Week 4 : Ireland vs Wallabies

[Uncle fester]

Ozzie 14 (let's call him that) looks v dangerous

Mark Nawaqanitawase?
Rolls right off the tongue.

[sockwithaticket]

This one feels like it could finish 3-0 at this rate (hopefully that baits the rugby gods into making something happen...).

[fishfoodie]

Ireland are looking like Ireland from 20 years ago.

It's exactly what I was afraid of when we knew Sexton was injured, but he probably spent all week training with the squad, & as a result, when he pulled out, we're left with a team that met in the car park

[sockwithaticket]

Yet another neck roll. Monumentally thick by Aussie 16.

[Torquemada 1420]

Dullest 1/2 of rugby this Autumn. Aus have done superbly to nullify Ire's strength at the breakdown...... even if questionably legal much of the time. Ironic that!

[Uncle fester]

Yet another neck roll. Monumentally thick by Aussie 16.

Scrum before the yellow is up, Oz go to 13.

[Lobby]

Nic White being a twat again.

[Uncle fester]

Ireland are looking like Ireland from 20 years ago.

It's exactly what I was afraid of when we knew Sexton was injured, but he probably spent all week training with the squad, & as a result, when he pulled out, we're left with a team that met in the car park

We need to face this someday. Better now than in our inevitable QF defeat.

[Uncle fester]

Nic White being a twat again.

Ah the shoulder was a bit niggly but the recipient is a 9 so it's fine really.

[Jim Lahey]

Imagine paying 100+ EUR to watch this live.

Hasn't been a classic.

[Slick]

Imagine paying 100+ EUR to watch this live.

Hasn't been a classic.

Everyone is fucking battered, they don’t care.

[Tichtheid]

Imagine paying 100+ EUR to watch this live.

Hasn't been a classic.

Everyone is fucking battered, they don’t care.

Last week's game at this time was fantastic, a really high quality test match.

This is a little disappointing by comparison.

[sturginho]

Well that was dumb

[Slick]

Imagine paying 100+ EUR to watch this live.

Hasn't been a classic.

Everyone is fucking battered, they don’t care.

Last week's game at this time was fantastic, a really high quality test match.

This is a little disappointing by comparison.

I meant the crowd being drunk rather than players being tired. This is quite dire

[Tichtheid]

Everyone is fucking battered, they don’t care.

Last week's game at this time was fantastic, a really high quality test match.

This is a little disappointing by comparison.

I meant the crowd being drunk rather than players being tired. This is quite dire

It's a three point thriller

[sockwithaticket]

Wish I could sit in on O'Keefe's Monday debrief, because writing that off as nothing goes against a lot of established precedent.

[Flockwitt]

Good old fashioned arm wrestle.

[Uncle fester]

That looked painful.

[Slick]

Good old fashioned arm wrestle.

That’s incredibly generous

[Tichtheid]

ouch

was that his hammy?


That hammy could do a family of five on a Sunday roast

[fishfoodie]

Last week's game at this time was fantastic, a really high quality test match.

This is a little disappointing by comparison.

I meant the crowd being drunk rather than players being tired. This is quite dire

It's a three point thriller

I'm transported back to the 1970's, & it's not good

[Slick]

Surely Nic White isn’t coming back on? He was all over the place after his head knock

[Torquemada 1420]

Wish I could sit in on O'Keefe's Monday debrief, because writing that off as nothing goes against a lot of established precedent.

Was thinking the same: we've seen plenty of reds for the same. One day rugby will take head collisions seriously, consistently.

And White is back on FFS.

[sockwithaticket]

At least the last couple of weeks mean Ireland aren't repeating the feat of peaking before the world cup as they did in the 2018 autumn.

Wish I could sit in on O'Keefe's Monday debrief, because writing that off as nothing goes against a lot of established precedent.

Was thinking the same: we've seen plenty of reds for the same. One day rugby will take head collisions seriously, consistently.

And White is back on FFS.

Absurd state of affairs.

[sockwithaticket]

How is there still a full quarter of the game to play?! It feels like we've been here forever already.

[Jim Lahey]

Hard to pick out too many good Irish performances so far.

Incredibly sloppy

[fishfoodie]

At least the last couple of weeks mean Ireland aren't repeating the feat of peaking before the world cup as they did in the 2018 autumn.

Wish I could sit in on O'Keefe's Monday debrief, because writing that off as nothing goes against a lot of established precedent.

Was thinking the same: we've seen plenty of reds for the same. One day rugby will take head collisions seriously, consistently.

And White is back on FFS.

Absurd state of affairs.

I hate to say it, but it's going to take an International player dying from a 2nd impact, before the indifference to player welfare changes

[Torquemada 1420]

How is there still a full quarter of the game to play?! It feels like we've been here forever already.

Worst game I've seen at intl level for a long time. 2 sides playing the same spoiling tactics with an absolute paucity of ambition.

[Slick]

Hard to pick out too many good Irish performances so far.

Incredibly sloppy

You’ll never make it as an Irish commentator

[sockwithaticket]

How is there still a full quarter of the game to play?! It feels like we've been here forever already.

Worst game I've seen at intl level for a long time. 2 sides playing the same spoiling tactics with an absolute paucity of ambition.

Possibly all rugbyy. It's down there with a couple of particularly dreary games at The Rec that finished 6 - 3, but those at least had the excuse of being played in absolute deluges with standing water on the pitch. Conditions in the Aviva seem fine.

[Jim Lahey]

Hard to pick out too many good Irish performances so far.

Incredibly sloppy

You’ll never make it as an Irish commentator

Heaslip and Horgan are brutal.

[Torquemada 1420]

FM. Finally.

[sockwithaticket]

I reckon O'Keefe's given that purely to get some movement on the scoreboard.

[fishfoodie]

Great pass from Casey there

[Tichtheid]

Even in that company Skelton looks rather large

[sockwithaticket]

No doubt over that grounding.

[Torquemada 1420]

Well, feeling a lot better about France's effort now!

[Torquemada 1420]

Reeeeeeeeeeeeetarded Aus.

[Tichtheid]

Well, there's a penalty you seldom see called

[Tichtheid]

It turned out quite tense at the end.

Well done Ireland