Ireland tour to NZ 2022
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@Derm-McCrum said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@MajorRage said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
I had grave fears for this tour, but I'm somewhat more confident now.
A few key players have really stood up recent in the NZ squads and Leinster then looked completely wiped out vs the Bulls in their semi-final. I think they may struggle a bit.
Worryingly though, I think this puts us back on more of an even keel than Ireland being favourites!
Ireland favourites on a NZ tour????
I’ve heard everything now.
I’m still getting over the 60-0 whimpering.Isn't it 3 from the last 5? Last match was green domination.
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@MajorRage said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Derm-McCrum said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@MajorRage said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
I had grave fears for this tour, but I'm somewhat more confident now.
A few key players have really stood up recent in the NZ squads and Leinster then looked completely wiped out vs the Bulls in their semi-final. I think they may struggle a bit.
Worryingly though, I think this puts us back on more of an even keel than Ireland being favourites!
Ireland favourites on a NZ tour????
I’ve heard everything now.
I’m still getting over the 60-0 whimpering.Isn't it 3 from the last 5? Last match was green domination.
Well yes, and 3 from the last 6, 7, 10, 20.....
Except wins at home or in neutral territory.
On NZ's home patch is a different kettle of fish.
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Ireland NZ Tour squad by position:
*=played in last NZ test; ^=uncappedCentres - Bundee Aki*, Ciaran Frawley^, Robbie Henshaw, James Hume, Garry Ringrose*
Out-halves - Johnny Sexton* (capt), Harry Byrne, Joey Carbery*
Scrum-halves - Craig Casey, Jamison Gibson Park, Conor Murray*
Wingers - Keith Earls*, Mack Hansen, Jordan Larmour, James Lowe*, Jimmy O’Brien^
Full-backs - Hugo Keenan*, Michael LowryProps TH - Finlay Bealham*, Tadhg Furlong*, Tom O’Toole^
Props LH - Cian Healy*, Jeremy Loughman^, Andrew Porter*,
Hookers - Dave Heffernan, Dan Sheehan, Rob Herring*
Locks - Ryan Baird, Tadhg Beirne*, Iain Henderson*, Joe McCarthy^, James Ryan* Kieran Treadwell
Backrows - Peter O’Mahony*, Cian Prendergast^, Nick Timoney,, Josh van der Flier*, Jack Conan*, Gavin Coombes, Caelan Doris* -
2 July First test guess:
15-1:
Keenan, Lowe, Ringrose, Henshaw, Hansen, Sexton, Gibson-Park
Conan, vdF, Doris, Henderson, Beirne, Furlong, Sheehan, PorterReps: Herring, Healy, O'Toole, Ryan, O'Mahony, Murray, Carbery, O'Brien
29 Jun - First match vs Maori guess:
Lowry, Earls, Hume, Aki, Larmour, Frawley, Casey
Coombes, Prendergast, Timoney, Baird, McCarthy, Bealham, Heffernan, Loughman
Reps: Herring, Healy, O'Toole, Treadwell, O'Mahony, Murray, H Byrne, Larmour -
@Derm-McCrum Thanks Derm, fantastic to have your knowledge, feel free to invite other Irish supporters, I look forward to your insight and thoughts pre and post games.
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@chimoaus said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Derm-McCrum Thanks Derm, fantastic to have your knowledge, feel free to invite other Irish supporters, I look forward to your insight and thoughts pre and post games.
Second that. Great to get an Irish perspective from a knowledgeable Irish rugby supporter like @Derm-McCrum
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@chimoaus said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Derm-McCrum Thanks Derm, fantastic to have your knowledge, feel free to invite other Irish supporters, I look forward to your insight and thoughts pre and post games.
