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Ross and Barry of the Energized Show pick their Ireland greatest-ever rugby XV from the professional era, framing the exercise as roughly 24–25 years since rugby turned professional in Ireland around 1995. They walk position by position through forwards and backs, debating props (Cian Healy vs John Hayes, Tadhg Furlong as world-class tighthead), hookers (Keith Wood’s try-scoring records vs Rory Best), locks (Paul O’Connell vs James Ryan), flankers (David Wallace, Sean O’Brien, Peter O’Mahony, Alan Quinlan), and number eight (Jamie Heaslip over Anthony Foley). In the backs they compare scrum-halves Peter Stringer and Conor Murray, fly-half Johnny Sexton against Ronan O’Gara and others, centre pairing Gordon Darcy and Brian O’Driscoll, wingers Tommy Bowe and Keith Earls, and fullback Rob Kearney over Jordan Murphy and Jordan Larmour. Their final XVs differ in only three slots—second-row emphasis, one flanker, and scrum-half—and they both name Paul O’Connell captain and Joe Schmidt coach, citing Schmidt’s transformation of Irish rugby and wins over the All Blacks.
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Kind: captions Language: en okay what's going on guys and welcome to a brand new episode of managers today we have a very special guest on the show it's me it's around Roscoe today it's just the two of us we have another Irish video comin atcha Barry how are you doing Russ and I'm doing well it's the weather is back noise again in Dublin and we're still banging out the podcasts good one or now though we felt like we haven't done and a ruby one in the wall and say we decided we were like right we're gonna take Oreo shoes all right the oriole becames greatest ever start in 15 and really see the sport term crow in Ireland 1995 so there's not like you get onwards no is that like a huge pill well there is big cool it's 25 years like 24 years long which one if you were like to pick my knee no it's great esteem the last 25 years so a long time [Music] yeah we didn't watch football one that went that day pretty well we've also had like all rugby legends on the show tell me about you has seen anyone get into the team herbs you don't pick them for that will actually make sure if you're watching now we'll make sure to link them tree interviews at the very very end so make sure to stick around if you're enjoying the content make sure to LIKE subscribe there let us know your start your best 15 as well because there we're on the road to 1000 subscribers and there you really want to achieve that well there Ross who may as well start up at the very very beginning what we'd want to do it you want to join animate and pick one to entry before yeah well I think wall got one by Warren what you think things back that way yeah yeah right well starting off normal worn loose head prop keen Healy 98 caps for Ireland and five tries for hiding corpse three six nations warm Grand Slam and one Lions tour you've got the mob preacher you forgot to mention the one time he went to him we you as well and when swimming on Christmas Day with me a highlight of his career I think like that's fairly self-explanatory I think like Marcus Horne was sort of monster certain proper along the time when Kili came he became true he searched for his passport I don't even think it's comparable to almost I think he and he leaves the best prop leaves had prop island had ever yeah he's also thinking he's also for a while when he's getting injured it look like he was fade now and then he's like come back even stronger but I'm I remember that we were doing the other doors football stories and there I mentioned my stories were Palma Grande what like AB you got any like soy sauce I'm sure some people are watching this all over the country or somewhere else and they've never met him what's what's you actually like he's really nice he's like isn't noise coffee but like I remember being in primary school with them the ball used to go on the roof it was like a shared and the ball you've got the roof some not to climb up and kept the ball off the roof I can't he least we have like shoulder press someone like boy their feet onto the roof he was always a freaking a tree he was all something we need to rollerblade and as a kid as well so like hey there you go like if you ever see cam Haley you asked was he doing skate or used to me yeah is it did you proceed this career from like I know he was doing brilliant in Belleville and then really yeah he would career like what a career he was always like naturally the strongest person who walked into the room I think he bent over like 200 kilos and he was I'm pretty sure he was the arla all our little shop or champions I think you just like probably shall do the shot for two and like they're the dollar like he was he's a monster yeah it's sort of like a tough it you hear stories in the NFL and you hear like the