Ireland v Scotland -Aviva Stadium - Saturday 10th March 5pm

dougieruggie

castie wrote: »

Adter what TOL did to Healy I disagree.

You mean when he tackled him around his neck?

I don't think he'd be able to do that to Gray. In case you didnt notice Gray is about 7ft.

MickySticks

Great try, thought Kearney had fecked it up. Brilliant passing!

RuggieBear

best pass i've ever seen from earls there. brilliant

budhabob

NickDrake wrote: »

Earls is having some game

Agreed,really growing into position.

Neil3030

Wonderful finishing by at

Leinster7

4 box kicks, 1 garryowen. 5 times posession lost to a 2nd rate team.

When we are so good with the ball in hand, why persist with this kicking sh*te uncle Deccie?

MickySticks

clsmooth wrote: »

What's the score?

Ireland 22-14 Scotland

NickDrake

RuggieBear wrote: »

best pass i've ever seen from earls there. brilliant

Seen him do it plenty of times . Earls is a quality player

Spudmonkey

None of Sextons kicks have been easy. Especially with that wind. 3 from 4 is a great result.

d-gal

RuggieBear wrote: »

best pass i've ever seen from earls there. brilliant

BOD-esque almost

Has had a great tournament at 13, delighted he has proven everyone wrong

Neil3030

Earls has been great. Which obviously means he'll be moved to the wing next week.

castie

Bad miss there.
Good place kicking overall though.

Brendog

hahaha RTE legends putting up the score to 24 even though sexton missed.

dougieruggie

Funnily enough the backline starts clicking like theres no tomorrow with the Reddan-Sexton combo.

JRant

Some finish from trimble, had plenty to do when he got the ball. Similar to his try against the tigers in the HEC.

Fishooks12

Leinster7 wrote: »

4 box kicks, 1 garryowen. 5 times posession lost to a 2nd rate team.

When we are so good with the ball in hand, why persist with this kicking sh*te uncle Deccie?

didn't go to the pub then?

Uncle Deccie stopped being funny about 2 years ago btw

Benny Cake

Earls proving allot of doubters wrong, having a great game. Healy too has been immense...

DDC1990

Some good some bad in that half.

Defence has been a lot poorer then usual.

Attack however has been fantastic at times.

Earls has been picking something up from BOD, because his positioning, his tackling and his passing have been fantastic. Now learn that little step to get away from any defence in the world and we could be sorted for the 13 /jersey for a while. :P

cork exile in london

kearney is frightening when he gets a run on

bleg

Great game. Really entertaining.

JRant

Some finish from trimble, had plenty to do when he got the ball. Similar to his try against the tigers in the HEC.

MickySticks

Leinster7 wrote: »

4 box kicks, 1 garryowen. 5 times posession lost to a 2nd rate team.

When we are so good with the ball in hand, why persist with this kicking sh*te uncle Deccie?

Have to agree, we kick away too much ball. We have a perfectly capable backline.

Fishooks12

Delighted Earls is proving his doubters wrong

The way he was being talked about here for the past few months was ridiculous

NickDrake

Great to see earls playing well again today after all the haters on here

dougieruggie

Why are people suprised about Earls? I knew there were those who believe he wasn't the best option (and he probably wouldn't have been had Cave been fit) but I find it hard to believe people doubted whether the guy was international class.

Tox56

NickDrake wrote: »

Great to see earls playing well again today after all the haters on here

Are you Mrs. Earls or something?

bleg

NickDrake wrote: »

Great to see earls playing well again today after all the haters on here

Ah will you stop

NickDrake

dougieruggie wrote: »

Why are people suprised about Earls? I knew there were those who believe he wasn't the best option (and he probably wouldn't have been had Cave been fit) but I find it hard to believe people doubted whether the guy was international class.

Exactly . All the hating just so because McFadden didn't get 13

JRant

NickDrake wrote: »

Great to see earls playing well again today after all the haters on here

Don't hate the playaa hate the game.

Tox56

NickDrake wrote: »

Exactly . All the hating just so because McFadden didn't get 13

That is so ill-informed, I think I'll leave here for now.

Leinster7

dont get carried away chaps. We are playing the worst/2nd worst team in the 6nations, 10th in the world etc..

Ardillaun

Leinster7 wrote: »

4 box kicks, 1 garryowen. 5 times posession lost to a 2nd rate team.

When we are so good with the ball in hand, why persist with this kicking sh*te uncle Deccie?

Some of those box kicks by Reddan have been very close to being charged down.

DDC1990

Leinster7 wrote: »

4 box kicks, 1 garryowen. 5 times posession lost to a 2nd rate team.

When we are so good with the ball in hand, why persist with this kicking sh*te uncle Deccie?

