All Blacks v Ireland II

chimoaus

Irish looked very tired - compressing in the middle of the field, going backwards on offense.

We just need possession and it's all on

Yep losing 3 players early not helping them.

SynicBast

Fuck me can Cruden hit bigger than you'd think

No Quarter

@chimoaus said in Ireland II:

Biggest difference for me is the defensive effort. The hits have been massive.

BBBR and Whitelock have made a real difference on D.

JustAnotherFan

@Tordah said in Ireland II:

@taniwharugby said in Ireland II:

@Tordah what happened?

After Fekitoa scored and Barrett was lining up the conversion, the usual TV director shit comes up and he shows the last pass which was flat, a few in the stadium start to boo, Rory Best comes running from behind the posts up to Barrett who was preparing the kick and PEyper and wnats them to check

Whats wrong with checking something having the correct call? The TMO has already fucked up once in this game. It should be 9-7 to Irish.

Crash

@chimoaus
About 3 time now he's taken that hard straight line through the middle and managed to fracture our defence

Virgil

@JustAnotherFan said in Ireland II:

@Tordah said in Ireland II:

@taniwharugby said in Ireland II:

@Tordah what happened?

After Fekitoa scored and Barrett was lining up the conversion, the usual TV director shit comes up and he shows the last pass which was flat, a few in the stadium start to boo, Rory Best comes running from behind the posts up to Barrett who was preparing the kick and PEyper and wnats them to check

Whats wrong with checking something having the correct call? The TMO has already fucked up once in this game. It should be 9-7 to Irish.

Lol

Stargazer

BB proving why he is the World Rugby Player of the Year!

rotated

@JustAnotherFan

Agree on Barrett try - but not sure on your maths. Generally after a penalty try 5 points are awarded and then a kick from in front takes place - we have to believe even despite his issues Barrett would have kicked that.

So even if that was forward (which it clearly wasn't) still 14-9.

Toddy

@JustAnotherFan Don't stop there, Go full retard and suggest the All Blacks should be down to 7 players

chimoaus

@Stargazer said in Ireland II:

BB proving why he is the World Rugby Player of the Year!

He has been amazing today.

Donsteppa

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nzzp

This has been a bloody good game, despite the reffing and the whinging. Good hard rugby, generally high skill, good coaching (from one side) and a pleasure to watch

rotated

All the whinging bullshit Irish window dressing aside Ireland have came to play today - they still don't have much on attack unless they catch you on a bad day - but absolutely full credit for actually fronting and giving a good tight test.

Schmidt has Ireland playing the type of rugby Gatland has spent 10 years trying to get Wales to play.

chimoaus

These Irish coms go to the same school as Phil Kearns.

nzzp

@rotated said in Ireland II:

All the window dressing aside Ireland have came to play today - they still don't have much on attack unless they catch you on a bad day - but absolutely full credit for actually fronting and giving a good tight test.

Schmidt has Ireland playing the type of rugby Gatland has spent 10 years trying to get Wales to play.

Yeah, 9 points is poor considering they had 20 minutes against 14, at home, with a crowd influencing a ref

Luigi

@chimoaus all comms are blinkered twats - it's a fact.

Voltron

Need to hold on to this margin. No doubt the Irish will claim they won the series if they get within 10

kiwiinmelb

well done ireland , they have remained competitive for 80 minutes ,
unlike most of our opponents this year

Donsteppa

Fekitoa kills the counter attack dead...

SynicBast

@Luigi said in Ireland II:

@chimoaus all comms are blinkered twats - it's a fact.

Yes but some are worse than others - Kearns and this mob - I actually don't mind Barnes, et al they at least recongnise good play rather than make excuses

The Silver Fern

All Blacks v Ireland II