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

He broke down in the warm-up, apparently. That's all I heard.

Bent only played 4 minutes today. They must be keeping him in reserve for Saturday.

Would love to see Coombes or timoney on the bench for the next test match

A quick look at the sponsors here will tell you a bit more I suspect... https://www.irishrugby.ie/irfu/

But I'm curious as to what you'd suggest? Irish Crystal has historically been a gift to give those from other countries. Hell the NZ commentary even saw the vase and twigged it (incorrectly) as Waterford Crystal. They knew it's a common gift to give

Would you prefer a bowl of shamrocks or a crate of Guinness?

Just a thought, but after the failure of 2019 there was a review carried out, and the full details and recommendations were not revealed to the public.

I have a feeling that one of the issues was dealing with pressure, and a lot of players needed to feel what it’s like to deal with change and expectation of performance with matches coming in quick succession.

McCloskey, Scannell, Byrne, and Bent coming into the squad does replicate what happens at World Cups when injuries always happen.

Players being asked to play out of position and assume roles, such as Earls playing 13 and having to take charge of the back-line defence is one example. Frawley having to play out-half and take responsibility for the goal kicking is another example.

Treadwell playing a mid-week game and probably manning the bench 4 days later is another example.

Loughman and Sexton going through the protocols for concussion, Hansen and Bealham dealing with isolation for Covid.

This kind of pressure and experience in how to deal with these situations is good for the players and for the supporting staff too.

Anyone know were I can watch back the match

After this Tour I wonder does Nucifora and Farrell sit down with Frawley and push for a loan move to Ulster or Connacht for the next year.

Obviously with ngati signed for Leisnter maybe the plan is to move frawley to 10 anyway?? But it's still congested for Leinster there.

Oh I’m expecting the same, this is just what I personally would like to see in preparation of the rwc. It’d be a shame not to give the likes of Coombes, Larmour and frawley test minutes in such high pressure situations, as they could very realistically be called upon in a hypothetical quarter final situation