NZ Tour 2022 - Māori June 29th, NZ July 2nd, NZ July 9th, Māori July 12th, NZ July 16th, KO 8.05am

testtech05 · 29-06-2022 8:41am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265214#Comment_119265214

He has an absolute cannon of a left boot too

cuttingtimber22 · 29-06-2022 8:42am

Family have Munster connections

leakyboots · 29-06-2022 8:42am

Awful mixup with Larmour and JOB. It looked to me like JOB called for a ball he was never going to get

cuttingtimber22 · 29-06-2022 8:44am

Has Barnes been a bit harsh at breakdown against us? Two penalties and then warning against competing.

SaoPaulo41 · 29-06-2022 8:44am

This could get very messy for Ireland

leakyboots · 29-06-2022 8:45am

Powerful scrum there by the Maori

Quin_Dub · 29-06-2022 8:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265202#Comment_119265202

Fair enough, but he's getting isolated all the time it seems.

They seem to have an extra man outside every single time

Soups123 · 29-06-2022 8:46am

Barnes is giving everything against us, fcuking hate being the away team when he’s involved as homer a ref as you’ll ever get

AdamD · 29-06-2022 8:46am

He's not blowing for them at all around the ruck, the turnover after Caseys snipe looked illegal.

Quin_Dub · 29-06-2022 8:46am

Penalties are absolutely killing Ireland

leakyboots · 29-06-2022 8:47am

Poor fare from us, some words needed at half time

testtech05 · 29-06-2022 8:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265228#Comment_119265228

Some of them look a bit harsh alright, including the last one on Treadwell there he was pinned in and the ball was still available it looked like.

Another try. Need halftime at this stage.

Mr Clever · 29-06-2022 8:48am

Woeful stuff, embarrassing

Shehal · 29-06-2022 8:48am

We just have no foothold whatsoever in the game, bar afew minutes in the lead up to the try we are just getting the ball and immediately kicking it away as we havent much option.

starkid · 29-06-2022 8:49am

far too many average players in this side. looks like we have a depth problem still. we are a few injuries away from disaster

fitz · 29-06-2022 8:50am

Pack have been disappointing, penalties and Maori ruck speed is killing us.

SaoPaulo41 · 29-06-2022 8:53am

Awful awful, Jimmy o Brien and Earls get them off.

Former Former Former · 29-06-2022 8:53am

This is getting ugly

AdamD · 29-06-2022 8:54am

What is Earls at there?

SaoPaulo41 · 29-06-2022 8:54am

Such aimless kicking by O Brien

clsmooth · 29-06-2022 8:54am

Disappointing defence and chase there. Thought JOB did well to put pressure on and slow it after his kick. Defence was porous after that.

Quin_Dub · 29-06-2022 8:54am

That's really really poor from multiple players

testtech05 · 29-06-2022 8:55am

Maori completely butchered that 3 on 1 and still scored.....

29-06-2022 8:55am

Our lord and saviour Ciaran Frawley has mastered the revolving door impression

29-06-2022 8:55am

On the plus side, this is increasingly likely to become my case in point for the 'throw caution to the wind' start all the 'shiny new thing' players crowd.

JRant · 29-06-2022 8:56am

This can't be the same Wayne Barnes that reffed the Leinster v LAR game. If it is then he must be completely confused about the rules of the game from week to week.

aloooof · 29-06-2022 8:56am

One of JOB’s better kicks and chase, but a couple of lads (including Earls this time) really poor after that….

TomsOnTheRoof · 29-06-2022 8:56am

Someone needs to tell O'Brien to stop kicking the ball to them

Bridge93 · 29-06-2022 8:56am

Utterly embarrassed. Some of these are not even close to international quality against a mix and match Māori side.

fitz · 29-06-2022 8:56am

Some of the pack looked absolutely gassed there...barely jogging on the chase back.

Soups123 · 29-06-2022 8:56am

Pretty poor showing, the aimless kicking away of the ball constantly as frustrating as the number of penalties given away

starkid · 29-06-2022 8:57am

Possibly the worst performance of any Irish team?

In the overall scheme of things it doesn't matter. but you'd worry how leggy they look.

Yeah there's not a chance we win a test here if thats the general levels of energy.

But you'd probably only take 4 players from this side. (definitely doesn't include JOB)

Quin_Dub · 29-06-2022 8:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265268#Comment_119265268

He's not alone by any means..

