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Ireland Team Talk XI: Team of nervoUS MOD warning Post 1

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Continued from here
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057953711/251
All Ireland Senior XV related talk here.

MOD: Bear in mind this thread is starting during the World Cup window and the zero tolerance policy is in force. Trolling will be rewarded with an instant ban. For the duration of the tournament any mention of Zebo in this thread will not be permitted, it is just dragging current Ireland squad talk off topic.

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Stheno

kuang1 wrote: »

This would be veeeeeeeery good news.

I thought so too tbh

Squidgy Black

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Flip

That's great news if it is. Barnes has been outstanding so far in terms of communication compared to the likes of Gardiner and Peyper.

Birdie Num Num

Stheno wrote: »

I thought so too tbh

Yes, don’t think that’s all too bad either.

AbusesToilets

Best ref in the business for the biggest game of the tournament. Couldn't ask for better

ClanofLams

He’s going to be reffing one obviously and not England so there’s a reasonable chance it’s him but hasn’t been confirmed anywhere as far as I can see.

Shefwedfan

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Hope not
Jaco - no thanks
Gardner - no chance

Would like Nick Berry

Nick is doing Heartbeat that day so not free

doughef

Not trolling at all - genuinely.

, but I despise everything about Irish rugby .
I’m embarrassed by ‘ireland’s call’ -

I find it hysterical that you can almost buy an Irish jersey and be eligible to play, despite where your from.

The main stream media attempting to drum up excitement ..
When I’m reality, there is a tiny minority who follow it .. a larger minority who pretend to
.. but in reality, the fast majority couldn’t give a flying fu**

Squidgy Black

doughef wrote: »

Not trolling at all - genuinely.

, but I despise everything about Irish rugby .
I’m embarrassed by ‘ireland’s call’ -

I find it hysterical that you can almost buy an Irish jersey and be eligible to play, despite where your from.

The main stream media attempting to drum up excitement ..
When I’m reality, there is a tiny minority who follow it .. a larger minority who pretend to
.. but in reality, the fast majority couldn’t give a flying fu**

Thanks for your input, your concerns have been noted, and we'd just like to say that nobody gives a rats about it.

Enjoy your day.

FrancieBrady

doughef wrote: »

Not trolling at all - genuinely.

, but I despise everything about Irish rugby .
I’m embarrassed by ‘ireland’s call’ -

I find it hysterical that you can almost buy an Irish jersey and be eligible to play, despite where your from.

The main stream media attempting to drum up excitement ..
When I’m reality, there is a tiny minority who follow it .. a larger minority who pretend to
.. but in reality, the fast majority couldn’t give a flying fu**

If it doesn't 'have support' then it will die out as a game. Problem sorted for you.

And no, not just anyone can play, there are residency rules applicable to all. Unlike soccer.

[Deleted User]

doughef wrote: »

Not trolling at all - genuinely.

, but I despise everything about Irish rugby .
I’m embarrassed by ‘ireland’s call’ -

I find it hysterical that you can almost buy an Irish jersey and be eligible to play, despite where your from.

The main stream media attempting to drum up excitement ..
When I’m reality, there is a tiny minority who follow it .. a larger minority who pretend to
.. but in reality, the fast majority couldn’t give a flying fu**

I'm embarrassed by Conor McGregor and Roy Keane to a lesser extent. Each to their own.

ionadnapóca

Stheno wrote: »

I thought so too tbh

I can’t find that announcement.

Order of preference for a NZ game:

Berry
Raynal
Poite (yes!)
Raynal
Barnes
Owens
Pearce?
Gaüzère
Gardner
Garcès

ionadnapóca

My guess at the NZ side

Barrett; Reece, L-Brown, Crotty, Bridge;
Mo’unga, Smith;
Moody, Taylor, Laulala;
Retallick, Whitelock;
Savea, Cane, Read.

Coles, Tuungafasi, Ta’Avao, Barrett, Frizzell, TJ Perenara, SBW, Smith.

Not sure about Taylor, Crotty and the no.23
Edit: And Rettalick. He has to be rusty

Italy game been canceled is not ideal for NZ
Advantage Ireland!

doughef

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm embarrassed by Conor McGregor and Roy Keane to a lesser extent. Each to their own.

