Ireland tour to NZ 2022
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@Ludraman excited to see the newer lads, especially some outside backs with promise. My view from afar was the Irish team lacked the talent out wide to capitalise on their dominance in close, and that's why they don't pump more teams. They get a couple of really dangerous players in the wide channels and they could be anything.
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@Ludraman welcome aboard bro.
Interested by your comments about Coombes. Certainly looks an imposing player from what I’ve seen of him at Munster. Will they play him at no8 or lock?
Ireland loose forward play has been excellent over the last 3 years so will watching closely any of the new fellas and whether they go hard to the ball when it hits the deck like we have come accustomed to
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@Kruse said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Crucial said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@NZbloke said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Chris-B said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@MiketheSnow Hope they can (recharge)!
We need to know whether the boot was on the other foot last year when - despite the scoreboard - they inflicted one of the most comprehensive defeats I can remember.
We may have been running on fumes - but, also we may not have been.
Part of it was playing at the end of a long year, but we were very poor in the forwards anyway, Ireland were much better there so controlled the match... the key area for the ABs is the breakdown area where most of the possession is contested, in the first test we've got to be very aggressive at the breakdown from the start, have solid set pieces & hopefully our playmakers at halfback & 1st-five make good decisions.
You're teasing an experimental AI.
5 months of cliched comments, regurgitated drunken-pub-rugby/cricket-commentary, and bland... nothingness... just ... let it go. There there, yes... win the breakdown, earn the right to send it out wide, yes, yes... discipline at the crease, leave the good balls, hit the bad balls, yes, yes, ... well done everybody.
(And... to be fair... it's great. It's kinda cool having those blank spaces when reading a thread... it's kinda like a rest in the conversation when somebody's bint girlfriend insists on reading the horoscopes... before smiling, patting her on the head, and then continuing.)Shit - I only just saw the pile-on in the All Blacks 2022 thread. Now I kinda feel bad.
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@Ludraman said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
Another Irish fan here. Can't wait for this tour to get underway.
Main worries for Ireland are lack of depth at loosehead, half back and out half. We have lots of good 9's in the Irish provinces to back up Gibson Park but Farrell insists on sticking with Conor Murray. Then there's Casey who can be too impulsive and resorts to box kicking too often like Murray. If Sexton gets Injured we're gone.
A few Irish names for kiwis to look out for during the series that you might not be familiar with:
Dan Sheehan - hooker. 23 year old who has been starting for Leinster since Kellehers injury. Massive unit, very physical and accurate with his throws. Himself and Kelleher (who is out injured) are two of the most promising young lads in Irish rugby.
Gavin Coombes - 8. At 24 he's been in and around the squad for a while but yet to crack the first XV due to injuries. Another big lad at 6'6" and a very dynamic ball carrier.
James Hume - centre. Arguably most in form centre in Ireland. He's been Ulster's best player for much of the season.
Jordan Larmour - wing/fullback. Very elusive runner, his change of pace and footwork send a lot of would be tacklers to the floor - well worth a quick YouTube.
Good to see larmour back in the side. Dangerous player but seems to have had injury/ form? issues for last few years
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@Kruse said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Kruse said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Crucial said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@NZbloke said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Chris-B said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@MiketheSnow Hope they can (recharge)!
We need to know whether the boot was on the other foot last year when - despite the scoreboard - they inflicted one of the most comprehensive defeats I can remember.
We may have been running on fumes - but, also we may not have been.
Part of it was playing at the end of a long year, but we were very poor in the forwards anyway, Ireland were much better there so controlled the match... the key area for the ABs is the breakdown area where most of the possession is contested, in the first test we've got to be very aggressive at the breakdown from the start, have solid set pieces & hopefully our playmakers at halfback & 1st-five make good decisions.
You're teasing an experimental AI.
5 months of cliched comments, regurgitated drunken-pub-rugby/cricket-commentary, and bland... nothingness... just ... let it go. There there, yes... win the breakdown, earn the right to send it out wide, yes, yes... discipline at the crease, leave the good balls, hit the bad balls, yes, yes, ... well done everybody.
