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RWC Pool C: Ireland vs Australia, Sat 17 Sep 9:30am; Pre/During/Post Match Thread
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duckysauce wrote: »THE POOR AUSSIES
Ferris and Ireland are back
I can see that picture overtaking this in terms of epicness :pac::pac:
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AustraliaPowerade Hero of the Day: Sean O’Brien
On a day when there were so many Irish heroes we could have chosen any man in green, but for us, Sean O’Brien stood out above the rest.
By Conor Heneghan.
After what transpired in Auckland this morning, picking one man that stood above the crowd provided something of a headache, but it is a headache we were sure glad to have and certainly one that we will freely admit we didn’t envisage having prior to kick-off this morning. But such is the beauty of sport.
Cian Healy may have deservedly won the official man of the match gong, but there must have been a far from orderly queue of contenders for the award such was the quality, to a man, of the Irish performance.
Mike Ross and Rory Best were as prevalent as Healy in a dominant Irish scrum. Paul O’Connell continued his rich vein of form, while you would never have known Stephen Ferris spent the best part of the last year in monotonous rehab on a knee injury. Behind the scrum, Brian O’Driscoll was heroic and Tommy Bowe nearly capped off a fine display with that pitch-length run that came up just short at the death.O’Brien’s agricultural background is often played up a little bit too much in the media, but in the first few minutes, he looked like the proverbial bull let loose in a china shop.For us, however, Sean O’Brien was the man that stood tallest. Shifted into a supposed uncomfortable role at openside flanker in the absence of David Wallace, it was thought that his impact on the game would be limited. We should never have worried. He was absolutely immense and left Australian supporters rueing the pre-game loss of the phenomenal David Pocock.
From the off, you could see that the ‘Tullow Tank’ was really up for it. During Ireland’s Call, he looked on the verge of tears and it didn’t take him long to transfer that highly-charged emotion to the pitch. O’Brien’s agricultural background is often played up a little bit too much in the media, but in the first few minutes, he looked like the proverbial bull let loose in a china shop.
Within seconds he had turned over a ball for Ireland and once he had done so, looked fit to turn over any angry Aussies that came his way. The subsequent fisticuffs died down fairly quickly, but O’Brien had made his impact.
Throughout the game, would-be Aussie tacklers discovered what Leinster’s opponents found out all last season – that O’Brien does not go down easily. You think you have him tackled, but then he gets those massive legs driving and the gain-line is broken once more.
Time and time again, he made the hard yards and he was also one of a number of Irish players that executed the ‘choke’ tackle, designed by defence coach Les Kiss, to perfection. O’Brien’s most crucial contribution, however, was a try-saving tackle made on Will Genia towards the death.
The Wallabies were two scores down, but still had time to turn it around. Some Irish bodies looked as if they had nothing left in the tank and the Wallabies smelled blood. Genia made a dart for the line and looked to have got beyond the Irish cover until O’Brien wrapped those giant arms him and wrestled him to the ground.
‘None shall pass,’ he said and it was an attitude that typified O’Brien and his team-mates all night long.
O’Brien had spoke before the tournament about making an impact on the world stage and he has done it. Teams that weren’t aware of his threat already are well aware now. Irish fans will hope that it is not his last significant contribution of the tournament, but somehow this feels like only the beginning…
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Australiaallthedoyles wrote: »
Did O'Gara say " I'll be done with Ireland in a few weeks" ?
Is O'Gara going to finish up straight after the world cup?0 -
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