Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2
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Ireland are definitely heading on the downslide with a aging roster and uncertainty at 10.
On the last weekend's game, Faingaanuku was brilliant and thought he was one of our best along with De Groot and Clarke.
I've got the feeling Scotland might be a tougher challenge than what Ireland was.
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@reprobate said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Mauss re the loose forward comparison vs Ireland - the red card has to make a big difference there. The Irish were buggered late in the game, they had to make a lot of tackles as you point out. Also the fact that it was Beirne, who is an extra loose forward for them, and one of their best.
Sititi came on and dominated late - looks like if you take out his carry metres, the Irish had more? So are we really doing the right thing with our starting loosies?That, to me, just comes across as letting the Irish loose forwards off the hook rather easily. Aren’t Jack Conan and Josh Van der Flier both 50-cappers while also being British and Irish Lions? They should be able to lift for 20 minutes with Beirne off the field, after which he could be replaced. That’s not even mentioning another 50-capper on the bench in Caelan Doris.
Again, my intention wasn't to claim that the AB back row is particularly settled: blindside remains an issue while Savea’s eclectic positioning makes any loose forward combination a complex exercise. But, for now at least, there are a few things which are working, and that’s including Sititi’s performances off the bench. After a difficult start it would’ve been easy for a player like Sititi to spiral so the fact that he’s once again putting in performances – even in shorter bursts – is good to see.
It's far from perfect but it's also not quite a disaster either.
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@MiketheSnow said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Tim said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@MiketheSnow said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
The mitigation was it was a forward pass
That is a unique excuse. No one else saw it, nor did would it have impacted the tackle situation.
Come on ...
Kelleher asked the ref to look at the pass. Ref didn't.
Beirne wasn't set up to tackle. He was set up to brace for impact from a dummy runner.
Then it changed in an instant and he made head contact in the collision.
It certainly wasn't a tackle.
It also certainly wasnt a forward pass. Was Beirne offside?
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@DaGrubster said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@MiketheSnow said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Tim said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@MiketheSnow said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
The mitigation was it was a forward pass
That is a unique excuse. No one else saw it, nor did would it have impacted the tackle situation.
Come on ...
Kelleher asked the ref to look at the pass. Ref didn't.
Beirne wasn't set up to tackle. He was set up to brace for impact from a dummy runner.
Then it changed in an instant and he made head contact in the collision.
It certainly wasn't a tackle.
It also certainly wasnt a forward pass. Was Beirne offside?
I'm not sure on the logic there?
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The big plus is we kept our cool when under pressure. That's been a bit wayward in some games recently but looks to heading back in the right direction. Not quite up to the standard of the 2023 RWC KO stage, but getting there.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
The big plus is we kept our cool when under pressure.
Roigard's presence seems to help there.
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@Tim said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
The big plus is we kept our cool when under pressure.
Roigard's presence seems to help there.
He helps (as does Jordie) but it's more a team, cultural thing.
Also think Ardie as captain helped on Saturday
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didn't see it live, don't have a dog in this fight, but for me re the red card, it certainly was a few years ago, ref teams much quicker to apply mitigation these days. I'm not as familiar with how things are reffed under the 20 min red card.
IMO he braced for impact rather than tucked and drove a shoulder, to that end i'm a bit surprised in the current game that he wasn't seen as passive in the contact as he absorbed the impact and went backwards as much as JB did. I've no real issue with it given recent years but am surprised at the vigor with which are some are claiming its the clearest red you'll see, think could easily have stayed yellow.
I blame world rugby for this lack of clarity, before the last world cup, and in some games in it (particularly in the early rounds) the interpretations were way stricter and mitigations far less regularly applied than we saw in later stages and since.
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@Dodge you made me watch it again, as we apparently have different versions of backwards. Can't say it looks the same to me.
What is most apparent though is how laughable it is to suggest the guy one out from the ruck isn't expecting to make a tackle when the halfback picks and drifts to his side.