players just coming true and you're it's just like he was well known and well boy number one as well as kini eighty like I mean I just I just couldn't pick him man I'll just watch your scribbling Marcus horn okay so we go into the hooker but you go first this one employment first last foot okay yeah I'm gonna go with Keith Warren and obviously we have worried best there as well bore dad Keith Ward and I think he was like like he was there to transition into professional he's a one of ours gray-haired happens like what he's doing well was it was a European player dear a world clay dear mm-hmm he was nominated for world by the year anyway I definitely was definitely up there pull there I actually have a funny story about him he was a he does a lot of work and he was talking and they're like you see him you talk to him he's actually very very so-called I remember one of the lads who just gave the shadows say for Chris's podcast at band bang Griffin he's famous for Ireland for their people does getting interviewed and banned walk really true so basically is if someone to put a hand over here and then he went north sub N and then I just comes up after so there was Carroll Dunham yeah yeah I couldn't picture there's a massive Carroll codex in the lock up of keyboard and I was like here ban you funny wanna bring that home actually also ever keyboard keyboard 58 Harlem 15 Troy's when keyword [ __ ] he holds the record for most Troy's out of any hooker in world rugby history he also went on to loans tours and he also hold the record for and most Troy's in the Game Boy Ric Flair he scored for Troy's against the USA in the world coke though on the keyboard obviously a massive honorable mention mentioned to Rory best a great Irish captain man I think we've sort of said it to add Tony Paul when I drew trembled his all circa Patrick's at a he's probably one of the most underrated players and captains are and will ever have yeah also who knows how cool Jerry finally put it in yeah I think it's just a fee if you had all those players fish you'd star keyboard I think that's where a lot of comes down to yeah yeah and then we go from number three Russ I'm back in and it is the absolute ball that is tied furlong I'll see this either way you see the way the ball John Hayes there's our time very long 44 caps five tries Lord annoying Corp Warren six nations Grand Slam I'm a lion lion start mal three test games 20 furlong that's one of the few people that I love hot who is the best player in the world in his position consistently John Hayes is Hall was an absolute great player he was massive fella he was the second row originally moved into the front row and I just look at him go he was great but toy Furlong its world class and he's the best toy head prop in the world and he could there's no one else I couldn't make this team I agree I have a the bull Hayes here is number two as well Billy it's there's something about talk for along the way he he's put in that bracket with like bronze risk on [ __ ] on like just he could have played for any country if you were able to do transfers you know yeah I think any country would try and steal on me he's back or I'll never forget like I don't know if you've seen remembers like Brown pays and wrong against it either way like you actually like kick people off from the ball just threw them down I was like he's unstoppable when he gets going so I'm just like that's that's that's worth ah yeah my past give me a give me a second row there okay well I had like the thing is right like obvi a part of people are calling right for them I was like who complements and best had like Malcolm ik heavy written down just for they get actually a height and obviously James Ryan is just he's not he hasn't he has been there long enough to put him in like the greatest amber so I picked on a convict I mean just he meant the kotti hype around and like he was there playing those jocks yeah II guess like you what you'd be a bit of camaraderie here as well also bit like bit like they play together with monster I mean it just made a perfect partnership myself yeah obviously I'm Paul O'Connell holder lake after Ireland a Troy's to Hornung corpse 3 six nations a long ass or I'm the captain of a Lions tour part O'Connell will actually the captain of my team here well there's no better leader than Paul O'Connell fully you know oh actually I've gone for James Ryan he's only twenty six cups deep so he's only a bit like 14th or Detroit for a long I think he is one of the best second rows in the world and he's already scored three tries for Ireland so he's only actually five short Paul O'Connell already he's already got a hiding Corp on a Six Nations grounds arm under his belt he's probably a future Ireland captain um yeah I looked at Malcolm O'Kelly I looked at a tornado column I even looked at Devon toner because I think he probably even on the red lament there are gold