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TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:26 pm Both wings in blue having fairly average to poor games

Yeah Duhan having a really poor game.

Steyn has been awful I defence all championship.

Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it

Why isn't that a yellow for Kinghorn?

/Irish poster

TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:41 pm Why isn't that a yellow for Kinghorn?

/Irish poster

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:26 pm Incredibly dumb stuff from Scotland at the line outs. Suspect Ireland will move through the gears now

The onfield leadership from Ritchie, Gray and even Brown on defensive line outs has been mind numbing.

Big D wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm

TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:26 pm Both wings in blue having fairly average to poor games

Yeah Duhan having a really poor game.

Steyn has been awful I defence all championship.

Don’t pick players from Joburg if defence is a priority.

EnergiseR2 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:42 pm

TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:41 pm Why isn't that a yellow for Kinghorn?

/Irish poster

That's just weird. They should have had a yellow for killing the ball on the line a few times. That was it

Are you expecting a logical conversation about rugby laws with a Saffer?

TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:41 pm Why isn't that a yellow for Kinghorn?

/Irish poster

Now you're just being a dick.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it

They are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.

EnergiseR2 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:41 pm I'll be lining out against Elgland at this stage

That won’t be a problem for you

No one ever said Duhan was a rounded player, but he can do things few others can

Big D wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:43 pm

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it

They are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.

Yup, but it comes from being fucked from the efforts so far, and that’s down to the opposition

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:43 pm

TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:41 pm Why isn't that a yellow for Kinghorn?

/Irish poster

Now you're just being a dick.

Nodding head emoji

Big D wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:43 pm

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it

They are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.

Think if Scotland could've pressured the lineout more, stole a fee and starved Ireland of possession, which they should have, the crowd would have driven the Scottish intensity up. Scotland definitely the better team in the first half but just didn't come out of the changing rooms at half time.

Fingers crossed Ringrose is going to be okay.

Reminds me of Scot v NZ match. scot could have won it but……

Kinghorn won’t thank Jones for the first pass he threw today.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:46 pm Reminds me of Scot v NZ match. scot could have won it but……

Nah not for me.
You's were in complete control that day for 60mins and shouldve had 3 or 4 more tries. Scotland edged the first half in terms of performance for me but have been lucky to be 2nd place in the 2nd half.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:46 pm Reminds me of Scot v NZ match. scot could have won it but……

Nah, I always think rugby is all about the second half, the better teams usually pull away as the opposition tires

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:45 pm

Big D wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:43 pm

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 pm Ireland are a very good side, we would have to have been flawless to have stood a chance but the pressure they put you under doesn’t allow it

They are a very good side and we need to be flawless to Beag then but we've made some basic basic errors in the second half.

Yup, but it comes from being fucked from the efforts so far, and that’s down to the opposition

Not all of it though. VdM not able to get an inch off the ground for a box kick, being beaten at the front repeatedly in the line out by not stacking the front of the line out as examples. The latter is high school level decision making by the senior guys.

Ireland will force a lot of errors but there's been too many unforced errors in this half.

Scotland have fallen apart a bit here. Hope they stick with it, can understand the disappointment given their best opportunity in decades to win the triple crown, but they don't deserve to concede the bonus point IMO


Oh, Russell drops it cold then Ireland somehow blow the bonus point try as I type!

Hahaha

Ireland wont need to BP anyway

Flament would have made that pass

Flat pass my fucking arse. What a joke it was as bad as Fagersons

The sub props have been so poor.

How dumb do you have to be to fail to tap the ball

Anyway should be a cracker in Dublin next week. 2 sides at the top of the world. A supremely powerful English pack with incisive backs v the well drilled Irish juggernaut. I’m stocking up on beers and sleeping pills.

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:51 pm Flat pass my fucking arse. What a joke it was as bad as Fagersons

Not quite that bad - but yeah, forward

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:51 pm How dumb do you have to be to fail to tap the ball

He's a prop tbf.

Jim Lahey wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:52 pm

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:51 pm How dumb do you have to be to fail to tap the ball

He's a prop tbf.

Listen, I might have been terrible at the set piece and had a defensive game that Henry Slade would be embarrassed by, but I was still able to tap the ball...

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:51 pm How dumb do you have to be to fail to tap the ball

Don’t you need to practise for 10,000 hours to master a skill?

Chris Harris on and nearly gifts them a try.

It's been a humbling second half for Scotland.

I’m waiting for Keenan to do something wrong. He nearly dropped a ball at the beginning but after a quick juggle normal service was resumed.

Some 2nd half from Ireland given the changes in 1st half and the lineout being fucked.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:56 pm I’m waiting for Keenan to do something wrong. He nearly dropped a ball at the beginning but after a quick juggle normal service was resumed.

Ireland’s back three are all very good.

Was always going to be an interesting weekend to find out where everyone stands.

I’m sorry, I just don’t see Scotland as anywhere bear the same bracket as the top 4. Let’s not beat around the bush, it was an entertaining game but they’ve just had their arses handed to them. Ireland made all the running out wide, through the middle and in the pack. Scotland got done in the scrum and failed to put any pressure on a 7 throwing in to the lineout. VdM was show to be the lump that he is. Russell was kept at bay. Only Huw Jones looked like causing problems.

Ireland didn’t really get out of third gear and have won by 15 away, not looking forward to our trip to Dublin. Italy’s trip to Edinburgh is intriguing.

Great first half, messy second. Scots lost their way as Irish woke up.

Oh well.

PCPhil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:56 pm I’m waiting for Keenan to do something wrong. He nearly dropped a ball at the beginning but after a quick juggle normal service was resumed.

Yeah, Fabulous player despite looking like he wandered in from the stands.

Well done Ireland. Remarkable ability to absorb all that pressure and suffer all those injuries so early on. Far from the best performance as a result, but a very professional one in the end.

Scotland... will they get a better chance at the Triple Crown? A few players got badly exposed today and they crumbled a fair bit in the 2nd half.