Ireland vs Namibia

yogidc26

How much will Ireland win by today?

Basq

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This much!

besty

I'd be disappointed if we didn't win by 50 points. It might take twenty minutes or so to assert total dominance, but I think Eddie's professionalism should ensure we don't ease off for the 80 mins, especially now that points difference will be so pivotal.

mikeruurds

They should win by a margin of at least 50 points.

No problem.

yogidc26

I think we all would be worried if we didnt but up 50 points

Supercell

Excitement mounting here. I reckon we should win this by 50+ points but being the first game expect Namibia to bring the fight to Ireland early in the game before collapse (hopefully).

Lets hope there are no injuries to our big hitters.

Supercell

Looks very hot there this evening, going to be very tired players by the 80 mins.

spanner

I dont think we are going to play that great tonight, we never get tournments of to a great start

Supercell

Yep, but better we choked a bit against Namibia than France or Agentina which would surely punish us badly.

BrandonBlock

70 pts handicap advantage for namibia was even money in the bookies, today, thats a great bet.

Supercell

Try Ireland!!, nice start and neat handling.

Supercell

No choking from Ireland so far, good stuff, now lets rack up the points.

APM

a little side-note. Anyone using sky + not able to record this match?

Bit annoying!

lemansky

I'm liking what I'm seeing......

DonJose

Longfield wrote:

Excitement mounting here.

If you get excited waiting for the Namibia game, I'd hate to see you against Georgia. Ireland won't make it out of this group.

mikeruurds

Anyone expecting anything other than a drilling for Namibia here is smoking something illegal.

milmo

Watching on ITV at the moment.

These commentators are making Ryle Nugent look like a Young Munster veteran


"john" driscoll was mentioned after the try

Supercell

Slightly sloppy play, some mistakes thre that better opposition would punish us for. Hopefully just opening nerves playing a part.

hailtothechimp

Does anyone know where I can find a live stream? For Sopcast perhaps or Windows Media? I ain't got no TV.

Thanks.

Stev_o

Hickie might be seeing stars around his head. I worry about the strength of this pack, line out looks good but mauls dont look that impressive

Supercell

DonJose wrote:

If you get excited waiting for the Namibia game, I'd hate to see you against Georgia. Ireland won't make it out of this group.

Well, I'm Irish, I used to play the game, I'm a rugby fan, what's not be be excited about given its our opening game in the World Cup!

Its early days to be forecasting our demise from the group.

Supercell

Stev_o wrote:

Hickie might be seeing stars around his head. I worry about the strength of this pack, line out looks good but mauls dont look that impressive

I'm not that concerned to be honest, Namibia are throwing everything bar the kitchen sink at us currently, they will collapse like Canada etc around the 50 -60 min mark hopefully.

Sleepy

hailtothechimp wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find a live stream? For Sopcast perhaps or Windows Media? I ain't got no TV.

Thanks.

+1

Come on, I'm volunteering at a charity right now instead of watching this in the pub. Anyone able to help?

Supercell

Excellant stuff, second try for Ireland!!

spanner

Longfield wrote:

Yep, but better we choked a bit against Namibia than France or Agentina which would surely punish us badly.

my thoughts exactly... blow some of these cob webbs off

Stev_o

Thats the cheeseist try iv ever seen:D

TheJesusWarrant

I'm in the US but can't find a proxy that works to watch it, any radio stream?

afatbollix

if we drop any more balls im going to scream.... go to ground lads and secure the ball.....

Supercell

Try three, keep it going lads.

Supercell

O'Gara isnt in his best kicking form tonight it seems.

ant.lei

I am listening to BBC five live on the web, stupid ITV only shows it on UTV and ITV4 :mad:

was thinking O'Gara is a little rusty myself

Sleepy

Anyone know the fitness levels of these Namibian lads?

Following the game through the BBC website and this thread and 20 points from the first half seems disappointing, we really need to start firing on all cylinders and knocking up a cricket score...

Sleepy

ant.lei wrote:

I am listening to BBC five live on the web, stupid ITV only shows it on UTV and ITV4 :mad:

Not working in Ireland and I don't have rights to use a proxy here!

Supercell

First real test of Irish defense now.

Supercell

Impressive stuff, we HAD to keep our discipline there

galwayrush

ant.lei wrote:

I am listening to BBC five live on the web, stupid ITV only shows it on UTV and ITV4 :mad:

If you are on Sky, you can programme in tjhose channels.

aidan24326

Sleepy wrote:

we really need to start firing on all cylinders and knocking up a cricket score...

Why? Once we win the game and the get the 4-try bonus (which we definitely will) then it doesn't really matter whether the final margin is 45 or 65. Better that the Namibians stick with it and stay competitive rather than chucking the towel in (like the Italians did yesterday) and handing us a few easy tries.

Sleepy

Sleepy wrote:

Not working in Ireland and I don't have rights to use a proxy here!

5 live works fine on my irish isp broadband.

Supercell

Sleepy wrote:

Anyone know the fitness levels of these Namibian lads?

Following the game through the BBC website and this thread and 20 points from the first half seems disappointing, we really need to start firing on all cylinders and knocking up a cricket score...

Not overly concerned here, I'll take 20-3 at half time. Namibia will surely tire late in the game, hope we have enough killer instinct to ratchet up the scores then.

Marshy

20-3 at half time

Not great from Ireland thus far

ant.lei

galwayrush wrote:

If you are on Sky, you can programme in tjhose channels.

Don't have $ky unfortunately

DonJose

Longfield wrote:

Impressive stuff, we HAD to keep our discipline there

Are we watching the same game, its Namibia FFS.

DonJose

BrandonBlock wrote:

70 pts handicap advantage for namibia was even money in the bookies, today, thats a great bet.

I got 72 points advantage for namibia

Sleepy

Tristrame wrote:

5 live works fine on my irish isp broadband.

Strange. I just get a 'due to contractual reasons we can't broadcast this content', not sure of my ISP here. Found I can alter the proxy on one of the machines but haven't found a uk one that's working

Inquitus

This is fecking shocking, picked up right where we left off with the Italians the other week.

galwayrush

Sleepy wrote:

Strange. I just get a 'due to contractual reasons we can't broadcast this content', not sure of my ISP here. Found I can alter the proxy on one of the machines but haven't found a uk one that's working

Use a UK Post Code, works for me.

Supercell

Inquitus wrote:

This is fecking shocking, picked up right where we left off with the Italians the other week.

Huh, why??
Canada lead Wales at half time before Wales ran riot late in the game. This is a similar side, I'm hoping the same thing happens in this game.

Creamy Goodness

ireland are alright, if they can cut out the unforced errors, we should see more points on the board.

Sleepy

galwayrush wrote:

Use a UK Post Code, works for me.

Where do you enter the postcode?

aidan24326

aidan24326 wrote:

Why? Once we win the game and the get the 4-try bonus (which we definitely will) then it doesn't really matter whether the final margin is 45 or 65. Better that the Namibians stick with it and stay competitive rather than chucking the towel in (like the Italians did yesterday) and handing us a few easy tries.

But this being "the group of death" tm, Shouldn't we be worried about points difference when it comes to qualifying as France and Argentina could be on the same points as us? We need to capitalise against Georgia and Namibia?