Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown & Dublin Duel
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@taniwharugby i think a big part of that has to go to the halves, and the leadership. The 9 and 10 starters were comprehensively outplayed - Beaudy looked so out of form it isnt even funny - coaches need to be given slack for selecting him after a poor performance at Eden Park.
The leaders didnt do a great job of standing up until it was already 30-8. They should have changed approach earlier.
he wasnt the only one but J Savea was seriously shit - his position needs to come under pressure.
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First time we have conceded more than 30 points since 2013 against Aus (although we did win that time)
6 times (inc today) since 2004 have we conceded more than 30 points, and only one other team managed to hit 40 points; SA won 40-26 in Jo'burg in 2004.
There's your plan Eddie, score 40, you win!
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Cheers to everyone on here for all the congrats and good wishes.
Yiz are a decent bunch after all.
Well for today anyway.
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@Pot-Hale your spelling appears to show you are not well and truly hammered, are you really Irish
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@taniwharugby said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
@Pot-Hale your spelling appears to show you are not hammered, are you really Irish
Completely Irish. I had my customary two pints and went home.
Then decided to check my betslip once more a minute ago.
I didn't put €25 on Ireland to win by 1-5 at 25/1.
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@Pot-Hale ha, I looked on the TAB earlier this morning and was paying about $11 I think it was, and I thought nah, surely there is a reason the odds are so long....oh well
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Congratulations to the Irish, they outplayed us and managed to last the full 80 despite our guys 2nd half resurgence. While I always want the AB's to win surely people didn't think they would remain unbeaten forever? Am also very happy it wasn't a loss to the Wallabies! I believe our guys including the coaches need to lose a few - except not to the Aussies - on their way to the next World Cup as we humanoids learn more from failure than we do from success.
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Instead I picked Ireland to win by more than 5 at 25/1.
€650!
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As good as 650 euros sounds, I bet making history feels better. Well done Ireland. Cool heads at the end after a massive first 50. Put the miracle in Dublin to bed. Coaching masterclass from Schmidt, and the players executed with skill and massive heart. Kudos to you and see you in a fortnight.
Watched the game, but with 5 young kids running around the place, so it was hard to remember much of the game. Only the hurt after 80 minutes.
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@Pot-Hale said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Instead I picked Ireland to win by more than 5 at 25/1.
€650!
Mate, you're throwing it away.
Oh, hang on.
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3 things.
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Ireland played a great game. To win is superb and to do it after blowing a massive lead is even better.
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Ireland were structured but not predictable. Constantly caught out the ABs when they tried to second guess them. Importantly kept on playing at 33-29.
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I'm still shaking my head at why Savea went right and not left. Left was huge space and a couple of fatties ahead so he went right and backwards into practically the whole Irish team.
No way we'll beat the Lions surely ......
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Well done Ireland.
Now burn the stadium down
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@Pot-Hale said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:
Instead I picked Ireland to win by more than 5 at 25/1.
€650!
Nice! I had a tenner on a draw at 90:1 which was looking amazingly good for a while there. Ended up with 25 quid at 14:1 on ireland coming in...
Am I a bad person for betting against the ABs? I just cant help myself when the odds are so long in a two horse race.
