Ireland v Wales 07/09/2019

Clegg · 07-09-2019 02:04PM

Jordan Larmour just won a jackel on the ground.

Squidgy Black · 07-09-2019 02:04PM

That's some work from Larmour to chase, contest, make the tackle and then win the turnover.

kmart6 · 07-09-2019 02:04PM

Wales closing the gap could be saving Best big time.

SlickRic · 07-09-2019 02:05PM

Much better today.

There are foundations here that weren't around for the last few weeks.

Lineout still making me shít myself.

razorblunt · 07-09-2019 02:05PM

Wales doing themselves no favours closing the gap but then again maybe that’s contributing to their steals too.

99problems1 · 07-09-2019 02:05PM

Bridge93 wrote: »

This the same SOB who was a lions starter a decade after breaking onto the scene? Took a while to work him out it seems

He's been getting picked on reputation for years and years now. He'd be starting for us if he was fit despite offering little.

Rockbeast2 · 07-09-2019 02:06PM

That was a great set-piece scrum

Bridge93 · 07-09-2019 02:07PM

99problems1 wrote: »

He's been getting picked on reputation for years and years now. He'd be starting for us if he was fit despite offering little.

The tour was 2 years ago. Do you think gatland picked on reputations? He was fit last year and not picked for us. Stop showing yourself up continuously

fitz · 07-09-2019 02:07PM

Wales with so many hands while off feet.

07-09-2019 02:07PM

kmart6 wrote: »

Wales closing the gap could be saving Best big time.

Ball is too slow, we need to force Wales to think at the breakdown. Far too predictable.

razorblunt · 07-09-2019 02:07PM

Every ruck has Welsh hands hanging round long after the ref tells them away. Needs to stop coaching them and actually whistle them.

lawrencesummers · 07-09-2019 02:08PM

Kilcoyne has done more in 6 minutes than Healy did in 40.

Putting his hand up big time for the starting jersey.

dublinman1990 · 07-09-2019 02:08PM

Let's hope Ireland get the ball over the line again.

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 02:09PM

Take the irreplaceables ( Ryan and Furlong) off after this scrum.

07-09-2019 02:10PM

Wales are hugely up for this. Do or die performance.

Dave_The_Sheep · 07-09-2019 02:10PM

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Let's hope Ireland get the ball over the line again.

That's an odd thing to hope for in a game of rugby.

Clegg · 07-09-2019 02:10PM

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Kilcoyne has done more in 6 minutes than Healy did in 40.

Putting his hand up big time for the starting jersey.

He's done well to get himself the replacement spot. Healy is cast iron starter for Scotland.

Faugheen · 07-09-2019 02:10PM

Some people really love to react based on a couple of games.

‘X player must be putting pressure on Y’ with absolutely zero basis other than a couple of games in preseason.

Rockbeast2 · 07-09-2019 02:11PM

"Kilcoyne has done more in 6 minutes than Healy did in 40.

Putting his hand up big time for the starting jersey."

He has been very good. A man that wants a jersey is a great sight to behold.

Tikki Wang Wang · 07-09-2019 02:12PM

Sexton may as well retire at this stage. This ‘he’s rusty’ excuse is just a coverup. He’s no where near the player he once was and never will be. Time has run out. He’s a passenger now.

A-Train · 07-09-2019 02:12PM

Get over

lawrencesummers · 07-09-2019 02:12PM

Clegg wrote: »

He's done well to get himself the replacement spot. Healy is cast iron starter for Scotland.

He may be the starter, but he is being put under big pressure for it, and that’s a good thing.

07-09-2019 02:12PM

Faugheen wrote: »

Some people really love to react based on a couple of games.

‘X player must be putting pressure on Y’ with absolutely zero basis other than a couple of games in preseason.

Wrong. They have a valid basis as key WC warm-up games in assessing strengths and weaknesses.

dublinman1990 · 07-09-2019 02:12PM

Furlong has got the try.

ScrubsfanChris · 07-09-2019 02:12PM

Wales were offside AGAIN right before the try, that's about 4 penalties in 4 minutes.

pc7 · 07-09-2019 02:12PM

Great play and pressure, so much improved, still two weeks to prep, things really looking up. Ryan is a beast! Delighted for Furlong.

Faugheen · 07-09-2019 02:13PM

Someone needs to get a gif of that roar from Tadhg.

