Ireland v Wales 07/09/2019

lawred2 · 07-09-2019 09:45PM

Is Ringrose a bench player now?

07-09-2019 09:47PM

lawred2 wrote: »

Is Ringrose a bench player now?

Looks that way. I think at his peak he's the best centre we have but he's been off the boil for a while. I wouldn't be putting him at 15 but the fact he's played test rugby at 12/13/wing will go for him. I think the centres who started today will start against Scotland. Henshaw was excellent and Aki seems to be nailed on in Schmidt's teams.

Shefwedfan · 07-09-2019 09:54PM

lawred2 wrote: »

Is Ringrose a bench player now?

Doubt it.....he started two warm up and came off the bench in another

Did he come on against wales v1?

Shefwedfan · 07-09-2019 09:59PM

Myla Early Schwa wrote: »

Looks that way. I think at his peak he's the best centre we have but he's been off the boil for a while. I wouldn't be putting him at 15 but the fact he's played test rugby at 12/13/wing will go for him. I think the centres who started today will start against Scotland. Henshaw was excellent and Aki seems to be nailed on in Schmidt's teams.

I don’t get this off the boil for a while? Since when?

ClanofLams · 07-09-2019 10:06PM

lawred2 wrote: »

Is Ringrose a bench player now?

Probably.

Aki is nailed on at 12. Henshaw strong favourite to start at 13.

Happy4all · 07-09-2019 10:07PM

ClanofLams wrote: »

Probably.

Aki is nailed on at 12. Henshaw strong favourite to start at 13.

Nice problem to have

lawred2 · 07-09-2019 10:07PM

Myla Early Schwa wrote: »

Looks that way. I think at his peak he's the best centre we have but he's been off the boil for a while. I wouldn't be putting him at 15 but the fact he's played test rugby at 12/13/wing will go for him. I think the centres who started today will start against Scotland. Henshaw was excellent and Aki seems to be nailed on in Schmidt's teams.

Aki looks sharper and fitter than I've ever seen him

Shefwedfan · 07-09-2019 10:11PM

lawred2 wrote: »

Aki looks sharper and fitter than I've ever seen him

Three weeks ago he was a shadow of himself, now we are saying he is fitter than he ever was?

That’s some change

ClanofLams · 07-09-2019 10:16PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Three weeks ago he was a shadow of himself, now we are saying he is fitter than he ever was?

That’s some change

Everyone was a shadow of themselves three weeks ago hence the forty point loss. That was the best centre partnership performance today for Ireland in a long time. Aki starts, highly likely Henshaw is outside him.

troyzer · 07-09-2019 10:24PM

Some amount of ****e in this thread.

Great performance today and a great buzz at the ground.

Still not at their best and there are lots of work ons (lineout, halfbacks still not being 100% and getting more of the ball wide) but trending upwards and potentially peaking for the knockouts.

Shefwedfan · 07-09-2019 10:31PM

troyzer wrote: »

Some amount of ****e in this thread.

Great performance today and a great buzz at the ground.

Still not at their best and there are lots of work ons (lineout, halfbacks still not being 100% and getting more of the ball wide) but trending upwards and potentially peaking for the knockouts.

It’s building process which a few people have been saying for ages....today was the first time Ireland looked anyway match fit....if they looked 100% then they have done it wrong

Some great displays, good impact off the bench...

I did think Joe would play the starting 15 today and keep it for wales but I don’t think that’s the plan....

Wegians89 · 07-09-2019 10:40PM

Think bundee will play 12 against Scotland and one other group game plus quarter. Ringrose will probably start 13 against Scotland with henshaw at 13 for South Africa if that’s who is in the quarter

Joma4good · 07-09-2019 10:42PM

It was pleasing to see Cronin come on and steadily get the job done, no drop off in the line out, good darts and wales not/less closing the gap the way they were in first half. Another player hopefully regaining a bit of confidence.

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 10:52PM

ClanofLams wrote: »

lawred2 wrote: »

Is Ringrose a bench player now?

Probably.

Aki is nailed on at 12. Henshaw strong favourite to start at 13.

Absolutely no way does Ringrose not start. He is probably now a world class 13.
It’s a straight choice between Aki and Henshaw for 12. Aki is the man in possession.

Rockbeast2 · 07-09-2019 10:55PM

Aki and Kilcoyne the stand-outs for me over 4-game series

*Can Kilcoyne lift? I don't think he can...

troyzer · 07-09-2019 10:56PM

CMcsporty wrote: »

ClanofLams wrote: »

lawred2 wrote: »

Is Ringrose a bench player now?

Probably.

