Ireland vs Australia match thread, Saturday 22nd Nov. KO 4:30PM

sydthebeat

Their back line in possession is sooooo flat.

WE need to blitz it every time

sydthebeat

Their back line in possession is sooooo flat.

WE need to blitz it every time

clsmooth

Need a score before halftime..

eigrod

Much better from D'Arcy there

dublinman1990

Good man Sexton we needed that.

corny

its_phil wrote: »

What? Thats the first time they burst through the midfield

What? The Aussie midfielders are able to take the contact on their terms. Its not the first time thy've created space in midfield.

UnitedWeStand

Wtf why are we going for a lineout

LuckyGent88

Big decision there. Maul maul maul

terrible call take the points

Fireball07

Kick slightly undercooked, good idea though.

Pudsy33

Penalty try? If Folau isnt there Zebo scores.

surly thats a potential penalty try against folau

LuckyGent88

Fireball07 wrote: »

Kick slightly undercooked, good idea though.

Not against falou IMO though

mfceiling

Great half of rugby

Mahatma Geansai

Could be shouts for a penalty try there.

phog

With pen advantage that was worth the kick.

Bridge93

Zebo v Folau... Will only ever go one way in the air.

Swan Curry

Mahatma Geansai wrote: »

Only caught the last 5 minutes. Toner needs to up his game as he has been central to the last 10 points conceded.

It's not looking great.

lol

I bet you're delighted.

Molester Stallone II

20-20 at halftime...hopefully.. Second half is going to be a cracker !

Kiwi_knock

Great game of rugby so far

edgecutter

The ref has been extremely poor. Aussies getting the decisions that matter

nice_guy80

Aussies are out thinking Ireland on the field in the first half

Fireball07

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Not against falou IMO though

Knew the penalty was coming, it was worth a go. If it had been measured right, you'd expect Zebo to get it.


20-20. Mad half.

dublinman1990

Yes. 20 points each and it's HT.

Annabella1

Yes Level

Now we see how good this team is

My name is URL

edgecutter wrote: »

The ref has been extremely poor. Aussies getting the decisions that matter

I think he's blind more than biased

A-Train

The ref isn't doing Ireland a whole lot of favours, Folau deliberate knock on and nothing!

d-gal

Rodney Ah You to come in and win the game

Never a penalty try, he was trying to catch it. If you think he wasn't then watch some NRL.

great game but its a shame the ref is having such a massive impact

Larbre34

POC putting it into the refs head that he owes us one. Good captaining

Molester Stallone II

d-gal wrote: »

Rodney Ah You to come in and win the game

You've had enough beer

Aidric

Quite an enjoyable 40 mins of Rugby :pac:

Clegg

Folau made no attempt to catch that ball. Surely the ref should've at least looked at a replay.

Swan Curry

A-Train wrote: »

The ref isn't doing Ireland a whole lot of favours, Folau deliberate knock on and nothing!

In fairness, if any player in rugby had a chance of catching that, it would be Folau.

Stheno

Great game so far

Fireball07

It's exciting but some of the defending is appalling. The skill levels of the Australians is amazing.

Roanmore

Deleted User wrote: »

Never a penalty try, he was trying to catch it. If you think he wasn't then watch some NRL.

With one hand?

twinytwo

edgecutter wrote: »

The ref has been extremely poor. Aussies getting the decisions that matter

whats makes matter worse is the ref used to be a professional player.......

Bridge93

Clutching at straws if you think thats a penalty try

Daroxtar

Well that was a fúcking mental half of rugby. I'm wondering did we actually have a gameplan going into this becvause we seemed to be all over the place once the Aussies started coming at us. Still, we're back in it and settled a bit so let's see what magic Joe can work now at half time

19543261

...looking forward to hearing more on that TMO call in the coming week, that's for sure.

Roanmore

Roanmore wrote: »

With one hand?

Yup.

Kanrith

Think the players got caught up in the openness of the match tbh.

Dave_The_Sheep

Roanmore wrote: »

With one hand?

He's under no obligation to use two. He was close to catching it with one hand anyway. Not even close to being a penalty.

cameramonkey

Zebo's attempted off load that lead to Australias first try is something I think is different from the SA game. We didnt off load against SA hence no chance for SA to counter. We did here and Australia score a try and turn the game.

We need to tighten up.

19543261

19543261 wrote: »

...looking forward to hearing more on that TMO call in the coming week, that's for sure.

Are they allowed to call for forward passes on TMO decisions?

LuckyGent88

Well that was interesting. Belter of a start from us but awful 15 minute period.

Really need to tighten up in defence and make our tackles. Australia backs are causing plenty of problems so need to stop them as soon as possible.

Big half ahead.

pc7

When you watch it in slow mo he almost has it with the one hand.

Fireball07

I actually think Folau did attempt to catch it with one hand... still in real time, it looked like he palmed it forward and could very easily have been a yellow card.