MOTM v Ireland

[Chris B.]

Moody was great - can't remember a better game from him. Whether he was one of the best three might be a bit of a moot point because most were very good, but I'm voting for him.

[canefan]

Like most multiple choice questions this poll should have an "all of the above" option for the boys last night. Brilliant performance

[taniwharugby]

@canefan nah, I'm dark on ALB for last night...didnt score a try and I didnt win any money!

[antipodean]

Read, Smith and Beaudy.

Could easily have given a heap more players votes in what was a superb team effort.

[ARHS]

Smith Read and Reece

[canefan]

Reece had an outstanding game

[Snowy]

For the first time in a while it would actually be easier to mention who had a bad game (and I am struggling to do that).

[Damo]

@Snowy said in MOTM v Ireland:

For the first time in a while it would actually be easier to mention who had a bad game (and I am struggling to do that).

Ofa.

Gave away a stupid PK almost as soon as he came on. Scrum was noticeably weaker as well.

[Toddy]

Todd wasn't great either. Yellow card and a penalty try in about 20 minutes of rugby

[rotated]

Smith. Reece. Read.

Pretty much everyone was above average except Bridge where the action all went the other way and Todd who was dire.

[Machpants]

Your being hard on bridge, he does so much, watching the re play now

[kiwiinmelb]

@Machpants said in MOTM v Ireland:

Your being hard on bridge, he does so much, watching the re play now

His work rate is his strong point, not so much his ability to beat defenders . I guess it’s a different type of 11 that we have grown accustomed to. He isn’t big brown and fast .

[Machpants]

@kiwiinmelb yeah Reece is doing that strike role, bridge the extra full back organiser role

[kiwiinmelb]

@Machpants said in MOTM v Ireland:

@kiwiinmelb yeah Reece is doing that strike role, bridge the extra full back organiser role

Yep they have reversed the roles to the other side of the field , it worked that way for the crusaders I guess, so they kept them in their familiar numbers .

[Nevorian]

I thought Bridge had a pretty handy game, always took a couple of defenders to take him down and even then he would make a few extra metres in the tackle, total metres carried was over 100, safe under the high ball and even scrapping at the breakdown on a few occassions

[Machpants]

@Nevorian yes highest metres by a large margin

[rotated]

Not bagging Bridge. It was a rare game where everyone played better than their usual performance and the ball didn’t go Bridge’s way. Hardly had a mare... Todd On the other hand made SBWs cameo in the 2011 semi look stellar.

[sparky]

@SynicBast said in MOTM v Ireland:

can we add Snowy and Sparky for providing constant score updates in the match thread please?

Thank the All Blacks who did the scoring instead. Wouldn't have updated the score if I hadn't been happy with it.

[sparky]

Read: Don't think I've seen a better performance from an AB Number 8. Was superb in attack and defence.

Smith: Signature performance of his career. Constantly lively and accurate. Made life very difficult for Ireland.

Third vote could have gone to lots of the players, but I gave mine to Sam Whitelock. The ultimate team man kept crashing into things all game long and never tired.

[Billy Tell]

@rotated said in MOTM v Ireland:

Smith. Reece. Read.

Pretty much everyone was above average except Bridge where the action all went the other way and Todd who was dire.

You need to watch the match again. Bridge was fine.

Read, Smith, Mo’unga (just ahead of Savea).