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John Solomon (38)
As long as Kiss sticks to defence it is great he is staying on. As for Jackson, if he doesn't kick for Ulster he cannot kick for Ireland PERIOD. I agree that he looks like a shadow of his former self.
I think Jackson has been put in an unenviable position myself. He is a strong defender, can offer a running threat and can pass very nicely. His problem is that he generally plays 10 with Peinaar at 9, consequently one of the best scrum halfs in the world takes most of the game management responsibility onto himself and also takes the place kicks. Jackson then plays for Ireland having not kicked for his province. Murray tended to take the game management responsibility onto himself when Jackson was playing in the last six nations but he couldn't take the place kicks. I have consistently maintained that Jackson cannot take the place kicks for Ireland if he doesn't kick for his province.I was talking about Kiss being kept on as the defensive coach, I haven't really been following the USAvIRE tour closely.
To be frank I never really thought Jackson was the answer, or an answer to Ireland's problems. He's always looked the most comfortable playing kick-centric territorial rugby. I hate that shit.
Gotta agree Kidney destroyed him this 6N.
I could not agree more, with the way Murray times the ball kicking out of hand I should imagine he could give the ball a fair whack off the ground, maybe a positive that might come out of the sky sports tour would be Murray kicking some goals. Young Luke McGrath has place kicked at underage as well I think, hope he keeps it up.Have to agree with everything there PP, the only thing I'd add is that in Ireland we have th idea that the 10 has to be the goal kicker too. If Jackson was the way we wanted to go, at least a back up kicker should have been in the team. Murray is a fine example of this mentality, great kicker at underage level but seemingly stops once he gets to senior level. This is something we need to get rid off at senior level in Ireland
Dylan Hartley over Rory Best. What was Gatland thinking!
He just got a red card in the Aviva Premiership final before half time for ref abuse.