u/Appropriate-Band2998

I have put together which five Ireland players have played the most minutes in each campaign since the 2023 RWC. Do any of these surprise you?

* I know some players have an equal amount of minutes so they should be tied at 1st for example, but reddit automatically lists from 1, 2, 3, 4 to 5.*

2024 Six Nations:

1. Jack Crowley - 400'
2. James Lowe - 400'
3. Caelan Doris - 400'
4. Robbie Henshaw - 383'
5. Bundee Aki - 320'

2024 tour of South Africa:

1. Tadhg Beirne - 160'
2. James Lowe - 160'
3. Caelan Doris - 150'
4. Calvin Nash - 141'
5. Jack Crowley - 139'

2024 Autumn Internationals:

1. Mack Hansen - 320'
2. Caelan Doris - 320'
3. Tadhg Beirne - 320'
4. Josh Van Der Flier - 292'
5. Joe McCarthy - 260'

2025 Six Nations:

1. Tadhg Beirne - 391'
2. Jamison Gibson-Park - 354'
3. Josh Van Der Flier - 350'
4. Andrew Porter - 344'
5. Robbie Henshaw - 331'

2025 summer tour:

1. Jimmy O'Brien - 160'
2. Darragh Murray - 140'
3. Ryan Baird - 131'
4. Tommy O'Brien - 131'
5. Craig Casey - 131'

2025 Autumn Internationals:

1. Ryan Baird - 300'
2. Caelan Doris - 277'
3. Tommy O'Brien - 271'
4. Tadhg Beirne - 242'
5. James Lowe - 240'

2026 Six Nations:

1. Stuart McCloskey - 400'
2. Caelan Doris - 400'
3. Jamie Osborne - 382'
4. Garry Ringrose - 348'
5. Tadhg Beirne - 338'

Since the touring squad for the nations championship is named tomorrow, it's the final day to predict the summer squad. I highly recommend doing this given that they are the best and most popular types of posts in this server - be quick as this server will move onto the highly anticipated predictions of the summer matchday squads. Also let's hope that this fella finally gets dropped.

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It looks like Jack Crowley will miss the early part of the summer internationals at least, Tadhg Beirne is set to be fit though which is great news for us.

I saw another similar post on here in the past week but I think it may have been subtle rage bait, so I've decided to genuinely predict who Andy Farrell might pick in the 33 man 2027 RWC squad.

Obviously the 33 man squad cap is quite harsh so it was very hard to pick some players and leave out others but that's the fun of it. I'd love to hear feedback on what you would change in my predicted squad, I have included the future age of each player when the tournament starts.

In terms of player picks, I picked players who I think will travel based on historical selection history, form from this season and I largely focused on the central contract situation to see who will most likely make the squad if fit, along with considering the fact that Andy Farrell likes to pick his trusted generals.

There are probably weaknesses in my team which is good for feedback. Some key areas that I imagine might cause slight controversy include the props and centers.

The harshest part about the RWC squad is the fact it's capped at 33 men so sadly I had to skip out some great young talents. Tom O'Toole being able to play both sides of the scrum is super valuable and It that we would be able to choose only 5 props and still have 3 players covering loosehead and tighthead. However of course this is very risky and I would be very open to having a more conventional 6 props, and bringing in a player such as Bealham.

In terms of the centers, the age profile is quite bad which is understandable and there will be controversy over the selection of Aki and Henshaw. My reasoning is that Aki, Henshaw and Ringrose are all centrally contracted through the world cup so they will very likely get selected if fit, and Big Stu was on unreal form this season so he has to go at this rate. It gives 4 very experienced centers who were also the four that went in 2023 (I can very much see Andy Farrell doing this). Jamie Osborne also play a role at centre

Props:

- Andrew Porter (31)

- Paddy McCarthy (24)

- Tadhg Furlong (34)

- Thomas Clarkson (27)

- Tom O'Toole (29)

Hookers:

- Dan Sheehan (29)

- Ronan Kelleher (29)

- Tom Stewart (26)

Locks:

- Tadhg Beirne (35)

- Joe McCarthy (26)

- James Ryan (31)

Back Row:

- Caelan Doris (29) (Captain)

- Cian Prendergast (27)

- Josh Van Der Flier (34)

- Nick Timoney (32)

- Jack Conan (35)

Utility Forwards:

- Cormac Izuchukwu (27)

- Ryan Baird (28)

Scrum Halves:

- Jamison Gibson-Park (35)

- Craig Casey (28)

- Nathan Doak (25)

Fly Halves:

- Jack Crowley (27)

- Sam Prendergast (24)

Centres:

- Stuart McCloskey (35)

- Bundee Aki (37)

- Robbie Henshaw (34)

- Garry Ringrose (32)

Back 3:

- Tommy O'Brien (29)

- Mack Hansen (29)

- Robert Baloucoune (30)

- Hugo Keenan (31)

Utility Backs:

- Ciaran Frawley (29)

- Jamie Osborne (25)

Players unlucky to miss out (Injury call ups):

Milne, Boyle, Bohan, Bealham, Illo, S Wilson, G McCarthy, E Edogbo, D Murray, Mangan, Ahern, B Ward, Kendellen, Hodnett, Jansen, McNabney, Gleeson, M Devine, Gunne, B Murphy, H Byrne, Postlethwaite, Forde, JJ Kenny, Larmour, JOB, Z Ward, Stockdale, Nash, Bolton

So the kickoff times for Ireland's home Nation's Championship matches in November have been confirmed.

This means that we have all of the information for Ireland's 2026/27 fixtures, apart from the match on the finals weekend in Twickenham.

Lots of 8:10pm kickoffs, another one if we finish 3rd in the NH table for the NC.

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