RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland
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Lets take a moment to pay tribute to this Irish team.
What a side! You don’t win 17 games on the spin without being bloody good. They gave us a massive scare yesterday and could easily have one despite the heroics of Cane, Savea, Scott Barrett, Lomax. All of the All Blacks really.
They must be one of the most organised teams I’ve ever seen. Not far off Australia under Macqueen or England 2003.
They didn’t fade in terms of fitness. Their conditioning team had done an outstanding job.
I can’t think of many teams from the British and Irish Isles who were so comfortable and confident with the ball in hand. Maybe the 1997 Lions?
Their weaknesses turned out to be their lineout and not being willing to take risks under pressure. 36 phases at the end there but they never chanced their arm. Nothing like Nonu or Cruden outrageous offload in a near reverse situation in 2013.
Mental skills saw the ABs through that one. Last night was very much part of Gilbert Enoka’s legacy.
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@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@raznomore this post needs promoting to the front page... but I have technouselessness so @Duluth !!! ... ?
Yup, I’ll add that and a few others tomorrow
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Ok so it might be the drink, but right now I have a lot of love for Sam and the boys
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@antipodean said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
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@Frank said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@raznomore Dude thanks for posting. Great to see blasts from the past.
Where's Crucial?Having a beer with the Baron?
I must've missed that.
Me too but explains absence
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@Machpants said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@gt12 said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
A bit more here of the incident between Ioane and Sexton.
I won't lie, I think Rieko can be a bit of a dick, however since I was literally yelling 'fuck off back to Ireland you fluffybunnies Sexton and O'Mahoney', I think it's fair to say that I'm being a bit hypocritical.
Johnny Sexton Involved In Angry Exchange With Rieko Ioane After Ireland Lost To All Blacks | Balls.ie
The rugby career of Johnny Sexton ended in heartbreak in Paris tonight. After the fulltime whistle, he had some heated words with All Black Rieko Ioane
Well the four more years was Gregan standing over an AB (Kelleher) and rubbing it in. And didn't get all whiny cockwomble about it. Took it as due
I have zero fucking sympathy for the prick. He's been mouthing off and reffing refs for years. Fuck him. The fucking trash talk the likes of him and POM have been delivering in the pitch, they can suck à bah of dicks. Yeah I think RI is a bit of a dick but fuck it. Take your picks you mouth fluffybunnies.
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The morning after the night before… what an amazing spectacle and atmosphere; up there with being at the RWC 2011 and 2015 finals. I felt strangely calm and almost reassured, as soon as the match kicked off. Quite a few thousand-yard stares from the stunned Irish supporters at the final whistle. Most were fairly complimentary in the post-match bars though a large number of younger guys were pretty damn salty, especially at Barnes.
I’m lucky enough to be back to Paris for the SF on Friday. Another hangover beckons
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@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
That's 100% on Frizzell. Ioane turns him in as he should, Shannon misses a straight shot
This game going with penalties at thr moment
If that had been Michael Jones Bundee would have had to have been renamed Ribs.
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@mariner4life said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
@NTA I think the difference today was, when they went the short option, some.AB forward whacked them, hard
Unlike last time we played them, we covered the wrap, but also shut down the forward runners. I haven't seen the ABs hit like that on D for a while
Our spacing on D during those final phases was superb. I haven't seen anything like it since the 2015 WC final. I say that in hindsight, because I was still bricking it at the time.
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@Rapido said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
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@taniwharugby said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Unsure if this image has been posted already, but that meant something...
Unlike.
Reminds me of a team too pleased with themselves and about to crash hard the following week.
Reminds me of Ireland 2015 actually.
It's up to all of us to keep bagging them. Dare them to win to spite us!
Tbh, even the good/great AB teams struggled the following week after a standout knock-out match. Difference is, this is a shit AB team.
Let's not downplay the effort the Aggies had to put in to beat the Welsh - both teams coming off huge efforts and will have to get the mental part of it right.
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@booboo said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
The 2011 final still gives me the heeby-jeebies.
Not me. Well, it did until I got rid of the sofa with the teeth marks last year.
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Yeah. Miss @Crucial. Posted stuff which made you think - even if yoy disagreed with it.
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@sparky said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Lets take a moment to pay tribute to this Irish team.
What a side! You don’t win 17 games on the spin without being bloody good. They gave us a massive scare yesterday and could easily have one despite the heroics of Cane, Savea, Scott Barrett, Lomax. All of the All Blacks really.
They must be one of the most organised teams I’ve ever seen. Not far off Australia under Macqueen or England 2003.
They did fade in terms of fitness. Their conditioning team had done an outstanding job.
I can’t think of many teams from the British and Irish Isles who were so comfortable and confident with the ball in hand. Maybe the 1997 Lions?
Their weaknesses turned out to be their lineout and not being willing to take risks under pressure. 36 phases at the end there but they never chanced their arm. Nothing like Nonu or Cruden outrageous offload in a near reverse situation in 2013.
Mental skills saw the ABs through that one. Last night was very much part of Gilbert Enoka’s legacy.
yep well said that man.
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Even Ritchie didn’t want the ginger on.
“I’m so happy with the way our leaders led, and also Foz [head coach Ian Foster] and his team and some of their decisions to keep Nuggy [Aaron Smith] on”
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@bayimports said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Even Ritchie didn’t want the ginger on.
“I’m so happy with the way our leaders led, and also Foz [head coach Ian Foster] and his team and some of their decisions to keep Nuggy [Aaron Smith] on”
Not getting ahead of himself either:
“We played an 80-minute game with two yellow cards. That speaks volumes for the team,” added the gifted No 10. “The next challenge is how consistent can we be? Can we put in back-to-back performances? There’s fire in everyone’s belly in wanting to fulfil the potential of this team. If we do that the outcome is to win the World Cup, and that’s what we want.”
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@Smuts said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
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@NTA said in RWC QF: All Blacks v Ireland:
Been out all day. Saw the last 5 minutes this morning so nice to get time this afternoon to get a look at the rest.
ABs first attacking raid going 29 phases without incident is pretty good.
Ireland's lineout and ruck are nervy.
I thought Barnes got the first scrum wrong tho - ABs THP folded in for me
Look at porter, he knew exactly what he'd done, didn't even give it the regulation prop head shake.
I’ve been banging on about their props cheating since the AB series. Welsh URC fans have been doing it even longer.
And from ground level it was plain as day - every fucking scrum Porter steps out and hinges to avoid the contest.
By the middle of the second half even the Irish around me were wailing - fuck me he’s done it again.
Barnes had a pretty good shift. But it’s still baffling how it took so long for a ref to punish the Irish scrum. Because it isn’t subtle. Any more than their ruck work and Barnes largely let that go. So it was plenty ironic when the Irish were moaning that he swallowed his whistle in that final stretch.
As if the ABs hadn’t been on the other side of Barnes just letting the teams duke it out.
That final set of Irish attacking phases demonstrated that we'd clearly put some work during the week into Barnes' reffing - well behind the offside line, getting into the ruck without getting off our feet and clearly in the way of the ball, and then going for it when the Irish ball runners were clearly disconnected from their cleaners - really amazing stuff reminiscent of the defensive effort in the 2011 final
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