All posts tagged "ireland"

Ireland had to sweat to beat Italy in third Six Nations’ Round Against all odds, Italy and...

This year’s 6 Nations competition is one of the most competitive in a long time with most...

Three tests, 110 points, eight piercing observations.

With the Wallabies in somewhat uncharted territory of having been impressive in their first game of the...

Finishers THE PATENTED G&GR RATINGS GUIDE: 10 – A legendary performance to go down in the history...

23 Irish blokes walk into a stadium. That’s about as far as I got. An Irish side...

I think we can all almost feel it. The sweet release of getting into test rugby. This...

Recently I published my Involvement Rates for the Wallabies in 2011.  As you probably know this is...

Wallaby supporters would hardly have been filled with confidence for the upcoming Tr-Nations by the performance against Ireland. The Wallabies had 145 phases from the 50 times they commenced a possession sequence.  Yet they were only able to make five line breaks and score two tries (one of which was an intercept). ...

Three weeks into the November tours and Southern Hemisphere strength is proving all too strong for the...

For 60 minutes the Wallabies didn’t actually play much rugby vs Ireland last weekend, so it wasn’t such a surprise that the excellent paddy fullback Kearney got the gong. However, if an Aussie were to get it who would’ve it been? Your votes are in belowAs you can see while Gits does...

Here’s the footage of the rib-cracking tackle Lote Tuqiri put on Jerry Flannery in the dying seconds of the test last Saturday, June 14th. A hit like that really lifts a team in defence, and it couldn’t have been better timed. Having been a critic of Steve Austin in the past, there’s...

None of the full video highlights I could find had all the lead up to this fine...

Unfortunately none of the highlights I could find showed all of the lead up to the second Wallabies try (have now posted it here). Have a look for Mortlock steaming out of the line for the Irish second try and where’s the rest of the pack on their first?

New coach new era, how’d the players go? 15. Shepherd – solid in defense and at the...

Wallabies 18 – Ireland 12 In so many ways this was a perfect opening hit-out for Aussie Robbie. Importantly the Wallabies won – a loss would have killed the Dingo Deans feelgood factor stone dead. But equally, in this game we saw all of the Wallabies collective traits, both positive and negative,...

The end is nigh for IrelandFrance 25Ireland 3 Tonight Ireland’s chances of progressing any further in this Rugby World Cup became very slim indeed. They now need to score four tries against Argentina next week, and make sure that Los Pumas fail to secure a bonus point themselves. On the basis of...

There are plenty of places where you can get the scoop on what happened over the weekend – Sportsfreak did a great job. So what I’m going to do here is a give a quick spray of the key talking points as I see ’em. France, New Zealand and RispuctFor anyone who’s...

Where do the Rugby World Cup contenders stand with all the warm up games out of the way? You’d have to say that the faces with smiles on them will have a beret above and garlic underneath. The French have dispatched all comers, at home or away, and while doing so still...