RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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I've just realised that game at the end was almost the inverse of 2013.
We sneaked it in 2013 because of our attack. in 2023 it was because of our defence.
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@BerniesCorner said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
All 6 tries were scored by New Zealanders!
Apart from the penalty try....
... And the Tongan
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@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Unsure if this image has been posted already, but that meant something...
Tbh, I actually thought that was a pic of Fakatava, not Smith. Optical illusion where the hand cradling his head looks like he has a dyed ridiculous mullet.
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It took 84 minutes (41 in the 1st and 43 in the 2nd) to beat this Irish team. They didn't do what they had done for the past 17 matches. They made mistakes. Their set piece was under massive pressure. They fluffed their maul attack with less than 10 to go. There were players with hands on hips with 2 minutes still on the clock. Even with space they couldn't take advantage of 1-on-1 contests.
So I don't disagree with Kearney in what is an Irish analysis of the match for an Irish audience (BTW who was the Aussie at the end of that coverage?). He was clearly disappointed. Sounded very familiar to the post 2007 QF analysis, where we didn't play even remotely to what we had been playing prior to the RWC.
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@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Apparently reiko had his hand up to his ear asking why the Irish have gone so quiet
Are you sure?, when lip reading.... Im sure Reiko said.. "it sounds like..
..4 more ears"
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@frugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@gt12 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
A bit of whining in that article from the Times (here).
Talking Point: Supporters deserve greater clarity in the stadium than a one-and-done replay
The decision not to show further angles of Richie Mo’unga’s shoulder to Bundee Aki’s jaw was baffling
For starters, I think the angle people use to say it was shoulder to the head is quite clearly the chest anyway, but even then, the TMO/Bunker gets tons of angles anyway, they'd have checked everything with scrutiny, and I imagine with the reverse/side angle, you'd probably quite clearly see it is an optical illusion... did his shoulder nudge the chin? Probably, but only after bumping up off the chest.
The biggest miss from the TMO was a neck roll on Rieko on about the 32nd phase of that last movement.
I thought I also saw a swinging arm connect with Savea's head. It was right before we kicked the 50 22 so advantage was played. I don't think anyone has mentioned it on here yet. There were no replays of it (surprise surprise). Anyone else see it?
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@NTA said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
AB pressure didn't force Doris to drop the ball cold.
ABs pressure didn't stop Ireland contesting the high ball on several occasions.
AB pressure wasn't responsible for all the Ireland lineout issues.Yes it was.
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@Crazy-Horse said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@frugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@gt12 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
A bit of whining in that article from the Times (here).
The decision not to show further angles of Richie Mo’unga’s shoulder to Bundee Aki’s jaw was baffling
For starters, I think the angle people use to say it was shoulder to the head is quite clearly the chest anyway, but even then, the TMO/Bunker gets tons of angles anyway, they'd have checked everything with scrutiny, and I imagine with the reverse/side angle, you'd probably quite clearly see it is an optical illusion... did his shoulder nudge the chin? Probably, but only after bumping up off the chest.
The biggest miss from the TMO was a neck roll on Rieko on about the 32nd phase of that last movement.
I thought I also saw a swinging arm connect with Savea's head. It was right before we kicked the 50 22 so advantage was played. I don't think anyone has mentioned it on here yet. There were no replays of it (surprise surprise). Anyone else see it?
yes, Barnes said clearly advantage was played..however if it was contact to the head, then I would have liked to have seen the replay
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@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
One of the nz press
James McOnie apparently
Yes, definitely James, who obviously knows Sam well.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
It took 84 minutes (41 in the 1st and 43 in the 2nd) to beat this Irish team. They didn't do what they had done for the past 17 matches. They made mistakes. Their set piece was under massive pressure. They fluffed their maul attack with less than 10 to go. There were players with hands on hips with 2 minutes still on the clock. Even with space they couldn't take advantage of 1-on-1 contests.
So I don't disagree with Kearney in what is an Irish analysis of the match for an Irish audience (BTW who was the Aussie at the end of that coverage?). He was clearly disappointed. Sounded very familiar to the post 2007 QF analysis, where we didn't play even remotely to what we had been playing prior to the RWC.
Matt Williams think his name is , Aussie coach who worked over there for years , now in their media
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@gt12 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
I have to start by saying that the Irish supporters on here are very gracious. I'm sorry but I truly dislike the Irish team, especially Sexton and POM. I've been keeping receipts since last year and I'm enjoying today.
I think Sparky is onto something with the 'they weren't at 90% of what they can produce, that is the fact of today' comment from Kearney. Go fuck yourself mate. That AB team did very fucking well to identify how to slow you assholes down.
Ireland have been the best team in the world over the last couple of years, but perhaps you've also started to believe your own press, WCs are fluffybunnies like that.
Great post
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@NTA said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
As I pointed out. 6 and a half minutes without a whistle at the end there.
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@sparky said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Weird to hear certain Irish pundits say that their team deserved to go further in the competition, you don’t deserve to win a Rugby match you have to earn it.
Another great post.
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@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@SBW1 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@NTA What minute was Smith's yellow card?
About 35.
He had 5mins either side of the break
Cunning plan to keep Christie on the bench
Pin a tail on it and call it a weasel.
Worked out brilliantly huh?
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@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@gt12 obviously it was some smart arse comment from RI, given how pissed off Sexton was, I wonder if he reprimanded POM for his shit richie comments?
There will always be those who have something smart/funny to say that will piss some off, always passed as banter/sledging...
Probably called Sexton a shit version of O'Gara.
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People are saying Ireland did not play to their potential, I tend to think the ABs had a lot more to do with it.
First we dominated the scoreboard which caused the Irish to chase the score, no way any northern hemisphere side turns down so many shots at goal.
We denied the Irish one of their biggest weapons and that is ruck turnover or penalties at the ruck. In fact it was the opposite with us getting many more jackels and penalties.
We denied the Irish set piece platforms as they did not have a single scrum feed and we stole a few lineouts. Our ball control was next level.
Wayne Barnes actually helped us more than we thought even though he missed a lot. The fact the Irish received 5 penalties early for ruck and scrum infringements set the tone that they could not flop on the ruck or try anything at scrum time.
We also handled their dummy runners pretty well with only a few clear breaks. JB, RI are very good defensively and they had a forward always tackling Aki.
Now we also put ourselves under a lot of pressure by stupid clearing kicks and poor exits. This has to improve. The Irish also made so many easy metres down our left hand side, it was scary how they got over the gain line.
I truly believe the coaches and players really executed their plan to perfection and perhaps Fozzie needs more credit but I can’t help but think Schmidt was the brains behind the plan.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
It took 84 minutes (41 in the 1st and 43 in the 2nd) to beat this Irish team. They didn't do what they had done for the past 17 matches. They made mistakes. Their set piece was under massive pressure. They fluffed their maul attack with less than 10 to go. There were players with hands on hips with 2 minutes still on the clock. Even with space they couldn't take advantage of 1-on-1 contests.
This isn’t true. They have always had loads of issues, they just simply don’t get analysed as they won. No team is perfect.
If we’d had a defensive lapse and they scored in the last minute to win, nobody would be talking about these at all.
Just like in the SA match. Every single thing you talk about was in the SA match.
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@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
A couple of things.
That last phase of play started with Sexton's 22 drop out bang on 76mins. It finished at 82:18. 6mins and 18 seconds later.
NZ gave Ireland the ball (what the fuck was that kick Nuggie?) at 77 mins.
For the leaguies out there, the All Blacks withstood the equivalent of seven consecutive "6 agains", in 5 and a half minutes.
Sorry, noticed error in bold