or if you're looking for a complete all-around player who puts in the tackles makes the hard yards brilliant and alone I think James Rhoyne ticks all the boxes that's what I have to think better another story of James that I just have to warn a member at winning I remember had I got a fall guy for Easter like an astronaut warned ya people that I got into their party and I was like oh hey James and then like he's so tall but I'm like he just completely blankie and I was really like a freak over a pool there I think I realized after a while that like you're celebrating a win so if the last person want to talk to it was six metal choice he fell to Barrymore would [Laughter] actually met power couple like three times with no stories to say other than like he's reading ice although you know actually was happened he was AG short of getting more sugar to leave and he was like no those people over there what I'm eating yeah I mean I was like ah legend yeah 30 you can just these are years Legend and we should go into the flankers and their number II yeah row and I'll go ahead okay give me give me give me a six and I'll give you a seven yeah well is it the thing is I actually picked David Wallace yeah there was some time a they Wallis guy who's just like an absolute brick you could picture and pain in the NFL like it was really the only person really stood out because I'll see I have AMA honey a number seven I had to fit fit these people in but there I also it was also a really big fan of Quinlan as well I have been one as well 72 Carlin 12 tries to hiding corpse the ground slamming stairs and I mean two lions tours with three starts and the tests Dave Wallace was an absolute phenomenal player yeah he was what would what was it about cuz I got I was like like when we started mate when I had to write at his team I was like he has to be in it I don't know what was like I think I think he was a very good gold footballers and like he was quite fast he was big he got over the trial on like twelve Troy's is quite a lot for a for a background so especially one who doesn't play eight but he never played a you normally paid seven yeah and I was like for me I just thought he was absolutely fantastic yeah but always reliable well he was six he was quite sure he was great when their monster renowned for the mall as well yeah exactly in a second so I've actually gone for China brine and multiple time pointing in Cup winner and to Six Nations when there's about two lions tours wouldn't test six Troy's fifty six cups for Ireland the toilet tank was just sort of go ball carrier and I think you really put the fear into the opposition way and he had that ball and he would got going and look this is actually one the hardest sort of positions to pay cause you could add Steven Paris you could add Dennis Lee me put out Alan Quinlan change anything's is I think is off and forgot about because he played a lot of career over in Leicester from a cleanser bring know and who knows if like Don levy was a you know remain fit and kept playing at JA founder of Clara's absolute fantastic t-they standards brilliant so all these players are like it's boom the most competitive positions for all so there was so many brilliant players yeah that was the one that the the flankers always be like who will a picture yeah I'll see I said I'll put peer money at seven there's just I think ever since that photo when he was just like like that like I know I was he's got amazing career like poor do you have I mean I don't nobody have to say and the number eight Ross dude you go for there was only one choice here at Jamie he said look 95 Cup for Ireland 13 Troy's three hunting corpse three six nations of Grand Slam two lions tours with five tests hundred test games in a world will be nominated for a world Ruby Player of the Year two times yes I'm the end of Joe show how could you not take them remember we had him on the show and then you gave him that intro and your it was like that's quite funny because he was like geez never had an introduction like that was like here look dad cut you short board look unbelievable didn't say it almost called tell people to back off and he was wearing his boy boots and gray bark our gray our floater just almost on a raid and even and some would say and I'd agree you'll eruption those polls were maybe um Axel Foley from air yeah Sir Anthony Foley was a fantastic player poor I I think it's one of those things when I'm some indoors passed away you almost remember them being better than they actually were as pond so I think Jamie he said like was just incredible so many great memories yeah HM easy today as well and then I I actually had axel follow written down as well so the your starting eight if you want to just go over them again yeah keen Healy Keith Wood toyed for a long James Ryan Paul O'Connell Sean O'Brien Dave Wallace Jamie Eason yeah I'd ki needy keyboard type for a