Ireland v France match thread

[Uncle fester]

The Boks will roll this two.

How did that go last autumn?

[myselfandmydog]

Thanks I dont feel like such a dope now! I got a new modem and thought I was doing something stupid.

Are you the same username on PR? Or did you register there before the dog came along?

Yep same name on PR, to be honest I thought I already registerd here. Was this forum set up by Hong Kong when PR went into meltdown a few years back

[Grandpa]

Thanks I dont feel like such a dope now! I got a new modem and thought I was doing something stupid.

Are you the same username on PR? Or did you register there before the dog came along?

Yep same name on PR, to be honest I thought I already registerd here. Was this forum set up by Hong Kong when PR went into meltdown a few years back

I thought ASMO set this up 2 or 3 years ago... during the unstable PR period...

[Uncle fester]

ASMO

[Gav]

Good decision, I feel.

Exactly. They have paused it just as his foot whispers in the glasses ear 'I love you'

'But I can never be with you'

[OomStruisbaai]

The Boks will roll this two.

How did that go last autumn?

The ref was kak.

[TheFrog]

Some stats that speak for themselves:

Tackles
France 271
Ireland 186

Doris: 115m gained
Penaud: 134m gained

[Mr Bungle]

Some stats that speak for themselves:

Tackles
France 271
Ireland 186

Doris: 115m gained
Penaud: 134m gained

France missed 25 odd tackles, so nearly 10%. I only caught the last 25 mins and the intensity must have dropped off the way the first half was written up. Good to see defence was optional at times, must give you NH types a nice Supe feel.

[Hank the DJ]

That was some.game of rugby, Ireland v Dupont is just about fair..

[quarter2four]

Some stats that speak for themselves:

Tackles
France 271
Ireland 186

Doris: 115m gained
Penaud: 134m gained

Doris is a machine. Some turn around from the old days when Ireland would blow themselves out after 60 mins, now we are the fittest.

Happy to see our scrum hold up against the behemots. Still a worry. Bealham has become a great all round TH.

[Sandstorm]

The Boks will roll this two.

No Way Jose

Boks 2nd tier these days, lacking the top 2 inches.

These days? Boks have never been smart.

[happytramp]

Some stats that speak for themselves:

Tackles
France 271
Ireland 186

Doris: 115m gained
Penaud: 134m gained

Doris is a machine. Some turn around from the old days when Ireland would blow themselves out after 60 mins, now we are the fittest.

Happy to see our scrum hold up against the behemots. Still a worry. Bealham has become a great all round TH.

70min in Doris was playing like he'd just stepped onto the pitch.

[Hellraiser]

The Boks will roll this two.

They lost to both teams in November.....

[Hellraiser]

Some stats that speak for themselves:

Tackles
France 271
Ireland 186

Doris: 115m gained
Penaud: 134m gained

Doris is a machine. Some turn around from the old days when Ireland would blow themselves out after 60 mins, now we are the fittest.

Happy to see our scrum hold up against the behemots. Still a worry. Bealham has become a great all round TH.

Bealham has been a very good player for years. He's just had to live in Furlongs shadow.

[Jambanja]

The Boks will roll this two.

They lost to both teams in November.....

5D chess

[lemonhead]

The Boks will roll this two.

They lost to both teams in November.....

5D chess

All your refs are belong to u$

[Quade]

France have peaked and are on the way down. Lucky not to have had another 20 put on them.

Ireland and NZ favourites for the RWC now. Saffas and France may spring some suprises, but I suspect not.

[Gav]

Hi lads, delighted I remembered this place! Can somebody help - is the PR forum down? I am only seeing posts from the 9th of Feb

Software update gone bad it seems.

[PornDog]

Bealham has been a very good player for years. He's just had to live in Furlongs shadow.

Yep - Gas listening to people rave about his handling with a "who knew" type shrug! Eh anyone that's ever watched him play! While he's not Furlong, he's a damn fine player and one aspect where I knew there wouldn't be any fall off at all would be with his hands.

Having said that, I was a bit anxious about his scrummaging against the very best sides, but he was solid as today.

[redderneck]

Looking back at the match now and the Lowe decision is understandable but the red is fucking mental. Its because Wayne says immediately as its happens 'it's fine for me'. He then finds his way back to those initial words

That's a diplomatic way of putting it. Barnes' initial comment put him in a hole he had no interst in drawing anyone's attention to. He was vested. The initial call was a poor one, but his subsequent handling of it deserves to see him stood down. End of.

[CM11]

Bealham has been a very good player for years. He's just had to live in Furlongs shadow.

Yep - Gas listening to people rave about his handling with a "who knew" type shrug! Eh anyone that's ever watched him play! While he's not Furlong, he's a damn fine player and one aspect where I knew there wouldn't be any fall off at all would be with his hands.

Having said that, I was a bit anxious about his scrummaging against the very best sides, but he was solid as today.

It's not about whether he has good hands or not but whether he could get his timing right at the highest level, a level he doesn't often play at with today being the biggest test of his career. Which he passed with flying colours.

[Turbiner]

Bealham has been a very good player for years. He's just had to live in Furlongs shadow.

Yep - Gas listening to people rave about his handling with a "who knew" type shrug! Eh anyone that's ever watched him play! While he's not Furlong, he's a damn fine player and one aspect where I knew there wouldn't be any fall off at all would be with his hands.