Second that. Great to get an Irish perspective from a knowledgeable Irish rugby supporter like @Derm-McCrum
+1 @Derm-McCrum it is great to have Irish perspective , and one of great joys of rugby to me is always to hear how others see what's happening etc. And we all tend to look at games from the point of view of our team, so Irish view will be most interesting as I may not find any to have a beer with before games (which I normally do on way to game), I going to first Maori game and Wellington test and will be watching for Irish jerseys in pubs then too.
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Cheers for the greetings, all. Haven't been back here in a while.
Was just checking my historic posts on here on the last time Ireland played NZ at home. Thankfully, the Fern data only goes back to Nov 2012 - my memories and commentary on the 3 test series has been wiped from memory.
Not sure if other Irish fans will turn up here, but I'll try nudge a few from other fora.
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@Derm-McCrum what happened to that big midfielder Stuart McClosky ?
He looked to have the goods but seems to be out of favour.
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@Derm-McCrum said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
Cheers for the greetings, all. Haven't been back here in a while.
Was just checking my historic posts on here on the last time Ireland played NZ at home. Thankfully, the Fern data only goes back to Nov 2012 - my memories and commentary on the 3 test series has been wiped from memory.
Not sure if other Irish fans will turn up here, but I'll try nudge a few from other fora.
Welcome back Mr Hale!
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Welsh perspective
The Irish boys look knackered
If they can recharge prior to the first test they could nick it
Otherwise 3-0 to NZ
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@MiketheSnow Hope they can (recharge)!
We need to know whether the boot was on the other foot last year when - despite the scoreboard - they inflicted one of the most comprehensive defeats I can remember.
We may have been running on fumes - but, also we may not have been.
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@MN5 said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Derm-McCrum what happened to that big midfielder Stuart McClosky ?
He looked to have the goods but seems to be out of favour.
McCloskey just seems to never have grabbed head coaches' interest. He's been playing really well alongside newbie, James Hume, this season, but still not enough. I think only an injury to one of the selected midfielders would get him into the frame.
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@Chris-B said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@MiketheSnow Hope they can (recharge)!
We need to know whether the boot was on the other foot last year when - despite the scoreboard - they inflicted one of the most comprehensive defeats I can remember.
We may have been running on fumes - but, also we may not have been.
Think Mike could be right though. Leinster look like they are exhausted. They've come up short in both club comps, and the La Rochelle defeat really looks like it's taken the wind out of the their sails. Ulster lost by a 6 minutes into the red conversion in their semifinal. Munster got derailed somewhat with the news of van Graan's departure and seemed to lose their way after that with some harsh defeats. Connacht started season well and then got overwhelmed once again.
Farrell & Co are going to need to work some magic to get them to gel again. His decision to use a lot of the Leinster players in the Ireland team may come back to haunt him on this tour if their cohesion and spirit is damaged.
The first test is probably their best chance to nick a win, but I don't see it happening.
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@Chris-B said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@MiketheSnow Hope they can (recharge)!
We need to know whether the boot was on the other foot last year when - despite the scoreboard - they inflicted one of the most comprehensive defeats I can remember.
We may have been running on fumes - but, also we may not have been.
Part of it was playing at the end of a long year, but we were very poor in the forwards anyway, Ireland were much better there so controlled the match... the key area for the ABs is the breakdown area where most of the possession is contested, in the first test we've got to be very aggressive at the breakdown from the start, have solid set pieces & hopefully our playmakers at halfback & 1st-five make good decisions.
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@NZbloke said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Chris-B said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@MiketheSnow Hope they can (recharge)!
We need to know whether the boot was on the other foot last year when - despite the scoreboard - they inflicted one of the most comprehensive defeats I can remember.
We may have been running on fumes - but, also we may not have been.
Part of it was playing at the end of a long year, but we were very poor in the forwards anyway, Ireland were much better there so controlled the match... the key area for the ABs is the breakdown area where most of the possession is contested, in the first test we've got to be very aggressive at the breakdown from the start, have solid set pieces & hopefully our playmakers at halfback & 1st-five make good decisions.
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@MiketheSnow said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
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@MiketheSnow said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
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