IRELAND Vs SOUTH AFRICA match thread

vienne86

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

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

That's pretty spot on for me.

liam7831

Burkie1203 wrote:

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

Dog Botherer wrote:

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

The non Irish lads did well too

rebel girl 15

Santana Massive Wig wrote: »

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

Traditional being the operative word, South Africa seem like a side in trouble - smashed 57-0 against New Zealand in September, but got to within a point at home. Looks like a pattern that they don't travel well - their game against France next week will be interesting to watch as I'd expect some sort of response

corny

Sophie Green Swimmer wrote: »

Savage performance

Thing is it really wasn't. At least it wasn't for 70 minutes. We made tonnes of simple errors in the game. We didn't need to be great of course and its first game of the season so....

SA are in danger of becoming a tier 2 nation if their problems (there are many) aren't addressed.

Can't be understated just what that game will do for Stockdale. His defensive reads pleased me most.

Burkie1203

liam7831 wrote: »

The non Irish lads did well too

South Africa were crap

What was the story with the jerseys though

vienne86

Joe seemed happy on Sky, but politely said SA were crap - jaded at the end of their season.

vienne86

Deleted User wrote: »

What was the story with the jerseys though

They were crap.

BBDBB

Deleted User wrote: »

What was the story with the jerseys though

Apparently when we beat New Zealand we got to keep the jerseys

mfceiling

liam7831 wrote: »

The non Irish lads did well too

Don't think they did. Etzebeth was quiet and not many of the others did much.

prawnsambo

Burkie1203 wrote: »

South Africa were crap

They played really well in their last test against NZ. I was expecting something similar tbh. Scrum half was very slow, but we messed up their ball a lot.

rebel girl 15

prawnsambo wrote: »

They played really well in their last test against NZ. I was expecting something similar tbh. Scrum half was very slow, but we messed up their ball a lot.

That was at home, and NZ only won the game in the last 10 minutes - however they were thumped 57-0 in New Zealand the month before. Don't travel well perhaps?

rebel girl 15

mfceiling wrote: »

Don't think they did. Etzebeth was quiet and not many of the others did much.

I think they meant Stander and Aki

Subpopulus

Tell ya what, Stander made the right call all those years ago. Had he stayed in SA and made it to international level he'd be on the other side of that hockeying.

prawnsambo

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

That was at home, and NZ only won the game in the last 10 minutes - however they were thumped 57-0 in New Zealand the month before. Don't travel well perhaps?

They don't. Or at least that's what the stats say. One away win in ten iirc.

That's eleven now.

MJohnston

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What was the story with the jerseys though

Hilarious that the alternate jersey was essentially designed for only this match (I cant think of any other international team Ireland might play at home with a clashing green jersey), and they still didn't make it distinct enough from the SA colours!

rebel girl 15

Subpopulus wrote: »

Tell ya what, Stander made the right call all those years ago. Had he stayed in SA and made it to international level he'd be on the other side of that hockeying.

He wouldn't have been really - he would have been working on the farm. Meyer wanted him to convert to hooker, and it ended up that the situation boiled down to two options - him moving or going working on the family farm

rebel girl 15

I think World Rugby need to see that and give us the World Cup now - forget about the others!

Larbre34

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

I think they meant Stander and Aki

Wow.

Beechwoodspark

Great performance.

Inevitable that Erasmus will be a shoo in for the Saffers job now.

Schmidt for Taoiseach, president, and new lead singer of u2 ....

jacothelad

liam7831 wrote: »

The non Irish lads did well too

Yes. Best, Henderson, Stockdale and Herring were all good.;);)

ScrubsfanChris

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

I think they meant Stander and Aki

Larbre34

I suspect we won't hear much more from O'Gara and others about a solution "needing" to be found for Zebo to be in an Irish squad.

I wouldn't disrespect the guy by going 'Simon who?' , but the reality of available options are that, yes it would be nice to have access to him, but really he wont be missed.

Chris Farrell to come in next week too probably, the back five riches keep growing.

jacothelad

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

I think they meant Stander and Aki

Whoosh......

