Ireland v New Zealand match thread

fitz

Clegg wrote: »

New Zealand have cheated like ****.

Hope Barnes remembers he gave them a final warning when the second half starts

Yeah, I hope we don't see a reset penalty count cause of half time. Drives me bananas when refs do that.

Buer

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Buer wrote: »

Stander has been brilliant but that was a horrible decision to try and pick and go down a blindside with a backpedalling scrum after the clock was dead.

On the contrary I thought he did well to react and get the ball out. They badly badly beat our scrum and if he’d left it that would have been a penalty conceded, he scrambled and we got out of the situation without conceding points

Oh I agree he did well to get it out but he should have been straight into touch to end the half. It was out of the frying pan and into the fire. His pack were always going to be slow to get to him given they were retreating. Marmion had to get stuck in before Healy put it out.

Alpha_zero

There is an abject failure to sanction the All Black for persistent cynical fouling, had Italy done what the All Blacks did they would have 2 in the bin

Sycamore Tree

I would replace Best and Marmion after 60 mins.

ODubhain82

Fantastic match. Exhausting. Best had made a few mistakes but saved our arse spotting that loose ball off the maul.

lawred2

Alpha_zero wrote: »

There is an abject failure to sanction the All Black for persistent cynical fouling, had Italy done what the All Blacks did they would have 2 in the bin

They are without doubt reffed differently

Soulsun

mangobob wrote: »

Spot on.

Between Donal et al in the commentary box, and the panel in the studio, we can never ever complain about biased commentary again from England or anyone else. The eulogising of Ireland is OTT. The comments about the AB's being "afraid", "rattled", "destroyed" and drowning is just flat out embarrassing.

For the love of God, save it for after the match. If we win, by all means sing our teams praises to the heavens. But we are playing the single most dangerous rugby team on the planet and we are only 3 points ahead. This is gonna be a very long 40 minutes.

100% agreed.

Necro

Yeah_Right wrote:

It's nice to see you Irish fans are already blaming the ref. Get in early before the ABs come back

Ah shaddup

Burkie1203

Tackles
Toner 10
Ryan 8
VDF 11


Carrying
Ryan 10-27
Stander 15-20

Alpha_zero

C.J. Stander, Josh Van Der Flier and Bundi Aki good Irish names.

Hurrache

It's gone the opposite way now. Any slight incursion by an AB and people are calling for a yellow, no matter how innocuous.

Alpha_zero

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Tackles
Toner 10
Ryan 8
VDF 11


Carrying
Ryan 10-27
Stander 15-20

9-6 in points

sydthebeat

Yeah_Right wrote: »

It's nice to see you Irish fans are already blaming the ref. Get in early before the ABs come back

Feck off. Your lads would have gone down to Italy today if the italians had a decent line out

:P

jr86

dubal wrote: »

If Ireland can maintain this level, they'll win easily.

NZ will tire.

I'm struggling to think of the last time I ever saw NZ "tire" in a match

Burkie1203

Alpha_zero wrote: »

C.J. Stander, Josh Van Der Flier and Bundi Aki good Irish names.

VDF born and reared in wicklow/dublin

Skid X

The RTE coverage is just billed as "Guinness Series" on the onscreen bumpers and the Virgin Media listings.

Weasel names paid for by a few euro from Guinness., called it Ireland v New Zealand like the rest of the country does.

PhlegmyMoses

Need a bit more out of the backs now. Their forwards are giving them a great platform

Necro

Hurrache wrote:

It's gone the opposite way now. Any slight incursion by an AB and people are calling for a yellow, no matter how innocuous.

8 penalties in the first half is the reason why though

Hurrache

Alpha_zero wrote: »

C.J. Stander, Josh Van Der Flier and Bundi Aki good Irish names.

I guess you don't know the midlands very well? They're as common as the lakes around there.

sydthebeat

Alpha_zero wrote: »

C.J. Stander, Josh Van Der Flier and Bundi Aki good Irish names.

So ignorant its funny

Alpha_zero

Hurrache wrote: »

It's gone the opposite way now. Any slight incursion by an AB and people are calling for a yellow, no matter how innocuous.

If they were Italy or any other rubbish team they would have players in the bin

Squidgy Black

sydthebeat wrote: »

So ignorant its funny

Wouldn't even bother responding to it.

yyt

Burkie1203 wrote: »

VDF born and reared in wicklow/dublin

Thats not funny though

leakyboots

RK is having a game to forget

Hurrache

Skid X wrote: »

The RTE coverage is just billed as "Guinness Series" on the onscreen bumpers and the Virgin Media listings.

Weasel names paid for by a few euro from Guinness., called it Ireland v New Zealand like the rest of the country does.

It's been the Guinness series for a long time.Guinness are the sponsors, just like Heniken in the cup.

The Talking Bread

Skid X wrote: »

The RTE coverage is just billed as "Guinness Series" on the onscreen bumpers and the Virgin Media listings.

Weasel names paid for by a few euro from Guinness., called it Ireland v New Zealand like the rest of the country does.

What else would it be called

Alpha_zero

Burkie1203 wrote: »

VDF born and reared in wicklow/dublin

Didn't know that, C.J. Stander born in George South Africa.

Alpha_zero

sydthebeat wrote: »

So ignorant its funny

Your so offended.

eigrod

Kearney’s enjoying this immensely

Skid X

I hope Stockdale did the Lotto

Cypher_sounds

Whoo lucky j

vienne86

OMG........he was gone.....phew!

Happy4all

lucky

CFlat

Wow that was close

eigrod

Fortunate there

dublinman1990

We were lucky to avoid a NZ try there. What a relief.

A-Train

Blessed

Euphoriasean

Phew!

mangobob

Read blew a golden chance there. Real let off.

The Talking Bread

Hugh Cahill going down the George Hamilton route mistakenly identifying players

vienne86

Ah heck lost the scrum.

dublinman1990

Now we lost the ball from that scrum. Sh1te.

CFlat

Well done POM.

vienne86

POM saves us there. Great to get that ball back.

A-Train

Go on POM great work

ScrubsfanChris

Thought POM was lucky to get that penalty.

dublinman1990

POM. You saviour.

Alpha_zero

New Zealand really lost out on Aki.

Faugheen

POM pulling out the goods again.

CJ's had a slow start to the second half. Hopefully he didn't leave it all out in the first because he was excellent.

vienne86

Wow. NZ bringing on front row replacements already.