If Joe Schmidt wasn't already aware that it's impossible to please everyone in life then he'll certainly be learning that today.
Ireland's head coach has confirmed his 31-man selection for the Rugby World Cup which gets underway in Japan later this month and it's fair to say the announcement has sparked plenty of debate. So much so that at the time of writing, nine of the top 10 trending topics on Irish Twitter are all related to the news, with the other one being #MondayMotivation, a notoriously difficult hashtag to budge at this point in the week.
https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/1168499869528596481
Perhaps the omission that has gotten most fingertips pounding is that of Devin Toner, a man who has practically been an ever-present throughout Schmidt's six-year reign. Kieran Marmion is another whose exclusion has gotten people up in arms, while Jack McGrath, Will Addison and Jordi Murphy also miss out.
Jack Carty makes the cut after his man-of-the-match performance against Wales on Saturday, as do Jean Klyn, Rhys Ruddock and Andrew Conway.
Whether you're a big rugby fan or not, your timeline is sure to be clogged up by fans and experts expressing their opinions on the squad, as the following tweets testify.
https://twitter.com/ryle_nugent/status/1168509272692535296
https://twitter.com/BrianODriscoll/status/1168509421049327621
https://twitter.com/RealBrentPope/status/1168500589212372992
https://twitter.com/natural20/status/1168521758976225282
https://twitter.com/DonalOHiggins/status/1168512368499970049
https://twitter.com/ronan_donnelly1/status/1168504684295966720
https://twitter.com/kevindublin/status/1168503146911588353
https://twitter.com/HAWhiteK/status/1168500028475891713
https://twitter.com/KevBeirne/status/1168502414497976320
https://twitter.com/damien_omeara/status/1168525041207795717
https://twitter.com/simoncarrolltw/status/1168521433905061891
Once the initial debate subsides, the country is sure to be behind the lads when they take the pitch against Scotland on Sunday September 22. Japan here we come.
