Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown & Dublin Duel
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@taniwharugby said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
2nd time we've now been caught like that...pathetic
2nd time Kaino has been caught like that. Very un-Kaino like performance, playing him at lock has backfired.
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Ireland playing well and we are so far off our game...isnt really a contest right now
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@Nepia said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Donsteppa One of them is playing lock.
Are you sure? We'd better take a census at halftime.
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@Donsteppa said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Nice of Sam Cane to do something.
Liam Squire successfully auditioning to be the new suitcase.
TBF to Cane, hardly any of them have done anytrhing.
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@taniwharugby said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Donsteppa said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Nice of Sam Cane to do something.
Liam Squire successfully auditioning to be the new suitcase.
TBF to Cane, hardly any of them have done anytrhing.
You wish to be fair at this point of the game?
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@Donsteppa why not...only fair the Irish get to win a game against us too
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@SammyC said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Irish forwards all over us, arrogant to think we could get away with Kaino at lock.
Read needs to get involved more, lead from the front
We've been arrogant enough to play without a goal kicker all year, so Kaino seemed like a logical extension.
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@taniwharugby said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Donsteppa why not...only fair the Irish get to win a game against us too
There's a difference between fairness and sacrilege.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
I guarantee we will win.
Not sure we've got the cavalry on the bench this time.
We're getting outplayed pretty badly and I'm not sure we've got many who can come on and turn that around.
I noted Marshy's comment in the build-up about how you don't need to be tall in the lineout these days and I thought, "Really? I wonder why it is that Retallick and Whitelock are both a lot more than 2 metres tall."
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So Eddie Jones was right - we do have weaknesses.
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@Chris-B. said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@ACT-Crusader said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
I guarantee we will win.
Not sure we've got the cavalry on the bench this time.
We're getting outplayed pretty badly and I'm not sure we've got many who can come on and turn that around.
I noted Marshy's comment in the build-up about how you don't need to be tall in the lineout these days and I thought, "Really? I wonder why it is that Retallick and Whitelock are both a lot more than 2 metres tall."
Ryan Crotty to the resc... oh.
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Schmidt totally outcoaching Hansen. They are dominating the lineout, using the maul, using the choke tackle (not exactly novel tactics), kicking well - into touch. Picking a 6 at lock has turned out to be a shocker from Steve.
We can turn around 17 points but we need to sharpen up rapidly.
Sickening.
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Ireland look great but we're helping them big time at the moment. No comment on some of the refs early decisions in the game. Our backrow is a complete joke at the moment, lineouts a mess. I made a comment that we could struggle against a team that did the basics right, and I'm afraid with this lock pairing we are.
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A few strategic subs would help. The Irish Defensive line can fan out because we aren't trying to punch through the ruck/tackle area with pick 'n gos. Big Charlie would help and so would A Savea with his leg drive/not falling over thing.
Fair play to Ireland though - they are bringing it. Be interesting to see if they go into their shells a bit and try to sit on the lead
