The IRISH RUGBY thread

[highorlow]

Don't know what game you were watching if your comment is serious about heaslip

[Walter Cronc]

Don't know what game you were watching if your comment is serious about heaslip

Name me his stand out moments? Apart from a late turnover I can think of very little.

[highorlow]

He created the ruck for the Murray try.

[Walter Cronc]

He created the ruck for the Murray try.

Murrays try came from an initial burst by Henshaw off a scrum, then a carry by Heaslip, after another burst by McGrath Murray sniped over. To solely credit Heaslip isn't right imo.

[highorlow]

To solely say I gave him full credit for the try is incorrect imo

Tupuric , north and warburton didn't do much, says something about defence.

[Walter Cronc]

To solely say I gave him full credit for the try is incorrect imo

Tupuric , north and warburton didn't do much, says something about defence.

Well done JS

[Dinny Breen]

Don't know what game you were watching if your comment is serious about heaslip

Name me his stand out moments? Apart from a late turnover I can think of very little.

What about his 16 tackles? 5 more than CJ and 7 more than TOD! Won more turnovers than CJ and TOD combined.  Also carried for the same number of meters as CJ with less ball.

Heaslip was immense today as was the entire Irish back-row I thought. 

[foxcommander]

Ireland Captain not singing the national anthem. DISGRACEFUL!

He should know the words. Which country is he captaining/representing again?

[michaelg]

Ireland Captain not singing the national anthem. DISGRACEFUL!

He should know the words. Which country is he captaining/representing again?

He is not representing the Republic of Ireland so no need for him to know the words.  At least you must have been happy he didn't sing Ireland's Call either.

[Walter Cronc]

Don't know what game you were watching if your comment is serious about heaslip

Name me his stand out moments? Apart from a late turnover I can think of very little.

What about his 16 tackles? 5 more than CJ and 7 more than TOD! Won more turnovers than CJ and TOD combined.  Also carried for the same number of meters as CJ with less ball.

Heaslip was immense today as was the entire Irish back-row I thought.

TOD was the standout for me. Think we dipped a bit when he went off

[Dinny Breen]

Don't know what game you were watching if your comment is serious about heaslip

Name me his stand out moments? Apart from a late turnover I can think of very little.

What about his 16 tackles? 5 more than CJ and 7 more than TOD! Won more turnovers than CJ and TOD combined.  Also carried for the same number of meters as CJ with less ball.

Heaslip was immense today as was the entire Irish back-row I thought.

TOD was the standout for me. Think we dipped a bit when he went off

I think we just tired, it was a very physical game and both teams went through lots of one out phases which is very demanding on the forwards both in attack and defence. Second half was poor fair and the lack of creativity from both sides shows why European Rugby struggles, it's all play the precentages.

[seafoid]

Euro rugby is going nowhere. Big men crashing into each other with concussion as standard. Hard to watch compared to southern hem. Sport is about space,  vision, teamwork. It is not about losing consciousness.

[johnneycool]

Euro rugby is going nowhere. Big men crashing into each other with concussion as standard. Hard to watch compared to southern hem. Sport is about space,  vision, teamwork. It is not about losing consciousness.

Agreed,
   Whilst this 15 man rugby league will win you a 6N's, that's about it. The Southern Hemisphere have moved on as the world cup showed, but alas we'll celebrate like billyo if we win the Div2 of rugby and talk about challenging the Southern Hemisphere teams, but come the summer tours we'll get our arses handed to us.

[Walter Cronc]

Along with tackling technique which I feel has to be addressed its up to the powers that be and refs to clamp down on the attacking player leading with the forearm/elbow. There were a couple of examples yesterday but one that sprung to mind was George North on Sexton late on.

Jack McGrath is developing into an outstanding player. If Healy was fit I doubt he'd be starting ahead of him.

Is Furlong ready to start away to France? Probably not.

[AQMP]

Euro rugby is going nowhere. Big men crashing into each other with concussion as standard. Hard to watch compared to southern hem. Sport is about space,  vision, teamwork. It is not about losing consciousness.

Agreed,
   Whilst this 15 man rugby league will win you a 6N's, that's about it. The Southern Hemisphere have moved on as the world cup showed, but alas we'll celebrate like billyo if we win the Div2 of rugby and talk about challenging the Southern Hemisphere teams, but come the summer tours we'll get our arses handed to us.

Agree with both of these.  I missed the France Italy game but as well as player welfare, also in terms of entertainment I found both the other weekend games wanting.  Few line breaks, 20 phases to move the ball 8 metres, all thud and thump.  Someone should tell Henshaw that you're allowed to pass the ball in rugby.  It's as if the World Cup never happened.  Oh, and ITV is shite too!