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

Buer

gally74 wrote: »

England wise to madigan s kicks

Pity his own team mates don't appear to be expecting them at all....

errlloyd

Clearly forward from D'Arcy.

razorblunt

D'Arcy killing things, hard to blame for that knock on though.

Tox56

Has Madigan been that bad? His kicks have got us territory and he laid that on a plate for Henderson

ssaye2

Ffs

awec

We keep isolating ourselves, were were lucky in that move not to give away a penalty with Jones holding on.

Buer

That was a nice set move but the clunkiest execution I've ever seen between Conan, Marmion and Madigan.

ThisRegard

Are they playing hot potato or rugby?

errlloyd

Madigan has been the least bad of the backs, except maybe Earls.

vienne86

Careless stuff......are some guys trying too hard?

chupacabra

jesus christ, messy as feck.

RuggieBear

nobody hooks anymore

Tox56

I don't know if D'Arcys feeling pressure or what but he doesn't look comfortable at all

Mahatma Geansai

Is Cronin playing hooker for England? :pac:

irishbucsfan

Decision making at 10 and poor quality of passing across the backline killing us. Unfortunately this is our starting 10 for the Italy game...

A-Train

Saxon tight head again binding on the arm pit in front of the assistant ref

errlloyd

Did the ref tell Dickson he put the ball too straight????

awec

Earls is the only back to look decent so far.

gally74

Tox56 wrote: »

I don't know if D'Arcys feeling pressure or what but he doesn't look comfortable at all

It's called age

Buer

Tox56 wrote: »

Has Madigan been that bad? His kicks have got us territory and he laid that on a plate for Henderson

Beautiful pass, alright. He does tend to be trying things a bit more than usual. The spin in his own 22 leading to the blockdown, 3 grubbers around their 22 now in the opening 30 minutes. Calm it and keep possession. We're doing well up front and have monster carriers.

aimee1

vienne86 wrote: »

Absolutely. Madigan doing nothing for his chances here.

I think he is doing ok. Few mistakes but he is trying to bring guys onto the ball on the gain line and he is making his tackles. Chance off the tee now, important he takes them

thomond2006

There's really no argument to play D'Arcy next week. Just like ROG before he retired, experience doesn't compensate for poor form.

Fair enough to give him an opportunity tonight because he has a lot of credit in the bank.

vienne86

Saxons nearly away there......lucky they were caught crossing.

Fireball07

awec wrote: »

Earls is the only back to look decent so far.

That last pass was crap though, although not helped by D'Arcy.

ThisRegard

Is there no bar in Cork? Crowd look miserable and freezing.

Buer

awec wrote: »

Earls is the only back to look decent so far.

Probably right and he hasn't even done much since his half break in the opening minutes. Looks sharp though. Marmion, Madigan, D'Arcy, Jones....none doing particularly well.

ssaye2

Grand job ian ease your way back in

Tox56

Buer wrote: »

Beautiful pass, alright. He does tend to be trying things a bit more than usual. The spin in his own 22 leading to the blockdown, 3 grubbers around their 22 now in the opening 30 minutes. Calm it and keep possession. We're doing well up front and have monster carriers.

I think with the spin he thought he had less time than he did but i don't think the grubbers were particularly bad decisions

Swan Curry

A-Train wrote: »

Saxon tight head again binding on the arm pit in front of the assistant ref

I don't think any refs penalise for binding on the arm anymore

Big Nelly

vienne86 wrote: »

Saxons nearly away there......lucky they were caught crossing.

How was it lucky? He was going nowhere but straight into O'Brien