Ireland v France 6N

[Victor Meldrew]

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Ireland v France 6N:

they seem there for the taking.

They were my thoughts as well. Less so for Ireland

[sparky]

Not writing them off, but France were rather tame today.

[pakman]

French minds seemed to be elsewhere.

Irish disciplined and energetic.

But above all punished French for their sloppiness.

[Jailbreak7]

If we could channel a mix of ABs 2015 and 2011 vintage wed be ok...

[KiwiMurph]

Ireland remind me a bit of Deans era Crusaders.

Clinical.

Pressure you into mistakes and then pounce.

Not always the flashiest backs but everyone is so accurate in what they do.

[sparky]

Ireland a well-coached side, a carefully oiled machine where every player knows their role and executes it.

[sparky]

Really think the ABs have missed a trick not developing Akira Ioane at 6. His raw power would trouble both these teams.

[KiwiMurph]

@sparky said in Ireland v France 6N:

Really think the ABs have missed a trick not developing Akira Ioane at 6. His raw power would trouble both these teams.

TSF this Super season is gonna have a field day at 6.

Nearly as many contenders as the Melbourne Cup

In no order Akira/Ethan B/Frizell/MMT/Flanders/Jacobson/Finau/Lio-Willie/Suafoa/Rush etc etc

[Jailbreak7]

And God knows where Sam Cane is gonna fit into that
Mix.

[Victor Meldrew]

@Jailbreak7 said in Ireland v France 6N:

If we could channel a mix of ABs 2015 and 2011 vintage wed be ok...

I'd be really worried about facing these two teams with an AB 2021 vintage, but the last 3-4 AB games have me thinking we can beat these two teams.

Maybe not on consecutive WE's and we still have some fragility, but so do the teams today - esp. France.

[Victor Meldrew]

@sparky said in Ireland v France 6N:

Really think the ABs have missed a trick not developing Akira Ioane at 6. His raw power would trouble both these teams.

TBF, he's had the chances in the last 18 months and is still in the mix. He hasn't been thrown on the scrapheap a la Hansen.

[Old Samurai Jack]

@sparky said in Ireland v France 6N:

Really think the ABs have missed a trick not developing Akira Ioane at 6. His raw power would trouble both these teams.

He has done his best in a 2015 team pattern.......

[Derm McCrum]

That went well.

[KiwiMurph]

[Bones]

@KiwiMurph hah yeah just came to post this.

[Jailbreak7]

@Bones Yep. What ITV showed. Hope this doesn't happen in the WC. Doesn't bear thinking about.

[antipodean]

That first Irish try was a nice piece of analysis and execution. France hopelessly exposed on the fringes of the ruck.

France will want to improve considerably to win at home in a few months.

It's unfathomable how someone with as much experience as Barnes can be so poor and inconsistent.

[chimoaus]

What are peoples thoughts on players going for low percentage push overs leading to a goal line drop out. I guess the hard thing is knowing if it is low percentage at the time and to their credit Ireland did score from in close but how many times where they held up? Sometimes I'm yelling don't go for the try too many bodies, but I guess its just part of the game now.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Stag]

@sparky if he stays fit Blackadder will bolt into the 6 jersey. All the power but 3 times the work rate.