa is soccer. Rugby only gets played at Model C schools and is only available to a small portion of the population. Moreover, for caucasians rugby is the primary sport. Caucasians only make up 8% of the entire population. We have a 60% youth unemployment rate - so why people think we have such a large portion of players to choose from is just ridiculous.

[@Feeereemeers]

@ that’s really interesting thank you. I think I made the point about elite players which I hope you don’t mind me commenting that South Africa so produce a good number of (even other national teams benefit from this). Rugby also does not rank particularly highly as a participation sport in Ireland where a relatively small number of rugby schools account for the vast majority of players we produce. There are a lot of rugby fans which is a newish phenomenon but the majority of these people have never played the game to any particular level or had much grass roots rugby exposure.

[@genericusername370]

@@gideonvanniekerk4252 Rugby is a fringe sport in every country except New Zealand. Only France have a comparable player pool size to South Africa, 40% of the Springbok squad for the November internationals are non-white so it’s not like Rugby is completely culturally isolated from the non-white population of the country.

[@JTAIT-b7g]

@@gideonvanniekerk4252 SA have a massive player pool compared to most other countries. 440k registered rugby players compared to countries like NZ who have only 150k registered players. You forget that most rugby playing countries except for SA, France & England are tiny countries that also play other sports.

[@gideonvanniekerk4252]

@@JTAIT-b7g those countries have population sizes that are similar if not larger than South Africa (France, England)? Also look at the wealth of those unions compared to South Africa. Please remember that whilst you mention how tiny those countries are - you once again forget how poor half the population of South Africa is. I repeat “60% of the youth are unemployed”. When considering the populations of other nations such as Australia, France, England, etc - it’s far easier for someone to get access to sports facilities and coaches etc in schools .

[@michaelodonnell824]

Regarding the "Age of player" statistic. A historic feature of Irish internationals is that they get their first cap when they are MUCH older than is usual (Jonny Sexton didn't get his first cap until he was 26). Further, they tend to prolong their careers - so you have far fewer hanging up their international boots at 30 or 31 - as is a typical feature of International players in the Southern Hemisphere. There is some suggestion that "Celtic" bodies mature later than "Polynesians" - though that may just be "pundit talk"... In any case, both Jack Crowley and Sam Prendergast have made the leap to International Rugby at far younger ages than most of their predecessors...

[@Erragall]

Thanks mark - it would be really interesting to see last year's numbers on the overall team charts, and maybe the last 3 years for the team you're focusing on (Ireland here) to see any potential changes in the trends. Great work as always

[@davidcanavan169]

Thanks Mark great info.. it's interesting the age profile correlates with rank 123

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Yeah man I thought that was interesting as well

[@keithcoyne]

Well put together, nice and clean to understand. Good work son. 👍

[@paulnash5500]

There's some great new players around the corner for Ireland. Loose Head prop is a concern, but there's some good talent coming up in. Guess where? Yes, Leinster. There will be some needed team building in the next year, or so. I really do believe Ireland will be stronger in time to reach the next WC quarter final 💪😊

[@Jon-bk2yw]

Well said Paul. I'm picking Ireland to win the grand slam in the 6 nations

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

Why are loose head props so hard to come by? Is that worldwide or just in Ireland? Porter needs some backup, just to give him a rest from time to time.

[@victordastile5204]

No one does rugby stats like Two Cents Rugby. Cheers to you, mate🍺

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Appreciate it mate!

[@keithcoyne]

Love to see Izzy get more game time.

[@darrenbyrne5465]

The loosehead isn't that bad, Jack Boyle was in the Ireland camp, went straight back to Leinster and demolished the Ulster scrum. He's the player coming through that looks most like Cian Healy did when he was that age. And yes he's Leinster but that's because they are producing a staggering amount of young talent.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Fingers crossed he gets some time at test level!

[@edconway8599]

Jeremy loughman is a very good player and should be playing more for Ireland. He plays well for Munster consistently.

