Eddie O'Sullivans changes for Ireland Vs. France?

Question

15. Girvan Dempsey

14. Shane Horgan

13 – Brian O’Driscoll

12 – Gordon D’Arcy

11 – Andrew Trimble

10 – Ronan O’Gara

9 – Eoin Reddan

1 – Marcus Horan

2 – Jerry Flannery

3 – John Hayes

4 – Donncha O’Callaghan

5 – Paul O’Connell

6 – Simon Easterby

7 – David Wallace

8 – Denis Leamy

Replacements:

16 – Frankie Sheahan

17 – Simon Best

18 – Malcolm O’Kelly

19 – Neil Best

20 – Isaac Boss

21 – Paddy Wallace

22 – Gavin Duffy

Stringer has gotten the complete axe from the squad and so has hickie. I think it was fair to get rid of hickie but replacing Murphy with Duffy is a joke, Murphy has done nothing wrong, o sullivan hasnt given him match time. and giving reddan the go ahead over Boss who has been on the bench is a disaster....there should have been simple swaps, boss for stringer, and trimble for hickie. Best is injured but he would have faced the axe too.....Duffy though? what was o sullivan thinking? Opinions on the team and irelands disaster form to date (5 games in a row)

Answer 1

Nothing much I can say, but guess the coach knows best. Irish, anyway, didn't give a good account of them selves the last time out. 14-10 against Georgia is seriously pathetic. So anybody who's somebody will want to change something. If you can get through France, you're pretty much home and dry till the QFs, but then getting over the Les Blues after their opening day humiliation is the problem. Coming 2nd in the group is really no point 'cause it'll be the ABs in the QFs.