I’d imagine they might be embarrassed by you too ?

jammiedodgers

I remember days when trolls were able to spell. Good times.

doughef

jammiedodgers wrote: »

I remember days when trolls were able to spell. Good times.

Who is trolling ??

Do you mean ‘the’ days ?? -

pc7

Refs for quarters, we’ve Nigel. https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/513574

Neil3030

NZ v Ire - Nige
SA V Jap - Barnes
Wal v Fra - Peyper
Eng v Aus - Garces

kilns

How peyper keeps getting awarded matches is beyond me

Burkie1203

Neil3030 wrote: »

NZ v Ire - Nige
SA V Jap - Barnes
Wal v Fra - Peyper
Eng v Aus - Garces

Nic Berry and Ben OKeeffe hard done by

sydthebeat

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Nic Berry and Ben OKeeffe hard done by

Paul Williams has been consistently good too.

Garces has been in the middle of so much contraversal calls, yet still gets big games.

techdiver

kilns wrote: »

How peyper keeps getting awarded matches is beyond me

He's the worst ref I've ever seen and that includes J5 level!

Boggles the mind! Must be political. It's the only explanation I can come up with.

Former Former

sydthebeat wrote: »

Garces has been in the middle of so much contraversal calls, yet still gets big games.

If he gets the calls right, why wouldn't he?

ionadnapóca

pc7 wrote: »

Refs for quarters, we’ve Nigel. https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/513574

And Gardner as one of the Assistants??
That’s ridiculous considering the chat since the Japan match.

At least Berry is the other Assistant.
Edit it’s Gaüzère!! Groan!!

Jonker TMO
Edit it’s Graham Hughes

Expect wholesale killing of the ball in from NZ to go unpunished (no YC)
- in their 22

sydthebeat

Former Former wrote: »

If he gets the calls right, why wouldn't he?

Cos he doesn't always get them right obviously, otherwise they wouldn't be contraversal.

Its known widely that he allows a lot more carnage at the break down than other refs... And he's known to give scrum penalities without clearly explaining why.

He's already been at the centre of two incorrect offside calls in our game v Japan.

So no, he didn't always get them right

shootermacg

sydthebeat wrote: »

Cos he doesn't always get them right obviously, otherwise they wouldn't be contraversal.

Its known widely that he allows a lot more carnage at the break down than other refs... And he's known to give scrum penalities without clearly explaining why.

He's already been at the centre of two incorrect offside calls in our game v Japan.

So no, he didn't always get them right

I was hoping not to get Nigel for this game, he'll ref us off the pitch.

sydthebeat

shootermacg wrote: »

I was hoping not to get Nigel for this game, he'll ref us off the pitch.

Ah I'm not too bothered, he's about middling in the list of who I'd like.

And we know very well at this stage how he will ref it.

irishbucsfan

It won't be Garces. Given Schmidt basically called him out after the Japan game I can't see World Rugby doing that to him

ionadnapóca

sydthebeat wrote: »

Ah I'm not too bothered, he's about middling in the list of who I'd like.

And we know very well at this stage how he will ref it.

Bottom middle on my list
& With Gardner and Gaüzère it’s not an ideal combination

We’ve managed to piss all three of them off numerous times over the past and recent matches

kuang1

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Bottom middle on my list
& With Gardner and Gaüzère it’s not an ideal combination

We’ve managed to piss all three of them off numerous times over the past and recent matches

Yeah I agree. Not the best team of officiates based on our history with them all.

Still. Swings and roundabouts?

Akrasia

kuang1 wrote: »

Yeah I agree. Not the best team of officiates based on our history with them all.

Still. Swings and roundabouts?

Owens is our best chance of a close game, and a close game is our best chance of winning

IIRC Owens has officiated the highest percentage of close (within one score results) of any current referee

He tends to even up games with his decisions, which is frustrating if you’re the stronger team, as Ireland have been for much of the past Few years, but given our opponents on Saturday we’re more likely to benefit on this occasion.

Also, his experience means he’s less likely to be star struck and defer to the All blacks ‘right to win’ and would probably love to be involved in a historic result like Ireland sending NZ home with a last minute drop goal