Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland
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@kirwan Sorry but I just can't agree with that analysis.
If we were giving away indisciplined penalties in the last 15, fine. But we weren't.
The Irish defended bloody well and we just needed to be a bit more patient than we were. That's rugby - most of our errors were forced by good Irish play.
I think blaming Cheika for that is a stretch. I get that most of you don't like him, and that's fine. He certainly has his flaws, but I actually think his selection and tactics in this series has been a big improvement on how we've approached similar games in the past.
The man we missed in the late stages was Genia. Halfback is the most underrated position in the game IMO, and we had a 12 year old out there at the most crucial time, and he made some bad errors.
There is plenty of blame to go around, like any loss. Cheika certainly deserves some, but I think in this instance he's lower on the list of people who I would point to.
@barbarian said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@kirwan Sorry but I just can't agree with that analysis.
If we were giving away indisciplined penalties in the last 15, fine. But we weren't.
The Irish defended bloody well and we just needed to be a bit more patient than we were. That's rugby - most of our errors were forced by good Irish play.
I think blaming Cheika for that is a stretch. I get that most of you don't like him, and that's fine. He certainly has his flaws, but I actually think his selection and tactics in this series has been a big improvement on how we've approached similar games in the past.
The man we missed in the late stages was Genia. Halfback is the most underrated position in the game IMO, and we had a 12 year old out there at the most crucial time, and he made some bad errors.
There is plenty of blame to go around, like any loss. Cheika certainly deserves some, but I think in this instance he's lower on the list of people who I would point to.
I didn’t mention penalties, I mentioned being flustered and lacking composure. Foley threw a pass that wasn’t on, if you kept possession I think you win the game.
That’s what I’m criticising Chieka and your senior players for lacking.
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That last period of play was damn near perfect until Foley panicked, and thought that was your only chance to score. The reserve props were barrelling over the gain line, and would have been a handful close to the line. Add in Folau consistently getting to the outside shoulder, and an Irish team who were just desperate to hang on, i reckon they were a shout. But he tried a miracle pass, while being tackled, and the winger was covered anyway, a dumb play in the moment from an experienced player.
Fuck, even Rob Simmons consistently got his nose through the line, be patient son!!
@mariner4life yeah I thought it was superb buildup play by the Wallabies and even though I wanted an Ireland victory, I thought OZ were going to do it and steal the game. But Foley panics and throws a pass that need not be thrown.
Impatience, lack of composure, overexcited, whatever it was you really don’t want your 1st 5 making that sort of mistake in a clutch moment.
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@kev said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@barbarian said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
My only comment on that situation is that a one-man lift is really unstable and exacerbated the impact of Folau's contact. The Irish player was put in a dangerous position by his own lifter- it wasn't a standard contest like Barrett vs Fall last week. I think it was a penalty, but there were extenuating circumstances that could have made things really nasty through no fault of Folau.
Folau did it 3 times in a row. The Irish players were clearly in dominant position to take the ball. Once their players are in in a better position, and in the air, Folau can’t just jump on the run into that zone and initiate contact. It is his responsibility to look after the safety of the guy receiving the ball. If you have a look the tape, each of the 3 times the Irish player receiving was knocked to the ground in an incredibly dangerous way. With current laws the officials did a very poor job.
I know you get an out with the "current laws" bit, but i see it differently. The Aussies has a deliberate tactic, short high kick offs using Izzy's extraordinary leap to get the ball back. The Irish counter was a stationary player, lifted by one guy, a very unstable way to combat. Of course Folay is the arriving player, he has to come from 10m away. Basically if we go down the path you are suggesting, kick offs become uncontested. That's against the very foundation of the game.
I had no problem with the first two. The 3rd everyone saw the little tug, and that's where the card came from. The stupid thing is, POM is hitting the deck there tug or no tug, because Stander can't hold him steady. I would outlaw the single lift before i outlawed contesting the kick
@mariner4life said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@kev said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@barbarian said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
I had no problem with the first two. The 3rd everyone saw the little tug, and that's where the card came from. The stupid thing is, POM is hitting the deck there tug or no tug, because Stander can't hold him steady. I would outlaw the single lift before i outlawed contesting the kick
POM got tipped because of the Folau tug resulting in him being stretchered off. I highly doubt that happens without Folau's contact.
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@mariner4life said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@kev said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@barbarian said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
I had no problem with the first two. The 3rd everyone saw the little tug, and that's where the card came from. The stupid thing is, POM is hitting the deck there tug or no tug, because Stander can't hold him steady. I would outlaw the single lift before i outlawed contesting the kick
POM got tipped because of the Folau tug resulting in him being stretchered off. I highly doubt that happens without Folau's contact.
@kiwimurph but were his eyes on the ball? BB wouldnt have landed on his head but for Falls contact.
Judiciary have made themselves and interesting problem this week.
I think Falls was the worst of the 2 as the Irish lifter played his part (albeit a minor one) and Folau was at least high enough to genuinely contest the ball.
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@barbarian said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@kirwan Sorry but I just can't agree with that analysis.
If we were giving away indisciplined penalties in the last 15, fine. But we weren't.
The Irish defended bloody well and we just needed to be a bit more patient than we were. That's rugby - most of our errors were forced by good Irish play.
