Ireland V Australia

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ME-109 wrote:All water under the bridge now....Aus up next which will be interesting...someone start a thread

How hard was that..........

Really no need for Kearney to commit so early bowe had him. Poor defence

YC for deliberate knock on?

or not.

GOOD BOY TOMMY!!!!  

Woah! That was cheap from Oz.

Ireland are going to lose this, they are just not as clever as the Aussies.

Marshall off already. Poor lad has no luck.

hopefully just a blood replacement.

oops never mind. Its BOD? 

Shame Sexytoes missed that. Could've done with the added points. I blame the person who shouted just before he did it... 

Why does BOD have to come off?

Funny i didnt see any blood there

Token Connacht man on!

Oh I see BOD had a baddy on his knee. Bit of Vaseline would've sorted that.

Reality check is right. This is beyond sloppy.

What channel???

I cant find the game

Hopeless defence

BBC2 Mysti.

You know, this is a very poor display indeed.

Shocking defence again. What the hell is going on? Is Chillie fit?

Oh did it have to be the dude with the daft hair again? Terrible defence...

Ok ta Cari!!

the last place to look for me!

Its going to take time for Schmidt to implement his ideas.

Moore has got one heck of a pass on him for a hooker!

Another nice try. Ireland's defence is pretty poor though.

Cari wrote:Oh did it have to be the dude with the daft hair again? Terrible defence...

Different guy with daft hair.

Kearneys defence is shocking and has been for the past year.

Come on the men in green!!

Right, I'm hoping that Ireland are just being bad to lull Oz into a false sense of security, then they'll batter them in the second half...please lads, come on you know you can do it. Just BELIEVE!

Better but the protection at the ruck has been poor, Reddan needs more support there

Bring back deccie

Can we please get Murray on?

Sexton is having a truly dreadful game. He just isn't good enough at this level when backs are haunts the wall.

Kearney is embarrassing today. POM is having a bit of a shocker too. Feels all very Kidneyesque and sadly familiar.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:Its going to take time for Schmidt to implement his ideas.

Its basic errors really... getting too narrow in defence, kicking the ball poorly, not looking after our own ball.

Oh come on Ireland you can get something here!

ARRRRRGH! Reddan not now with the dummy!

Is Henshaw still on?

God that music after the score is awful

Golden - didn't you hear the announcer tell the world that BOD is back on?

Jeebus! Tommy did well to hang onto the ball there! Good work from Ferg too.

Sit down Mike Cooper! Your wig's a mess.

YC for Hooper, there is a chance yet

Cari wrote:Golden - didn't you hear the announcer tell the world that BOD is back on?

Ha ye i was a bit fast with the post button.

Hooper off and some rediculous hands from bowe. How did he hold that

Usual story from the unbalanced backrow- no one doing the nutty gritty at the breakdown.

Reddan might pass the ball quicker than Murray but it's inaccurate and has stopped momentum. Poor game from him so far. Very disappointing

Golden wrote:

...and some rediculous hands from bowe. How did he hold that

I can only imagine what those hands are capable of...  

Come on Ireland!!!!! Get back into this game you green feckers. A big defeat will do NZ no favours next week.  

Anyone think Sextons kicks are lacking a bit of length?

They just need to believe and keep chipping away...it's coming...I'm not comfortable with Reddan trying fancy schitt like that though. Almost lost the ball again there.

Hope POM's OK.

Come on Sexytoes...get this and it's game on!

Ireland really need Murray on soon, his physicality around the rucks will strengthen Ireland. I would also have Madigan on...

Getting back into it on the board, and joe will correct some things at half time. Looking better

Right back in the game!!

Madigan on?

Excellent take Tommy and good pass.

ooh almost lost it there...good support Healy.

HT 12-15.

Australia could get a second yellow the rate they're being pinged. It's keeping us in the game.

How Ireland are only 3 points down I will never know. They need to take a leaf out of the England game plan book to win this.

Golden wrote:Madigan on?

For Sexton, yes...

That's better. Now use that gain in confidence and show them what you're made of. Wipe out that ugly first quarter.

Ireland with no defense. Time for Les Kiss to earn his money.

It's looks like a new defensive system to me?? Also, McFadden for all his decent runs needs to not try and catch every kick off.