Bardon
Peter Fenwicke (45)
England 30 Ireland 9. Ireland 2nd best by a long way. Lancaster has done a great job with this England side. Today's win might secure him the permanent job but I fear for him the first time things go wrong as there are too many doubters in the English set up.
What everyone in Ireland dreaded, an injury to a prop happened and our lack of cover was clear for all to see. There's a lot of work to be done to develop some depth in the props.
For Ireland it's been a disaster of a 6Ns. Kidney targeted results for WC rankings and didn't deliver. That decision means very little talent brought through and with 3 tests against NZ in the summer we're not likely to see many new caps this year. Deccie will rightly go all out for a victory against NZ so in terms of development it's a year lost.
I'm a big supporter of Deccie but I wouldn't be surprised if there are calls for him to go by the end of the year. Personally I think he should be given next years 6Ns and if he has any sense he'll get a dedicated backs coach so that the talent we have doesn't continue to go to waste.
What everyone in Ireland dreaded, an injury to a prop happened and our lack of cover was clear for all to see. There's a lot of work to be done to develop some depth in the props.
For Ireland it's been a disaster of a 6Ns. Kidney targeted results for WC rankings and didn't deliver. That decision means very little talent brought through and with 3 tests against NZ in the summer we're not likely to see many new caps this year. Deccie will rightly go all out for a victory against NZ so in terms of development it's a year lost.
I'm a big supporter of Deccie but I wouldn't be surprised if there are calls for him to go by the end of the year. Personally I think he should be given next years 6Ns and if he has any sense he'll get a dedicated backs coach so that the talent we have doesn't continue to go to waste.