RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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I've been giving Foster shit the last 4 years. He's useless. Nothing has persuaded me any different and I expect to lose bad in the QF but phuck it. Less goooo. I believe we have better players. Ireland are the better team. They do their job perfectly. We know how to beat them. It's now time to put the plan into play. Ireland are very metronomic and robotic in how they play. We've not seen a rush D from us yet. Maybe by design. I think it's the penalties that will undo us. We need to be massively agressive but if they give away penalties doing do the it's going to be a loooooong night. Big exits. No miracle balls in the red zone and just hammer 9/10 all day.
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When's the team named?
This thread is gonna go all over shop this week.
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@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
When's the team named?
This thread is gonna go all over shop this week.
Fucking bullshit . Fozzie apologist.
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@Bones said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
When's the team named?
This thread is gonna go all over shop this week.
Fucking bullshit . Fozzie apologist.
You've got FDS, you need to take your negativity (and any semblance of reality) out of this thread!
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@Machpants I know Taukeiaho and Roigard were blooded into the team and the system like the best ever, you won't see better. Plus Taylor rediscovered his form as a result of Taukeiaho being given extremely limited game time, plus we got to see Christie really isn't up to it because he got so much game time
But 🤮
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@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
When's the team named?
This thread is gonna go all over shop this week.
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@game_film said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
I’m just looking forward to the images of Sexton on the bench in the 72nd minute, with his eyes glazed over, channeling 2007 DC with a thousand-yard stare.
would this be the biggest choke ever if Ireland continued to never win a knockout game with this team, and this level of international dominance?
Let's go Black - hoping for the best, but fearful of what a properly disciplined team will do against us.
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- the ruck. this is where they are the best in the world. We need to disrupt without being penalised, and stop them from doing the same to us. Ireland have realised that rucks are more frequent than any other contest for possession, and the biggest source of turnovers and penalties in almost every single game, and this is where their focus is. i find it really disturbing that so many comments above on 'how we can win it' talk about every bloody other thing and don't mention this: everything else is secondary.
- they obstruct terribly and get away with it, and chase well when the ball is in the air. this is the other area where they are clearly better than us, and it ought to be brought up with the referees in advance and worked on heavily by us, as it isn't that hard - just needs people to know what their roles are.
- discipline. it's hard enough to beat them without going down to 14 men.
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Hope they realised how thier lack of physicality was a major issue then, as it has been on and mostly off for the past 4 years.
There is a special line from Retallick in this for you @mariner4life
Retallick says he has enjoyed the atmosphere the Irish fans have brought to the tournament, particularly the renditions of the 1990s pop song 'Zombie'.
"I think that's one of the awesome parts about a World Cup, the enthusiasm the crowd bring," he added. "I've seen them singing the Cranberries, it's a great song, but hopefully they're not singing it on Saturday."
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Give 110 percent
Leave it all on the field
Play for the jersey
Do it for the people back home
Play with a chip on your shoulder
Get stuck inIt’s the best sporting cliches that really matter
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Ooh complaining about it being unfair, mental weakness?
Sexcovkwomble said “We are delighted to win the pool. This is where we want to be now in a quarterfinal against the toughest opposition we could get,” Sexton said after their final pool match against the Scots.
“The way the draw was made three years ago, it turned out a bit unfair. It is the hand that we were dealt and we have to be ready for New Zealand next week.”
But probably just pointing to the fact he's a whiny fluffybunny. We can whine, we're fans, he's Pro and should be above that
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@reprobate said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
- the ruck. this is where they are the best in the world. We need to disrupt without being penalised, and stop them from doing the same to us. Ireland have realised that rucks are more frequent than any other contest for possession, and the biggest source of turnovers and penalties in almost every single game, and this is where their focus is. i find it really disturbing that so many comments above on 'how we can win it' talk about every bloody other thing and don't mention this: everything else is secondary.
- they obstruct terribly and get away with it, and chase well when the ball is in the air. this is the other area where they are clearly better than us, and it ought to be brought up with the referees in advance and worked on heavily by us, as it isn't that hard - just needs people to know what their roles are.
- discipline. it's hard enough to beat them without going down to 14 men.
One thing I noticed watching Jocks go down, was how often an Irish tackler hangs on by tackled player’s foot, thus placing him full length right behind attacking ruck. They roll away lethargically sometimes away from halfback and sometimes towards him.
For example, at 11.38 Irish 5 rolls back into Price’s feet.
All teams do it but I’m sure Paddies in double figures, so a tactic.
For me it’s an automatic penalty unless obvious that genuine attempt made to avoid disruption.
Rassie video required?
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@pakman said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@reprobate said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
- the ruck. this is where they are the best in the world. We need to disrupt without being penalised, and stop them from doing the same to us. Ireland have realised that rucks are more frequent than any other contest for possession, and the biggest source of turnovers and penalties in almost every single game, and this is where their focus is. i find it really disturbing that so many comments above on 'how we can win it' talk about every bloody other thing and don't mention this: everything else is secondary.
- they obstruct terribly and get away with it, and chase well when the ball is in the air. this is the other area where they are clearly better than us, and it ought to be brought up with the referees in advance and worked on heavily by us, as it isn't that hard - just needs people to know what their roles are.
- discipline. it's hard enough to beat them without going down to 14 men.
One thing I noticed watching Jocks go down, was how often an Irish tackler hangs on by tackled player’s foot, thus placing him full length right behind attacking ruck. They roll away lethargically sometimes away from halfback and sometimes towards him.
For example, at 11.38 Irish 5 rolls back into Price’s feet.
All teams do it but I’m sure Paddies in double figures, so a tactic.
For me it’s an automatic penalty unless obvious that genuine attempt made to avoid disruption.
Rassie video required?
I think we just need to exaggerate the effect it has....eg Sexton being tripped after the ball was out.
How the game will be played will depend heavily on who has the whistle....
I suspect we will have an Englishmen or Frenchmen....excluding Barnes...that would mean we're in trouble before we even get on the field