Having said that, I was a bit anxious about his scrummaging against the very best sides, but he was solid as today.

It's not about whether he has good hands or not but whether he could get his timing right at the highest level, a level he doesn't often play at with today being the biggest test of his career. Which he passed with flying colours.

Yep you'd never of known from any of his past 30 international caps. There's a reason he's been in the 18 shirt for the past 3 seasons. The only reason he's not in the 3 shirt is Furlong.

[Ted.]

Just need to figure out who to blame now. That looks damming.

Does it? His foot certainly touched the grass after he grounded the ball, which we can’t see in that gif

Touching the grass after the grounding was way later on. And no where near the touch line... the ball was a foot in the air before being grounded at the point he touched the ground...

Obvious from that. A poor decision but perhaps poor direction from the TV.

[bessantj]

Great win for Ireland, France are no mugs.

[CM11]

Yep - Gas listening to people rave about his handling with a "who knew" type shrug! Eh anyone that's ever watched him play! While he's not Furlong, he's a damn fine player and one aspect where I knew there wouldn't be any fall off at all would be with his hands.

Having said that, I was a bit anxious about his scrummaging against the very best sides, but he was solid as today.

It's not about whether he has good hands or not but whether he could get his timing right at the highest level, a level he doesn't often play at with today being the biggest test of his career. Which he passed with flying colours.

Yep you'd never of known from any of his past 30 international caps. There's a reason he's been in the 18 shirt for the past 3 seasons. The only reason he's not in the 3 shirt is Furlong.

Big difference between starting and bench and even including from the bench that's the best he's played for Ireland today.

[CM11]

Does it? His foot certainly touched the grass after he grounded the ball, which we can’t see in that gif

Touching the grass after the grounding was way later on. And no where near the touch line... the ball was a foot in the air before being grounded at the point he touched the ground...

Obvious from that. A poor decision but perhaps poor direction from the TV.

As I posted earlier, the six nations run the broadcast. Nothing to do with local TV director.

[Ted.]

Touching the grass after the grounding was way later on. And no where near the touch line... the ball was a foot in the air before being grounded at the point he touched the ground...

Obvious from that. A poor decision but perhaps poor direction from the TV.

As I posted earlier, the six nations run the broadcast. Nothing to do with local TV director.

Didn't say it was local.

[Hank the DJ]

Makes you wonder why they didn't show this angle at the time?

Because it was after he placed the ball down.

[Grandpa]

Makes you wonder why they didn't show this angle at the time?

Because it was after he placed the ball down.

The ball is a foot above the ground in that picture!

Also confirmed by video footage..

[fishfoodie]

It's also not obvious. I remember watching Finlay the night of the Chicago match and thinking lucky bastard being there for that. He keeps getting lucky

Which great golfer said, "the more I practice, the luckier I get !" ?

[Gav]

Makes you wonder why they didn't show this angle at the time?

Because it was after he placed the ball down.

The ball is a foot above the ground in that picture!

Also confirmed by video footage..

Call the UN then, I couldn't give a fuck

[Hank the DJ]

Should have been down to 14 for the rest of the game anyway

[MrJonno]

Makes you wonder why they didn't show this angle at the time?

Good point, taken out in the air, red card and penalty try

[Gav]

You still based in Burma?

[MrJonno]

You still based in Burma?

Yep, watched the match in a pub on my phone with a South African and a Swiss. I kept jumping up and shouting to the confusion of everyone else there

[TheFrog]

France have peaked and are on the way down. Lucky not to have had another 20 put on them.

Ireland and NZ favourites for the RWC now. Saffas and France may spring some suprises, but I suspect not.

They haven't peaked. They are the youngest team among the Tier 1 teams. Ireland is just head and shoulders above other nations right now. And a number of French players are just toast because of Top14+Heineken Cup+international demand.

[youthleth]

France have peaked and are on the way down. Lucky not to have had another 20 put on them.

Ireland and NZ favourites for the RWC now. Saffas and France may spring some suprises, but I suspect not.

They haven't peaked. They are the youngest team among the Tier 1 teams. Ireland is just head and shoulders above other nations right now. And a number of French players are just toast because of Top14+Heineken Cup+international demand.

Ireland also had a gentle warm up match, whilst France had to tough it out against the Italians.

[Duff Paddy]

Makes you wonder why they didn't show this angle at the time?

Because it was after he placed the ball down.

The ball is a foot above the ground in that picture!

Also confirmed by video footage..

It’s also a great angle of the no arms tackle. Penalty try.

[Duff Paddy]

Makes you wonder why they didn't show this angle at the time?

Good point, taken out in the air, red card and penalty try

Nah. Yellow card and penalty try. And considering sexton missed the conversion, you’d think they’d be happy that ireland only came away with 5 there.

[Jim Lahey]

Because it was after he placed the ball down.

The ball is a foot above the ground in that picture!

Also confirmed by video footage..

It’s also a great angle of the no arms tackle. Penalty try.

Had that argument with my old man.
Definitely no arm shoulder barge.

But theoretically Lowe is jumping into the tackle. Or is it stipulated that jumping into tackles is OK in the act of scoring a try? Obviously the entertainment value of those type of tries should trump silly rules if the infringement does not present a danger to opponent players.