RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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@The-Irishman you will admit that against a premier line out team, the Boks, your line out had a shocker. Right?
ABs arenāt bad at lineouts and will look to put pressure on Irish ball and neutralise their maul. Not that dissimilar to what they did to Boks in NZ earlier this year.
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@The-Irishman as for grasping at straws, will Irish fans not point out where they will look to gain an edge in ABs. Or are you that confident that no analysis or thought is required? šš
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@MajorRage the QF is Irelandās final. New territory after that and all whole different set of challenges to maintain performance levels.
You can sense Irish confidence. And why shouldnāt they given they have won 17 straight games. Just a reminder to Irish fans that this is what you termed āKiwi arroganceā when the ABs dominated and AB fans were confident of winning - against any foe, anywhere.
The team arenāt arrogant. No more than AB teams have been. Irish fans have the swagger right now.
Hope the crown feels good, you arrogant, cheating fluffy bunnies š
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@stodders said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@MajorRage the QF is Irelandās final. New territory after that and all whole different set of challenges to maintain performance levels.
You can sense Irish confidence. And why shouldnāt they given they have won 17 straight games. Just a reminder to Irish fans that this is what you termed āKiwi arroganceā when the ABs dominated and AB fans were confident of winning - against any foe, anywhere.
The team arenāt arrogant. No more than AB teams have been. Irish fans have the swagger right now.
Hope the crown feels good, you arrogant, cheating fluffy bunnies š
If fully fit and no injuries I think Ireland can do it. Why? Because of the pool games. Pool A was effectively over after the first game which was basically to decide who topped the group. Everything else after that was just filler.
You guys haven't been tested since that 1st game and I think that will be monumental.
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@The-Irishman ABs werenāt tested in 2015 after the first Argentina pool game. Worked out ok š¬
Yes, 2015 team were much better than 2023 vintage, but just pointing out that a lack of tough pool matches doesnāt always mean you arenāt prepared for the knockout stages.
Ireland will be playing their third big game in 4 weeks. It takes a fair amount of energy to maintain peak performance and mental edge. Just to counter the strong pool argument.
At the end of the day, we donāt know who has been best served by their respective pools. The battle hardened, potentially less fresh Irish or the battle light, potentially more fresh ABs? Roll on Saturday.
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@The-Irishman where do you think Ireland have a weakness? Objectively if you can š¬
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I've been giving Foster shit the last 4 years. He's useless. Nothing has persuaded me any different and I expect to lose bad in the QF but phuck it. Less goooo. I believe we have better players. Ireland are the better team. They do their job perfectly. We know how to beat them. It's now time to put the plan into play. Ireland are very metronomic and robotic in how they play. We've not seen a rush D from us yet. Maybe by design. I think it's the penalties that will undo us. We need to be massively agressive but if they give away penalties doing do the it's going to be a loooooong night. Big exits. No miracle balls in the red zone and just hammer 9/10 all day.
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When's the team named?
This thread is gonna go all over shop this week.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
When's the team named?
This thread is gonna go all over shop this week.
Fucking bullshit . Fozzie apologist.
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@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
When's the team named?
This thread is gonna go all over shop this week.
Fucking bullshit . Fozzie apologist.
You've got FDS, you need to take your negativity (and any semblance of reality) out of this thread!
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@Machpants I know Taukeiaho and Roigard were blooded into the team and the system like the best ever, you won't see better. Plus Taylor rediscovered his form as a result of Taukeiaho being given extremely limited game time, plus we got to see Christie really isn't up to it because he got so much game time
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