[@onlookervb]

Love this series, thanks for doing all the research so we don't have too

[@SearchforScratch]

Strange year for Ireland with all bar Fiji high profile tier 1 games. Some of the stats are even enforced through injury or absence (Sheehan/Furlong/JGP/Aki/Hansen/Keenan). Feel for some of the lads that came in and did well, then moved back out of game time (McCloskey/Nash). Feels a settled side when all fit, new blood needs even more opportunity imho. Interesting tour to Eastern Europe next summer that will be crucial for the next cycle.

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

Really appreciate all the hard work you put into your podcasts Mark, and the early morning rises you have to do to watch NH games! It’s all very much appreciated. Happy Christmas to you and your Dad. 🎄 ☘

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Cheers for taking the time mate! Yeah looking forward to catching up with Gazza over the break too

[@ColmOkeeffe-f8u]

Thanks Mark,, much appreciated,,love listening to you,

[@wesleyfoley5116]

Thanks so much for the video Mark. Watching for the second time 😂 I love yours stats and graphs.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Awesome, thank you mate! I love making these vids in particular!

[@DaveWhitcroftKDMusic]

Love the work Mark and happy Christmas! Just a thought, the charts could maybe use shades of the provinces the Irish players are from: Munster - Red, Leinster - Blue, Connacht -Green, Ulster - White (or saffron)?

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Ah yeah man I hadn't thought of that angle 😅

[@JoeBloggz-x2j]

Ah love the Depth charts, or as you say 'Dipth' chart.

[@Natedawg38]

Well done 2C, cracking stuff. What a year! Actually not too worried about our depth but we need backup loosehead and scrumhalf projects in 2025, seriously like. Murray wont be with us much longer i imagine and Healys probably the same. Having real difficulty getting the revamped old school lions shirts online as a side note, grrrrr why dont they make moreeeee.

[@cathalsheehan9596]

Andy Farrell has a philosophy where you have to earn you're stripes and as a result doesn't just hand out caps like confetti compared to other teams, that's why he uses Emerging Ireland/Ireland XV to look at players and if they impress there or in training they'll get a chance in the first team like Prendergast/G.McCarthy this autumn. As a result though you're more likely to get impressive performances out of these players under these circumstances when they have to work for their cap than if its handed to them like, for example, Joe McCarthy & Jack Crowley in 2024 6N...got their first proper starts v France and looked right at home.

[@annel6265]

In teams like Toulouse, you earn your right to play in the next game depending on the way you perform in training and your current form, so not so different from what Andy Farrell's philosophy seems to be.

[@davidwalker2402]

Ireland have only played 1 tier 2 nation this year Fiji 6 nations was important not too change and SA series. I think many players will be given more minutes next year.

[@johncahalane7327]

Correct 1 to 10 in 2024 Ireland were the only team in the top 10 to play ALL the other 9 teams, South Africa in South Africa twice...and actually explains why 42 players were used and Ireland are still No 2 ..

[@jaykaye594]

POM is the old dog for the hard road.

[@olafenbrau]

The haggard badger …. I think was the nickname he got in the last World Cup. What a warrior… some performance by him this week in the champions cup.

[@gavinoreilly9907]

Irish Man with a South African wife… watching both videos back to back was not good for my mental health 😳 love your work mate, been an early adopter and both my Irish and SA mates.. loving your work!

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Man that must be an interesting dynamic in your household 😁

[@briangallagher6564]

a greater piece of work. Well done

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@barrysweeney7102]

Cheers, TC!

[@philipPatterson-w1t]

Thanks

[@TwoCentsRugby]

No problem!

[@ThePat1962]

Excellent stats. I think Porter is the greatest concern.

[@paulmurray7733]

Many thanks for your homework. Surprised at the number of new caps being awarded by some countries. Like NZ and IRL , keep it tight I say, the honour is mighty and should be well earned. How many of the new SA caps are truly worthy of being called Springbok ? As for IRL, we have many lads playing a high standard of Schools rugby. Our U20 record is improving all the time, despite our relative physical lightness. Most young lads move through Provincial Academies that are top notch (and in the case of the Leinster Academy, World Class) with excellent coaching and expertise. Their Provinces routinely qualify for the knock out stages of the URC or Europe, which is a great environment to develop in. The recently finessed concept of an Emerging IRL XV is a good innovation. It’s deliberately a testing and closely monitored touring environment for players. Then you earn your cap. I think it’s a great platform for staying in the World Top 6 indefinitely and to win, one fine day, a World Cup.

