RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A)
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@akan004 said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
Ireland are definitely holding a lot back. None of Schmidt's power plays have been seen over the last few rounds. They will not be easy in the quarters.
If it’s against the ABs, bring it on.
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@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@MiketheSnow said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
Russian 7's phone should be ringing off the hook.
Who is he?
Having an absolute stormer of a game. If he doesn't have a professional contract yet, he may well have one soon!Tagir Gadzhiev. He’s played all three games and has been a clear standout for them.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
Tagir Gadzhiev
Thanks. I see from his wiki page that he plays for a Russian club.
Wonder if one of the richer leagues will be phoning him soon. They should be! -
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Stuart Barnes absolutely gave it to Schmidt and Ireland in the past game. Dour, risk free rugby that's an insult to the players available, and they haven't developed in 18 months.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
Stuart Barnes absolutely gave it to Schmidt and Ireland in the past game. Dour, risk free rugby that's an insult to the players available, and they haven't developed in 18 months.
Made me smile. And 2 thoughts occur:
- Schmidt won't give a fig. Ireland did what they needed to do to keep progressing at RWC.
- Barnes mustn't be too quick on the draw. England have only played once so far...
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@mofitzy_ said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
I see he is from the same region as Khabib Nurmagomedov too.
Explains a lot
#bearwrestler
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@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
No-one is going to be easy in the knock-out stages. Sudden death changes how teams play (well, most anyway).
How will Ireland cope with the sudden death and pressure though? Are they really going to suddenly look that good? I think the Japan loss (and the smacking earlier in the year from England) must be in the back of their minds... and if your confidence is down (or self doubt up), it's all on
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@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@akan004 said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@antipodean It's their B team though. Wouldn't read too much into this performance.
It's still a crap performance though. Almost matched Scotland against Samoa
I think that's being very harsh on Russia.
I have thoroughly enjoyed their commitment - even if they are lacking a bit in skill and polish.Don't get me wrong. Russia played really well and I think countries like Russia, Canada, Japan etc get a rough deal from the top tier nations - particularly the 6N unions.
But Ireland are allegedly in the top 3-4 countries in the world but I can't see SA, NZ or England playing as badly as Ireland did tonite.
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@mariner4life said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
Stuart Barnes absolutely gave it to Schmidt and Ireland in the past game. Dour, risk free rugby that's an insult to the players available, and they haven't developed in 18 months.
Gareth Thomas was similarly scathing on the ITV analysis.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@akan004 said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@antipodean It's their B team though. Wouldn't read too much into this performance.
It's still a crap performance though. Almost matched Scotland against Samoa
I think that's being very harsh on Russia.
I have thoroughly enjoyed their commitment - even if they are lacking a bit in skill and polish.Don't get me wrong. Russia played really well and I think countries like Russia, Canada, Japan etc get a rough deal from the top tier nations - particularly the 6N unions.
Please elucidate
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@MiketheSnow said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@Billy-Webb said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@akan004 said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@antipodean It's their B team though. Wouldn't read too much into this performance.
It's still a crap performance though. Almost matched Scotland against Samoa
I think that's being very harsh on Russia.
I have thoroughly enjoyed their commitment - even if they are lacking a bit in skill and polish.Don't get me wrong. Russia played really well and I think countries like Russia, Canada, Japan etc get a rough deal from the top tier nations - particularly the 6N unions.
Please elucidate
Smaller countries could do with regular games against top tier countries - like SANZAR did with Argentina. Russia are ranked ahead of Canada but have never played England, Scotland or Wales.
The 6N unions are the nearest and the likes of Romania, Spain, Georgia, Russia, Portugal etc should be competing against 6N teams regularly.
Nth Hemisphere unions are the wealthiest and yet we get stories of Fiji getting £800 or whatever per player for a game at Twickenham - not to mention problems with Nth Hemisphere clubs release of player players from smaller unions.
Not a rant against the Nth, but they are in a great position to grow the game in Europe but simply don't seem that interested.
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@Rembrandt said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
This all seems to suggest that the key to beating Ireland is just to shutdown Sexton. I didn't follow the 6N was there the same drop off when he wasn't playing?
It shows up that unless Sexton and Murray are playing together, Ireland are a shit team.
How their absence makes the scrum a bucket of arse, I don't know. After Ireland fooled the ref into thinking they were dominant, he woke up and started doing them for cheating. Good.
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@NTA said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@Rembrandt said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
This all seems to suggest that the key to beating Ireland is just to shutdown Sexton. I didn't follow the 6N was there the same drop off when he wasn't playing?
It shows up that unless Sexton and Murray are playing together, Ireland are a shit team.
How their absence makes the scrum a bucket of arse, I don't know. After Ireland fooled the ref into thinking they were dominant, he woke up and started doing them for cheating. Good.
Losing to Japan, playing poorly running into the tourney doesn't help. Refs aren't as afraid to penalise them as they were - I don't think the rub of the green goes their way so much any more.Their game plan needs them to play right to the ref and deliver the penalties.
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@NTA said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
It shows up that unless Sexton and Murray are playing together, Ireland are a shit team.
Other thing I noticed against Japan was Ireland weren't or weren't able to commit as many players to the breakdown as they normally do and dominate that area.
Wonder if the reffing of high tackles has disrupted their choke-tackle tactics and allowed other teams to off-load more.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
@NTA said in RWC: Ireland v Russia (Pool A):
It shows up that unless Sexton and Murray are playing together, Ireland are a shit team.
Other thing I noticed against Japan was Ireland weren't or weren't able to commit as many players to the breakdown as they normally do and dominate that area.
Wonder if the reffing of high tackles has disrupted their choke-tackle tactics and allowed other teams to off-load more.
Nah was the humidity 😉
