Ire v Samoa 19:45pm - On RTÉ Two

leakyboots

Did that hit Henshaws shoulder and then the Samoan's face?

lawrencesummers

Henshaw could do with discovering some form. Hes not playing his best.

noc1980

This is now 4 sloppy games in row (including the grand slam game) - Scotland and South Africa will be licking their lips.

fitz

Murray needs to up his tempo, we're forcing everything cause he's slow to the ruck to get it away.

SaoPaulo41

Ireland completely underwhelming in these warm ups ,look seriously undercooked

mun1

JOB is fine, got into position to take his try well , ease up people , bad night for a fullback . Bad night for rugby

Dave_The_Sheep

Fair play to Baird for trying to get back, but he was never making it. Very unlucky with the non knock-on but that'll give Samoa a lot of heart. Not ideal.

Lineout and handling is worrying.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121031090#Comment_121031090

I reckon that Crowley at his best would have us far better than 7-7.

Tier 1 teams struggling against Tier 2 teams is much more enjoyable when it's not Ireland.

Let's hope for a big improvement in the second half.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121031119#Comment_121031119

If I heard play on they did and they're pro's - 12 year olds I coach know to play the whistle.

I remember calls from across this forum when Lowe didn't maintain full tilt on a chase back. I'm sure we wont see any hypocrisy.

JOB damaging his chances here. It's going to rain in the World Cup.

omega666

Jimmy o Brien having a nightmare. Is this his first time playing in the rain.

blackwhite

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121031131#Comment_121031131

Yup - poor attitude to give up on it

We'll be lucky to come away without another big injury

SaoPaulo41

Christ mullered at scrum by Samoa

StevenToast

Scrum and lineout destroyed...

Well done Samoa

A-Train

Great getting destroyed in the scrum now.

leakyboots

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121031130#Comment_121031130

I'm pretty sure Crowley's performance is not the issue here in this half, he's been one of our best players. Will be interesting to see how they come out in the second half after the talk

fitz

I wouldn't be hitting the panic button, the ball is clearly like a bar of soap and pitch surface looks just as slippy. Samoa getting away with contact in the lineouts too, but plenty to fix at half time.

MaddChris

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121031124#Comment_121031124

Need to get a new CD, this one is skipping

Burkie1203

Weather aside, dire from 1-15 so far.

Who was it that said Bealham was a starting TH? Get up the yard.

Loughman should be nowhere near the squad and neither should Stewart.

Front row depth past 2nd choice is a concern

Podge_irl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121031124#Comment_121031124

Scotland were 6 points down to Georgia at home at this point a few hours ago 🙄

blackcard

Shambolic performance at lineout, scrum and fielding. Worst half in years

TRC10

Sure everything is grand. Nothing to worry about

There are too many getting carried away about our team. There are 2 big realities.

1. We still have a relatively shallow pool of top players.

2. Our WC history, when it really comes down to it, is atrocious.

Mr Disco

Murray super slow. Casey clear #2 or arguably #1 scrum half now

We've had no functioning lineout since the start of the warm ups. I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt that the coaches are working on something more sophisticated than we've seen and it will be right by the RWC, however they don't get the benefit of the doubt beyond that, we've had a variety of throwers and jumpers - this is a coaching issue.

Usual suspects creaming themselves over certain performances is tiresome as ever, but anyone thinking this is a good team performance or a functioning attack are deluding themselves.

Hansen utter class. Loved Bairds effort to get back for the try - would have been an on pitch tribute to Keith Earls from one of the fastest forwards in the game.

Mr Disco

Jimmy O’Brien v flaky under high ball

SaoPaulo41

Peaking betwen wc

Dont Be at It

They should do what ireland women did against Colombia in the wc warm up and pack it it. This has Injuries written all over it

T-Maxx

A few missed calls there by Barnes I thought. Ireland looking very average here, poor actually truth be told. Hope Healy is OK.