Rugby world cup post mortem

Was James Ryan a factor?

i didnt think henderson was that great tbh

right after the 2019 rwc, o gara suggested that if sexton were to keep playing then maybe he should move to being a bench player who could help bring on the younger options while being there to close out games and thus prolong his career. now, he also said JS would almost definitely not be happy to do that but it might be (have been) the best option all round

tbh it was my way of thinking at the time too but in fairness JS has put in some unbelievable performances since then so its hard to know

In ,circa, the last 10 min of the match and especially in those 28 odd passes before the final whistle most / all of the Irish players were ‘ on their last legs’ - but most especially was Sexton. He was basically just standing in the line and just passed the ball as soon as he received it and then just stood there again to repeat same. Looked like as if he was bereft of ideas, looked like as if he had given up , was going through the motions , etc, etc. I reckon that he was totally, totally exhausted , was probably carrying some physical pain. It was not like him at all. Management should have SPOTTED it and replaced him. It’s not up to the players to tell management that they need to be replaced.

maybe management felt that Sexton ‘s rugby brain was reason enough to leave him on for the full 80 min? We are all experts in hindsight

Yet plenty of people have mentioned the advantage the SH teams have.

World Rugby is looking at a global season. Plus at the moment SA are nearly playing a full 12 month season, it's not sustainable.

The Roy Keane act is laughable here.

We did not win the game did we. It was a crazy decision to leave Sexton on for the full match he is 38 years old he is a shadow of the player he was last year not to mind 5+ years ago.

O'Gara WA right on one thing Johnny wound not play second fiddle to another player. He was never redl team player. On more than O E occasion he threw a wobbly over being taken off.

If Farrell had no confidence in Crowley or banned him for the late concessions against Scotland he should have Ross Byrne on the bench.

NZ knew with 10+ minutes to go that JS would not be making any serious runs and would be passing out along the line or kicking so they did not need to actively mark or shadow him.

It was a serious error letting him on.

He brought a squad but gave them very little time, even against the minnows. Beating 3rd rate teams by 70pts was of no use to us when our back up players weren't getting up to speed and taking the workload off the first 15.

Jimmy O Brien was excellent for the 20mins we saw him for. Had he been given his chance against Scotland we would have had a fully fit Lowe or Hansen in the QF.

The Scotland game wasn't overly physical but we lost some key players and preparation time due to fielding the same 15 yet again.

I cant see how anyone could argue that we should have been going full strength or close to it for Tonga and Romania.

I can almost guarantee that if you look back through world Cup winners or finalists of the last 3 or 4 tournaments you will find no teams that rotate their players as little as we did.

Who said it was a WC success? we lost the match.

Rugby is as successful as soccer over the timespan of the respective WC’s. Irish rugby has won everything available to win bar a WC.

It really doesn’t require the affirmation of all. If it doesn’t rock your boat, find something that does. My partner hates it and manages to avoid it in a rugby mad house. Enjoys soccer and enjoys it in a soccer mad house, ditto GAA

I don’t know why you think you are being defrauded, what have you invested and why did you do it, thinking what you do. Sounds a bit deranged to me TBH