posted Jun 7, 2008

Ireland still trying to go to the back of the lineout like total tools.

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posted Jun 7, 2008

cmon Ireland, 25 mins to go
you have a chance here. Get the lineout sorted and maybe just maybe

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posted Jun 7, 2008

normally NZ are beating eire about 50-0! Come on ireland

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posted Jun 7, 2008

NOOOOOOOOOo thats game set and match now!

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posted Jun 7, 2008

Ireland have just pressed the self-destruct button here, im gutted for Irish fans, i really am.

But you can all take heart from the first half performance and to still be competitive with New Zealand with 50 minutes gone and 3 points difference. Congratulations Ireland

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posted Jun 7, 2008

I know where Reddan was coming from when he said playing strongly isn't enough, winning is what counts, but I for one am delighted to see us playing a bit of rugby for the first time in ages. Had some good chances had we taken them. I never really bothered with this years six nations as was so fed up with EOS and was still recovering from travelling out to Rome in 07 and seeing the cruellest ending to a 6 nations ever.

Well done Ireland so far (players maybe playing to impress Kidney or just because its the AB?). Finally I'mm getting excited about the team again.

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posted Jun 7, 2008

I feel the only time Ireland looked dangerous was when they got the ball to the backs. They obviously didn't do this enough. Probably because of the conditions, but even so, they should have got the ball to O'Driscoll, I can't remember seeing him with the ball once.
Oh well.

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posted Jun 7, 2008

Good game for Ireland, patchy from the AB's, but then again the weather was sh-t, and it was their first game for 8 months, so rustiness is to be expected.
They will need to play better next weekend, but I expect them to step up two or three more gears during the week

Go ALL BLACKS !

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posted Jun 7, 2008

O'Driscoll got completely owned by Smith, once again supposedly world class Irishman is invisible, he lives off a 5 year old reputation.

Anyway onto the game, pretty good from both sides, NZ never looked like losing but atleast Ireland got a try and should have a good chance against the Wallabies next week.

Standout performers-McCaw, showing why he's the worlds best player,So'oailo played on despite a probable broken nose and constantly got over the gainline also the AB scrum. I laughed when Leamy said before the game that Ireland could control the set pieces, they were pasted.

Ireland Standouts-despite being largely on defense they only conceded two tries which most sides would be happy with. Kearney used his huge boot to good effect and ran effectively and Buckley carried well when he got on.

Decent game despite the atrocious conditions.

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posted Jun 7, 2008

one nervous moment from kearney in his own try area but otherwise i think kearney had a really good game given the conditions.

eoin reddan wasn't quite as masterful as he had been in the earlier 6 nations, peter stringer wasn't bad as a sub, nice to know we still have 3 scrum halves (boss/o'leary depending on form and if o'leary gets enough exp)

irelands backs lost them that game although you can forgive a few mistakes at the class shown by the all blacks (in those particular moments) in that weather.

hopefully dan carter will continue to play that way giving england a chance to beat them

i really think australia are in a bit of trouble against ireland, if they play like that it will be a very competitive match

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