RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland

[nzzp]

also, I cannot stop seeing Sexbomb as a hobbit every time he gets the ball he hunches and scurries

[Machpants]

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

How many minutes left for smith ?

6 ish I think

[chimoaus]

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

How many minutes left for smith ?

5 or so.

[KiwiMurph]

Discipline has been an issue under Foz for 4 years. Only fitting it rears it's head again

[mariner4life]

That's a cracking half of rugby

[akan004]

So frustrating that our poor discipline is keeping them in this game.

[Tim]

Defence wins big matches.

[ACT Crusader]

It has to be said but it’s a fantastic game so far. Yeah we’ve done some dumb stuff but man it’s intense. There’s scoring and we are attacking the breakdown like demons.

[Victor Meldrew]

@KiwiMurph said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

Discipline has been an issue under Foz for 4 years. Only fitting it rears it's head again

It's been shit since 2019. The issue is it hasn't been fixed

[sparky]

Good news we are ahead and we can take these guys.

Bad news. All the familiar stuff we’ve had years to fix.

[pakman]

Barnes pedantry keeping Irish in this. We fluffed a likely score when WJ went alone. Irish coaches looking a bit concerned.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Holt shit. What happened to Matt Rogers? Looks 80.

[kiwiinmelb]

Without trying to state the obvious, Possession will be key , both teams have points in them

[akan004]

@antipodean said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

How does McLeod have a fucking job?

Our fucking media are too soft on them too. Not once have I heard a reporter question McLeod and Foster about our passive D. Such an outdated way of defending.

[Gunner]

That YC is a Fucking disgrace.

Another example of Ireland (and France) getting all the dodgy calls going their way.

[Machpants]

@nzzp said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

also, I cannot stop seeing Sexbomb as a hobbit every time he gets the ball he hunches and scurries

He is looking a bit tentative to me

[Tordah]

Cracking game, YC was pretty harsh, otherwise great reffing so far. Some good hits out there. Loved the 30 phase beginning, the ABs should try that one again.

[mariner4life]

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:

Holt shit. What happened to Matt Rogers? Looks 80.

Triathlons

[His Bobness]

New Zealand beating itself again. Dominates world rugby for a decade, exports its IP coaching and playing talent all over the world and then fights its own shadow. You get a sense they are in mythical arm wrestle with themselves, both figuratively and literally. A tragedy.

[Victor Meldrew]

I genuinely think the Irish are worried. They haven't been able to dominate us at the breakdown, get a stranglehold on the game and know it's stupid stuff (I'm talking to you Will Jordan & Shannon) which has kept them in the game.

We have less to fix than they have, I think