long gonna Kirk Allen Paul O'Connell Dave Wallace Peter mani Jamie's dead okay nice so this one we get into the back Stan Ross yeah this but this your territory buzz no okay okay I'll start obviously oh good we got no intent yeah hotbox this one was it was a sort of a tricky one because as I said every girl wants to go with off civil partnership and obviously it's either like stringer got marine section slow I have to I have to go with marine Saxon what they pull my last few years then in partnership they created is that like I mean it's a tree that the made whole country really fall in love with rope you know we haven't been successful in the world copes but over the last few years like it's really exploded like people have really bought into it more it's just I don't really know what to say about them I actually went in for Peter stringer ah knowing no idat caps six Troy's two hundred cops there 16 H cross I'm pretty sure I never got brought on the Lions for which I think is absolutely shambolic but in terms of actually getting the old half quick ball I don't think there was ever anyone better out of them Peter stringer he also like developed as his career went on like his little darts in behind at what's called in from scrum-half well like became notorious and always was a massive fan of Peters trainer there's Murray Murray's almost he comes in almost as an extra forward because he's so big and he's like Exxon with the Box kicked ball and turn the soil Ruby that oil like to watch play or top here stringer was absolutely phenomenal become but it comes down to yeah because they are as he said very very different oh very very different both they're absolutely incredible in their own right just for me or just ha Peter stringer like he was always the smallest man in the pitch but he was very commanding presence he always brings as well and before matches the started pier string were standing between like Michael McCary and Paul O'Connell yeah the camera we're gonna wake up there they drop down a bit go back made the camera do the work I could have over them and they were half I still Pete Johnny Sexton though and 91 car Ireland 814 points like multiple honing corpse and you know three six nations would have Grand Slam to Airlines tours woman was a winning tour five caps and he's just so clutch you know I mean that's true joking - Chris yeah the other day I go Johnny sexes gas cause he only pays about ten or twelve games will be here but like they're all the big games like he always shows up here eerie doors I know he had a bob forms can sing them their most recent in the Six Nations he's the captain of aural now and also when I look around a Gaara incredible things but I've also seen him he played like the worst ten minutes in like in a smash Ruby history I think when yeah he was playing for the Lions and he basically got fired and he also conceived a penalty for South Africa to go and win the lion source so I was like right thanks ROG so yeah well you know what the best porn it on TV yeah if you look at this Rus right and O'Gara will say chase and home fries into this month and then Sexton was chasing a guy it's only chasing sex really no I think I think it's like home fries was sort of like an eight knowing the character as in like eight or annoying arrow ten all the time and then O'Gara was knowing but like I'm his day you could be at an ice house sex seems like I know I'm putting five to ten nearly every day and then like I feel like the Ross burns for Joey car breeze there are sort of a Madigan's they were always like almost ceiling at 8.50 vampires that make sense yeah it strangely like m27 who knows they might jump on Ross burn and calc their own boat that's why I doctor it's a strange way like sexiness reach these Heights with no one really gotten them out for his spot as well whereas like Oh Gaara and Humphries boat mmm they were getting should chase down so he knew that winger their game to an extra level just interesting but yeah oh that me is when you look a bit like that but um what wage wanna go now and we do the center so I think yeah yeah you for head first I have the iconic tear oh that is Gordon Darcy and Brian O'Driscoll and Gordon Darcy 82 Castile and seven Troy's royal Driscoll hundred and thirty three caps for he no in Troy's both with 300 cokes to Six Nations of Grand Slam and Bron Driscoll went on for law in stores for and then Gordon Darcy when Tom Warren eight starts on the Lions for Brown Driscoll and one for gone Darcy look Gordon Darcy's never been more blessed have a center and soy Dublin boyos come for Darcy was actually awarded in testing for the Six Nations player the tournament and that was the first time they ever had that award so um you know these two players they complement each other so well they knew where you for the word all times and they were just phenomenal especially then they were like in terms of stature