IRELAND Vs SOUTH AFRICA match thread

Stheno

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

Roast beef or chicken?

Definitely beef

dregin

This is just beautiful.

vienne86

Great try by the pack!

prawnsambo

Fcuk me! We are dominating.

A-Train

Great maul, scoreboard reflects the dominance now

Christy42

dregin wrote: »

We're talking about the try, not the pass.

Ah right. Got mixed up.

rebel girl 15

That HIA for Du Toy came from the sideline medics - Lenihan complaining about time, but it was the first opportunity that there was a break in play.

vienne86

Good man Joey!

leakyboots

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Man of match is hard to pick. Conway for me

Some great performances out there but CJ for me, carrying more than the other three backrows combined and joint-top tackler, good turnover on the deck. Some engine.

Savage performance

Erik Shin

dregin wrote: »

Worried about the drop-off in our front row. 60+ is gonna be tough going.

Not a bit of it boi!

dublinman1990

This game just gets even better for us. 2 trys from 2 fantastic Irish players in the space of a few minutes.

SA though have really gone to the pits.

rebel girl 15

Christy42 wrote: »

That is the aim to get most out of a pass.

Wasn't about the pass - was about the grounding

vienne86

Sexton MOTM......couldn't argue with that.

prawnsambo

Stockdale is fitting in beautifully. What a man!

Squidgy Black

Delighted Stockdale got a try, played brilliantly.

antodeco

This is just a masterclass now!

vienne86

That was just a fabulous try.......delighted for Stockdale.

A-Train

Boom what a team try with some great moves in it!

dregin

Exhibition stuff. SA have completely given up, but that was a great try. Again.

dublinman1990

Stockdale rounds off his 1st Teir 1 game with a try. Amazing day & result for him.

prawnsambo

Sweetnam made that try with his work on the ground. Very assured.

And Joey can kick!

vienne86

Right.......who doubted Carbery's kicking??????

rebel girl 15

Beautiful from Carbury to Sweetnam, who did fantastically well to hold that up - fantastic try!

mfceiling

All well and good hammering SA but we need to be able to do it against the big sides.

wp_rathead

Stockdale hype 100% deserved
Kids got game

Squidgy Black

Bring back BIGBOK would've been great to hear what he had to say.

Former Former

Sweetnam did very well there, kept his head and kept the ball alive

Somedaythefire

Brilliant work from the young lads for that last try. What's happened to SA?

LuckyGent88

Super performance really. Totally in control of the game.

Really happy to see Stander back on form. Hadn't quite hit the ground running this season up until today.

Erik Shin

MOM was 10 mins later it was Stockdale's I think

vienne86

Very enjoyable match. Clinical. Joe should be pleased.

BBDBB

That’s a fantastic score line and loads of confidence amongst the squad from that

gmurphy70

Stockdale will be a major force for Ireland- what a talent

Stheno

Have we ever had such a winning margin over S.A.?

So many nice moments during that game

vienne86

Delighted to see SOB play the full 80, and seemed full of energy right up to the end. Stander had a better performance than I have seen from him for a while - great to see.

Burkie1203

Stockdale, Conway were really good. Half backs are just as good as anyone else.

Forwards were just brilliant. Proper team performance everyone doing the job. Bench made serious impact.

Last try the icing. Sweetnam did really well. Two SA lads didnt want to know.

dublinman1990

There is no post match interviews now on RTE2 as they are going to the football.

What is Sky Sports like? Have they finished for the night from the Aviva?

ScrubsfanChris

Stheno wrote: »

Have we ever had such a winning margin over S.A.?

So many nice moments during that game

RTE mentioned it was a record win.

rebel girl 15

Not try conceded, only three points in total - Farrell will be delighted with that performance.

Ireland looking intelligent in defense - competing in the rucks when there is a high percentage of a turnover, and generally getting them. Nice to see some clinical play in the last 10 minutes in running up the score against a weary South African team.

leakyboots

Great performance, great win. Really disappointed in SA, they were very poor.

Both wings were superb, all the backrows. Murray gave an exhibition in passing, Sexton ran the match, Aki was everywhere, all props dominated there opposite numbers.

Good day at the office

Peregrine

dublinman1990 wrote: »

What is Sky Sports like? Have they finished for the night from the Aviva?

Nope

vienne86

SA were awful, but Ireland didn't get distracted. That was an excellent performance.

swiwi_

That was pretty comprehensive. Ireland look well-coached. SA look like a rabble. I'll vomit if I see any more SA 9 => pass wide of the ruck with no guile or deception for crash-ball.

It would be nice for World Rugby to have 10 top sides who fight tooth and nail, but when SA (ranked ?5th before this game) look hopeless against a side ranked I think 4th, there are problems.

At some stage SA has to ask itself: dud coach and quotas in the name of righting the wrongs of apartheid...or maybe just select on merit and win some games. Probably need to give up on not picking too many-Europe based players either. Those SA wingers might struggle to start for any of the Irish provinces.

MOTM went to Sexton...but the Irish back 3 was pretty damn good I thought.

Dave_The_Sheep

That's got to be rough for some people to take.

Will have to watch it back when I get home but great winning margin especially considering the stats in the second half.

Dog Botherer

Absolutely buzzing after that. South Africa were muck but Ireland had a rake of young lads out and they completely eviscerated them. No mercy, not a bit intimidated by the their opponents.

Up there with the best Irish performances I’ve ever seen. Every single Irish player utterly outperformed their counterparts.

Burkie1203

swiwi_ wrote: »

MOTM went to Sexton...but the Irish back 3 was pretty damn good I thought.

Conway scored 1 and was involved in 2 other tries. Really impressive stuff. Stockdale didnt look like a guy on his third cap.

rebel girl 15

Potentially South Africa could be a quarter final clash for us in 2019 - but you have to remember that there is a lot of South African talent playing outside of the country and if they are below 30 caps, they aren't eligible for selection. They also have the racial issue to deal with - SARU will have their funding cut if they do not manage to get within the racial quotas

Interesting reading the report coming from sport24, based in South Africa - Ireland out-think, out-smart bumbling Boks was the headline

That was magnificent. Couldn't be happier, we've just clinically put away one of the traditional SH big 3.

Teferi

South Africa are rubbish. Ireland were largely clinical, probably gave away a few too many penalties in the third quarter but the Boks too toothless to do anything with it.