The IRISH RUGBY thread

[weareros]

French defending shit when Irish go at them. Hope we can keep it up.

[Wildweasel74]

It's funny how Home and Away makes such a big difference in Rugby, I fancy Ireland to beat France in Dublin. Sexton missing a big difference.

[seafoid]

Time to bring Carty on.

Hon the Rossies

[seafoid]

It's funny how Home and Away makes such a big difference in Rugby, I fancy Ireland to beat France in Dublin. Sexton missing a big difference.

It takes an exceptional Irish team to win in Paris.

[weareros]

Time to bring Carty on.

Hon the Rossies

Shocker of a pass. Threw the last chance away.

[Rudi]

Poor game management in the end, but a courageous performance. Strange decision by referee not to give a penalty advantage to Ireland in the last quarter. 3 tries to 2.

[Rudi]

Ryan made poor choices as captain.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Far far too many handling errors. Big mistake not going to the corner with that penalty on 73mins. The garyowen with the clock about to go red was ridiculously stupid but hey it seems to be the Irish tactic for a decade now to just kick possession away

[Capt Pat]

Should have kicked for the corner instead of taking the 3 points with the last penalty. We never got another good chance. Still a good performance from Ireland in the second half.

[From the Bunker]

Far far too many handling errors. Big mistake not going to the corner with that penalty on 73mins. The garyowen with the clock about to go red was ridiculously stupid but hey it seems to be the Irish tactic for a decade now to just kick possession away

I know very little about Rugby tactics, but that seemed a crazy decision.

[Tony Baloney]

Time to bring Carty on.

Hon the Rossies

Shocker of a pass. Threw the last chance away.

What a load of shite that was. Needed a cool head on the ball at that stage. If they had gone through the phases I would have no doubt France would have given away a pen. Kick to the corner, maul, try and conversion. Simple 

[seafoid]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2022/02/12/france-v-ireland-live-score-six-nations-2022-latest-updates/

Ireland are amassing a squad capable of challenging the world's best, and increasingly have the game to go with the grunt. Carbery has shown himself capable, not only of standing in for Sexton, but offering Ireland something different, something more instinctive. 

[Gmac]

In reality the Best result for Ireland don't need all the hype and pressure again a season before wc
Building a good squad and a nice style of play , peaking next October is the key for this team and management

[Milltown Row2]

Questioned the not kicking into touch rather than taking the 3 points to my well knowledgeable  rugby friend today, he said 3 points and a chance to kick another 3  points was better considering Ireland's poor line outs during the game, up on till late on in the second half France were more disciplined and not giving up penalties, but more pressure provided Ireland with a chance to not not lose.

It's easy to say kick to corner but they were not convincing during the game, it would have been a complete steal had Ireland won

[Tony Baloney]

Questioned the not kicking into touch rather than taking the 3 points to my well knowledgeable  rugby friend today, he said 3 points and a chance to kick another 3  points was better considering Ireland's poor line outs during the game, up on till late on in the second half France were more disciplined and not giving up penalties, but more pressure provided Ireland with a chance to not not lose.

It's easy to say kick to corner but they were not convincing during the game, it would have been a complete steal had Ireland won

Another pen would have given them a draw. It was the wrong decision. 3 points or no points probably irrelevant - line-out maul is in the DNA of this Ireland team for the last 10 years so it should have been the option. Risk vs reward it was the wrong decision but it didn't lose them the match. There were other poor decisions in the last 10.