COACH UNLIKELY TO SHUFFLE HIS DEC NOW.Byline: MICHAEL SCULLY By MICHAEL SCULLY THE Ireland squad gathered at their Dublin base last night as preparations begin in earnest for Sunday's Guinness Series clash with Australia. And all concerned in the 31 strong panel after a weekend off will be wondering how Declan Kidney is going to play it in terms of selection. Head coach Kidney names his starting line-up at lunch-time tomorrow - just a couple of hours before Australian supremo su·pre·mo n. pl. su·pre·mos Chiefly British One who is highest in authority or command, as of an organization. [Spanish and Italian, supreme, supremo, from Latin Robbie Deans Robert Maxwell Deans, better known as Robbie Deans (born 4 September 1959 in Cheviot New Zealand) is the current coach of the Crusaders rugby union team, and a former All Black. does the same ahead of their Croke Park Croke Park (Irish: Páirc an Chrócaigh) in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports stadium in Ireland and the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Ireland's biggest sporting organisation. encounter. John Hayes looks set for a very swift return as his six-week ban ends just in time for the game. It's extremely timely for Kidney, who has lost Marcus Hayes from his front row and may also lose Jerry Flannery Jerry Flannery (born 17 October 1978) is an Irish rugby union player. Jerry made his international debut for Ireland against Romania in November 2005 where he came on as a substitute after being called up to the squad because injury had forced Ulster's Rory Best to miss the to injury. The squad will train this morning for the first time since Friday, when they broke up after a week's camp in Limerick, and Kidney will have the opportunity to see how Flannery, inset, is progressing, along with a number of other frontliners. Brian O'Driscoll, Rob Kearney and Gordon D'Arcy were among those who were carrying knocks last week but Ireland look to be in good shape heading into the first game of the month - and the first test game on home soil since February. Kidney is expected to to select a strong, experienced side for the Wallabies test before changing tack for the meeting with Fiji at the RDS (1) (Remote Data Services) A set of programming interfaces from Microsoft that enables users to update data on the Internet or intranets from their ActiveX-enabled browser. . |
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