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.
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Biggest difference for me is the defensive effort. The hits have been massive.
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That Vander bloke is having a blinder.
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Cruden, Perenara and A Savea really nice defensively
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BFA off injured (dislocated finger). Naholo on.
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Irish looked very tired - compressing in the middle of the field, going backwards on offense.
We just need possession and it's all on
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Fucking hell, New Zealand are just too good at slowing down opposition ball. Brilliant.
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@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.
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Fuck me can Cruden hit bigger than you'd think
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@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.
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@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.
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@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
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BB proving why he is the World Rugby Player of the Year!
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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.
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@JustAnotherFan Don't stop there, Go full retard and suggest the All Blacks should be down to 7 players
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@Stargazer said in Ireland II:
BB proving why he is the World Rugby Player of the Year!
He has been amazing today.
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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
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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.
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These Irish coms go to the same school as Phil Kearns.
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@rotated said in Ireland II:
All the 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.
Yeah, 9 points is poor considering they had 20 minutes against 14, at home, with a crowd influencing a ref
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Need to hold on to this margin. No doubt the Irish will claim they won the series if they get within 10
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well done ireland , they have remained competitive for 80 minutes ,
unlike most of our opponents this year -
Fekitoa kills the counter attack dead...
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@Luigi said in Ireland II:
@chimoaus all comms are blinkered twats - it's a fact.
Yes but some are worse than others - Kearns and this mob - I actually don't mind Barnes, et al they at least recongnise good play rather than make excuses
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@Luigi said in Ireland II:
@chimoaus all comms are blinkered twats - it's a fact.
Have you ever heard Justin Marshall call a game?
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I hope Crotty comes back soon, Fekitoa gives me the shits with his lack of discipline and decision making - he';s a good runner but that's about all he really offers
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@SynicBast said in Ireland II:
I hope Crotty comes back soon, Fekitoa gives me the shits with his lack of discipline and decision making - he';s a good runner but that's about all he really offers
Good tackler, though
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Apart from the poor discipline and A Smith I'm petty happy. I hope A Smith gets a rest next week.
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Moral of this story, if we are going to play $$$ grabbing games in the U S of A, keep to tier B teams like the States, Wales or Boks
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@Toddy said in Ireland II:
@JustAnotherFan Don't stop there, Go full retard and suggest the All Blacks should be down to 7 players
Well, they have showed total lack of discipline in this game. The score isn't a true reflection of the game. I'm not a one-eyed AB fan. Hope that makes you feel better (I'm not that like you, I don't take things to a personal level).
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@SynicBast Yes, can't wait for that Crotty-ALB combo being restored.
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I thought Fekitoa was quite good today especially on defence, certainly one of his better tests. His yellow was the result of a poor (one of many) Aaron Smith clearance after just coming out of trouble.
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@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.
It's the ref's duty to check the correctness of his calls, not the captain of the team that's lined up behind the posts having a conversion lined up against them. Jogging forward after the stadium has another of their whinges while Barrett is concentrating on a kick is extremely unsportsmanlike, but judging by you saying it should have been 9-7 Ireland, you obviously didn't watch the game at all, seeing Sexton trying to take Barrett's head off in the act of scoring a try
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Ireland just couldn't quite match the accuracy of Chicago. Broke the All Blacks line enough times, but hands let them down.
All Blacks did enough, but still didn't look as superlative as we're used to seeing. Poor quality of this year's Rugby Championship perhaps giving a bit of an exaggerated perception?
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