Haha wit all honesty best of luck to sexton against­ south africa iv been hoping kidney would see sense in­ giving the young lad a chance against the best of­ opposition

Thanks!

Very impressive lads, but his accent wont affect the­ score.

Shane - In a few words - excellent description.

Haha il b happy to answer tat for ya man a d4 is a­ common stereotype of a person from the wealthy south­ area of dublin more commonly the Dublin 4 area. They­ are very smug love indie music lik block party and the­ kooks and hav a distinctive accent. they love rugby and­ are die hard leinster fans

I agree totally with decision to play Sexton, I like O­ Gara and he has done nothing to suggest he is dropped­ for playing reasons. But the South Africa game, though­ a test match is a game with little at stake. Therefore­ you have to try Sexton against quality opposition. I­ hope he does well which I beleive he will. A replacment­ for Hayes is badly needed. He is nearing the end of a­ long tough career. Id like to see a replacement coming­ in and tried out this weekend. The Bull surely wont be­ playing in the next WC!!!

What the hell is a "D4" accent ??, as a­ Welshman please excuse my ignorance.

While i cant deny im disappointed for O Gara, Kidney­ mustve made the right choice in his mind, and since he­ has never been wrong before its wrong to disagree with­ his decision. He'll probably be proven right. Im­ just happy Sexton doesnt have a D4 accent either, not­ having one makes him much more likeable.

I'm impressed Kidney had the balls to drop­ O'Gara for this one. Right choice as well in my­ mind but I thought he'd take the old dog for the­ hard road as they say. He just keeps on doing the right­ things.
And, at home with Ireland playing well, with­ both teams at full strength I really believe we could­ beat them. Doesn't matter now though.

I forgot to say im delighted to see sexton included. he­ should take it in his stride.
The change at 10 was well­ managed by Kidney, even if most of us were calling for­ rog's head before the first test. ROG still has a­ lot to offer and the competition should be great ovet­ the next couple of years, but at the moment Sexton is­ the right man for the job.

Im inclined to agree with Markear.
On paper they should­ beat us. On the day they will edge the lineout. The­ scrums should be about even. They will win the­ breakdown but our backs are superior.
Our pack will­ need to front up if we're going to beat them and I­ think they will.

Theres no shortage of motivation for­ our lads after the lions tour, while I reckon the boks­ just want to go home at this stage. The stunning­ november weather cant be helping their preparations­ either.
Add in home advantage, 84000 Irish supporters­ and the fact that the boks are knackered and id say we­ ought to handle them. I wouldnt be betting the house on­ it though.

I expect it'll be a bad tempered match­ (how could it be any other way with boks in it?) but­ unless they're out of sight by the last quarter­ they'll be there for the taking.

should be a good game, definitely come out on top­ though, pretty amazing bench to be fair as well

Markear

I'm sure he just meant to say: "­ gotta love SOME of the irish, (but not all of them­ because they are all individuals in their own right and­ with many differing levels of literacy and­ humour)"

No ptohej, I'm just a realist. If the SA team was­ full strenght and we played them on neutral territory­ they would beat us 9 times out of 10. I think we have a­ very good team right now but that SA team is one of the­ best international teams that I have seen in a long­ time.

'With the number of injuries that­ SA have and home­ advantage, I reckon we can win.' Markear, what­ defeatism is this??
We could beat them at full­ strength!!
C'mon Ireland!!!

Re Matthew; so just because one individual cannot spell­ you decide to paint all the Irish with the same brush.­ That's one hell of a generalization.
As for­ Kidney's decision to play Sexton, I am delighted to­ see he is playing players who are in form unlike what­ Eddie O'Sullivan used to do. This is what the­ autumn tests are for. With the number of injuries that­ SA have and home advantage, I reckon we can win.

7 Munster
5 leinster
2 ulster (1 osprey)

For some­ reason i was convinced leinster had the majority, but i­ guess with fitzgerald out... irrelevant anywho. Brave­ decision by kidney but prob the right one. Ireland to­ win by 4

Timbcaycgi... Everything you have wrote is spot­ on.

But it was hard making sense of it at times, now I­ can forgive the majority of spelling and mistakes....­ but Kearney, Bowe and Fitzgerald are all written­ above!!

Got to love the Irish!

Although I do hope you­ smash South Africa at the weekend!! :oD

This is a good selection as Sexton is now the obvious­ number 10 to replace O Gara. Sexton is a consistent­ kicker thats true but to get the game craft like when­ to kick for the sideline or point at the posts he needs­ games. What would happen if Ogara was to get injured in­ a six nantions game and was out for the season we would­ expect Sexton to slot rifgr in without any real­ experiance lets forget figi last week that was not a­ true chalange for sexton my local club number 10 could­ have played that game against less than ordinary­ opposistion. Figi are minos noting but the scrapings­ off the teeth of the all blacks who are not all that­ goos might i add with out Carter there beatable by any­ good international side. So butting Sexton in against­ south africa is a good idea at least then the irish­ managemant will see if he can handle big games. Sexton­ will be the irish number 10 at the next world cup and­ with the recent findings such as karney boye and­ fitsgearald ireland have a true chance of been in the­ shake up at the end of the tournament in Karney we have­ the best fb in the game in the centre we have the best­ paring in world rugby. Things are good for the future­ in irish rugby.

well done Declan Kidney these are the games that­ players like Jonathan Sexton should be playing to bring­ there careers on. Roanan Ogara has been a great servant­ to irish rugby but the younger player have to be­ brought on and given game time especially against the­ best in the world south africa.