Man of Match Ire vs Italy

corigi

Anyone got a link where it mentions who got man of the match?

wixfjord

Was def SOB

corigi

Had backed him to be Man of Match with Ladbrokes but settled as loser.They cant tell me who was man of the match and i cant find a report anywhere which mentions it.

Jack Sheehan

Who was MoM in the France Scotland game?

Fight_Night

Don't have a link but he was interviewed by RTE for the MotM award so I'm fairly certain it was him. Should have been Parisse though.

Taco Corp

It was SOB. Paddy Power paid out

funky penguin

corigi wrote: »

Had backed him to be Man of Match with Ladbrokes but settled as loser.They cant tell me who was man of the match and i cant find a report anywhere which mentions it.

Definitely him! He had the medal on after the match, you're owed money!

durkadurka

Yawn. Sob man of the match.

How dull and predictable.

Does he get tired of this I wonder.

efmh03

SOB is fantastic, had him on my Fantasy team, so the points come in handy.:)

JustinDee

corigi wrote: »

Had backed him to be Man of Match with Ladbrokes but settled as loser.They cant tell me who was man of the match and i cant find a report anywhere which mentions it.

They owe you money.

Conas

To be fair O'Brien did well considering he was up against Parisse. Didn't get enough ball though in my opinion. Hard to know who deserved MOTM. Toss of a coin really.

petebricquette

Conas wrote: »

To be fair O'Brien did well considering he was up against Parisse. Didn't get enough ball though in my opinion. Hard to know who deserved MOTM. Toss of a coin really.

Definitely Parisse but it's tough to call those really attritional games.

antogz1979

It should have been an Italian, disgress if SOB got it.

jolley123

antogz1979 wrote: »

It should have been an Italian, disgress if SOB got it.

I wouldn't go as far as saying a disgrace.....I certainly wouldn't go as far as saying a disgress:eek:. But yeh, Parisse was the best player on the pitch.

smileyme1984

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Who was MoM in the France Scotland game?

Medard was shown up on BBC, nearly sure it was him alright

OldRio

MoM was Poite. The way he bossed the scrum for Italy was a masterclass.:D
A man of letters to boot.

flyton5

OldRio wrote: »

MoM was Poite. The way he bossed the scrum for Italy was a masterclass.:D
A man of letters to boot.

Very clever.

buck65

If any Irish player deserved it (and they didn't) it was O Callaghan. O Brien was double teamed every time and though looked dangerous with the ball he was always coming from deep and easily stopped also soemone should mention the word "offload" to him and see if it sounds familiar.
Parisse and no 7 Zanni were outstanding.

Poker Face

S O'Brien, T Flood and M Medard were the MoM in the 3 games.

TheRevolution

buck65 wrote: »

If any Irish player deserved it (and they didn't) it was O Callaghan. O Brien was double teamed every time and though looked dangerous with the ball he was always coming from deep and easily stopped also soemone should mention the word "offload" to him and see if it sounds familiar.
Parisse and no 7 Zanni were outstanding.

Easily stopped? He made more yards than any other forward by a long shot. He made more yards than the tight 5 combined and made double the amount of yards of his two flankers combined. O'Brien being double teamed means hes creating space and I don't think O'Brien needs to be told the word "offload" considering he has set up many tries for Leinster by his offloading. O'Brien was also the second highest tackler on the team. O'Callaghan didn't deserve MOTM for the simple fact that he made a pathetic 5 metres with ball in hand. O'Brien almost equalled O'Callaghan in tackles and made an astonishing 10 times more yards. O'Brien was by far the most effective forward for Ireland and he did all that coming against the best 8 in the world on his 6 Nations debut. I couldn't think of a player anymore deserving of MOTM under the circumstances.

buck65

Fair enough but to compare a no 4 and an 8 in metres carried is hardly fair, how much lineout ball did O Brien disrupt? yes daft question. I thought O Brien did well enough but offloading and creating tries for Leinster doesn't mean jack in relation to Saturday. He was targetted with ball in hand and thus opened up alot of gaps, if he looked for the offload we might have made some breaks. Maybe the Kidney gameplan was more conservative than what we saw against the All Blacks last year.
In reality he came from deep with ball in hand made the yardage, got tackled , went to ground and Italy fanned out again. If someone was on his shoulder to receive a pass or to pick and go around the fringes then it could have reaped dividends.
I'm not making this a provincial issue because in reality Munster have been playing this way i.e rubbish for the past 2 years under McGahan. Maybe Leamy and Wallace were not fast enough to keep up with O Brien and Heaslip , Ferris would be better at following the break.

Podge_irl

buck65 wrote: »

In reality he came from deep with ball in hand made the yardage, got tackled , went to ground and Italy fanned out again. If someone was on his shoulder to receive a pass or to pick and go around the fringes then it could have reaped dividends.

There wasn't anyone for him to offload to normally. He was also playing off static ball a lot rather then coming in for the offload off the scrummie's shoulder. So it wasn't just that others weren't keeping up with him cause he wasn't looking for the offload like he normally does either. I can only assume it was the gameplan, but I don't get it.

Wasn't the MOM decided by the Italians?

buck65

Podge_irl wrote: »

There wasn't anyone for him to offload to normally. He was also playing off static ball a lot rather then coming in for the offload off the scrummie's shoulder. So it wasn't just that others weren't keeping up with him cause he wasn't looking for the offload like he normally does either. I can only assume it was the gameplan, but I don't get it.

True.