All Blacks v Ireland II

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@Stargazer said in Ireland II:

Did I hear it correctly, did Scott Barrett come on for Squire? Is SB playing at 6, or has one of Retallick/Whitelock moved?

Whitelock played flanker in Brisbane 2011 after Thomson and Read were injured in the first 20 minutes. I imagine he is here too - a lot to ask of a rookie in Barrett to play out of position.

[chimoaus]

Biggest difference for me is the defensive effort. The hits have been massive.

[chimoaus]

That Vander bloke is having a blinder.

[Tordah]

Cruden, Perenara and A Savea really nice defensively

[Stargazer]

BFA off injured (dislocated finger). Naholo on.

[nzzp]

Irish looked very tired - compressing in the middle of the field, going backwards on offense.

We just need possession and it's all on

[Luigi]

Fucking hell, New Zealand are just too good at slowing down opposition ball. Brilliant.

[chimoaus]

@nzzp said in Ireland II:

Irish looked very tired - compressing in the middle of the field, going backwards on offense.

We just need possession and it's all on

Yep losing 3 players early not helping them.

[SynicBast]

Fuck me can Cruden hit bigger than you'd think

[No Quarter]

@chimoaus said in Ireland II:

Biggest difference for me is the defensive effort. The hits have been massive.

BBBR and Whitelock have made a real difference on D.

[JustAnotherFan]

@Tordah said in Ireland II:

@taniwharugby said in Ireland II:

@Tordah what happened?

After Fekitoa scored and Barrett was lining up the conversion, the usual TV director shit comes up and he shows the last pass which was flat, a few in the stadium start to boo, Rory Best comes running from behind the posts up to Barrett who was preparing the kick and PEyper and wnats them to check

Whats wrong with checking something having the correct call? The TMO has already fucked up once in this game. It should be 9-7 to Irish.

[Crash]

@chimoaus
About 3 time now he's taken that hard straight line through the middle and managed to fracture our defence

[Virgil]

@JustAnotherFan said in Ireland II:

@Tordah said in Ireland II:

@taniwharugby said in Ireland II:

@Tordah what happened?

After Fekitoa scored and Barrett was lining up the conversion, the usual TV director shit comes up and he shows the last pass which was flat, a few in the stadium start to boo, Rory Best comes running from behind the posts up to Barrett who was preparing the kick and PEyper and wnats them to check

Whats wrong with checking something having the correct call? The TMO has already fucked up once in this game. It should be 9-7 to Irish.

Lol

[Stargazer]

BB proving why he is the World Rugby Player of the Year!

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@JustAnotherFan

Agree on Barrett try - but not sure on your maths. Generally after a penalty try 5 points are awarded and then a kick from in front takes place - we have to believe even despite his issues Barrett would have kicked that.

So even if that was forward (which it clearly wasn't) still 14-9.

[Toddy]

@JustAnotherFan Don't stop there, Go full retard and suggest the All Blacks should be down to 7 players

[chimoaus]

@Stargazer said in Ireland II:

BB proving why he is the World Rugby Player of the Year!

He has been amazing today.

[Donsteppa]

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[nzzp]

This has been a bloody good game, despite the reffing and the whinging. Good hard rugby, generally high skill, good coaching (from one side) and a pleasure to watch

[rotated]

All the whinging bullshit Irish window dressing aside Ireland have came to play today - they still don't have much on attack unless they catch you on a bad day - but absolutely full credit for actually fronting and giving a good tight test.

Schmidt has Ireland playing the type of rugby Gatland has spent 10 years trying to get Wales to play.