they were on slightly smaller side and I wanted to ask you like would when you look at Ruby now you just think of monsters like to longing in the center yeah but lately yeah exactly I'm gonna give him food yaki fire on Joey nor Chris Farrell yeah I mean they're big boys these guys are quite short they're both under six foot yeah so like what what what did he what really made made them cuz I go see talkin is huge in the game and but both were defensively unbelievable I think that's what a lot of things people don't realize and they both had such low center of gravity that they were acts of that like a fade and tacos are breaking the game loin and then obviously Brian O'Driscoll has the highest rugby IQ but anyone who's ever sat down to the field he was an afternoon master class he was most skillful center of the world's ever seen and everyone seen him throw the ball over his own head then go really catchy you know me like he came up with stuff and Tommy yeah you know through the leg past sort of that like people weren't ready for that sort of stuff you mean he was like as the last that's going on you know I mean he was like my could be Michael Jordan or wrong began he was just incredible care there's been no one like him since I actually have to yeah I picked the same two and I've stories in both a member add we went to we went to the origin or 26 nation game against the France I think was wasn't yeah went to the pool around the corner after in corner he was there and I was like I have to say our item then to totally bite me I think I think I think James Rowan was telling them about people their brother just allows you worked when he was talking and off the ball and then me lovely mom you've met him with all the songs as well like yeah more like the first few songs like all I saw him I was just like I was just staring at him I was like this is this is the guys ate the keys to the castle with the whole torn country and they're like I've gotten to talk to me a few times just private like tees just bang on like I always tell the labs for the Driskill Monet well he has no idea what my name is I'm sure if he saw me say if I got to him but we've got arrested they're after me if you'd like I think I know but but anyone else rusty otro when they're 12 or 13 just to push them it's almost hard because they were David they were so good and they were so iconic if you don't roll the centers now you have your ring Rose Henshaw and Farrell he Nolan really put their stamp on the game and just yeah Kevin Mullins was a great center back in the day and one store bought not quite to their level to be honest yeah I think a lot of people were hoping or pencha mm-hmm but then it sort of seems like ring rolls is probably slightly ahead no I don't know just just my cards right so Russ we got for the winger's am I going or you own and we have Tommy bow see people online I've 69 appearances her she tries to ground our to Six Nations on the ground slam and he's also been on the Lions tour twice so like Marino it's quite a fan of the show as well so like what more can I say look Tommy Bowl was probably Ireland's best finish I would tell you you know it was actually tougher that I was like a senator and chain horn cuz like chain Horrigan against England was like just like that cross for the kick was a guaranteed Troy time boy I went for Tommy Bo and I think you know uh when push came to shove and I came here one time he was one the most reliable people on the on the pitch catcher Troy whose you have yeah head time well written down as well and then I had a honorable mentions for chain Hourigan and then as he Kiev uh-oh noise and huge Avenue all the wing on the other wing Paquito else so dilemma there was just there's like him I talk about were two different people talking about as you said like when he got the ball he saw a line he was like he was gone for a full stop but the dog and key girl then he meant the cut he has as well like it top five he scored he's in the top five list for most Troy's for us as well yeah he's either way before Cowboys 20-second wait Tommy Bo actually Russ yeah he's only behind Brian O'Driscoll I was a long way to go to get Brian Driscoll bought a Keith Earls incredible 84 caps for Ireland at 30 Troy's a holding call for Six Nations obviously Grand Slams well aren't there feeling the Lions for rallies absolutely phenomenal player looking at him you wouldn't go that's when the best winners island I've ever had boy he's like deceptively fast hey he's brave finisher never get gives up and he's one of the best player if the country's ever seen yeah it's funny how late it's like I know in the NFL we can bring it up because it is there is a likeness boat but like they cover a bigger bigger stronger faster but like sometimes the smaller guy has more what was it the it's not the dog in the fight is the fight in the dog yeah the kids never-say-die attitude is just