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genuine question - are you saying that in the first shot in that clip you don't see Beirne bounce backwards after the contact? The clip you posted shows pretty clearly from the first angle that Beirne takes three steps back immediately after the contact takes place, it actually also shows that BB actually keeps travelling forwards and spins slightly to the side line. I would argue that's passive in contact, which these days usually provides enough mitigation.
I understand it was upgraded to a 20 min red because of the level of danger, which with a shoulder to the head I can follow the logic, it just seems to fly slightly in the face of what I've seen more recently. Just my twopenneth
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@Bones thank you for the Joey Swoll reference. Being implored to do better by a muscle bound gym bro is what the world needs more of.
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@Dodge said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
I blame world rugby for this lack of clarity, before the last world cup, and in some games in it (particularly in the early rounds) the interpretations were way stricter and mitigations far less regularly applied than we saw in later stages and since.
the fact that people on here are passionate fans who have watched alot of rugby at all levels, and we have differing interpretations of these kinds of incidents kinda sums up the hole that World Rugby have created and seem incapable of getting out of.
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@Dodge that's an interesting perspective, thanks. I don't have time to watch a lot of NH rugby, so my impression from the last RWC is that the push for cards for these types of incidents came strongly from the north. And further to that, Ireland themselves have a history of calling for cards for the opposition whenever there is some form of accidental head contact. So to that end, they made their bed, they can lie in it now. If that is changing then that's a good thing, but as we are all saying, the directive from WR has to be crystal clear on this, but right now it's as clear as mud.
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@nonpartizan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Bones thank you for the Joey Swoll reference. Being implored to do better by a muscle bound gym bro is what the world needs more of.
I'm basically Joey with hair, except I can do two flips.
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@Bones said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@nonpartizan said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Bones thank you for the Joey Swoll reference. Being implored to do better by a muscle bound gym bro is what the world needs more of.
I'm basically Joey with hair, except I can do two flips.
Rolling over like a seal isn't flipping
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@Mauss said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@reprobate said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Mauss re the loose forward comparison vs Ireland - the red card has to make a big difference there. The Irish were buggered late in the game, they had to make a lot of tackles as you point out. Also the fact that it was Beirne, who is an extra loose forward for them, and one of their best.
Sititi came on and dominated late - looks like if you take out his carry metres, the Irish had more? So are we really doing the right thing with our starting loosies?That, to me, just comes across as letting the Irish loose forwards off the hook rather easily. Aren’t Jack Conan and Josh Van der Flier both 50-cappers while also being British and Irish Lions? They should be able to lift for 20 minutes with Beirne off the field, after which he could be replaced. That’s not even mentioning another 50-capper on the bench in Caelan Doris.
Again, my intention wasn't to claim that the AB back row is particularly settled: blindside remains an issue while Savea’s eclectic positioning makes any loose forward combination a complex exercise. But, for now at least, there are a few things which are working, and that’s including Sititi’s performances off the bench. After a difficult start it would’ve been easy for a player like Sititi to spiral so the fact that he’s once again putting in performances – even in shorter bursts – is good to see.
It's far from perfect but it's also not quite a disaster either.
I think they did lift for 20 minutes: we certainly weren't able to take advantage. My point is that this extra effort tells late in the game, and I think it means any comparison of loose forward stats has to come with a little caveat. Was it better? Yes in some ways, but...
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@DaGrubster said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@MiketheSnow said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@Tim said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
@MiketheSnow said in Ireland v All Blacks - Chicago2:
The mitigation was it was a forward pass
That is a unique excuse. No one else saw it, nor did would it have impacted the tackle situation.
Come on ...
Kelleher asked the ref to look at the pass. Ref didn't.
Beirne wasn't set up to tackle. He was set up to brace for impact from a dummy runner.
Then it changed in an instant and he made head contact in the collision.
It certainly wasn't a tackle.
It also certainly wasnt a forward pass. Was Beirne offside?
Ya what?
No he wasn't offside. It was a forward pass. The two are not related.
