Irish Rugby and Sevens

I watched all group games. I don't watch sevens often, and was pleasantly surprised by how few 'give it to the fast guy and let him burn a defender on the outside' tries there were. Obviously this is the highest level of the sport, but it was still interesting to see how good defences were in terms of spacing and sometimes giving ground but ensuring a linebreak didn't arise. Attackers were extremely cautious not to get ahead of support unless they were nearly sure of making the tryline. I don't get the joke comments, to be honest.

You sure about that? Isn't it played on a full size pitch?

First up I am a massive Hugo fan in the 15 man game. To me he is an outstanding full back . But i think there is no debate that his move to 7's was not the panacea it was proported to be. Was there ever a need for him in the first place they had allready qualified.He was unfotunate to be the cause of two glaring errors last night. But he is aprofessional and i know its harsh but players are judged by their performances thats the reason they are professionals. Despite Hugos mistakes. we had a great chance last night. There is nothing to be gained by blaming the Tmo them are the breaks as a Corkman i should know from last Sunday😁.But we had the ball in there half and just like the World Cup against the AB we failed to capatalise . Thats the harshness of Sport at the top level. Do my views make me unpatriotic I dont think so. A more passionate Corkman and Irish supporter you wont find but we were led to believe that Hugo was the final piece of the Jigsaw to move this team to become Medal contenders not winners I might add.So its only fair to question Hugos and the teams performance which no doubt the coaching staff will do in due course .Anyway looking forward to Hugo shining for Leinster and Ireland in the months ahead.

TThe Coaches clearly saw a need. France did same with dupont. Other countries added players from 15s. Even after they qualified. So yeah there was a need.

Now hopefully we can build 7s more at a domestic level. We should look to build a proper season for 7s. Could help identify players for 7s who mightnt be seen otherwise as its only guys who've already been in dveelelopment system who've went on and played 7s so far

Tbh I see this as the greatest sign of respect you can have, we live so deeply in their heads that the only thing they celebrate nowadays is the rare occasion Ireland lose.

Except its not rare, its literally every time. Honestly, the way people go on here you'd think we achieve loads.

They're more than welcome to go out and prove the doubters wrong. But they never do.

TRC only posts after an Ireland defeat. Not a peep out of him when Ireland beat South Africa a few weeks ago, but now he's all over this thread.

There's zero point arguing with someone like that. They'll never reply in good faith.

The Irish 7s team losing in a QF has about as much bearing on the XVs team as an Irish team losing a game of tiddlywinks would. Absolutely bonkers to discuss the two in the same breath.

Also goes to show even if Ireland did "prove doubters wrong" like he suggests, he still will find a way of having a whinge, its pointless even trying to argue about it.

Watched the France and Ireland games last night. 7s is absolutely brilliant to watch.

HOW did South Africa beat NZ? We were all over SA!

The kicking for both conversions and penalties is pretty bad. Ireland barely made any ground from their kicks. Maybe worried about it staying in play but still, we had enough possession and we didn't make considerable ground.

I really don't see why Hugo Keenan joined the 7s. To me, it seems like they just saw Du Pont doing it and put the idea in their head then but DuPont is different. It's the Paris Olympics and he is the best rugby player in the world and a massive celebrity in France.

Keenan was poor.