MadYaker

Delighted for Stockdale, anyone who read the interview with him in the irish times today will know how much that meant to him. Great performances from Aki and Conway too. All in all not many negatives, a few slips from Henshaw maybe. Zebo wasn't really missed it seems.

vienne86

MadYaker wrote: »

Delighted for Stockdale, anyone who read the interview with him in the irish times today will know how much that meant to him. Great performances from Aki and Conway too. All in all not many negatives, a few slips from Henshaw maybe. Zebo wasn't really missed it seems.

Zebo wasn't missed at all......I wasn't expecting that. Conway, Stockdale and Sweetnam all v good indeed.

CIARAN_BOYLE

vienne86 wrote: »

Zebo wasn't missed at all......I wasn't expecting that. Conway, Stockdale and Sweetnam all v good indeed.

I have Stockdale down on my sheet for team of the tournament in 2023. That said I was pleasantly surprised by both Conway and Sweetnam.

prawnsambo

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

I have Stockdale down on my sheet for team of the tournament in 2023. That said I was pleasantly surprised by both Conway and Sweetnam.

Conway is a tough customer. Throws himself into everything and plays a very tidy game. Sweetnam really stood out for me in that little cameo on the ground. That's the kinnd of thing Joe absolutely loves, working hard for the team in a situation where other players would just turn over possession without a fight.

Stockdale is a beast. He runs like a gazelle and fends like a bull. I was reminded of Shaggy running over Andrew Strettle in Lansdowne Road all those years ago. But with added beast mode.

Joe deserves huge credit for his picks and how he gets players so invested in the way he wants the game played.

Burkie1203

Sit the fcuk down ....

https://twitter.com/ultimaterugby/status/929444547024883718

MadYaker

Is Joe Schmidt the best coach in the world or am I drunk (i am)

Thanos

MadYaker wrote: »

Is Joe Schmidt the best coach in the world or am I drunk (i am)

Bit of column A, bit of column B

awec

Stockdale. Real deal.

Max Headroom

Half time...OMG...are soccer fans the most easily pleased bunch , or am i still drunk on rugby...:p

Jacovs

Just home from the game. Nothing to say about my team.
Well done Ireland, best team won.

vienne86

MadYaker wrote: »

Is Joe Schmidt the best coach in the world or am I drunk (i am)

Joe obviously put a lot of thought into how Ireland should play today......and then the players executed his plan very well indeed. Credit due to coach and players alike.

MadYaker

He has kinda revolutionised irish rugby though?

Larbre34

Gimme someone thats better than Schmidt?

mfceiling

What I noticed today is that ireland are finally becoming cynical.

There was a few moments of holding jerseys, legs etc to stop SA players get back into their defensive lines. Also the amount of times the ref had to shout "leave it now (insert number)"....basically holding on or sticking in a hand somewhere it shouldn't have been and thus slowing down the ruck ball. That's what has been missing from our play for years.
Pity ulster couldn't pick up a bit of that.

typhoony

I hear we are wearing white jerseys next week

awec

Stockdale was my MOTM today, or at least very close to it. Great news for Ireland, but a bit sad that he's basically fast-tracking himself to playing 5 games a year for Ulster and spending most weekends watching games on his couch.

rebel girl 15

typhoony wrote: »

I hear we are wearing white jerseys next week

Fiji play in white

prawnsambo

awec wrote: »

Stockdale was my MOTM today, or at least very close to it. Great news for Ireland, but a bit sad that he's basically fast-tracking himself to playing 5 games a year for Ulster and spending most weekends watching games on his couch.

Every silver lining has a cloud. :pac:

You can always store up the outrage for the inevitable day when Dave Kearney is selected ahead of him.

CIARAN_BOYLE

awec wrote: »

Stockdale was my MOTM today, or at least very close to it. Great news for Ireland, but a bit sad that he's basically fast-tracking himself to playing 5 games a year for Ulster and spending most weekends watching games on his couch.

Most internations play more than 5 provincial games a season. If you said 5 league games a year for Ulster I might agree with you. There are first choice internationals that have already played 5 games this season.

Larbre34

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Fiji play in white

zactly.

Peregrine

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Fiji play in white

You need to tune your sarcasm detector! :P

gally74

prawnsambo wrote: »

Now?

Why not move to connect and play 10 all the time

eclipsechaser

Anyone know if there are highlights on TV for today's games?

prawnsambo

Say cheese Bundee

ScrubsfanChris

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Fiji play in white

Oh deary me......

stephen_n

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Fiji play in white

Twice in one night, that had to be deliberate?