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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Deceptively so. His running style makes him look slower than he is. He has that Dennis Hickie head-bob that makes him look like he can’t possibly be better at running than the likes of Ringrose. Yeah, Ringrose is the opposite. He's slower than he looks, which is why he does get clean breaks as ofte...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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He has that Dennis Hickie head-bob that makes him look like he can’t possibly be better at running than the likes of Ringrose.Hellraiser wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:51 pmDeceptively so. His running style makes him look slower than he is.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Ultimately the buck stops with Farrell. Murray shouldn't have been on the bench, and he shouldn't have gone for a 6-2 split. If Ringrose had come onto the wing for Nash, we'd have won imo. Yup, losing Nash so early really cost us, I'm still adamant Keenan should have been kept at fullback. We were ...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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] I'd be inclined to agree with this, but who plays instead of Murray? Is Casey actually better. He doesnt throw the terrible passes but he also doesnt put in a couple of good kicks Murray’s kicking was awful too. He had the short clearance before the try, but also on about 70 he had a box-kick tha...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Yeah, don't fly boeing planes at the moment
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Re: Yeah, don't fly boeing planes at the moment
I didn’t point it out, but yeah, that was pretty funny.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Forgot how bad Murray's passing was when he came on. It lead to about 3 direct turnovers. The obvious one that he flung from side of maul 10 yards out, but he also threw one at Hendersons laces that lead to a turnover. I think there was one more like that also. I always feel very self-conscious mak...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Haven't seen it mentioned much but we badly lost the kicking game, nearly all their kicks were arriving man and ball. They were putting alot more pressure on our kickers than we were on theirs which led to short missed touch by Lowe and some other wayward kicks. It reminded me of the time when we w...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Also, re Beirne, I will never shake the gut feeling that he is too loose a second row to be a starter when we're up against the bigger packs. Especially when we are playing a 6 who is not a conclusive tackler. And an eight, and seven, both of whom are voracious tacklers in terms of quantities, but ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Yeah, don't fly boeing planes at the moment
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Re: Yeah, don't fly boeing planes at the moment
Boeing we're taken over a couple of years ago and apparently the new management are prioritising speed of maintenance over thoroughness and QA. They merged with McDonnell-Douglas. Unfortunately, MDD seems to have been the guiding influence on engineering decisions, despite being the partner coming ...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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That loss to England is the best thing that could happen to Ireland in prep for the South Africa tour. An unchallenged 6Ns win could have worked against us only to fall flat in SA. I’ll never subscribe to this “that loss was the kick up the arse we needed” bollocks. We could very easily have learne...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Id have thought you were crazy if you said Ireland were going to win the 6N this year a few months ago. I'd have been happy with 2nd and secretly semi expected 3rd. Back in January everyone here was convinced we were gonna get slaughtered in Marseille. I can’t get my brain around anyone thinking we...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Going to be a lot fewer Irish lads on the Lions starting XV than many on here have been predicting for yonks now. Ben Earl will be thereabouts. Can't read too much into 1 game though. Points difference in the 6 nations table is ireland +80, England -3. Farrell is the coach so Irish players will get...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Murray is getting abuse on here tonight, but it's not like there's a better back-up 9 available right now. Casey couldn’t have kicked any worse than Murray did. We would’ve been better off hiding Murray out on the wing and leaving JGP at 9. Other countries would have used this 6N to get Casey up to...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Pace is fixed with Hansen and Ringrose coming back, even JOB. It's not fixed though. Those guys are quick, certainly quicker than those out there today, but none of them are a flyer. It would remain an issue against sides who have genuine pace. It would help us be better balanced for sure, but pace...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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And Ulster :lol: This current generation of a Leinster people have a history of building themselves up, only one way you can go after you let your ego runaway, & that’s crashing down to earth. A bit of humility would go a long way. Yep. It was the Leinster lads who let themselves down today. Not th...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Good news for that is Baird should replace POM for next weekend on today’s basisSon-Of-Ulster wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:43 pm I think Farrell is going for a 6:2 split to help blood Ryan Baird. He will need to him to replace POM eventually.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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I'm reluctant to throw stones at any of our backrow, given how poor our front five were. Not one of them played to their potential. Not one of the eight. When that happens, we lack the pace elsewhere to compensate. England are no great shakes or they would've been out of sight lads, that's the trut...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Frawley’s probably still in the picture for 10 cover, but we can’t rely on him to be the back 3 cover, especially if it means Murray at 9.TheBouncer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:39 pm Not very good at all. That’s it for the 6-2 and probably Frawley. Killer killer mistake from POM.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