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 02:13PM

Take Tadhg off. Now

mfceiling · 07-09-2019 02:13PM

Farmer strength beats gym strength every day of the week.

Clegg · 07-09-2019 02:14PM

This is Henshaw's at his Leinster best. He looks sharper and is carrying with a physicality that I haven't seen in a while.

fitz · 07-09-2019 02:14PM

Again, urgency and intensity get results.
Very encouraged by this game, tbh. Starting to look a bit more cohesive.

Naggdefy · 07-09-2019 02:14PM

Tikki Wang Wang wrote: »

Sexton may as well retire at this stage. This ‘he’s rusty’ excuse is just a coverup. He’s no where near the player he once was and never will be. Time has run out. He’s a passenger now.

We get the point. Jesus you're obsessed. Analyse all the other players to the same extent.

07-09-2019 02:14PM

Take a bow Rory. Great servant to the cause.

Clegg · 07-09-2019 02:15PM

Earls limping a bit there? Hopefully it's not serious.

lawrencesummers · 07-09-2019 02:15PM

Faugheen wrote: »

Some people really love to react based on a couple of games.

‘X player must be putting pressure on Y’ with absolutely zero basis other than a couple of games in preseason.

If your not going to base you opinion on a players playing performance in games, then what are you going to base it on? His haircut?

It’s a great thing for this team that a starting prop is under so much pressure, no need to get triggered by it.

Wouldn’t it be great if Furlong was being pushed as much and we had a second choice front row capable of starting, imagine the impact.

Rockbeast2 · 07-09-2019 02:15PM

I thought Kleyn did well.

Hope Earls is okay.

Mantis Toboggan · 07-09-2019 02:17PM

Pisshead tank

dublinman1990 · 07-09-2019 02:17PM

Rory is off for the final time at the Aviva. Great standing ovation by the crowd.

Keith Earls has gone off as well.

Jean Kleyn has also gone off to be replaced.

SlickRic · 07-09-2019 02:17PM

The line speed is on a different planet entirely to recent weeks.

thebaz · 07-09-2019 02:17PM

Tikki Wang Wang wrote: »

Sexton may as well retire at this stage. This ‘he’s rusty’ excuse is just a coverup. He’s no where near the player he once was and never will be. Time has run out. He’s a passenger now.

rubbish - first game back - hes been fine

mfceiling · 07-09-2019 02:17PM

Conan is a very tidy player.

Diabhal Beag · 07-09-2019 02:17PM

Anybody else wince at Murray's landing on that tackle there? Looked like he was folded in as the base at an awkward angle for his neck.

Rockbeast2 · 07-09-2019 02:18PM

Kick to the corner

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 07-09-2019 02:18PM

Scrum is looking up.

adam240610 · 07-09-2019 02:18PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Anybody else wince at Murray's landing on that tackle there? Looked like he was folded in as the base at an awkward angle for his neck.

Hope he's been doing his yoga

Faugheen · 07-09-2019 02:18PM

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Faugheen wrote: »

Some people really love to react based on a couple of games.

‘X player must be putting pressure on Y’ with absolutely zero basis other than a couple of games in preseason.

If your not going to base you opinion on a players playing performance in games, then what are you going to base it on? His haircut?

It’s a great thing for this team that a starting prop is under so much pressure, no need to get triggered by it.

Wouldn’t it be great if Furlong was being pushed as much and we had a second choice front row capable of starting, imagine the impact.

Healy has been Ireland’s best prop, and after James Ryan Ireland’s best forward, for the last year.

Kilcoyne has had a great year and has looked like a man possessed in these last two games, but Healy is at the top level of front-rows and he’s shown plenty of that.

irishbucsfan · 07-09-2019 02:18PM

lawrencesummers wrote: »

If your not going to base you opinion on a players playing performance in games, then what are you going to base it on? His haircut?

You don't. No one knows. These are nothing games and we're still a month over from the first real test so current form is mostly irrelevant. No one here has the slightest clue.

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 02:18PM

Just take him Tadhg off ffs

Clegg · 07-09-2019 02:18PM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Anybody else wince at Murray's landing on that tackle there? Looked like he was folded in as the base at an awkward angle for his neck.

Was a fine wrestling pin.

SlickRic · 07-09-2019 02:19PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Conan is a very tidy player.

He should be a nailed on starter. And that's been the case since at least the turn of the year.

Ireland v Wales 07/09/2019

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