WITH THE WORLD Cup less than one year away, many antipodean veterans are holding talks with northern hemisphere teams to secure one last mammoth pay check to end their careers. Just this week, DC10 signed up with Racing Metro for an estimated €1.5 million per year.
The New Zealand Herald did this great graphic selecting a team from the All Blacks who are based in France. What is truly depressing from an Irish rugby perspective is that this selection is still good enough to beat Ireland.
You know you have a lot of attacking flair when every single member of your backline has their own Youtube highlights compilation.
In order…
Just for fun, here is an Irish XV of guys who play outside of Ireland.
15. Gareth Steenson
14. Niall Morris
13. Eoin Griffin
12. Eamonn Sheridan
11. Shane Monahan
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Peter Stringer
1. Tom Court
2. Denis Fogarty
3. Denis Coulson
4. Ryan Caldwell
5. Eoin Sheriff
6. Neil Best
7. Conor Gilsenan
8. James Coughlan
We should get a Kickstarter campaign together to organise a friendly between the two teams.
The French All Blacks would start as 24 point favourites though.
H/T to reddit.
