RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A)
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Scotland clearly saving themselves for Japan and Samoa...
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@Bovidae said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
@junior said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
@Bovidae said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
Ireland will have huge pressure on them for their QF as they've never won a RWC knock-out game.
Yeah, I reckon Wales / Australia will see a good opportunity to take Ireland in that semi because of the psychological and physical effort Ireland will need to put into that match to break their duck
So you are picking Ireland to beat SA in their QF? That game is 50/50 for me.
I'm 70/30 in favour of SA for that game, I haven't seen anything yet to sway the NZ v SA final prediction
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@ACT-Crusader Dry powder all over the place!
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@Bovidae said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
@junior said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
@Bovidae said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
Ireland will have huge pressure on them for their QF as they've never won a RWC knock-out game.
Yeah, I reckon Wales / Australia will see a good opportunity to take Ireland in that semi because of the psychological and physical effort Ireland will need to put into that match to break their duck
So you are picking Ireland to beat SA in their QF? That game is 50/50 for me.
No, I'm not - I agree that one is a complete lottery. However, I am saying that Wales / Aus should feel like they could get a jump on Ireland, who would have put a lot of mental and physical energy into finally winning a QF.
A good parallel would be the ABs vs France in 2015, where we were huge and, from a mental perspective, you could sense that the team put a lot into that match. A week later and we were a little bit flatter and were one lineout steal away from maybe going out of the cup.
Parallels can also be drawn with France in 2007, where they were great against us in a QF and horrible the next week in the SF against a decidedly average English team (see also France and us in 2011).
If Ireland do squeak a win in a SF despite not playing well, that will, I think, put them in very good stead for a final (see us also in 2015).
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@junior said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
@Bovidae said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
@junior said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
@Bovidae said in RWC: Ireland v Scotland (Pool A):
Ireland will have huge pressure on them for their QF as they've never won a RWC knock-out game.
Yeah, I reckon Wales / Australia will see a good opportunity to take Ireland in that semi because of the psychological and physical effort Ireland will need to put into that match to break their duck
So you are picking Ireland to beat SA in their QF? That game is 50/50 for me.
No, I'm not - I agree that one is a complete lottery. However, I am saying that Wales / Aus should feel like they could get a jump on Ireland, who would have put a lot of mental and physical energy into finally winning a QF.
Def agree with that bit
