Scotland v Ireland

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 GPR - Rochester wrote:

 Airdaa wrote:

To those that think Irelands current position is just a flash in the pan, look at their performance in the U20 6N Champoinship over the last number of years and you will see the number of young players who are coming through.The talk-in the UK media was that Ireland would find it hard to replace Johnny Sexton but now Ireland have a real problem at Out half in that it is hard to decide between Prendegrat or Crawley not to mention Frawley any of whom would make the current Welsh team and at least one could be in Aus this summer.
One of the problems for the provinces is the number of good young players coming through that need game time but aren’t getting it because of the numbers.

Ulster have been devastated by injuries in their back line but have been forced to play a backline made up with players in their very early 20’s yes the results may not have been as good as we had  hoped but they have performed and hopefully have learned.
The experience of playing against Toulouse, Bordeaux and Tigers has been worthwhile.
The team  have started to overcome the financial mismanagement of our last CEO who left problems to be picked up after he left.
Ulster now have a plastic pitch which is probably as popular as the WRU Hotel.
So whilst we have had some problems which with a change in management and coaching staff we are on the road to recovery and the same could be true in Wales if they continue to change management and coaches.

Good post Airdaa. For sure Crawley & Prendergast are very good players. Frawley to me is an accident waiting to happen. Don't think anyone is suggesting that Ireland's rise is a flash in the pan. My observation , agree or not, is that there are a lot of 32+ players coming to the end of their careers together. For instance surely there are alternatives coming through to replace Healy, Murray & O'Mahoney. 

What is the general opinion of Murphy now that he has been in place a while. His obvious connection to the 20's side should see some positives for Ulster provided he is given time. 

Dont worry about us! We're the best for a reason, we'll transition these players and replace them with players just as good as per usual!