like that brings multi-texture level yeah I mean like you never really hear him doing any interviews around he's like he keeps himself to himself and then he does all the hard work and he was mr. the last the last few games for our own poor them ruff fullback you know what I really actually wanted to pick Jordan Murphy because Jordan Murphy gave me such pleasure as a kid to watch he was sort of skillful footballer he really was and I think maybe he saw you forgotten men because he played for Leicester so obvious he didn't sort of give your boyfriend's much provincial joy but the more I looked into it Rob Kearney is actually the most successful lawyers will be player overall time ninety-five caps 16 tries one conversion for for hiding corpse for Six Nations two round slams to lions tours and two caps on the Lions tour like it doesn't actually get much better than that has there ever been a safer pair of hands under a high ball I'm not too sure he is phenomenal you wouldn't want intro on your baby at the window and letting him catch moody no he's absolutely he's absolutely gold and I'm like it's funny to think that even you know for two thousand eighteen thousand nineteen twenty twenty like he's still pushing Jordan armor he was possibly Islands hottest prospect there as a fire was you can still calm prospect but one of Arlen's hottest young talents I'm like Rob crying still push them for the fifteen spot you know I mean yeah sorry remember I wake up wake up remember we did a pre Six Nations video two years a lot of people were like oh current shouldn't be there chronically she'll be there and then he came in and I'm formed on believe you and it was like geez take that back go ahead yeah just taken currently pretty us what like what like I know I know you've said a lot of things there but like what about him when you look at him and you're just like how do you think he actually like reach them that does like amazing Heights because he's not finished yet I just think positionally he's won the last four backs of all time I mean it's very rare he be caught out position and so safe onto the high ball or owner just the regular kickball also brilliant a kick and prayer west from fullback obviously took to conversion so he I mean like he's a craft and on top of that just like he also was he was very good at coming into the line as well our attackers out oh no I just think he just all-round he had it all yeah I think O'Connell Brian O'Driscoll and Kearney we're almost in a league of their own but could hope for anything there as well as you yeah a lot like compares John Hayes was definitely closer toy for all I think then the loose head props were too keen Healy yeah that makes sense so like you know what's called keen Healy in there as well yeah Ross I know you said you'd pick Paul O'Connell as captain boy who would you because the gaffer the gaffer hmm be honest I think I pick Joe Schmidt I think the way he changed oil rugby the landscape over time I think he was the best coach article we've ever seen he also led us to victories of the All Blacks which we never done before so Joe Smith's the man for me yeah okay the same I'd also got from Paula Collins captain so we'll just go back over the team I'll go after Katie I was sorry Healy Ward for Allen Oh Colin O'Connell Wallace oh my at me he slip then Murray Sexton Tommy beau Darcy Branagh Driscoll key turns and Rob Kearney I think we had only three people different throughout the entire squad so I the exact same squad except by james rawlings abdullah öcalan i tryna Brian said of Peter on Martin E and I Peter string and said economy these 100 I suppose the school to chose a consensus on their um you know the players who have registered a farm and again like if someone wants to come in and say they wanted to put Rory best instead of keep Ward I'd say fair enough if you want to put in mark or Kelly instead of John O'Callaghan and James Ryan Baranof if you want to put in Allen Quinlan and a set of Peter Mannion China Brian I'm okay with that Murray sex and Oh Gareth sorry Oh Sexton Nogueira Murray stringer pick who you want on the wing so if you want to try when Hickey or Horgan go ahead these are all absolutely incredible players who would you say would be the person from Connick don't be closest again to the team so there's no need himself laconic playing boccie now we got blondie hockey I think yeah come here well again not close but that's not so common Tom had some very good teams over the years people are gonna have some of the comments anyway bull that I'm gonna make sure to attach or I do the tombow under Trimble I Jamie a sub here in the screen well then this actually will crack Russ yeah was it was a great get as a coach on Roddy said the other day take a walk down memory lane exactly yeah make sure to subscribe make sure to let us know you're who you changed and as always stay energized today energized