2019 Rugby World Cup Draw

[willie wacker]

Willie, you are so correct, only reason Marmion stayed with Connacht was the chance of playing for Ireland, he wont want to be involved in that set up again and who would blame him, he will leave Connacht next season and could you blame him, his partnership with Carty would have been wonderful.

Yep so true
I remember him once saying that he would have to leave Connacht to make the Irish, but he was convinced to stay , now all his chickens and the nightmare he saw has now happened

[robbie9]

McGrath saved a certain try against wales , i think that was difference between him and marmion but it's small margins.

i'd be very surprised if there are no injuries so toner might get called up after all.

[RickyBobby]

McGrath saved a certain try against wales , i think that was difference between him and marmion but it's small margins.

i'd be very surprised if there are no injuries so toner might get called up after all.

With the rate of attrition these days you could see a few getting a late call up. Tough on Toner and Marmion, that's for sure.

[RickyBobby]

Full squad here, 14 Leinster, 12 Munster, 3 Ulster and 2 Connaught. Complete with Japanese spelling!

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2019/09/02...p-squad-named/

[willie wacker]

https://rugbylad.ie/heres-reckon-dev...rld-cup-squad/

Maybe this is the reason Toner was omitted

[westcorklad]

You were right robbie, johnny starts. Joe names a near full strength team for the final warm up game. Its probably near to the team he will pick for the scotland game, apart from, stockdale, peter o mahony and iain henderson. Wales also name a strong team.

This will be the final home match for Joe Schmidt and Rory Best. Hopefully it will be a fitting send off. I will go for a win by 5 to 7 points for the Irish.

[robbie9]

I think we need to have a good lead going into half time as the players wales have on the bench are just ridiculous

[westcorklad]

It ends 19-10 to Ireland. Much improved performances over the last 2 matches and hopefully this form will continue into the World Cup. The Boys in Green will also be number 1 in the world rankings going into the tournament which may or may not be of benefit for them. It will certainly increase the expectations and as we saw in recent World Cups they have not handled that too well.

[westcorklad]

Ireland keep wales scoreless in the 2nd half and win 19-10. Overall a good performance and maybe we will have a bit of confidence going into the world cup. Which of todays teams will go further in the world cup?

Assuming both teams get out of their pools, Ireland will most likely play the All Blacks or the Springboks in the last eight while the Dragons could meet any of England, France or Argentina at the same stage. In that scenario I would be fearful for Ireland`s chances of going any further but time will tell.

[westcorklad]

Latest odds on World Cup champions

New Zealand 5/4
England 4/1
South Africa 9/2
Ireland 8/1
Wales 9/1
Australia 12/1
France 25/1
Scotland 40/1
Argentina 40/1
Japan 150/1
Fiji 500/1
Italy 750/1
Georgia 750/1
Samoa 1000/1
Tonga 1000/1
Russia 2000/1
USA 2000/1
Canada 2000/1
Uruguay 5000/1
Namibia 5000/1