The IRISH RUGBY thread

[weareros]

12-3 at HT. Second try just before half time well worked too.

[Capt Pat]

Dan Sheehan is off injured but it didn't look too serious. I don't care about the result of this game, I only care about injuries.

[Rudi]

The worst game I have seen in a very long time involving Ireland. Referee is awful too.

[johnnycool]

The worst game I have seen in a very long time involving Ireland. Referee is awful too.

Ireland weren't great, particularly the lineout so POC has much to do there, but how god awful bad are England?

They're a raggle taggle outfit who seem to have been thrown together for an end of season tour!
Not that I'm complaining 

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Looks like Eddie Jones wasn't doing too bad with England after all . England and Wales at a similar level and South Africa just smashed Wales at the weekend.

[NAG1]

Probably fair to say the standard has dropped across the board in recent seasons.

[Tony Baloney]

The worst game I have seen in a very long time involving Ireland. Referee is awful too.

Ireland weren't great, particularly the lineout so POC has much to do there, but how god awful bad are England?

They're a raggle taggle outfit who seem to have been thrown together for an end of season tour!
Not that I'm complaining 

Line-out has been hit and miss over the last few years. They'll not win much without nailing their set pieces.

[Hound]

Didn't watch the game, as unlike Autumn tests v the southern hemisphere sides, this was a genuine friendly! So match fitness was important, but they had to be careful to give nothing away to World Cup opposing managers in terms of their set pieces and patterns, so I wouldn't read much into the Ireland performance

[Estimator]

Took them a while, but Farrell will miss two games at the World Cup. Argentina and Japan.
4 game ban in total, with the Ireland and Fiji also included.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

All blacks getting hammered

[Tony Baloney]

All blacks getting hammered

South Africa laying down a lot of markers.

[marty34]

All blacks getting hammered

South Africa laying down a lot of markers.

All fun and games at this stage.

[grounded]

New Zealand still outright favourites 12/5 with South Africa 4/1. Its hard to explain after watching that, but there you go.

[From the Bunker]

New Zealand still outright favourites 12/5 with South Africa 4/1. Its hard to explain after watching that, but there you go.

It's called tradition.

[seafoid]

New Zealand still outright favourites 12/5 with South Africa 4/1. Its hard to explain after watching that, but there you go.

It's called tradition.

12/5 includes a reasonable amount of uncertainty.
Ireland v SA should be a cracker. The draw is insane.