Ire vs Aus - Test Number Three

Dave_The_Sheep

Weird I can't see beyond post # 138 on this thread, on a variety of platforms - and when logged in and not. What the ****...

ClanofLams

Shane Horgan has a serious dislike for Bundee Aki. One of the best players on the pitch in the first half and still Horgan takes pot shots.

ArmchairQB

Jeez Kearney very poor there for that try.

Wailin

Very poor display from Ireland. Sexton not at his best at all.

umop episdn

Quiet day here

Podge_irl

Controversial opinion I imagine...but I ****in love Joe.

Boards melted down in the heat I guess. Was gone for the last few hours.

Neil3030

I know the attention will be on the series win, but that was also a lovely send off for Jordi Murphy, as he now retires from the game of winning.

OldRio

Can I be one of the first to say.......

YES. Fecking YES


That is all.

Billy86

sdevine89 wrote: »

Gerry Thornley on Twitter:

"Apparently Irish bus taken on circuitous route to ground. 30 minutes late. Worse than Murrayfield."

https://twitter.com/gerrythornley/status/1010448872454275072

Where was the hotel?

I lived in Kingsford which is the other side of Sydney to the city centre and passed Moore Park on the way to work every day. In rush hour on a weekday, on a public bus, it would take about 30 minutes to get from Kingsford to the city centre, if I recall Moore Park to downtown was about 20 minutes of that.

This was a Saturday afternoon, unless they were a bit out of the way the entire journey should not have taken 30 minutes, never mind 30 minutes late. None of it adds up whatsoever.

Squidgy Black

This was the most civil match thread (during the match) we've ever had to date :pac:

ScrubsfanChris

If no one commented, did the match really happen? :pac:

Billy86

Minderbinder wrote: »

Why is nobody saying anything?

Website was down from 7.30ish this morning until just now for me.

As has been the case for just about every game of all of the tours, the ref is rightly getting slated. That was a special kind of awful on so many levels.

Not a sterling performance, but a win in Aus is a win in Aus, doing it in the face of such unashamedly dreadful officiating is a mix of bittersweet and satisfying.

Clegg

Very fortunate to win that I think. Some of our most experienced players made some horrendous decisions. Most noticeably Murray giving away an obvious penalty for offside when we'd diffused an promising Oz attack. Gave the ball right back to them.

Delighted to win ofc and I think we were the better side over the three tests. We weren't particularly good today though.

To win a game like that while playing quite poorly is a very new experience as an Irish rugby fan.

Delighted but it was an extremely frustrating watch.

Tigerandahalf

Good win today in a series with 3 good games for the neutral. Looks like the Irish in Oz helped the stadium attendances. The Wallabies are super competitive and on the up.

Positive: real strength in depth across the squad

Negative: not clinical in finishing off chances.

Larmour being given a run at 15 gives us a lot more options on the counter. He could well usurp R Kearney for autumn. Centre is still a worry on the attacking front.

A series win Down Under is a great achievement though.

irishfeen

Grand Slam
Six Nations
Triple Crown
Champions Cup
Pro14
Series win over Australia

An extraordinary year in Irish rugby!

Steve

Meant to post earlier, trying to let my fingers grow back as I chewed them off looking at the final TMO decision.

Great match, and great to see young blood performing do well. Thought the commentators remark that Lamour was still young enough to sleep with the light on was hilarious!

Love Devin but his place in the field is not in a ruck anymore..

PTH2009

Missed the match thread but what a day for Irish rugby and what a series win

We have a series squad at our hands and the next step for this year is beating the ABs in Dublin and we move on from there. Tickets will be like gold

Great series win for Ireland. If they didn't have the rub of the green in the previous match, they had things go their way in this match. I think Aussie can still improve a lot, and Ireland also have plenty to work on.

