Rugby world cup 2015

[Bord na Mona man]

Expect the usual overreactions, but the game hinged on a few moments with 10 or 15 to go. The non second yellow card of the Argentinian tight head for a head plunge. Madigan's miss that could have made it level and Murray fouling the ball in the scrum that reversed the scrum and lead to Argentina's match winning try.

Argentina are definitely top 3 in the world, but when you see Ireland having to bring on players that aren't even guaranteed starters for Leinster, it's obvious the talent pool is quite shallow.

[INDIANA]

Argentina any good fellas?

Testing , testing .....

Hernandez over the hill ?

Should be entertaining

Hard to luck to the players and management.

[From the Bunker]

Expect the usual overreactions, but the game hinged on a few moments with 10 or 15 to go. The non second yellow card of the Argentinian tight head for a head plunge. Madigan's miss that could have made it level and Murray fouling the ball in the scrum that reversed the scrum and lead to Argentina's match winning try.

Argentina are definitely top 3 in the world, but when you see Ireland having to bring on players that aren't even guaranteed starters for Leinster, it's obvious the talent pool is quite shallow.

Of course it is! It's a minority sport in this country. We have Three and a half professional clubs. There are a lot more kids not playing Rugby than playing it. Have to say I found the over confidence in the Rugby team uncomfortable.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Fair play to indiana. The ref was brutal. Both early tries had forward passes but not checked even when they went to the TMO. Nothing wrong with madigans quick take and try. Ref bottled the sending off. Even the final try came from the most crooked lineout. Looks like playing against the tri nations argentina have learnt to play on the edge and beyond the rules. Most frustrating bit was ireland had fought back to 3 points to only miss a couple of simple penalties and then fail to convert a good 15 mins of possesion and territory into any points. One final point we keep hearing about the intensity of last week blah blah but do we not play france every single year and follow it up a week later with another big game. Dont understand why the defence was so slow. Some of the argentinian passing was sloppy yet they still had time to recover and keep the ball moving. Only in the 2nd half did ireland start to pressure them.

[grounded]

Argentina far far better team and play a superior brand of rugby, that's the bottom line. Would sexton, o  connell and o brien playing been enough to bridge the gap? Argentina looked far more dangerous in attack. They never committed too may to the breakdown and looked to move the ball out wide were they had identified how vulnerable we were(dave kearney caught out twice for tries).                                                     Like last night a clash of styles with the southern hemisphere proving superior. Case in point was big Mike Ross. Fine player for the 6 nations but in this type of game too slow to get to the breakdown let alone compete. Included for his scrummaging but tbh thats not enough. Same goes for toner to a lesser extent. Included for his lineout ability but doesnt offer as much in the loose. All the Argentinian forwards were quick enough to get to the breakdown and comfortable carrying and off loading ball. Happily Come 6 nations we will be able to compete again   

[Milltown Row2]

That was an outstanding performance by the Argies ..... They were immense fir most of the game and were able to pressurise Ireland at ever opportunity.

[ONeill]

Go each way and cover that

You're a bollox. Did £1 ew instead of 2 on the nose.

Couldn't believe the amount of people who disregarded Argentina. It was like no one had watched the tournament.

Anyway I'm off to buy a bottle of Lucozade.

[Bord na Mona man]

This game was somewhat similar to the 2011 WC quarter final against Wales. Back then, Ireland were caught cold for early tries, spent 40-50 minutes bashing way reducing the lead and then fell off again at the end.
Poor defending of the wings in 2015 replaces the Dan Lydiate chop tackles of 2011 as the iceberg Ireland perished on.

Previous QF to that, in 2003 Ireland were also blown away in the first half by the French and spent the 2nd half trying to make it respectable.
You'd wonder does Irish rugby have the mentality for knock out games, or do they always shoot their bolt in the group stages.

[muppet]

The only people disregarding Argentina were the Matt Coopers and other interviewers of this world. The pundits and almost everyone else expected a tight game. And it wasn't unreasonable to expect us to win in a tight game. After all were ranked ahead of them and have beaten them in our recent encounters.

What sort of supporters would we be if we expected to lose?

Who wants to be Indiana?

The Argentine tighthead should have got a yellow for leading with the head on Best, except of course he already had a yellow. That was a huge decision and arguably changed the course of the game. I don't know enough about the rules to be certain either way but I heard the TMO saying 'yes he led with the left arm, but...' and then the ref cut him off. He didn't wait for the 'but..' It is small thing but yet......

As for the game, the scoreline after 12 minutes was a case of everything going right for one team, and nothing going right for the other team. A bit like us against the All-Blacks 2 years ago, except the other way round. Once things started going for us, Argentina started making mistakes and their infamous indiscipline reared its head.

Overall though, too many players for us played average or below. No point in pointing fingers though, as the same guys were heroes a week ago.

[JoG2]

Fair play to the Scots.  Some heart

[Dag Dog]

Fair play to the Scots.  Some heart

But Indiana said they'd be annihilated and he's always right!

[laoislad]

Who do we play next?

[From the Bunker]

Who do we play next?

Wales in the Aviva in February!

[Tony Baloney]

What a f**king lineout with 2 mins left!

[From the Bunker]

Good effort. You have to feel sorry for Scotland.