Aki is nailed on at 12. Henshaw strong favourite to start at 13.

Absolutely no way does Ringrose not start. He is probably now a world class 13.
It’s a straight choice between Aki and Henshaw for 12. Aki is the man in possession.

I'd disagree. Ringrose is world class but he's been a bit quiet since the Six Nations and there's something to be said for a massive midfield against the Springboks

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 10:59PM

Wegians89 wrote: »

Think bundee will play 12 against Scotland and one other group game plus quarter. Ringrose will probably start 13 against Scotland with henshaw at 13 for South Africa if that’s who is in the quarter

It’s a great situation to have those 3 and Chris Farrell!
I’d say Joe is desperate to get Henshaw into the 23 and it could be as no.23 v Scotland. Earls could be the one to loose out with Larmour in at 14.

Stheno · 07-09-2019 11:25PM

Is Cronin in the 31?

dregin · 07-09-2019 11:26PM

Stheno wrote: »

Is Cronin in the 31?

Yes

Lil Sally Anne Jnr. · 07-09-2019 11:31PM

I've mentioned on here before about Andy Porter's diminutive size. It was apparent when he shook President Michael D Higgin's hand. They are almost the same height.

The Lost Sheep · 07-09-2019 11:40PM

Was game any good? Was working in Aviva and saw nothing. Is it worth a viewing of recording or do i delete?

Rockbeast2 · 07-09-2019 11:42PM

"I've mentioned on here before about Andy Porter's diminutive size. It was apparent when he shook President Michael D Higgin's hand. They are almost the same height."

Nah, Porter's a big guy.

Definitely taller than Jack McGrath - 5'11?

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 11:45PM

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Was game any good? Was working in Aviva and saw nothing. Is it worth a viewing of recording or do i delete?

If you like rugby watch it.
I’m on my 3rd viewing. It’s given me back the World Cup buzz.

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 11:49PM

Just seen Earls kick the welsh loose head in the face!
He was been held in a ruck and kicked him in the face trying to get free.
Innocent

CMcsporty · 07-09-2019 11:54PM

Welsh loose head should get cited for injuring Earls’s knee with his face....via Keith’s boot

molloyjh · 08-09-2019 12:11AM

This thread is actually just funny at this point. After the England game people were calling for heads. Players were finished. The whole thing was a bust. That it was a first game of the season for most was irrelevant. Strangely those players all improved and that showed today. So what have those who should have learned their lesson been saying here? The same thing about other players starting their first game of the season. Gas altogether. Double down lads, sure what could go wrong.

As for the game, I was very happy with that. The attitude, the physicality, the speed on both sides of the ball were all really good. As someone else said a few posts back, we're trending upwards. We looked to put width on the ball a fair bit again. Wanted to play at pace and at times caused Wales a lot of trouble there. And we if I'm not mistaken we haven't shown any strike plays in the warm ups either. Defensively we seemed to be really strong on when to attack rucks and when not. We disrupted really well at times. Our line speed was such that Wales rarely got much in the way of front foot ball. For their part I thought Wales were disappointing. And what was up with J Davies? But we showed everything we would have wanted to today and fingers crossed Earls is okay. If he is we lucked out on the injury front this time around in the warm ups. What's not to like.

Cookiemunster · 08-09-2019 12:15AM

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

"I've mentioned on here before about Andy Porter's diminutive size. It was apparent when he shook President Michael D Higgin's hand. They are almost the same height."

Nah, Porter's a big guy.

Definitely taller than Jack McGrath - 5'11?

Dude press (or click) the reply button when you want to quote someone. Copy and pasting and adding quotation marks can make some of your posts a bit confusing to read.

08-09-2019 12:17AM

The real winner today was the lack of injuries

Rockbeast2 · 08-09-2019 12:51AM

If Cookiemunster only knew how bad my PC skills are :-)

I'm back for the World Cup.

Even when Boards is drunk, you'll find current players here.

ClanofLams · 08-09-2019 01:06AM

CMcsporty wrote: »

Absolutely no way does Ringrose not start. He is probably now a world class 13.
It’s a straight choice between Aki and Henshaw for 12. Aki is the man in possession.

He played 25 mins last week on the wing and half hour on the wing today. I will be very surprised if that’s how Schmidt has chosen to get him ready for the World Cup opener if he was going to play 13.

Aki has played the last three tests at 12, Pat Lam used to say that Aki was a guy (like many with Pacific Islands heritage according to Lam) who needed to play every week to see the best of him. Schmidt seems to be following that approach and he’s nailed on at 12.

Ireland v Wales 07/09/2019

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