Autumn Series ‘21 - Ire v NZ 13thNov Kickoff:3:15PM TV:RTÉ2/C4 Radio:RTÉ1 Streaming:RTÉPlayer/All4

mfceiling

As has been alluded here previously, we will have to be on the button with our passing/off loading game. The slightest mistake and we are under our posts and 7 points down.

There is no such thing as a "poor" NZ team. They can conjure up a score from nothing. Everything will have to go right for us to win this game.

ujjjjjjjjj

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118158796#Comment_118158796

There is a tinfoil hat thread somewhere.....

ujjjjjjjjj

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118160205#Comment_118160205

Deffo would have Ringers.....Rolls Royce of a player.

ujjjjjjjjj

Ireland by 2 !! Come on lads, have a go !!

Yeah_Right

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118160703#Comment_118160703

A Rolls Royce with a busted carburettor and a couple of flat tyres lately.

stephen_n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118160720#Comment_118160720

he was excellent both sides of the ball last week. Hopefully that’s what we see today.

lawrencesummers

whatever way this game goes I dont think our pack will be found wanting, i think our backline isnt as good as theirs but might be able to hold their own with a massive performance and a bit of luck.

One big fear is if we try too hard to repeat the expansiveness and offloading of the japan game it will lead to mistakes and there is no better team to punish you for a mistake, overdo trying to offload or knock on in their 22 and 10 seconds later they are under your posts for 7 points. There is a balance we need to strike between keeping it tight and opening it up.

A big advantage of today is having Luke Pearce in charge, NZ are always better with a SH ref.

If the game was a few hours later the atmosphere could be savage, hopefully it still is!

The great thing about Nz is they always come to play rugby and score, as opposed to SA who come for a wrestle and to kick, so we will have an entertaining game if ultimately i think we don't have a 23 to win this and we will fade over the last 15 mins.

having a tasty punt on Will jordan for first try.

Larbre34

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B0ll0x.

And Rolls Royce have used fuel injection for 50 odd years.

lawrencesummers

eddie just did a piece in the build up on how we attacked japan, tied in a lot of their defenders etc etc and im fairly sure heaslip rolled his eyes through it all!

Larbre34

They've as many bones in their arse as we have.

-Eddie O'Sullivan.

FrancieBrady

Gwan the lads!

Clegg

What I really want from this game is for us to show that our attacking structure for the Japan game wasn't a fluke. We won't have nearly as much possession or territory against NZ, but if we some some good continuity play and offloading I'll be happy enough even if we lose by 10-15 points. We show us that we're building towards something.

Mr Burny

C’mon Eire !

Larbre34

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Red card. No twenty minute replacement.

walshb

Lose the gum, lads during our anthem

FrancieBrady

The New Zealand anthem was written by Thomas Bracken, from Clones in Co. Monaghan. They also have two official anthems, GSTQ being the other.

Not a lot of people know that!

ctrl-alt-delete

Well that was great.

lawrencesummers

Can aki keep it from boiling over?

TheRiverman

Donal Lenihan getting very aroused already.

Mr Burny

Silly and wasteful by sexton. He needs to play with intelligence

Clegg

Good start.

Some excellent hands and dummy runs to get behind the New Zealand defence.

razorblunt

Porter with a lot of carries already, no idea why Conan shipped the ball on so early to Conway earlier.

Larbre34

Great pressure, not giving them a breath

alchemist33

I absolutely hate the rule where a tackler can knock a ball loose and be penalised for a knock on. Advantage should go to the tackler

Tandey

Wrong call. Aki hit the guys arm who knocked it back.

Clegg

Excellent pressure from Doris and Furlong to get the error out of Savea.

lawrencesummers

Thats a lot of strapping on JGP leg, and he doesnt look to be moving completely freely.

Mr Burny

silly unforced errors there. Need to cop on

PTH2009

That's the stuff Ireland

dublinman1990

This is a good start for Ireland although we just reset the scrum there. I hope the nerves are not setting in already. Weakness makes then vulnerable to more attacks later on in the game. They need to keep a good head to hit the ground running.