Match Thread : Irish Wolfhounds V England Saxons Friday 30th Jan 2015

Tox56

awec wrote: »

He is far, far better at 6.

Maybe right at this moment (though before injury he was coming into his own in the second row), with some work and patience though he could become world class at lock

errlloyd

Some pretty poor tackling in the centre there. Might have been Jones.

thomond2006

Felix won't be happy

vienne86

Try Saxons.

Wolfhounds should have got something for all their pressure. Error count high.

Stevecw

Feck it, well worked try there. Ireland are all over the place so defending so far, worrying.

Fireball07

awec wrote: »

Who was that who made that disaster of a tackle?

Jones, I think. Unlike him, very poor

mr. pleasant

ugh. try for saxons.

but my real focus is on SOB and I like what I see.

gally74

gally74 wrote: »

Spade is a fine out half

I meant slade

Squidgy Black

Terrible attempt at a tackle from Jones.

Buer

Christ, took 3 players to take Elliot bloody Daly down? We need to be far more aggressive in defence if a 14 stone centre can do that to us.

ssaye2

No real control with our half backs yet

Mahatma Geansai

Felix poor in the tackle, and McGrath and Ross very lumbered to set the defensive line.

awec

Buer wrote: »

He's not going to be a 6. Simply isn't the need for him there aside from Ulster who will put him at lock as soon as they can find a good 6.

He doesn't catch the eye as much at lock but he's an utter pain in the arse there too and makes life very difficult for the opposition.

Which is nuts. It's like if Leinster moved SOB to 8. He can do a job but is far more potent at flanker.

Henderson is the same. A good lock and an amazing 6.

Buer

Fireball07 wrote: »

He's playing well but it seems unlikely that he'll leap ahead of Murphy/TOD/Henderson.

Agreed. At the start of the game, I wouldn't have had him in the conversation at all but I can't argue with how good he has been.

shuffol

Really poor gainline defence so far, too many soak tackles.

thomond2006

Biggest winner for Ireland is Ian Keatley so far.

Mahatma Geansai

D'Arcy not having a great game. A lot of poor/sloppy touches.

shuffol

D'arcy really rusty so far.

vienne86

thomond2006 wrote: »

Biggest winner for Ireland is Ian Keatley so far.

Absolutely. Madigan doing nothing for his chances here.

ThisRegard

Mads is the inverted Samson, he needs to shave his beard to get back to his own self.

ssaye2

Good kick need to get territory and a few phases

Buer

I would have put that down to Madigan. He went on the loop and then looked like he wasn't interested in taking the ball at all until it was popped.

awec

Madigan Madigan Madigan....

gally74

England wise to madigan s kicks

vienne86

Great line out drive ......SOB carrying......great to see.

ssaye2

When Joe said he wanted the players to give him a selection headache I don't think he meant this ha

A-Train

Ireland don't like scoring at all this half! Very sloppy at ruck time and silly errors.

Buer

We get turned over at a ruck with all our back row and other lock (Henderson carried), in the back line watching.

Annabella1

thomond2006 wrote: »

Biggest winner for Ireland is Ian Keatley so far.

Leno just nailed it in commentary
Madigan hugely exciting but can he manage a game away in Italy?

vienne86

Some sloppy stuff from Ireland. Wasting good posession.