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whatisthejava wrote:Rewatched the Ireland game last night

Barnes was interpreting the ruck area funny
Several times wales had hands on ball and a clear lift but Barnes went back to the stupid interpretation that you have to survive the first hit

Ireland lost that game with some really brain fart rugby from ringrose, trying offloads in your own 22 when they are not on. It brought a tear to my eye. At least someone is playing like Scotland of old.

Wales got 2 try’s from 2 mistakes , zammits try is good but is a defensive cock up of lowe
North’s try is from a ringrose fuck up and then Henderson being a lazy bastard and not getting in the right position.

Murray was so much better on second watch and ringrose so much poorer but Sexton created nothing for his team

You can argue that henshaw created their try as Sexton at key bits kept going into rucks????

Not sure if this a 14 man thing but Ireland would attack really narrow and then flatten up before going wide, it didn’t work and led to some chances really not getting exploited

On wales
One of the areas that really allowed Ireland to stay in the game was attacking the guard at rucks, quite a lot wales didn’t have the posts properly guarded and a pop to a player led to 3-4 welsh forwards all getting sucked into the tackle, then the fast ball would get sent out to Sexton who

I really don’t know how wales are trying to structure their attack. They seem to either go wide really early or have a couple of forward moves and then find they are still numbered up because they have sucked no one in.
Their breakdown work is excellent though and a different ref would have punished Ireland much more.

stevedog1980 wrote:I did hear a call from Wayne Barnes at one point that I liked of "no, you have to be trying to lift it, you can't just have your hands on it". Hopefully this is going to mean a more active attempt to win the ball rather than just getting your hands beyond the ball and stopping it being released

whatisthejava wrote:

stevedog1980 wrote:I did hear a call from Wayne Barnes at one point that I liked of "no, you have to be trying to lift it, you can't just have your hands on it". Hopefully this is going to mean a more active attempt to win the ball rather than just getting your hands beyond the ball and stopping it being released

It’s a nice addition to the laws, means that you can’t just lie their, brace and you get the ball.

General Zod wrote:Did Daly not jump the tackle there?

switchskier wrote:So Italy looking fairly similar to last week. There's some ambition and some talented runners in there. But they give you chances and look like the young team that they are. Our wingers should have some joy as they're quite narrow a lot of the time.

switchskier wrote:Ireland having some joy chasing box kicks. They tend to be good at it but it does point towards Maitland starting in a fortnight

septic 9 wrote:

switchskier wrote:Ireland having some joy chasing box kicks. They tend to be good at it but it does point towards Maitland starting in a fortnight

its about their only tactic. Head coach thinks have to kick before the 6th tackle or ball tuned over

whatisthejava wrote:Nigels came out and said May jumped. Can tell he isn’t an international ref so will give his opinion now.

Cameo wrote:

whatisthejava wrote:Nigels came out and said May jumped. Can tell he isn’t an international ref so will give his opinion now.

I'd have been surprised to see any ref (including NO) give that against May. Was awkward but was close enough to a dive to the corner that I don't think most refs would give it

Donny osmond wrote:Italy are looking particularly shite today

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switchskier wrote:

Donny osmond wrote:Italy are looking particularly shite today

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Are

Are Ireland good or are Italy shite? Feels like this is mostly a bad style match up for Italy as much as anything and they're not adjusting well. Ringrose has been impressive for the Irish.