When will Denis Hickie be back?

evilhomer

Does anyone know when Denis Hickie is due back from injury, I know he has a very serious injury but he is out 5 months already!

Does anyone know how he is getting on or when he expects to be back?

tHE vAGGABOND

yea, were really missing him..

NOT

MarVeL

You don't think Hickie would add anything to the team?!?!?!

Jilm

Originally posted by tHE vAGGABOND
yea, were really missing him..

NOT

In my eyes, having Murphy at FB, Hickie at 11 is preferable to Dempsey at 15, Murph at 11 or Murph at FB, Howe at 11. Either way we would be swapping a mediocre player for a good player.

daveirl

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Jilm

Originally posted by daveirl
We don't even need Howe, chuck Dempsey and play D'Arcy on the wing, then play Maggs in the centre. No Howe, No Dempsey and one of the best back 5 in the world.

I guess I was thinking from EOS perspective, I can't see him splitting up the current center pairing, who could well start for the Lions ...probably getting ahead of myself talking of next years Lions tour

daveirl

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spanner

Originally posted by daveirl
We don't even need Howe, chuck Dempsey and play D'Arcy on the wing, then play Maggs in the centre. No Howe, No Dempsey and one of the best back 5 in the world.

i cant see how you cant include horgan and hickey in there, hickey is one of the most under rated players for ireland.
my selection backline selection would be:10 ogara; 11 hickey; 12 darcy; 13 odriscoll; 14 horgan; 15 murphy

now that is the best back line around

daveirl

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Hairy Homer

9 Stringer
10 O/Gara/Humphreys (either will do)
11 Murphy
12 Maggs/Henderson
13 O'Driscoll
14 Hickie
15 D'Arcy

Sub: Horgan (Shane)

Now that would be the best backline Ireland has ever had. (in my lifetime anyway)


BTW are there any people here young enough to ask 'Who the hell was Mike Gibson?' with a straight face.

evilhomer

So no one knows when he will be back then?


10 : O'Gara
11 : Hickie
12 : D'Arcy
13 : O'Driscoll
14 : Horgan
15 : Murphy

it's our most lethal backline and the one Eddie O'Sullivan will pick if he has Hickie available.

Maggs has great strength in the crash ball but isn't a quick enough distributor of the ball. and the opposition always know what he is going to do.

with that backline we are unpredictable and can counter attack from anywhere on the field.

Jilm

Originally posted by evilhomer
12 : D'Arcy
13 : O'Driscoll
14 : Horgan
15 : Murphy

D'Arse at inside center ...isn't he a bit wee for that position?

daveirl

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evilhomer

D'Arse at inside center ...isn't he a bit wee for that position?

Sorry was going by the jerseys they will be wearing.

but if you watch the Dempsey try Vs England
He was at inside centre for that move and distributed a huge pass.

he would never play at 12 in defense but when we are attacking he is like a second out half at 12 (passing only not kicking)

Yep Horgan is dead unpredictable, you never know when he's going to give the ball away

Ah dave!

He's not that bad, he has had a few bad games but is still lightning and hard to bring down!

daveirl

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SAXA

But Powerade would have to remake all the commercials. Surly that cannot be allowed to happen. It would be an embarrassment for Brian and Irish rugby in general

Trojan

Originally posted by daveirl
That wearing a number 13 while playing at 12 thing is crazy. I'd give him a kick up the ass and tell him wear the right jersey.

Are you even allowed do that under IRB rules? He's named as 12 on the team sheet BTW

Deserves a kick up the ass alright.

I suspect that it probably is legal - some of the English clubs have a tradition of wearing letters, or skipping 13, or whatever else, so there may be a clause to allow that.