The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Porterbelly1 · Post by **Porterbelly1** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:26 pm

At least the hurling is on after

Jumper · Post by **Jumper** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:26 pm

Everyone but Daly going to get loads of gametime.

EverReady · Post by **EverReady** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:26 pm

Dominating these jokers

Bogbunny · Post by **Bogbunny** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:27 pm

Jumper wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:23 pm
Bogbunny wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:22 pm
Willie Falloon wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:21 pm
Bogbunny wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:18 pm Is James Ryan on the pitch today??
Made a forward pass early on in the 2nd half. Very quite though.

Get Bealham off.
Ryan doesn't seem to engage with the ref at all. Herring doing the talking.
Henderson doing some talking too. Ryan is a bit of an empty jersey this season so far; a shadow of the player he was.

Ah now, he could be mighty at calling the coin toss in the changing room

Jumper · Post by **Jumper** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:28 pm

Ryan, the captain, being taken off so early says a lot.

Willie Falloon · Post by **Willie Falloon** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:28 pm

POM on and already at the ref

EverReady · Post by **EverReady** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:28 pm

Willie Falloon wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:26 pm Porter
Henderson
Stockdale

Irelands best performers.

Beirne
Bealham
Stander

Irelands least impressive

Winnie · Post by **Winnie** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:29 pm

EverReady wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:26 pm Dominating these jokers

Can we play you every week?

Winnie · Post by **Winnie** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:29 pm

Jesus that’s u14c stuff

Mullet 2 · Post by **Mullet 2** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:29 pm

This is woeful, fûcking woeful

Bogbunny · Post by **Bogbunny** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm

This is a car crash of a performance.

Porterbelly1 · Post by **Porterbelly1** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm

What does Mike Catt do?

hermie · Post by **hermie** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm

Salanya wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:25 pm This is just a really poor performance. Disjointed, little vision and several players not performing.

Dreadful stuff

PCPhil · Post by **PCPhil** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm

Quite a tight match. Ireland clearly brought their World Cup form to this one.

Jim Lahey · Post by **Jim Lahey** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm

We are so very very very bad.

Bogbunny · Post by **Bogbunny** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:31 pm

Porterbelly1 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm What does Mike Catt do?

An interesting question Grasshopper!

Mullet 2 · Post by **Mullet 2** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:31 pm

Porterbelly1 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm What does Mike Catt do?

Thieves a living.

Tired of blaming coaches, these are internationals that can’t pass

nabanoba · Post by **nabanoba** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:32 pm

Code: Select all

Porterbelly1 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm What does Mike Catt do?

I can't remember the last time we threatened to score off a set piece move.

EverReady · Post by **EverReady** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:32 pm

Winnie wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:29 pm
EverReady wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:26 pm Dominating these jokers
Can we play you every week?

Scotland are going to tear us a new one

grimoald · Post by **grimoald** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:32 pm

We really, really need Leinster to move on from Ross Byrne.

Hellraiser · Post by **Hellraiser** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:33 pm

The entire coaching team needs to go. Won't happen mind.

Porterbelly1 · Post by **Porterbelly1** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:34 pm

Mullet 2 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:31 pm
Porterbelly1 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm What does Mike Catt do?
Thieves a living.

Tired of blaming coaches, these are internationals that can’t pass

True. But there’s no semblance of anything constructive off set piece. And if there’s any day you can show it, it’s today. Can understand, to a degree, why we didn’t see it v England.

Despot · Post by **Despot** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:35 pm

An ordinary performance made hard to watch by very dull commentary.

Winnie · Post by **Winnie** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:35 pm

Hellraiser wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:33 pm The entire coaching team needs to go. Won't happen mind.

They shouldn’t have been there in the first place

Salanya · Post by **Salanya** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:36 pm

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:30 pm

We are so very very very bad.

We are.
Yet Leinster are dominating the Pro14 with beautiful play, Ulster are on song, Munster are very solid and getting better, and Connacht have been a bit inconsistent but great at times. And that's whilst their internationals are away.

And we're playing against Georgia, who've been put away by all the Six Nations handily.

PCPhil · Post by **PCPhil** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:36 pm

Despot wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:35 pm An ordinary performance made hard to watch by very dull commentary.

Not sure they have a lot of material to work with to be fair.

El Homerino · Post by **El Homerino** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:37 pm

The pack have been a disgrace in this half

Porterbelly1 · Post by **Porterbelly1** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:37 pm

grimoald wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:32 pm We really, really need Leinster to move on from Ross Byrne.

Ross Byrne probably needs that move too. Test himself somewhere as no1 every week, even abroad. He’s so used to playing in games that don’t matter or Leinster are streaking it that he doesn’t know what to do when the heat comes on.

HighKingLeinster · Post by **HighKingLeinster** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:38 pm

This is muck

hermie · Post by **hermie** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:38 pm

Harsh peno against Georgia there

Mullet 2 · Post by **Mullet 2** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:39 pm

If only these were the English lads were in charge after the rising, nobody would have been executed

El Homerino · Post by **El Homerino** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:39 pm

Is Connors up to this level?

grimoald · Post by **grimoald** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:39 pm

Will Connors is not an international quality rugby player.

Willie Falloon · Post by **Willie Falloon** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:39 pm

El Homerino wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:37 pm The pack have been a disgrace in this half

It's like a RWC performance all over again.

Stockdale makes a tackle.

Trostan · Post by **Trostan** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:39 pm

Willie Falloon wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:53 pm Anyway, TMO needs to learn the rules of a forward pass.

If the hands go back it isn't forward. That is the clearly stated in World rugby laws.

You should read the Noddy guide to "back".
Clearly not backward from his hands

Porterbelly1 · Post by **Porterbelly1** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:40 pm

We’re blessed Georgia are shcutter

Willie Falloon · Post by **Willie Falloon** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:40 pm

grimoald wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:39 pm Will Connors is not an international quality rugby player.

Not on todays performance.

Porterbelly1 · Post by **Porterbelly1** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:40 pm

El Homerino wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:39 pm Is Connors up to this level?

What’s his real weight? Doesn’t look anything over 92/93 kilos

redderneck · Post by **redderneck** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:41 pm

We’re back in the late Deccie epoch. When everyone knew full well that stepping up to the Irish squad meant you were not stepping up to the best coaching group in the country.

That is a cancer for a squad and all in it.

That’s all I’ll say on it.

Trostan · Post by **Trostan** » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:41 pm

McCloskey wants Georgia to have more of the ball