Its not Jonah Lomu Rugby.

Kidney isn't behind the screens with a controller, pressing the button for box kick.

Reddan makes the call on the pitch there and then to make a box kick.

When Murray plays poorly, Its Murrays fault.
When Reddan plays its Kidneys fault.

:rolleyes:

cork exile in london

ferris healy and heaslip are winning there battles and half back speed is great. cracking game

Ardillaun

castie wrote: »

Bad miss there.
Good place kicking overall though.

I much prefer the look of Laidlaw's kicks.

duckysauce

Leinster7 wrote: »

dont get carried away chaps. We are playing the worst/2nd worst team in the 6nations, 10th in the world etc..

ah get behind the team and stop bitchin

ed7890

Missed the first half, how is everybody playing? How is POM playing?

NickDrake

ed7890 wrote: »

Missed the first half, how is everybody playing? How is POM playing?

Very good . Playing like a real 7 out there

irishbucsfan

Difference in quality of service is predictably vast. Nice to see half backs that are capable of playing rugby together, certainly in comparison to the last time they played in Dublin.

Interesting that OMahoney has probably been far more dangerous with ball in hand than SOB had been and yet far less effective at the breakdown. So much for him being a more natural openside as certain pundits suggested.

Most frustrating thing today is Kidneys obsession with territory and the box kicking it leads to. Id love to see this stop but I doubt it will happen for a long time. Apart from that I'd like to see us play a little better on the deck.

dougieruggie

NickDrake wrote: »

Earls is having some game

Earls made that try

Seen him do it plenty of times . Earls is a quality player

Great to see earls playing well again today after all the haters on here

You REALLY like Keith Earls, don't you..

castie

Ardillaun wrote: »

I much prefer the look of Laidlaw's kicks.

I agree.
His kicks look horrible but they are going over which is really what matters.

Ardillaun

castie wrote: »

Thought it was reddan missing the tackle and bowe got hit by another man while trying to make it?

Bowe was impeded.

Leinster7

DDC1990 wrote: »

Its not Jonah Lomu Rugby.

Kidney isn't behind the screens with a controller, pressing the button for box kick.

Reddan makes the call on the pitch there and then to make a box kick.

When Murray plays poorly, Its Murrays fault.
When Reddan plays its Kidneys fault.

:rolleyes:

NO. Incorrect. Yellow Card.

Murray delivers slow blow from the scrum/ruck/maul etc.. Reddan delivers quick ball.

Both box kick badly and too often. It is a team tactic to use box kicks and garryowens and we have seen this theme throughout the 6n. A coaching decision to kick rather than pass. Box kicks should only be used offensively, not defensively when the opposition defense can compete for them easily. No SH team box kicks like we do.

Fireball07

Started poorly but we look very dangerous when he keep possession. First try was excellently worked, second one was lucky but Reddan had to be sharp to get it and the third was fantastic. Great build-up and a fantastic finish from Trimble.

The try we conceded was poor.

Reddan's been okay, but even he seems slightly hesitant at the base of the ruck sometimes and his kicking has been poor enough. When he actually speeds things up, he's been excellent.
Earls has been class when he's got the ball and strong in defence too.
Ryan's been excellent, Healy's been superb in the loose, the line-outs hasn't been the disaster expected, the scrum has been strong too.

Not a bad half at all really.

dougieruggie

DDC1990 wrote: »

Its not Jonah Lomu Rugby.

Kidney isn't behind the screens with a controller, pressing the button for box kick.

Reddan makes the call on the pitch there and then to make a box kick.

When Murray plays poorly, Its Murrays fault.
When Reddan plays its Kidneys fault.

:rolleyes:

Thats not true. A manager can say, I want you to box kick 9/10 in certain areas of the pitch. Thats like saying a manager's tactics have nothing to do with anything.

castie

NickDrake wrote: »

Very good . Playing like a real 7 out there

Soooooo untrue its not funny.

eyeball kid

The Scottish back row are being kept very quiet today.

Flincher

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Delighted Earls is proving his doubters wrong

The way he was being talked about here for the past few months was ridiculous

The impression I got from reading an article with him a few weeks ago was that when he got injured he told McGahan he wanted to concentrate as a centre.

I reckon he spent a serious amount of time working on his passing then. He was rusty against the Scarlets, but in his last few games, he just looks so much more comfortable taking and passing a full pace. No way would he have thrown that pass a few weeks ago - he would have dummied and had a run.

I suspect this is a case of seriously hard work on his passing, which he really paying off.

Fair play to him.

dougieruggie

Healy's been class so far.

justsomebloke

Mickeysticks quote another doggieruggle post again and you will be taking a 2 week break