(And... to be fair... it's great. It's kinda cool having those blank spaces when reading a thread... it's kinda like a rest in the conversation when somebody's bint girlfriend insists on reading the horoscopes... before smiling, patting her on the head, and then continuing.)Shit - I only just saw the pile-on in the All Blacks 2022 thread. Now I kinda feel bad.
The poor bugger certainly copped a bit.
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@ACT-Crusader He's only played the odd game at lock to fill gaps. He moves between 6 and 8 for munster. Ireland are bringing 6 locks already if you include Baird who's listed as a back row so I'd say we're unlikely to see Coombes at lock.
I'm expecting a back row against the Maori of:
6. Baird/Prendergast
7. Timoney
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@Tim said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Kruse The guy was a troll who posted through IP addresses in multiple countries. You absolutely did the right thing.
Cheers, that assuages the guilt a bit.
I do regret that I never got to see the responses to my very, VERY drunken post.
But still, he seemed like just a simpleton, with genuine (albeit cliche-d) passion for the sports for which we all share love.
The occasional injection of "Rugby Championship is just friendlies", "Prime Botha would kill you all", and "<constant bland pub-level commentary>" users - injects humour into this place.
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@Kruse said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
I do regret that I never got to see the responses to my very, VERY drunken post.
Mate, I have made many of those, and it's normally better if you don't see them.
When a guy posts a picture of a can of Export Gold in the beer thread, and does some weird thing of posting the dumbest shit form multiple VPN accounts, we should have banned him long ago.
Question is, why did so many of you idiots try to argue with a troll?
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@Tim said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Kruse said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
I do regret that I never got to see the responses to my very, VERY drunken post.
Mate, I have made many of those, and it's normally better if you don't see them.
When a guy posts a picture of a can of Export Gold in the beer thread, and does some weird thing of posting the dumbest shit form multiple VPN accounts, we should have banned him long ago.
Question is, why did so many of you idiots try to argue with a troll?
That was my exact point. SO many people engaging with that thing, across many threads. I was very confused by it, and then, one night, just got drunk, and tried to make that point, but in an extremely offensive fashion.
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@Tim said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Kruse said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
I do regret that I never got to see the responses to my very, VERY drunken post.
Mate, I have made many of those, and it's normally better if you don't see them.
When a guy posts a picture of a can of Export Gold in the beer thread, and does some weird thing of posting the dumbest shit form multiple VPN accounts, we should have banned him long ago.
Question is, why did so many of you idiots try to argue with a troll?
I engaged with him because I also tried to bring him in to the fold and up his game. A little “coaching” with some ribbing to start with and yeah he just came across as a bit simple and tone deaf.
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@Higgins said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Dan54 said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
So Josh Lord out of Abs for season, knees is ACL or something, and not replacing him in Irish series squad.
No reason to as the versatile skyscraper Ardie Savea is more than adequate to cover lock.
Well anyone knows 4 locks is plenty for a 3 test series!!
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@Dan54 said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Higgins said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Dan54 said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
So Josh Lord out of Abs for season, knees is ACL or something, and not replacing him in Irish series squad.
No reason to as the versatile skyscraper Ardie Savea is more than adequate to cover lock.
Well anyone knows 4 locks is plenty for a 3 test series!!
Locks are fine. It's our shitty props I'm worried about.
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@Machpants said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Dan54 said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Higgins said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
@Dan54 said in Ireland tour to NZ 2022:
So Josh Lord out of Abs for season, knees is ACL or something, and not replacing him in Irish series squad.
No reason to as the versatile skyscraper Ardie Savea is more than adequate to cover lock.
Well anyone knows 4 locks is plenty for a 3 test series!!
Locks are fine. It's our shitty props I'm worried about.
Wouldn't worry about that. Furlong and Porter are both off their game, and after them, there's nobody.
Surprised other teams have not worked this out before now. This July it's coming home to roost - the famed prop development programme has ground to a halt.
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@Derm-McCrum Tom O'Toole looked rock solid at scrum time against Kitshoff in the URC semi. He's very young for a tighthead so has a very bright future ahead. Bealham has never let us down either.
I agree on the loose head side our depth is poor. However i think Porter will have an easier time against the all blacks than he did in the champions Cup against Toulouse and La Rochelle. He is steadily improving since moving to loose head so I'd be optimistic in another 2 years time our prop situation will have improved.