I think blaming Cheika for that is a stretch. I get that most of you don't like him, and that's fine. He certainly has his flaws, but I actually think his selection and tactics in this series has been a big improvement on how we've approached similar games in the past.
The man we missed in the late stages was Genia. Halfback is the most underrated position in the game IMO, and we had a 12 year old out there at the most crucial time, and he made some bad errors.
There is plenty of blame to go around, like any loss. Cheika certainly deserves some, but I think in this instance he's lower on the list of people who I would point to.
I didn’t mention penalties, I mentioned being flustered and lacking composure. Foley threw a pass that wasn’t on, if you kept possession I think you win the game.
That’s what I’m criticising Chieka and your senior players for lacking.
@kirwan said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
That’s what I’m criticising Chieka and your senior players for lacking.
But they had the composure to stabilise after the Sexton penalty, win the kick-off and build to a point where they were within striking distance.
It was one bad pass by Foley, sure, but I don't think that makes us a 'rudderless mess' nor should it lie at the feet of Cheika.
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@rapido You can see Folau is concerned with the welfare of O'Mahony since Stander clearly doesn't. Hence why he's attempting to ensure his careful descent.
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@rapido with still images like that it provides clear irrefutable evidence that Folau is a cheat
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To be serious. The gif I took the stills from has a big gap between the frames.
It's from: http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2018/06/click-here-if-you-cannot-view-the-clip-above-230.mp4
http://www.the42.ie/israel-folau-peter-omahony-cited-4088735-Jun2018/
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@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@crucial said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
The seems to be some green folk crawling out of the woodwork on the board today.
Really? Like who?
I'm nearly half Irish on mum's side. Definitely balances out the Scots side and isn't much help in terms of getting a golden tan.
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
Fuck it, move over plenty of room for me on the bandwagon.
C'mon IRELAND!
@mn5 said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
I think you're in good company there.
Hate to say it but one of my fondest rugby memories is that of BOD's face at the end of the 2013 AB-Ireland test in November 2013.
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Should have been a Red Card
@shadowtrooper said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Should have been a Red Card
Yep. He could have died.
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It would be good to get a better video to get the stills from, as in the first still POM looks like he is going to be in a terrible position to catch that. It's already going over his head and he's stretching backwards.
Still think Folau will go down for this though.
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@mn5 said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
I think you're in good company there.
Hate to say it but one of my fondest rugby memories is that of BOD's face at the end of the 2013 AB-Ireland test in November 2013.
@victor-meldrew said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@mn5 said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
I think you're in good company there.
Hate to say it but one of my fondest rugby memories is that of BOD's face at the end of the 2013 AB-Ireland test in November 2013.
That’s just sad.
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@victor-meldrew said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@mn5 said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
I think you're in good company there.
Hate to say it but one of my fondest rugby memories is that of BOD's face at the end of the 2013 AB-Ireland test in November 2013.
That’s just sad.
@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@victor-meldrew said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@mn5 said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
I think you're in good company there.
Hate to say it but one of my fondest rugby memories is that of BOD's face at the end of the 2013 AB-Ireland test in November 2013.
That’s just sad.
You should have seen O'Driscoll's face...
I actually felt for the rest of the Irish team that day. They were bloody magnificent in Chicago - thoroughly deserved that win and sense it made up for the last minute loss in '13
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In each incident Folau pulls down on PO'M.
Thinking of possible 'mitigation' after the precendent set last week that his lawyers could argue. Teammate Stander has a bigger bearing on PO'M's legs getting taken out from under him than teammate ALB did on Fall. But ..... twice he has tugged or pulled downwards on a guy in the air.
On a brighter note, how fucking good is Folau's leap? He can jump as high as a guy being lifted.
If a law-tweak outcome of this is no lifting in rugby, anymore, get Folau into the lineout!
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@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@victor-meldrew said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@mn5 said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
I think you're in good company there.
Hate to say it but one of my fondest rugby memories is that of BOD's face at the end of the 2013 AB-Ireland test in November 2013.
That’s just sad.
You should have seen O'Driscoll's face...
I actually felt for the rest of the Irish team that day. They were bloody magnificent in Chicago - thoroughly deserved that win and sense it made up for the last minute loss in '13
@victor-meldrew said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@victor-meldrew said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
@mn5 said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
Also I fucken hate BOD as mentioned above but he's retired now ( without a win against the ABs )
I think you're in good company there.
Hate to say it but one of my fondest rugby memories is that of BOD's face at the end of the 2013 AB-Ireland test in November 2013.
That’s just sad.
You should have seen O'Driscoll's face...
I actually felt for the rest of the Irish team that day. They were bloody magnificent in Chicago - thoroughly deserved that win and sense it made up for the last minute loss in '13
I’m sure it did. ‘13 gutted them.
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@derm-mccrum said in Who does the TSF want to Win? Aus vs Ireland:
https://twitter.com/threeredkings/status/1010556394431492097?s=21
It looks bad with that arm, but I'm not sure where else he was supposed to put it. Plus just looking at that, the arm doesn't appear to be the reason that he fell that way. Certainly it was the contest, but that looked fair to me.
My biggest issue is that he appears to take out the lifter.