[@LarryLoudini]

As an Ireland fan…this video is painfully and brutally true… Porter will likely combust and just fall apart at this point

[@TheRPMD]

A lot of the Irish depth issues come from the injuries at munster. Loughman and Jager in particular would have got a lot more minutes, and Porter and Bealham fewer if they had been fit the whole year.

[@KewKew-do3kq]

Very Doubtful

[@johncahalane7327]

One of the issues with Ireland people bring up is age and who takes over for retirement of key players, for me Porter is an issue but the panic and meltdown over Sexton mainly overseas is a bit of mischief I believe, Jack Crowley, Sam Prendergas, and Kerin Fawley were all there already,there is backup to them too in Jack Murphy and even young Butler in Munster ,many of Emerging Ireland team you have seen Kendellen,Jack Aunger,both Adogbo brothers, the other Prendergas brother, Gleeson ,Matt Devine at scrum half in Connacht will play for Ireland he is 22 years old ,Im sure I left others out here ,watch the Champions Cup in the next few weeks! Some will put their hands up and push into the reckoning......I keep saying too Calon Doris was doing his secondary school exams during the 2019 World Cup...had not heard of him outside Connacht and Leinster then... Ollie Jager will be in the reckoning soon too,as will Dan Sheehan...change is afot change can be good or bad, we will see in 2025..

[@tomgreene1843]

Thanks for a great analysis ....Ireland will have a few elder statesmen fall away through pruning and gardening leave.

[@Camcolito]

Porter is a freak. We're so used to it now. The minutes he does at prop at that level is not normal.

[@neillfotheringham211]

Would like to see Healy,O'Mahony and Murray step back. Gus McCarthy very promising. Badly need more cover at 1. Prendergast,Timoney and Coombes more game time. Although Frawley could be a 10 I like him as a utility back similar to Osborne and O'Brien. Think the Byrnes are done

[@charlottescott7150]

Fantastic again Mark. I was thinking about your question (perhaps on Patreon) is Maro Itoje the England player who played 100% of the minutes?

[@TwoCentsRugby]

You got it Charlotte!

[@robinwolahan6303]

Great stats as always my man 🤓

[@Analytical2000]

I think next year will be the year when the youth will be giving their opportunity to stake a claim for a green jersey. While Andy Farrell is on sabbatical for the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, Ireland will be coached by Simon Easterby who coaches the Emerging Ireland teams and Ireland is due to tour Georgia and Romania during the summer of next year.

[@neilmontgomery3470]

Excellent piece of analysis.I do think next year will see more test time for younger players and a few of the older ones to retire. The situation with Porter is not good but I think there's young loose heads coming up. Whether they will get enough exposure before the next world cup is doubtful.

[@Dreyno]

The thing is, there’s a third Six Nations in a row on the line. Very hard to turn your nose up at that sort of prize. I can see them going full bore for it, especially with England and France at home. We’ll see a scatter of players on the summer tour but I’m not sure what that will tell us against Georgia dnd Romania. Hopefully next November we see more young talent tried out.

[@9502937]

I have a feeling 2025 will see some departures and more younger players getting game time. I trust there’s a plan to have a strong team in place for 2027.

[@patrickcoote8441]

A 10 test match vs a 14 match sample size and the quality of opposition will have a big impact. Ireland will likely use a lot more next year because of the lions and the teams they will play in the summer. Before this review I would have said Farrell needs to focus on loose head, (Jack Boyle or Sam Illo) no.7 (Ruadhán Quinn or put Doris there and bring in Coombs) open side and 13 for depth. If Osbourne becomes a 15 it would make sense as we have a few quality centres coming through (Jude Postlethwaite, Cathal Ford, Hugh Gavin).

[@mrhairyman]

Props: Loughman, O'Toole, Jager, Furlong, Kilcoyne all been injured this year. Munster had to dip into the amateur ranks for prop coverage this year.

[@michaelodonnell824]

Jack Conan was injured for the Autumn Internationals...so, it's a bit skewed by that...

