Six Nations The Turd (ahem The Third)

[Swiss Tony]

CM's XV

R Kearney (Leinster); T Bowe (Ospreys), B O'Driscoll (Leinster capt), G D'Arcy (Leinster), A Trimble (Ulster); R O'Gara (Munster), T O'Leary (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), J Flannery (Munster), J Hayes (Munster); D O'Callaghan (Munster), P O'Connell (Munster), K McLaughlin (Leinster), D Wallace (Munster), J Heaslip (Leinster).

Replacements: R Best (Ulster), T Court (Ulster), L Cullen (Leinster), S O'Brien (Leinster), E Reddan (Leinster), P Wallace (Ulster), K Earls (Munster).

Sexton is out with a leg injury

[Swiss Tony]

Neeps and Tatties XV

C Paterson (Edinburgh); T Evans (Glasgow), M Evans (Glasgow), G Morrison (Glasgow), S Lamont (Scarlets); P Godman (Edinburgh), C Cusiter (Glasgow); A Dickinson (Gloucester), R Ford (Edinburgh), M Low (Glasgow), N Hines (Leinster), A Kellock (Glasgow), K Brown (Glasgow), J Barclay (Glasgow), J Beattie (Glasgow).

Replacements: S Lawson (Gloucester), A Jacobsen (Edinburgh), R Gray (Glasgow), A MacDonald (Edinburgh), R Lawson (Gloucester), A Grove (Worcester), H Southwell (Stade Francais).

[Mich the Tester]

My choice (just minor changes to starting line up)

England: D Armitage (London Irish); B Foden (Northampton); M Tait (Sale Sharks), R Flutey (Brive), U Monye (Harlequins); J Wilkinson (Toulon),N E Onebutdannycare (Old Tosspotians 3rd XV); T Payne (Wasps), D Hartley (Northampton), D Wilson (Bath), S Shaw (Wasps), S Borthwick (Saracens, capt), S Armitage (London Irish), L Moody (Leicester), N Easter (Harlequins).

Replacements: S Thompson (Brive), D Cole (Leicester), L Deacon (Leicester), J Haskell (Stade Francais), P Hodgson (London Irish), T Flood (Leicester), M Cueto (Sale Sharks).

Ball boy; D Care (Harlequins)

Just give me a name of a half decent scrum half who doesn't get sent off for picking fights with Celts that are twice his size and I'll pick him.

[Mich the Tester]

In an ideal world of eternal youth;

1 A Sheridan
2 B Moore
3 J Leonard
4 M Johnson
5 P Ackford
6 Mick the Munch
7 P Winterbottom
8 A Ripley
9 M Dawson
10 J Wilkinson
11 R Underwood
12 S Halliday
13 W Greenwood
14 D Duckham
15 J Robinson

Reserves;
B Beaumont, D Richards, J Probyn, D Morris, R Andrew, M Tindall, C Oti

Debate the omissions if you like.

[cailin maith]

R Kearney (Leinster); T Bowe (Ospreys), B O'Driscoll (Leinster capt), G D'Arcy (Leinster), A Trimble (Ulster); R O'Gara (Munster), T O'Leary (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), J Flannery (Munster), J Hayes (Munster); D O'Callaghan (Munster), P O'Connell (Munster), K McLaughlin (Leinster), D Wallace (Munster), J Heaslip (Leinster).

Replacements: R Best (Ulster), T Court (Ulster), L Cullen (Leinster), S O'Brien (Leinster), E Reddan (Leinster), P Wallace (Ulster), K Earls (Munster).

Sexton is out with a leg injury

Erm Tony, thats not the name of my team

[oracleslave]

Erm Tony, thats not the name of my team

Did you just choose the players with your favourite colour jersey?

[cailin maith]

Did you just choose the players with your favourite colour jersey?

Pretty much

Unfortunatly I can't simply pick the whole of the Leinster team

[Mich the Tester]

Pretty much

Unfortunatly I can't simply pick the whole of the Leinster team

No, but if you just picked the whole Munster team they'd have a pretty good chance.

[Swiss Tony]

Lamb and Leeks XV

Wales team to face England:

Lee Byrne (Ospreys); Tom James (Blues), James Hook (Ospreys), Jamie Roberts (Blues), Shane Williams (Ospreys); Stephen Jones (Scarlets); Gareth Cooper (Blues); Gethin Jenkins (Blues), Gareth Williams (Blues), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Luke Charteris (Dragons), Andy Powell (Blues), Martyn Williams (Blues), Ryan Jones (Ospreys, capt).

Replacements: Huw Bennett (Ospreys), Paul James (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Blues), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), Richie Rees (Blues), Andrew Bishop (Ospreys), Leigh Halfpenny (Blues).

[Swiss Tony]

Je me rends!

France:

Clement Poitrenaud (Toulouse); Benjamin Fall (Bayonne), Mathieu Bastareaud (Stade Francais), Yannick Jauzion (Toulouse), Aurelien Rougerie (Clermont Auvergne); Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Morgan Parra (Clermont); Thomas Domingo (Clermont), William Servat (Toulouse), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Lionel Nallet (Racing-Metro), Pascal Pape (Stade Francais), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse, capt), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz).

Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski (Stade Francais), Luc Ducalcon (Castres), Julien Pierre (Clermont), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse), David Marty (Perpignan), Vincent Clerc (Toulouse).