If we are to compete in this again we need 15-25 hard ,fast,phsyical men.AS we know been good at GAA doesnt
mean you'll be a good International rules player.Any suggestions ??heres a few to start.
Darren fay,Ciaran whelan,sean kavanagh,dermot mc cabe,Graham geraghty,shane ryan,kieran donaghy.................

the seal (Meath) - Posts: 583 - 23/05/2008 13:20:42    22891

Kevin Cassidy

Legend92 (Donegal) - Posts: 752 - 23/05/2008 14:09:46    22912

Bernard Dunne , Matthew Macklin and the Munster Rugby team -)

dubupnorth (Dublin) - Posts: 1897 - 23/05/2008 14:13:15    22914

conor mortimer, alan dillon...........................feic it just pick the entire mayo panel

whiterbannnas (Mayo) - Posts: 2441 - 23/05/2008 14:18:36    22924

unfortunately for us, you could pick the 25 hardest GAA players in the country and if they decided to try and get physical with the aussies,there would only be one winner.It sickens me to say it but its true.

kimbap (Mayo) - Posts: 81 - 23/05/2008 14:35:43    22937

They went for the bigger more physical player last time and they were beaten off the field. Ireland teams usually perform better with faster more skillfull players.

JamesMayo (Mayo) - Posts: 126 - 23/05/2008 15:00:22    22957

definately think kevin cassidy, eamonn o'hara, shane ryan, clarke, mcdonnell, few monaghan and meath men, tomas and dara o'se, mccabe, donaghey, cavanagh, coulter, doherty and mccloy.

samin10 (Armagh) - Posts: 2434 - 23/05/2008 15:25:52    22981

Is the series definitely going on this year?

holymoly (Dublin) - Posts: 757 - 23/05/2008 15:34:18    22984

the army and the guards

and about 700000 of us mad Irish!!!!!

on the fence (Donegal) - Posts: 731 - 23/05/2008 16:47:40    23025

25 Dublin men....... from Mount Joy

Seriously next to impossible to compete with ozzies physically thier professional athletes build for the physical game. Only way to beat them is with skill.

Hag_and_Cheese (Tipperary) - Posts: 6103 - 23/05/2008 17:25:17    23040

We need a mixture of speed and power and if we did try to take them on physically they would win...we need guys who can win high and contested balls and who can take a tackle.....

Cluxton

Canty, Owens, Lockhart, O'Se
Ryan, O'Se, O'Se, O'Mahony
Whelan, O'Se, Murphy, Walsh
Cavanagh, Brogan, Bradley, Joyce
Clarke, McDonnell, Keaney, Coulter

being a reasonable panel

Dubsforsam1 (Dublin) - Posts: 164 - 23/05/2008 19:22:32    23068

Hulk Hogan

The terminator, Bellew, J Hayes, Rocky Balboa
Hellboy, Wolverine, Jet Li, O'Mahoney

Whelan, O'Driscoll, Darcy

Batman, Brogan, Bradley, McConville
Clarke, McDonnell, Donaghy, Gooch

Obviously It will cost quite alot of money to get these people in but if the GAA can I am quite confident the AFL wont be coming back :)

Armaghgeddon (Armagh) - Posts: 539 - 24/05/2008 21:10:14    23186

Have to have big strong athletic men, there's no reson why we shouldnt be competing with them physically. Look at 2 years ago 1 of the aussies made a burst at kieran mc geaney and mc geaney fliped him. my selection wud be

Cullen, make use of the goalie and hes a good ball player, perhaps gary mc quaid either
Bellew,Mc Cloy, Owens, Lockart, Cassidy, Fay, O' Mahony, Tom O'Se, Canty, Gormley hard Physical men and plenty of ability

Dara O'Se, Doherty, Mc Grane, Lennon all good in the air and not afraid to mix it

Cavanagh, Mc Donnell, Clarke, Bradley, Donaghy, Coulter, Declan O'Sullivan, Muldoon, O'Hara, Kennelly same mix as the rest and plenty of scoring ability

Not to sure bout the rest of the Irish boys in Austrailia. Definitley Clarke shud be on board but the O'halpins are poor don't even no y the wanted them and possibly begley if hes willing
Captain should be Dara Se or Francie cause that man is a wall!

NorthMonaghan (Monaghan) - Posts: 100 - 24/05/2008 21:30:28    23188

Some interesting selections. What about 'the Rock' from Cork? Also Niall McCusker of Derry - he is the hardest man in Derry football. Cassidy of Donegal, Gormley of Tyrone, Galvin of Kerry.

A couple of players that won't be playing are Lockhart - who has retired from international rules and also Coulter who was sickened by the actions of the aussies last time out. Last time out it was not sport.

Doireboy (Derry) - Posts: 30 - 25/05/2008 13:44:36    23232

this is basically the same thread as the ''hard men'' thread

southsider (Westmeath) - Posts: 132 - 25/05/2008 17:19:46    23250

we need to send big tough physical lads out there that can be spared from the gaa i.e. those that are not really at the races- sent the armagh and dublin team out so i can cheer australia again-also the aussies are great at getting us to realise that gaa players are not 10% of what we make them out to be as athletes

ball-boy (Mayo) - Posts: 4211 - 26/05/2008 12:13:11    23502

some people are sayin some tough men in gaa alright... but one player ya have all left out is Tom Kelly of Laois who has been the best player for ireland over the last couple of games against the coca cola drinking aussie's

bono (None) - Posts: 36 - 26/05/2008 13:58:16    23607

marc O'Se said he wont play it again..cant say i blame him..the musnter team would find it hard to compete with them in the physical stakes..they are phenomenal athletes plain and simple. a serious review of the rules would want to happen. the only way to beat the aussies is with skill and speed...no matter if we put 15 kieran mcgeeneys out we would get hammered... players like tommy freeman, darren o'sullivan, alan brogan, mattie forde, paddy bradley etc...fast players that also have skill...they might not be the biggest but we need to try a different approach.

howshecuttin (Longford) - Posts: 376 - 26/05/2008 15:53:09    23754

A particular type of player is requires for the hybrid code. Height, strengh, skill and agility. No mullakers, no donkeys and no 9 stone Gooch-types. My list would include among others: McCloy, Lockhart, Paddy Bradley, Kavanagh, McDonnell, Canty, OSé X2, Donaghy, Tom Kelly, Moyles, Kevin Reilly, Geraghty, Bryan Cullen and Joyce as the experienced old favourites. Put in some new blood like Finian Hanly, Tommy Walsh (Kerry & Wicklow), Killian Young, Brendan Quigley and Paul Finlay. Plus the AFL Irish like Begley, Kennelly, Setanta and especially Clarke and I feel wed have a serious hardy outfit that can play ball in our, more refined way. Then we would be able for the belts without pandering to thier way of playing.

spudenator (Laois) - Posts: 1052 - 26/05/2008 15:54:25    23757

thats the approach pete mcgrath took and we got hammered. too many of the so-called skillfull and fast players did not want to know. stephen oneill and owen mulligan had superb seasons in 2005 and won allirelands as soon as they went to take on the austrailians they did not want to know. they were not the only ones and i cant say i really blame them as they were not suited to it. we need big players who are also skillfull and fast.

samin10 (Armagh) - Posts: 2434 - 26/05/2008 16:08:53    23774