What’s the point of the 6-2 if you’re not using the 6 early? Conan and Kelleher and Henderson on now anyway.redderneck wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:10 pmIts not Murray. It's not Crowley. It wasn't JGP. Our front five are being stuffed. And he's not refreshing them.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Upon disaster
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Stupid sin bin for POM to give up.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
Pace enough to finish that one off.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
McCarthy has a tendency to chase the big hits which leaves him tackling air/non-ball-carrying oppo far too often. He can be maddeningly ineffective at times. He's been anonymous today Whatever else you think, he hasn’t been anonymous. He might be over chasing some times, but he’s definitely putting...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Comfortably the better 10 on the field so far. He’s had tougher kicks than Crowley but kept his team on the front foot.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Re: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
How are we winning this game?
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Wish they weren’t playing *quite* so well.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official and ONLY England v Ireland Match Thread
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Is that Philo’s mam?
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Oh I'd take a 1 point win right now. Fully expect England to go full shithouse today. But it would still be embarrassing to lose to this version of England. Embarrassing to lose if they play how they did against Argentina, or Scotland. But there’s a SA-semi-final-esque performance of bloody-minded ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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The kick wasn’t a straightforward angle, we had been in the NZ 22 for a while, and just been held up over the line to get the penalty (think it was Whitelock for collapsing?) We had them on the ropes. The last thing they would have wanted is to face another maul. We’ll never know, and like I said, i...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Just to refresh our memories, here’s Radge’s contribution to that Scotland game. https://youtu.be/s6ytZ77KaFU?si=EkgEQh_fnyDE9H5c I mean, we could argue till the cows come home about what Sexton did or didn’t do against the ABs, particularly in the end-game, but none of his contributions actively g...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Just to refresh our memories, here’s Radge’s contribution to that Scotland game. https://youtu.be/s6ytZ77KaFU?si=EkgEQh_fnyDE9H5c I mean, we could argue till the cows come home about what Sexton did or didn’t do against the ABs, particularly in the end-game, but none of his contributions actively ga...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Worst batch for Leinster since 2001 or 1997 group. At least for the 6 nations. Injury has removed talented players like Berman, Sparrow and Moloney. I was about to say “Hang on, BOD and D’Arcy and Des Dillon were in the 1997 u20s group,” and then I realized you meant the year they were born. And th...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Looking back, that game was the genesis of having 3 front row subs. I think if you could go back in time, I’d suggest doing it without adding the 8th sub.Sugary_tae wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:06 pm Let us never again have a game like that in twickenham in 12
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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That was a horrible 10 minutes for Larmour.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Try Scarlets 19 - 7. Cammy while you are there, whats a decent pub in ranelagh these days to have a good pint (and get a seat). Dont want food, just a couple of pints of G It would be a dramatic change down the years if Smyths or McSorleys didn’t meet that description. Except maybe the “get a seat”...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
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Re: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
Tadej with an exhibition training ride.
Skujins rides the race of his life, beats all the rest, but still finishes 3 minutes behind.
Skujins rides the race of his life, beats all the rest, but still finishes 3 minutes behind.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official UCI Pro Cycling Thread
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Good race in the women’s.
60km to go in the lads and Podge is 2’40 ahead solo. Hope there’s some sort of action for 2nd.
60km to go in the lads and Podge is 2’40 ahead solo. Hope there’s some sort of action for 2nd.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Delighted to hear Haley played well, saw his try on the highlights and he took it sweetly. I’ve said for a while now, for all the campaigns Munster fans have subjected us to to get some bang average players into Ireland squads, Haley is one fella I’d back them on, but there’s nary a peep. Hope he ki...