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Match preview & thread: FRA vs IRE (Sat Feb 3, 1645)

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    #632
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    I'm shaking lads....... what a finish!

    How often do those long range drop goal to win a game come off?


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    #633
    Didactic Ninja
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 393 ✭✭Didactic Ninja


    cracks papered over


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    #634
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Was that over 40 phases?


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    #635
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    I’m sure that will disappoint a lot of posters here. That’s phenomenal from Ireland not giving up.


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    #636
    pajor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭pajor


    This isn’t good for the heart :D


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    #637
    mangobob
    Registered Users Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭mangobob


    Im in fupping bits. Emotions all over the place after that. Chr*st.


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    #638
    Beechwoodspark
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    Wow. Awesome. One of those moments


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    #639
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,490 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Lucky! Against a team with a new coach the 2 things lacking will be fluid attack and structured defence. So much one up carries which suited the French to a tee, Schmidt needs to look at that.

    But a class drop for the victory.

    My Irish MOTM was Leavy.


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    #640
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,064 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    It can't be a coincidence that we were not very good for much of that game and the coverage is now on TV3....


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    #641
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,232 ✭✭✭tanko


    Why is not rolling away from a ruck not a penalty in the last play of a game but it is at any other stage?


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    #642
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,556 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Amazing kick, but there are loads of things we need to improve on massively. We got out of jail today, and were brought close by a pretty poor team. Yea, there’s all the old cliches about test rugby but we can and should play much, much better than that.


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    #643
    Skid X
    Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    How that we win that ????

    I thought Johnny's kick was going short and wide, terrible decision to kick from that far out :D

    What a game !!!


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    #644
    clsmooth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭clsmooth


    Well my evening has just gotten a whole lot better


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    #645
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Sexton cross kick to Earls was brave too as we were going nowhere.


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    #646
    adox
    Registered Users Posts: 19,017 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Two brilliant phases from Sexton in that battering ram finish when we’re werent making any yards. That risky kick to Earls to get us into French territory and the. that unbelievable drop goal.


    Got out of jail after a poor performance but hopefully that will give them a boost mentally and we will see better performances in the competition.

    France were awful as expected so it’s no great shakes beating them but the manner at the end was fantastic.


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    #647
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 36,237 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Unreal effort at the end. What came before doesn’t matter now


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    #648
    kerplun k
    Registered Users Posts: 2,391 ✭✭✭kerplun k


    That was ruddy amazing. 40 phases. Epic drop goal. Some nerve to take that on, especially after missing the last kick. Great stuff.


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    #649
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Amazing effort to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Absolutely everyone, not just Sexton. Henderson, Stander, Ryan all had unbelievable carries.

    Sexton first crossfield kick and then 40 meter drop goal. Balls of steel.


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    #650
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,957 ✭✭✭OldRio


    Trying to get heart rate down.


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    #651
    chupacabra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,413 ✭✭✭chupacabra


    HEEEEE'S DONE ITTT YEEEEEESSSS WOOOHHOOOOO..... aaahhh... could you believe that? ;)


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    #652
    super_furry
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    Got out of jail there big time - stale, dull, predictable and lacking any kind of inspiration at all. At no stage did Ireland ever look like scoring a try.


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    #653
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    fitz wrote: »
    I thought the replay showed it didn't, but could be wrong. Either way, that second incident needs to be investigated.

    They went around all the angles. There was no contact. Plus the medics only looked at his knee, no head stuff at all from what I saw. The hia stuff much have come from the bench when they realised they could bring machenaud back on if it was a hia.


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    #654
    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,604 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    I think I was the first in the pub to celebrate.


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    #655
    Claregaafan18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭Claregaafan18


    Munsteresque from Ireland. I can only imagine Michael Corcoran with another "10,000 phases" moment


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    #656
    LuckyGent88
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    Would have been awful to loose that after having such control. Unbelievable from Johnny, great from the players at the end to get into that position.

    A shed load to work on though. Our attack was really poor. Earls needs to be getting the ball at every opportunity. He is gliding across the pitch.


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    #657
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    calfmuscle wrote: »
    Sexton "I'm the captain" ��
    53697461.jpg


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    #658
    Thanos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,389 ✭✭✭Thanos


    ricero wrote: »
    Joe simply must go after this campaign. A man who has run out of ideas a long time ago

    I think he has done ok by getting a win away in France, we never win by much, nothing new there.


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    #659
    gmurphy70
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭gmurphy70


    Johnny you legend


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    #660
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Bahanaman wrote: »
    I said earlier Johnny misses the pressure kicks but wtf! Brilliant!

    The one he missed was no more a pressure kick thantheone before it.

    He, like every other kicker, misses some kicks. That's all there is to it.


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    #661
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    They went around all the angles. There was no contact. Plus the medics only looked at his knee, no head stuff at all from what I saw. The hia stuff much have come from the bench when they realised they could bring machenaud back on if it was a hia.

    It was from the match doctor.

    And the first HIA absolutely showed head contact, saw it myself.


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