The IRISH RUGBY thread

[seafoid]

They aren't very settled. they are very skilful.
Now might be the time to get them at home

[Estimator]

Good start. First try on the board.

[Tony Baloney]

Ireland looking lively.

[Estimator]

Ireland looking lively.

Not any more. Poor from Ireland in a decent attacking position.
Those to slips from Sexton and Ringrose will prove very costly.

[Tony Baloney]

Ireland looking lively.

Not any more. Poor from Ireland in a decent attacking position.
Those to slips from Sexton and Ringrose will prove very costly.

Ringrose has fucked 2 now. He has been passing like he's wearing boxing gloves.

[Estimator]

Game over.

[Tony Baloney]

Wheels well and truly off now 

[Gael80]

Wheels well and truly off now 

I hope I'm wrong but we'll find the wheels will stay off now for the next 16 months with a few positve games here and there. Rugby is a strange sport in most prepare to peak in WC year with a lot of transition the other years.. That is when Irish Rugby always gets found out; the international team isn't as strong as many would have us believe which is the reason we struggle at WC's when it's the one time all teams are in peak condition.

Our success tends to come the two years post WC, sometimes third year which puts the media into a frenzy but as we get closer to the WC and the WC itself the reality of where we really are shows.

[Wildweasel74]

Very few have won test series in NZ, South Africa about the height of it.

[screenexile]

Wow!!

NZ are back...

[seafoid]

Wow!!

NZ are back...

Csrbery needs this.

I think this tour is a great idea.  It's  not about winning. It's about finding out where the gaps are and working  on them in the run up to the RWC

[screenexile]

Jesus butchered 2 tries here!!

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Well a non contest in the end but doesn't help when you gift the all blacks about 3 tries

[seafoid]

Senior hurling

https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2022/0702/1308039-new-zealand-v-ireland-updates/

63 That is Sheehan's final act as he is replaced by Dave Heffernan.

65: Heffernan's night could be over already. He gets smashed in the tackle on his first carry and looks unsteady on his feet


67 Heffernan has picked up a knock and cannot continue. Sheehan returns after a brief break and immediately concedes another penalty in front of his posts.

[Bord na Mona man]

On a good day, on home turf, Ireland playing well can have realistic ambitions of beating NZ, if the tourists don't fully perform. Touring in the Southern Hemisphere is two steps up.
It's also a good barometer for how the team might perform in a WC.