RLWC 2013

Absoluvely

IRL 0 - 0 FIJI [6 mins]

Ireland in possession in Irish half.

KevIRL

That try was coming

Kick missed, so 4-0 Fiji

mountain

10 -0 to Fiji

mountain

Plenty of needle in this!!

Absoluvely

Four penalties against Fiji in the last few minutes in the Fiji half for cynical play and tackling.
Great chance for Ireland to get a score.

ciarriaithuaidh

mountain wrote: »

Plenty of needle in this!!

F*cking filthy game really tbh! High tackles, late tackles all over the shop!

Irish defence was poor early..backline looks unimaginative so far aswell.

corny

Half backs throwing hospital passes galore. Need to attack closer to the PTB.

Absoluvely

TRY!

IRL 4 - 10 Fiji
Conversion to come

Great dummies + fast play by Ireland

A2LUE42

Try!! It was needed after all that pressure.

Game on.10 - 4
Kick just wide

mountain

10-4

ciarriaithuaidh

Took a good dart close to the line from dummy half to get the try eventually. Needed to come away with something after a lot of pressure. Put a few sets together now and we might get into the groove.

corny

The Fijians have some good carriers but we really are coming up slow in defence.

Absoluvely

Another penalty conceded by Fiji and they're already on a "team warning" from the referee [I think].

Another great chance for Ireland to score.

EDIT: Bleh! one poor pass and a knock-on. Fiji back in possession.

ciarriaithuaidh

corny wrote: »

The Fijians have some good carriers but we really are coming up slow in defence.

Yeah, linespeed is very slow in defence in places.

Edit: Yellow for Fiji..been a lot of high stuff to be fair.

corny

Is Pat Richards going home next season or going to a different SL club?

KevIRL

12-4 HT

mountain

12-4 half time.

Faing

Pat Richards is going back to West Tigers.

ciarriaithuaidh

Conditions deteriorating now it looks like..lot of ball spilled and forward passes..next score is massive.

KevIRL

Thats that surely

Doesn't look like we are going to contribute much to this world cup. Squad is a far cry form the days of joint carney and prescott. Just one out football all the way

ciarriaithuaidh

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Doesn't look like we are going to contribute much to this world cup. Squad is a far cry form the days of joint carney and prescott. Just one out football all the way

Yeah there is zero creativity with ball in hand really. Not great to watch.

Faing

Ah to be fair, the Bati were never going to be an easy game and the best we can do is put on a good show. We always had a slim chance though.

yeah I thought that too when the squad was announced. Surely there are a few more aussies we could have got to improve the quality in the backs though!

ciarriaithuaidh

Definitely game over now.

A2LUE42

That's terrible..
32-4 now
4 defenders couldn't put him over the sideline.

A2LUE42

Aussies in two weeks could be a total hammering if they want to put up a score. Or they might rest some players.

A2LUE42

Blanch collects from a lucky bounce and gets over from a few yards out.
32-8
2 mins to go.

ciarriaithuaidh

A2LUE42 wrote: »

Aussies in two weeks could be a total hammering if they want to put up a score. Or they might rest some players.

Doesn't matter what 17 they put out it will be stronger than that Fijian 17..they will beat us by as much as they like on that evidence.

I know its tough for Ireland, given the squad have little time to prepare, but some of the stuff with ball in hand was so predictable and turgid tonight it was hard to watch.

A2LUE42

Hassen try after great penalty into the corner. Richards gets conversion.
32-14 final score.