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Ireland Under-20 2024 Team

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    #1622
    FrancieBrady
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338742#Comment_122338742

    Discipline again.



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    #1623
    SaoPaulo41
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    I think we are in trouble here, barely competing in the scrum, silly knockons by Georgia getting us out of danger.



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    #1624
    Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3
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    Get Spicer on



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    #1625
    theVersatile
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    Georgians are plenty physical in defence, causing real issues for us.

    Naughton looks nifty. He's had a couple wayward passes but isn't afraid to carry to the line and play ball.

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    #1626
    realhorrorshow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,962 ✭✭✭realhorrorshow


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338803#Comment_122338803

    We need to be more pragmatic and kick more, not sure if he's just executing the game plan but we're playing in the wrong areas and I don't think he's kicked once in open play.



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    #1627
    SaoPaulo41
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338791#Comment_122338791

    agreed plus Gleeson and Carley .



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    #1628
    Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3
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    Bell replaces Boyd at 1.



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    #1629
    Utah_Saint
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    wow kinda embarrassing at scrum time



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    #1630
    Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338863#Comment_122338863

    nothing really that new.. irish props dont start scrummaging for real until they leave school.



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    #1631
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 68,751 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    In trouble alright. Need a few leaders to stand up



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    #1632
    Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3
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    need spicers weight on there.

    gleeson too



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    #1633
    SaoPaulo41
    Registered Users Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭SaoPaulo41


    I don't know how we win this game



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    #1634
    Shehal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭Shehal


    Is there any team in the world that we don't get beaten in the scrum by…

    And Georgia score. Ireland have done this to themselves, wasted 15 minutes at the end of the first half just cheaply giving the ball away which has helped give Georgia the confidence they needed to believe they can win this game and now they've got a try. We allowed them to find their feet and now they are starting to throw punches. As a result this will now be a much tougher game than it needed to be as Georgia will now be more up for it…you can already tell they are much more brutal in contact now than they were around the 25th minute when Ireland were 12-0 up and their heads were down.



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    #1635
    Happyhouse22
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338605#Comment_122338605

    starting to think this might have been a poor bet 🙈



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    #1636
    Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭Hey_Ho_Lets_Go_3


    irish props are selected for things other than scrummaging that combined with underage scrum rules and we always struggle at scrum at age grade.



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    #1637
    CMcsporty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338596#Comment_122338596

    Who are the commentators? One of them said he played with Ulster.



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    #1638
    theVersatile
    Registered Users Posts: 2,248 ✭✭✭theVersatile


    Gavin trying his hardest to pull us through this game by himself. He's a serious player

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    #1639
    Utah_Saint
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    Georgia 12 is tricky to put down



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    #1640
    CMcsporty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭CMcsporty


    Khaindvrava

    Sign him up



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    #1641
    Shehal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭Shehal


    This reminds me alot of the Ireland Italy game in the 6N and funny enough the tackle stats are eerily familiar. Georgia have 135 tackles, 45 tackles more than Ireland, and yet Ireland have missed over double the amount of tackle Georgia have missed.



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    #1642
    Shehal
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    And even in defence, can we defend any Georgian attack without conceding a penalty? It was the same in the first game.



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    #1643
    Utah_Saint
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    we look lightweight in contact compared to Georgia



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    #1644
    Shehal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭Shehal


    One team is switched on and up for it and the other isn't…sadly we are the later.

    And Ireland have no-one to blame but themselves for this, they had Georgia on the rack in the first 25 minutes and instead of putting them away like we did versus Italy we starting getting sloppy and giving the ball away which only gave Georgia more confidence that they could win the game, just like we did against Italy in the 6N…we got away with it that day but it looks like its going to be tough this time.



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    #1645
    typhoony
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    Going into contact away from supporting players is just not good enough



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    #1646
    johnh6767
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    Georgia very well coached team exciting to watch too , hopefully Ireland can win this but it’s too tight for fancy



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    #1647
    Shehal
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    Aaaaaaand another penalty conceded, just like the first game our discipline was shocking but we got away with it as we were 30 points up.

    I honestly would be amazed if we come back from this, this is a 2nd half performance so horrendous that it defies belief…have not lifted a finger this half.



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    #1648
    Shehal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭Shehal


    Ofcourse we finally win the ball and then as usual no support and get turned over.



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    #1649
    johnh6767
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭johnh6767


    that was a let off. Georgia deserve the win . I still feel we win by 2



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    #1650
    Shehal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭Shehal


    Lol and then ANOTHER penalty conceded, have we defend a single attack without conceding a penalty?

    It would actually be a crime if we win, this 2nd half performance is arguably the worst performance I have ever seen from an Irish u20 side, even worse than the Italy 6N one.



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    #1651
    CMcsporty
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122339085#Comment_122339085

    Georgia have this in the bag



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