Ireland Team Talk XII: Farrell's First Fifteen

sebdavis

Yeah_Right wrote: »

That's a highlight package?? Why would anyone bother putting together a video of that. If that's considered one of his great performances then ...meh.

You do realise it is not one game but multiple games? the different stadiums is the hint

Yeah_Right

.ak wrote: »

C’mon he’s ghosting Ma Nonu for fun! One of Australia’s best!

A 45 year old Nonu who came north to pad his pension and sample some good wine & cheese. I'd expect one of the greatest ever British Lions to smoke him. Especially when playing for Leinster.

Yeah_Right

sebdavis wrote: »

You do realise it is not one game but multiple games? the different stadiums is the hint

That actually makes it worse. He stepped Nonu 3 times in 2 or 3 matches. That's a career highlight???

sebdavis

Yeah_Right wrote: »

That actually makes it worse. He stepped Nonu 3 times in 2 or 3 matches. That's a career highlight???

Who said it was a career highlight?

sydthebeat

thegreycity wrote: »

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Its a running joke with Yeah Right who is a confused antipodean

jacothelad

sydthebeat wrote: »

Its a running joke with Yeah Right who is a confused antipodean

Is he from Ozealand then?:D:D:D

Yeah_Right

jacothelad wrote: »

Is he from Ozealand then?:D:D:D

I think IBF started this **** but I'm going to blame Buer. Shut up Buer.

TRC10

Yeah_Right wrote: »

A 45 year old Nonu who came north to pad his pension and sample some good wine & cheese. I'd expect one of the greatest ever British Lions to smoke him. Especially when playing for Leinster.

This was literally weeks after Nonu scored a 50 yard try in the world cup final

Yeah_Right

TRC10 wrote: »

This was literally weeks after Nonu scored a 50 yard try in the world cup final

Nonu was probably still drunk from the celebrations 😠I just think it's a weird video to put up to highlight what a great player Luke Fitz supposedly was. Is it supposed to prove that he was a better 12 than Nonu??
He was a good player but I always thought he was massively overrated by some Leinster fans.

molloyjh

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Nonu was probably still drunk from the celebrations 😠I just think it's a weird video to put up to highlight what a great player Luke Fitz supposedly was. Is it supposed to prove that he was a better 12 than Nonu??
He was a good player but I always thought he was massively overrated by some Leinster fans.

I think you're looking to find more to that video than is there. It was just a clip of Fitzy, a guy who had barely ever played 12, beating a RWC winner for fun a couple of times in 2 weeks. It wasn't trying to make any statement about his career or anything like that. It's just a couple of clips on YouTube, like clips of specific tries etc.

Fitzy absolutely was a serious talent though. Injury and his own daftness got in the way of him realising that fully. But the raw materials were all there. As I said, you don't play all games in a Grand Slam and then get a Lions Test cap at 21 without having potential and having gone at least some way to realising that potential. But then also if you struggle to get a run of games fit plus feel the need to try and be something that you're not then thats going to hamper your career in a big way.

thomond2006

Yeah_Right wrote: »

A 45 year old Nonu who came north to pad his pension and sample some good wine & cheese. I'd expect one of the greatest ever British Lions to smoke him. Especially when playing for Leinster.

Podge_irl

molloyjh wrote: »

Fitzy absolutely was a serious talent though. Injury and his own daftness got in the way of him realising that fully. But the raw materials were all there. As I said, you don't play all games in a Grand Slam and then get a Lions Test cap at 21 without having potential and having gone at least some way to realising that potential. But then also if you struggle to get a run of games fit plus feel the need to try and be something that you're not then thats going to hamper your career in a big way.

Also being obsessed with the idea of being a fullback when its potentially your weakest position don't help.

He could have been a great 12 not unlike his buddy Madigan.

AbusesToilets

Podge_irl wrote: »

Also being obsessed with the idea of being a fullback when its potentially your weakest position don't help.

He could have been a great 12 not unlike his buddy Madigan.

He would've been stellar there. I was so mad we never got to see Madigan Fitz and O'Malley play. They were all in great form at the time and it feel apart.

