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John Eales (66)
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Ireland NZ Tour 2022
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Michael Lynagh (62)
LOL Tahdg Beirne spends the last 10 minutes COMPLETELY molesting and abusing the All Blacks forward pack who were labouring under the collective illusion that they were "on attack" 5 metres out from the Irish line
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Yep, looks like that 20 minute period in the first test really papered over some cracks.
Lightblue
Arch Winning (36)
Not sure about that.. just beaten by a better side….
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Just a fantastic test series. I could watch the whole thing again right now.
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
NZ Herald is going to be a tremendous read
Equalizer
Trevor Allan (34)
The AB's didn't like the series being on the line. Went down early on the scoreboard, started to panic, errors came, chased the game, pressure built and they folded. They AB's benefited from Ireland being a man down to score. Lucky Sextons kick from half way hit the cross bar or its another 3 on the scoreboard.
Running_rugby_1954
Ron Walden (29)
No luck needed. Great win for rugby.
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Fakatava will be great in time but struggled
Jeffrey
Chris McKivat (8)
Congrats to Ireland.
I spent 6 months at University College Dublin, the club that featured the likes of Brian O'Driscoll, Sean O'Brien, and in this current team Ringrose and Van Der Flier. I appreciated my time very much in Ireland, and can only imagine how happy Irish fans are.
For the ABs, I have written several times that we have been in steady decline. Few empires fail and fall precipitously. There is always a steady decline, with many evident and consistent indicators, which are invariably ignored.
There are glaring issues in both attack and defence. We have no deception on attack (which means there is no planning or strategy; we leave players to do it based on natural ability), and there is no rush on defence (giving the opponents the comfort of time and space to think and execute). Occasionally, we see a band-aid over an increasingly large wound. But nothing fundamental has changed.
I wanted to just share some things, even if there really is no point on an internet forum, on a deeper level of rugby strategy. But I think a more succinct end is provided by Peter O'Mahoney, the old warhorse, crying from desire, crying from emptying the tank, from pushing his limits to record a test win in NZ in the twilight of his career. It meant more to the Irish, and on top of that, they had a better-coached team.
They were clearly superior over 3 tests, as well as at the end of last year. They humiliated the ABs in NZ. And that's not a bad thing if it leads to a fundamental re-examination of what works in world rugby, and what hasn't worked for the ABs. At half-time, John Plumtree was asked what needs to be better. He said the lineout, and to roll up our sleeves. In short, he didn't know. And if the players like Reiko, Fakatava, Vai'i, players who rugby came easily at a lower level, realise you have to fight to win. You have to do what comes hard and not what comes easy. You really have to desire the victory, as O'Mahoney does, and not the accolades on social media. Acknowledging and knowing the problem is the first step to solving it, and if we can just be honest and not defensive, we will see that this could be a watershed to reverse our fortunes.
AllBlackEverything.
I spent 6 months at University College Dublin, the club that featured the likes of Brian O'Driscoll, Sean O'Brien, and in this current team Ringrose and Van Der Flier. I appreciated my time very much in Ireland, and can only imagine how happy Irish fans are.
For the ABs, I have written several times that we have been in steady decline. Few empires fail and fall precipitously. There is always a steady decline, with many evident and consistent indicators, which are invariably ignored.
There are glaring issues in both attack and defence. We have no deception on attack (which means there is no planning or strategy; we leave players to do it based on natural ability), and there is no rush on defence (giving the opponents the comfort of time and space to think and execute). Occasionally, we see a band-aid over an increasingly large wound. But nothing fundamental has changed.
I wanted to just share some things, even if there really is no point on an internet forum, on a deeper level of rugby strategy. But I think a more succinct end is provided by Peter O'Mahoney, the old warhorse, crying from desire, crying from emptying the tank, from pushing his limits to record a test win in NZ in the twilight of his career. It meant more to the Irish, and on top of that, they had a better-coached team.
They were clearly superior over 3 tests, as well as at the end of last year. They humiliated the ABs in NZ. And that's not a bad thing if it leads to a fundamental re-examination of what works in world rugby, and what hasn't worked for the ABs. At half-time, John Plumtree was asked what needs to be better. He said the lineout, and to roll up our sleeves. In short, he didn't know. And if the players like Reiko, Fakatava, Vai'i, players who rugby came easily at a lower level, realise you have to fight to win. You have to do what comes hard and not what comes easy. You really have to desire the victory, as O'Mahoney does, and not the accolades on social media. Acknowledging and knowing the problem is the first step to solving it, and if we can just be honest and not defensive, we will see that this could be a watershed to reverse our fortunes.
AllBlackEverything.
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John Thornett (49)
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