[@johngleeson7589]

Gus mc carthy like a Duck to water. Love it 😀

[@Zveebo]

Great work - loving the stats. Sorry if I’ve missed it, but are you including subs in these figures or just starters?

[@tvpc3194]

Connacht have a lot of young future Ireland backs coming though and sam illo at th

[@KewKew-do3kq]

Yes Hugh Gavin is the Irish sbw with a mix of bod. Best player I have seen coming through the Irish system.

[@Hogie336]

Casey needs a run in the team. Give JGP, VDF, Furlong and Porter a sabbatical

[@OscarOSullivan]

An example being Josh Van De Flier, excellent openside flanker but at 31 his career will be in its twilight phase. Who will succeed him my pick would be John Hodnett, Nick Timoney or Gavin Coombes.

[@genericusername370]

Timoney is only a couple years younger than Josh, Coombes is not an openside and Hodnett is seemingly no longer the starting man at Munster. Kendellan could be in with a shout or if Brian Gleason is as good as advertised then Doris could shift to 7.

[@x31415]

Looking at the stats later in the video I feel like France is definitely going to be the team to beat in the next world cup.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Yeah there's definitely some depth being built there - but not many of the guys who went on the tour of the Americas have played with the big gun guys at test level

[@TheCholopolo209]

We still have nonone to really cover the number 7 the way Van Der Flier has. Maybe O'Donaghue, Coombes or Deegan could be brought in. A replacement for Porter will be difficult to find.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Will Connors if he can stay fit maybe, although even he is 28 already

[@keithcoyne]

Deffo need to give a few of the younger lads more big game time .

[@gezzarandom]

Just hope in 2025 Ireland start to bring in some younger talent because there is plenty of it, even if it means dropping a few games.

[@InsanelyIrish]

I dont like how unwilling Farrell is to bleed in young players. He says we don't have depth but he rarely takes the risk.

[@x-latetv-x6816]

I want shane daly in the ireland squad

[@ronanfurlong2708]

I'm less worried about our depth than I am about the ages of some of our starters and their blocking of minutes to those behind them. For instance, if POM starts the 6n I'll be pulling my hair out. The depth chart across all the positions is pretty good - even when taking the age of current starters into account - as we have some very good young players coming through. LH - Boyle, P McCarthy, Usanov are all ones to watch in the coming years, but for now we're doing ok with Porter, Loughman and O'Toole Hooker - Sheehan, Kelleher, G McCarthy and Stewart are all around for another 5-10 years. Lee Barron will be another one to watch. TH - while Bealham and Furlong are getting on a bit Jager, Clarkson and Niall Smyth (a name for the future) have plenty of time left Lock - McCarthy and Ryan have plenty of fuel in the tank even if Beirne and Henderson are the wrong side of 30. Izuchukwu, Baird and youngsters like O'Connell and Spicer can hopefully fill any gaps in years to come Back row - as mentioned POM needs to be eased out. He's been a great servant but isn't consistently at the pace of international rugby anymore. Izuchukwu, Aherne, Deegan, Premdergast, Coombes, Kendellen, Hodnett, Timoney Sheridan etc can all come in and do a job in the event of any injuries to what I think should be our backrow quartet in any squad (JVDF, Doris, Conan, Baird) Halfbacks - we're in good shape here with Crowley, prendergast,, H Byrne, Casey, Blade and the likes of Gunne and Murphy coming through. JGP will be impossible to replace for any team in fairness Centres - Osborne is a real depth chart success story recently and keep an eye out for the likes of Cathal Forde, Hugh Gavin and Jude Postlethwaite also. Ringrose and Henshaw are as good as ever while Aki and McCloskey aren't finished just yet. Wingers - Lowe is getting on a bit and is kinda unique, so he'll be a big loss. Hopefully stockdales recent resurgence continues and JOB, Larmour, Nash, Hansen, and the likes of Tommy O'Brien (if he ever gets some luck with injuries) will keep things ticking along nicely FB - Keenan, Frawley and in years to come there's a young lad (name withheld 😊), who hasn't even played for Leinster yet, who I think will be getting capped for Ireland at fullback within 2 years

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Yeah man I can't help but feel a lot of the guys you've mentioned will be getting a crack sooner rather than later!

