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Given both England and Wales look better when the kick deep and defend aggressively it could be a bit of a bore fest on Saturday. If Wales go out and try to run riot I think they'll be giving the advantage to England. Given Wales have the stronger set piece they should keep it simple and if they...

Reddan and McFadden out for Ireland at the weekend, according to the Irish Times Gilroy Sexton and Fitzpatrick will be available again Would like to see: Healy, Cronin, Fitzpatrick, Tuohy, McCarthey, Henderson, SOB, Heaslip, Murray, Sexton, Fitzgerald, Marshall, BOD, Gilroy, Kearney Cronin...

I'll be there, was planning on taking it easy on the beer this week but have a feeling I'll need a few before/during/after this one!

I'd probably go for a backline of: Lucas Barnes Mitchell AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) Horne Turner Folau However I'd wager only one of Barnes and Horne will play.

Dan Cole hasn't had a great 6 nations at all, I think their front row misses the illegal scrumming of Corbiserio. Can see Wales doing something similar to Ireland a few years ago, and blowing England away at the set piece and using it as a foundation to win the game. How often would Wales have...

I wouldn''t say that Warburton has booked his place, he did look like he was coming into form against the Scots another good performance and he is right in the mix. The back row is very competitive, SOB and Heaslip looked very good for Ireland. Haven't seen any of the England game so can't...

I think we need Barnes at 10 for this one if he is fit. Izzy back to 15 and Turner should get a start, hopefully Paddy Ryan gets a go from the start as well. Too many poor performances to mention in the pack this week, changes are defiantly needed just not sure which ones.

Not a great game to sit through I must say, our halfbacks were so poor our attack was so predictable all night and they rarely tried anything different other than shovelling the ball along the line. This is a worrying trend that developed with other Alan Gaffney coached teams in Ireland, once...

I wouldn't worry Kidney will be out the door, Mike Ruddock the u-20's coach will get the job for the summer tour I reckon. Hopefully the IRFU will do whatever it takes to get Joe Schmidt to take the job

Shocking use of the bench by Kidney again. Only one more match until the bluffer is gone, hope Luke Marshall is ok for next week. Would like to see Cronin get more than 4 seconds as well

My bad I couldn't have been bothered looking through the thread again. I'll maybe see you in there before the game

Just about to head out the door to drive down. Heart says Tahs by 3, head says Brumbies by 6. Braveheart81 did you book the Wig & Pen for after the game?

Reports in the Irish papers yesterday said that Ross, after the Ireland England game, was told by Graham Rowntree that he'd be going on the tour. Obviously we have to take it at face value but, if true this means the tightheads are Ross, Cole and Jones I'd assume

His pass whilst not perfect is infinitely better than McKibbens loopy, takes an age to reach the outhalf pass

Phipps is a very good signing, it will be nice to have a scrum half with a decent pass!

Well done Stephen Archer didn't think he'd be this close to the Ireland set up at the start of the season, however I would say if Ross goes down early it won't be pretty. I know Archer has improved this season but still varies between average and awful. I hope Mad Dog gets a good 25 minutes off...

One of Ireland big regrets after winning the slam in 09 has to be that they couldn't tour NZ or South Africa with a fully fit squad on a roll straight after. However lets be fair so long as the IRFU are making a lot of cash out of the Lions Irish players will be playing. As much as I enjoy...

Could we see some analysis this week instead of players not really giving anything away. I'm pretty sure every question asked to Folau we've seen him asked this season.

Unfortunately I don't think it'll help Itlay, they usually cop a beating at Twickers and I can't see this changing this year.

3. The Tahs keep the ball alive, play at a high pace with accuracy, force the Brumbies into errors and build a lead