Yeah_Right

thomond2006 wrote: »

I made the list? I MADE THE LIST!!! Woohoo!

thomond2006

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I made the list? I MADE THE LIST!!! Woohoo!

Don't take this the wrong way, but making that list is nothing special.

Paul Smeenus

thomond2006 wrote: »

Don't take this the wrong way, but making that list is nothing special.

Are there many on it? From all over the British Isles?

stephen_n

Paul Smeenus wrote: »

Are there many on it? From all over the British Isles?

Australia isn’t a British Isle.

nerd69

molloyjh wrote: »

I think you're looking to find more to that video than is there. It was just a clip of Fitzy, a guy who had barely ever played 12, beating a RWC winner for fun a couple of times in 2 weeks. It wasn't trying to make any statement about his career or anything like that. It's just a couple of clips on YouTube, like clips of specific tries etc.

Fitzy absolutely was a serious talent though. Injury and his own daftness got in the way of him realising that fully. But the raw materials were all there. As I said, you don't play all games in a Grand Slam and then get a Lions Test cap at 21 without having potential and having gone at least some way to realising that potential. But then also if you struggle to get a run of games fit plus feel the need to try and be something that you're not then thats going to hamper your career in a big way.

To be fair the reason it's getting attention is because that video is the rugby equivalent of john o shea nutmegging figo.

ionadnapokot

Very insightful from Conan on his position and instinct for both his try and the Earls try v England.
Playing great stuff. Fingers crossed for him and Dorris in the back row.
https://www.the42.ie/jack-conan-ireland-leinster-5417962-Apr2021/

Paul Smeenus

stephen_n wrote: »

Australia isn’t a British Isle.

Do many Australians play for the "British Lions"? I think you've missed the joke.

stephen_n

Paul Smeenus wrote: »

Do many Australians play for the "British Lions"? I think you've missed the joke.

No I didn’t but you did. Here’s a clue, it was a reference to the original post you were commenting on

Paul Smeenus

stephen_n wrote: »

No I didn’t but you did. Here’s a clue, it was a reference to the original post you were commenting on

My time is far too precious to back beyond one post.

eagle eye

salmocab wrote:

He also knows that if Hayes was around now he’d be playing second row for a j1 team.

This comparing people from different times is laughable. Sure Serge Blanco wouldn't get a game these days.
Unless if course you are going to say that with today's training he'd be up there which you couldn't know and if you are saying that about him then the same applies to Hayes.

salmocab

eagle eye wrote: »

This comparing people from different times is laughable. Sure Serge Blanco wouldn't get a game these days.
Unless if course you are going to say that with today's training he'd be up there which you couldn't know and if you are saying that about him then the same applies to Hayes.

Nobody was comparing it was just a joke.

clsmooth

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Nonu was probably still drunk from the celebrations 😠I just think it's a weird video to put up to highlight what a great player Luke Fitz supposedly was. Is it supposed to prove that he was a better 12 than Nonu??
He was a good player but I always thought he was massively overrated by some Leinster fans.

I’ll be using this post to teach my students about the straw man fallacy this week

clsmooth

Whatever about the crazy Ma'a Nonu and Luke Fitzgerald comparisions, I think it's fair to say he was a better winger that Douglas Howlett.

Q.E.D.

The Inbetween is mine

clsmooth wrote: »

Whatever about the crazy Ma'a Nonu and Luke Fitzgerald comparisions, I think it's fair to say he was a better winger that Douglas Howlett.

Q.E.D.

Looks like the poor bugger hurt himself making the tackle?

sprucemoose

clsmooth wrote: »

I think it's fair to say he was a better winger that Douglas Howlett.

yeah luke is still top try scorer for the ABs isn't he.......?

Burkie1203

sprucemoose wrote: »

yeah luke is still top try scorer for the ABs isn't he.......?

Luke was too good for the All Blacks

Yeah_Right

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Looks like the poor bugger hurt himself making the tackle?

He usually hurt himself walking on the field.
Something Luke has in common with Dougie is that they both finished their world cup careers with quartet final losses.