What summed this match up for me was the Aussie halfback getting called for a forward pass on a line ball, then Murray throws a forward pass to sexton after the resulting scrum, but not called forward :pac:

Dave_The_Sheep

Basil3 wrote: »

Great series win for Ireland. If they didn't have the rub of the green in the previous match, they had things go their way in this match. I think Aussie can still improve a lot, and Ireland also have plenty to work on.

What summed this match up for me was the Aussie halfback getting called for a forward pass on a line ball, then Murray throws a forward pass to sexton after the resulting scrum, but not called forward :pac:

Much like the previous game, repeated infringements and penalties by Australia in or around their line, more deliberate knock ons and no yellow. Ireland could and likely should have had one, possibly two penalty tries.

The ref was ****e for both sides. Again. To claim we benefitted from it more today though, just no.

Refereeing has NOT been good in this series for anyone. FFS the ref had to be told the game was over at the end by the TMO.

razorblunt

I almost broke my tv watching Kearney jog across for their try. Turnstile tackle then only compounded it.
I enjoyed watching Larmour when he came on, stepped into softer shoulders and kept the legs going in the tackle.

Conan really alleviated the pressure alongside Stander, allowing Stander to have a MOTM game.

I think Toner is done too, Henderson, Ryan and Beirne should be 3 names on the sheet. It was a bit hilariously horrific watching him take a crash ball. Big tree, falls hard.

Dave_The_Sheep

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Much like the previous game, repeated infringements and penalties by Australia in or around their line, more deliberate knock ons and no yellow. Ireland could and likely should have had one, possibly two penalty tries.

The ref was ****e for both sides. Again. To claim we benefitted from it more today though, just no.

Refereeing has NOT been good in this series for anyone. FFS the ref had to be told the game was over at the end by the TMO.

Agreed, it was poor for both. I also thought Henshaw could have had a yellow for his swinging arm/high shot on Folou (I think). Surprised nothing was made of it.

Clegg

Toner was excellent last weekend and been one of Ireland's best players this season. To suggest he's "done" is ridiculous.

mangobob

Basil3 wrote: »

What summed this match up for me was the Aussie halfback getting called for a forward pass on a line ball, then Murray throws a forward pass to sexton after the resulting scrum, but not called forward :pac:

Yeah I saw that. If I am not mistaken, there were 2 consecutive forward passes in that move. First Murray threw it forward then Sextons pass was even more blatantly forward. Not a good day again for reffing consistency. I found last week incredibly frustrating, but today I think it was Australia who can feel somewhat aggrieved at some of the decisions that went against them. Having said that, the officials got the three most controversial decisions of the match right, namely the Folau yellow card, the final penalty against Australia and the supposed Stockdale deliberate knock on.

All in all, I thought we played ok, not great. I actually thought Oz were marginally the better team today, but really impressed how we hung on in there.

As an aside, it was less fun watching the match without this forum. Odd the way it has become part of my rugby viewing experience now lol.

Something I am curious about. At one point in the game Sexton had an exchange with the ref where he said something like "I know you hate me, but you have to talk to me." Anyone able to provide the context for what that was all about?

wp_rathead

Furlong for World Player of the Year

Bundee had a cracking game, wonder will those so quick to give him digs after 1st test will give him due credit for that showing

Don't get the Toner criticisms- he was really really solid

Conan went well at 8, can be proud.

Larmour looked solid at 15

Beirne looked really lively when he came on - can't wait to see him with Munster

A 2-1 series win is brilliant

Only negative is Murray playing 234/240 mins in the series
We are seriously over dependent on him

Hippo

It was a strange decision on the forward pass in a way because they'e almost never given. Phipps did it all day and wasn't called. 'Pop' passes on both sides were invariably forward and ignored.

Elvisjuice

who got MOTM ?

Faugheen

People jumping the gun based on one performance again I see.

This time Devin Toner is the culprit.

He was excellent last week, and was ok this week. One game does not a finished player make. He's just had one of his best ever seasons.

wp_rathead

Elvisjuice wrote: »

who got MOTM ?

Stander