Not a single player has advanced their cause in that half

AdamD · 29-06-2022 8:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265274#Comment_119265274

That kick was absolutely fine, pity none of his team mates could be arsed breaking past a jog.

crisco10 · 29-06-2022 8:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265271#Comment_119265271

I thought the same thing. Then I reckoned LAR were probably better at making things a mess on d than our 2nd team

Ramasun · 29-06-2022 8:58am

This is not JOB's game, it's just not working for him today, every time he touches the ball we concede a try. He's following a game plan but his execution has been poor.

Cork29 · 29-06-2022 8:58am

Playing like lady boys

SaoPaulo41 · 29-06-2022 8:59am

Have, Hume, Timoney even been mentioned?

Shehal · 29-06-2022 8:59am

We've literally just sat back and let the Maori play for 40 minutes, we've contributed nothing to this match for 40 minutes straight.

RoscommonHero · 29-06-2022 8:59am

Woeful, that pack is so weak, our backs are playing terrible, JOB alone has been at fault for 2 and possibly 3 tries, some of these lads do not deserve caps, pathetic, on top of that Barnes is giving them everything. We are getting hammered by an average team here

aloooof · 29-06-2022 8:59am

Coombes and McCarthy going well but we’ve been really poor beyond that…

JOB’c kicking and fielding has been poor imo, and we’ve been over-compensating/over-folding for Casey in defence a couple of times which is causing gaps.

crisco10 · 29-06-2022 8:59am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265299#Comment_119265299

Both made decent half breaks in the initial moments of game.

starkid · 29-06-2022 8:59am

Jimmy O Brien is kak, and a four try run in has given Leinster fans some weird perception of him. He's bang average. ANd its laughable how Leinster fans just think anything in blue is magic or can be worked into something greater than their ceiling.

He's not Keenan mark 2. HK is a special player. JOB seems similar and played 7s. but he's levels below HK ability.

On natural ability and excluding Aki you'd take Hume, Coombes, Casey, Frawley from this side for the immediate future.

einn32 · 29-06-2022 9:00am

Maori building a lead in typical fashion. Ireland trying to slow the ball isn't working out. Barnes is having none of it.

Irish heads have dropped I think.

Madeoface · 29-06-2022 9:01am

Thank god I've got to go to work now. Jaisus.

Pudsy33 · 29-06-2022 9:01am

Our back 3 are doing their best to play themselves out of the test team.

It's very frustrating because we look good in the rare moments we get possession.

cuttingtimber22 · 29-06-2022 9:02am

Where is a Mike Haley?

We have a centre at our half and a wing deputing at full back.

29-06-2022 9:02am

That was an utterly atrocious half of rugby, with almost zero positives to take from it.

Keith Earls has been an utter embarrassment in that half; ball watching, missing straight up tackles, giving up on the chase, quitting before that try at half time assuming it had been knocked on.

Jimmy O'Brien has kicked the ball away badly and made bad decisions virtually every time he touched the ball.

Bundee Aki badly shown up for his lack of pace by Josh Ioane on multiple occasions.

Zero control from Frawley and Casey. Every thing Casey does looks unplanned and frantic.

Pack is completely callow and devoid of leadership.

Wayne Barnes' inability to referee the breakdown is infuriating, and his ignoring the Maori repeatedly clearing out yards past the ruck, but why can Irish packs never learn to adapt?

Only Irish players for me to emerge for me with any modicum of credit are Gavin Coombes who has looked physical and Kieran Treadwell who has showed a lot of effort, albeit making some sloppy errors a long with it.

TRC10 · 29-06-2022 9:02am

Discipline and defense is what's killing us. We're all over the place in those departments. Guys like Prendergast, Loughman and Treadwell and McCarthy too eager to make a big impression. JOB has been poor too.

In attack we actually look pretty good. But we've had so little of the ball we've hardly been able to show it.

razorblunt · 29-06-2022 9:03am

Can’t blame the lack of cohesion when the opposition are in the same boat. Too many lads playing individual games, McCarthy and Prendegast running around like headless chickens.

Maoris putting two lads back for kicks, one to take the tackle and the other to run it back.

NZ Tour 2022 - Māori June 29th, NZ July 2nd, NZ July 9th, Māori July 12th, NZ July 16th, KO 8.05am

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