[@johnpaulmcdonnell6562]

what do gavin coombes and rob balacoon have to do to get in.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Yeah man I think Coombes is unlucky with how good Doris is going - otherwise he's surely in there

[@knoll9812]

Irish pool is small. Therefore rotation will be slow. In the last year they have started. Remember gaa has 200 000 players. Rugby is fringe. Will never have numbers if sa and nz Part if rotation is accepting lising games. Ireland coukd rotatw uf they accept lising 5n and . Given the outcry of ireland performance in autumn when they pkayed a fewvnew pkayers and underperformed....

[@fergalohearga9594]

I'm starting to sour on Farrell ... not only because I'm a Munster partisan, but more so that he is sticking with people he prefers personally rather than relying on form--contrary to what he often says. Since he has come back from injury, Hansen has gotten all minutes on the wing, with Nash getting absolutely none--despite Hansen's relatively poor form and Nash's excellence in the Six Nations. As far as Lowe goes, I can't recall his last great 50/22 with the left boot and he seems underpowered at present. Keenan has long been a safe pair of hands, but when has he ever been known to really carve a line through defenders? Whereas there are a number of overlooked back three in the other provinces who aren't even been given a shirt once ... so I'm worried about our future.

[@JKMeZmA]

It’s interesting seeing Ireland despite their systems, having a lot of players who’ll either retire or may not make it to the next World Cup let alone after: James lowe, Bundee Aki, Jamieson Gibson Park, Peter O’mahoney, Iain Henderson, Tadgh Furlong, Tadgh Beirne, Rob Herring, Stuart McCloskey, Robbie Henshaw, Jack Conan, Conor Murray, Finlay Beelham. It’s a bit concerning. Also side note as a Scot, how come Scotland gets all the noise about “foreign” players (though I don’t think it matters at all about any who have heritage) when the Irish have more then the Scot’s now? 😂 (3 - 2).

[@kristian762]

I wonder if Porter would get any game time if he was a South African prop. I reckon I'd rather see Ox, Kitsy, Steenekamp, Du Toit and even Koch play ahead of him at loosehead. Am I wrong?

[@ciaranbrk]

Yeah Porter has a bigger engine and better hands and is very aggressive at scrum time. His only flaw is he can be too aggressive and attack at the wrong time.

[@daithipol]

​@ciaranbrk it's frustrating that props are getting pinged for mullering your opposite man. Maybe our issue is at TH. If we have a TH who can keep up with Porter the refs would be more sympathetic

[@kristian762]

@ciaranbrk I don't rate him as a scrummager, he doesnt have the raw power to get dominance he has to play dirty and hope the ref doesnt notice. He definately gets stuck into it in the loose though, can't fault his effort.

[@michaelmoynihan9591]

Kristen fact is he is good scrumager your typical bias saffie . Hilarious anti irish.i recall he done well against saffies last time actually kept ye tryless. So he must be doing alright.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wlk2408]

​​@@michaelmoynihan9591 Mate when Porter, and Furlong played for Leinster against the Bulls in the URC semi final, Wilco Louw and Steenekamp destoyed them in the scrum. I like Porter for his attitude and aggression but I won't rate him as a top scrummager.

[@relpmat]

I can believe Mccarthy is 23. without his beard he looks like a child.

[@foxyboiiyt3332]

Everyone knows its all about Leinster. If you wanna play in Green you gotta play in Blue

[@LFire12]

Did you even watch the video? Bealham, Beirne, POM, Casey, Murray, Cian Prendergast, Herring, Henderson, Hansen, Aki, O'Toole, Izuchukwu...take the huge (and never ending!) chip off your shoulder.

[@JoeBloggz-x2j]

Chill, The Grumpster is at it again!

[@RazorMouth]

Pathetic troll attempt.

[@jimsquire-chestnuts8381]

As a South African I love this. Really happy to see Sexton back. Andy is obviously trying to ensure another quarter final exit in Australia.

[@MrJonnyd81]

Yeah but we will probably be at SA again 😂 hard luck you didn't win the summer series at home 😂😂😂😂😂