Ireland v Scotland 6N 5pm

athtrasna wrote: »

WTF - Murphy MOTM?? What a difference 2 weeks makes!

More like what a difference playing him in his natural position makes

The guy is one of the top 3 full backs in the premiership and possibly Europe and yet EOS keeps picking the swerve. Getting man of the match after being dropped from the squad is a nice 2 fingers to eddie from Geordan ! !

vote4pedro wrote: »

What has Dempsey ever done to deserve dropping? He's a defensive rock, and a quality finished as well as that. Its all well and good putting Geordan in against rubbish like Scotland but against France, England and Wales his six knock ons are going to be costly, and by attacking the way he does he will be be a defensive liability.

Have you ever seen Dempsey set up a try like Bowes one. Dempsey can only dream of things like that. Murphys tactical kicking was spot on so was his attack and distribution.


We are weighing Murphys contribution to a attacking side to Dempseys contribution to a conservative side.

If Dempsey had played this match he'd done sweet f**k all

I'm getting really annoyed with Marcus Horan. Fair enough he caught the simple cross field from O'Gara but why is he always on the wing. I know he's quick but he's a prop and being at the other side of the pitch to the rucks leaves Ireland short in the tight. We can't afford it against better sides. He's always at it with Munster too and often wastes chances, would he just give up on trying to be a winger already;)

That settles the argument, GM is a good full back and should compete with Demphsy for the 15 spot not at the wing spot. Ireland took the tries well, they're playing with a little less fear now. In saying that we need to sort the lineout(Jackman was bad but we lost a couple with Best on so the jumpers are at fault too) if we want to beat Wales. And another thing, how has Ireland's scrum improved so much since the WC and before

Players ratings from BBC

IRELAND RATINGS by James Standley

Geordan Murphy – The Leicester full-back produced his club form for his country as he turned in a dazzling display. He showed classy touches with both boot and hands; took some great catches from high balls, produced one glorious break and was always available in support. No doubt Eddie O’Sullivan will now drop him. 9

Tommy Bowe – The Ulster winger was quiet compared to some of the other Irish backs in the first half but was more prominent after the break. He took his first try superbly and was delighted to have a second handed to him on a plate right at the death. 7

Brian O'Driscoll – The captain produced a superb break and pass for the second try and was always keen for work in defence, but there is surely more to come from the Ireland talisman. 6

Andrew Trimble – He began the match with a couple of good hits to halt Scotland attacks and grew as an attacking force the longer the game went on, producing a couple of searing breaks as Ireland opened up. 8

Robert Kearney – The Leinster player is another of Ireland’s youngsters who looks assured of a long future in the green shirt. He swept well at the back from the wing, kicked assuredly and took his try with some style. 8

Ronan O'Gara – A cracking display from the Munsterman. He showed good vision to spark the move which led to the second try, produced a fine kick for the third try and then followed up with a brilliant reverse flick for the fourth. Marshalled his troops superbly, kicked well off the deck and generally ran the show. 8

Eoin Reddan – The Wasps number nine was his usual lively self around the base and his ability to mix up his game helped Ireland constantly keep the Scots on the move. 7

Marcus Horan – Always one of the livelier front-row presences in the loose, he scored a fine try from O’Gara’s pin-point cross-kick and held his own in the scrum. 7

Bernard Jackman – When you are the hooker your primary role is to hit your jumpers at the line-out and he struggled. He saw an early line-out throw picked off, was not straight after 32 minutes and was picked off again before the break, negating his good work in the loose. 5

John Hayes – Led a major defensive scrum drive late in first half and was increasingly on top in the scrums as the game wore on. And he still had enough to get around the park and put in his share of tackles. 7

Donncha O’Callaghan – Was part of a shaky Ireland line-out but that looked more down to Jackman’s shaky throwing than any fault on the part of O’Callaghan, who was prominent in the trenches. 7

Mick O’Driscoll – Did his best to fill the shoes of Paul O’Connell, who came on to replace him late in the second half. Tried his heart out but was not a dominant figure. 6

Denis Leamy – The battle between the back rows was always going to be close and Leamy was just outshone by opposite number Alasdair Strokosch. 6

David Wallace – Pacy and always eager for work, he strolled over for a well-worked try in the first half and produced a couple of typically rapid breaks as the hosts took control after the interval. 7

Jamie Heaslip – Played his part in Wallace’s try with a neat inside pass and always a presence for Ireland in both attack and defence. 7

The1337_Stephen wrote: »

Murphys catches from Garry Owens are excellent, he really should start against wales

O'Driscoll off, Heaslip off, Reddan off, Stringer on, Easterby on, Horgan on

Murphy's garryown catches were only about 50/50. He knocked on at least 2.

Still trying to figure out why we were so sh1te for the first twenty minutes. Jackman? Would we be better starting with Best? And as far as the match as a spectacle is concerned, all the subs coming on ruined it for me, completely spoiled the flow of the game for the last 10 minutes or so.