All Blacks XV vs Ireland A

[Crucial]

I’m not sure if the head contact was from the tackle or the head jolting forward.

[Jailbreak7]

Fark ireland must be made of glass.

[chimoaus]

Where do I sign the petition to change the held up rule.

[sparky]

All over.

[Crucial]

Ireland have moved into the spot of hatiest team easily. Not from their improved standing but by being whiny mouthy fluffybunnies.

[Stargazer]

Full time: Ireland 'A' 19 - 47 All Blacks XV

[Crazy Horse]

Crowley stayed down for a decent amount of time following an alleged head knock. Surely that should have been an HIA or Ireland were faking the injury.

[chimoaus]

Very impressive performance considering time together. Credit to the players and coaching staff, appeared to have a good structure and players doing core roles well.

[Jailbreak7]

Wish we had done this last year against Ireland AA side

[booboo]

@Stargazer said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@booboo Haha, did it arrive by snail? Was already posted.

Wasn't sure if it was or not. Hadn't been reading the thread. Stumbled across a tweet by @Davesofthunder and thought it'd be remiss of me not to at least mention it in case it hadn't.

[booboo]

@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@chimoaus said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Wtf was wrong with that. Did he say you can't turn the tackled player?

Said you can’t jackal if you have flipped the player to your side

That was an interpretation I've never come across before.

[JayCee]

well i enjoyed that, reminds me of the first MAB game against the Irish - go forward, punishing tackles, and some decent back play when we have space.

[chimoaus]

@booboo said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@Crucial said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

@chimoaus said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Wtf was wrong with that. Did he say you can't turn the tackled player?

Said you can’t jackal if you have flipped the player to your side

That was an interpretation I've never come across before.

Yeah it's odd, even as a kid you know to turn back as quick as you can to stop the ball getting caught on the wrong side.

[Stargazer]

Good game from our boys. The Irish even got gifted a try that should have been disallowed.

No one really had an off-game, all performing well against a pretty weak Irish side, it has to be said.

My stand-outs: Dmac, Stevenson and Love in the backs; and MMT, Gardiner and Tuipulotu in the forwards.

Disappointed Thompson didn't get more time on the paddock.

[Dan54]

I might just make a call here and say I just may get on the Dom Gardiner wagon, he impressed the hell out of me, so will be watching him neat year!
Bloody good performance by all.

[Crazy Horse]

As a Cant/Crusaders supporter I have not taken too much notice of Gardiner so I watched him closely. The boy did not look out of place. I can now see why he was picked.

[Jailbreak7]

Only together for a week? Wow love to see what they can do after two weeks!

[chimoaus]

@Jailbreak7 said in All Blacks XV vs Ireland A:

Only together for a week? Wow love to see what they can do after two weeks!

Yeah seems like bad planning to only get two games, I really enjoyed that.

[Crazy Horse]

How good was this Ireland side? Did a poor team make us look good?

[Steven Harris]

I really think we need more of these games against the likes of Northern B teams if not just highlight players under the top team but also our up and comming coaches
Several players in my opinion stood out in this game
Without counting guys that have worn the All Black jersey before
I thougt Love ,Stephenson and Lam were superb at the back
and in the forwards Mikaele Tu’u ,Gardiner and McAllister impressed

Very good games from Patty T, TJ ,D Mac and RTS
Ennor great on defence