Scotland vs Ireland this weekend

[jargan83]

A few positions yet to be named, but the Scottish side is as follows (those that are named)

1 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh)
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh)
3 Euan Murray (Northampton Saints)
4 Nathan Hines (Perpignan)
5 Scott MacLeod (Llanelli Scarlets)
6 Alasdair Strokosch (Gloucester)
7 TBC
8 TBC
9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh) CAPTAIN
10 Chris Paterson (Gloucester)
11 Rory Lamont (Sale Sharks)
12 Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Warriors)
13 Simon Webster (Edinburgh)
14 Nikki Walker (Ospreys)
15 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh)

Substitutes:

16 Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Warriors)
17 Gavin Kerr (Edinburgh)
18 Jim Hamilton (Leicester Tigers)
19 TBC
20 Chris Cusiter (Perpignan)
21 Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors)
22 Nick De Luca (Edinburgh)

[Thequeerone]

Ireland have made one enforced change for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations match against Scotland with Eoin Reddan replacing Isaac Boss on the bench.

Boss, a try-scoring substitute against England, was yesterday ruled out of the trip to Murrayfield with a shoulder injury sustained while on Magners League duty for Ulster at the weekend.

Wasps scrum-half Reddan, who has a solitary Test appearance under his belt, fills the vacancy among the substitutes where he will provide cover for Peter Stringer.

Unsurprisingly Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan made no further changes to the side that thrashed England 43-13 at Croke Park 11 days ago.

Victory over Scotland would complete Ireland's third Triple Crown in four years and extend their winning sequence against the Scots to seven games.

The team will be captained by Brian O'Driscoll for the 36th time and will therefore equal the record for captaining Ireland at international level, which is held by Keith Wood.

Ireland team:
G Dempsey (Leinster)
S Horgan (Leinster)
B O'Driscoll (Leinster, capt)
G D'Arcy (Leinster)
D Hickie (Leinster)
R O'Gara (Munster)
P Stringer (Munster)
M Horan (Munster)
R Best (Ulster)
J Hayes (Munster)
D O'Callaghan (Munster)
P O'Connell (Munster)
S Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets)
D Wallace (Munster)
D Leamy (Munster)

Replacements: J Flannery (Munster), S Best (Ulster), N Best (Ulster), M O'Driscoll (Munster), E Reddan (Wasps), P Wallace (Ulster), A Trimble (Ulster)

[jargan83]

And the Irish side

1 - Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster) 53
2 - Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Leinster) 6
3 - John Hayes (Bruff/Munster) 81
4 - Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 42
5 - Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster) 13
6 - Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster) 29
7 - David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster) 43
8 - Jamie Heaslip (Clontarf/Leinster) 5
9 - Eoin Reddan (London Wasps) 7
10 - Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster) 79
11 - Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 3
12 - Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster) 21
13 - Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) 81 (capt)
14 - Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 10
15 - Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster) 80

Replacements:

16 - Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster) 19
17 - Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster) 4
18 - Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) 49
19 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets) 63
20 - Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster) 80
21 - Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster) 6
22 - Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster) 58

Not Considered:

Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster) {wrist}
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) {arm}

[jargan83]

Sorry to steal ya thunder TQ1

[Thequeerone]

snap !

[The EnForcer]

We have plenty of potential but have not stepped up thus far...now I will fall silent and watch quietly in hope.

[AndyS]

Your waters not telling you anything?

[kelv]

I give scotland a chance.

[Thequeerone]

You wouldn't be alone in that Kelv - the Irish from has been all over the place - and the Scots need to prove something or anything - should be a good game

[prop53]

Go The Irish