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6N '25 Ireland v France Match Thread: Sat8th Mar 2:15 Farewell & Adieu to you POMs, Murrays & Healys

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  • #692
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,190 ✭✭✭gifted


    Write the script already...they'll knock 50 points on Italy and tell every irish reporter that they owed a good performance to themselves, the coaches and the fans......even though its Italy they are playing 🙄🙄🙄🙄



  • #693
    CylonXIII
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭CylonXIII


    France have been great today, we've been poor, but the Irish "fans" in the stadium have been an embarrassment, I've been to louder funerals and libraries, without the French fans you would have heard a pin drop



  • #694
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,807 ✭✭✭threeball


    Crowley in his brief cameo has shown he's miles ahead. His ability to drive through a tackle and retain possession and his variety in his offloads alone set him well apart.



  • #695
    LowOdour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,863 ✭✭✭LowOdour


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244894#Comment_123244894

    The Lions, seriously? That's what comes to mind from today's performance? And people wonder why some rugby "fans" talk such nonsense



  • #696
    StevenToast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    New Zealand and France when they turned up in our own back yard....put us firmly back in our box....

    Like every World Cup...

    "SUBSCRIBE TO BOARDS YOU TIGHT CÙNT".....Plato 400 B.C



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  • #697
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,527 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    34-21 to France in the second half, after a tight low scoring first half.



  • #698
    Rugbyf565
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭Rugbyf565


    That’s Nash gone from the Irish squad for the near future. You can’t be getting a card when you’re the winger marking Bielle Biarrey. Ringrose and Lowe being injured today are the losing of this game.



  • #699
    CalmaftertheGav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 396 ✭✭CalmaftertheGav


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244956#Comment_123244956

    There's not much else we can do, we had a 6/2 split on the bench.



  • #700
    mark_jmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭mark_jmc


    I can’t understand how he was being talked about in lions context even before today.



  • #701
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244902#Comment_123244902

    Did you not "find him out" the moment he was first picked? You and many others were gunning for him from the get go. Pathetic.



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  • #702
    LostArt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭LostArt


    Some amount of crap posted about Nash and Prendergast in this thread today. Ultimately we dominated the first 20 and got nothing from it, then our pack got minced in the second half.



  • #703
    typhoony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,042 ✭✭✭typhoony


    You'd be concerned for Leinster chances against either Toulouse or Bordeaux if Prendergast is at 10.



  • #704
    clsmooth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,388 ✭✭✭clsmooth


    Huge credit to France putting us to sword when Nash was in the bin. Thought the try where POM was taken out was harsh and a real momentum changer but suspect they would have scored from the penalty the would have had instead.

    How many of the points today were scored today when both teams had players in the bin?



  • #705
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭watchclocker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244961#Comment_123244961

    I think there's a lot of fans making up the crowd, the issue is that the fans are there on a corporate ticket so the buzz of going to the match with your mates is taken away, I've taken the free tickets so I know

    That needs to change, tickets for fans, not for PWC and KPMG to bring all their best customers



  • #706
    CptMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭CptMonkey


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244966#Comment_123244966

    So should prendergast based on his performance



  • #707
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,942 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    Can't win games when you shoot yourself in both feet. McCarthy shouldn't be starting over Ryan, it's been a ridiculous choice from the start.

    The most telling part from me was our inability to convert the pressure we had at the start of the game. Our attack is just poorer than it was in previous seasons in those situations. We can work the ball wide into a bit of space, but we lack the pace out wide to threaten with it. There was a period where we picked and go'd, to good results. It was one of the few times we penetrated there defense effectively.



  • #708
    exiledawaynothere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭exiledawaynothere


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123239041#Comment_123239041

    I got one score right. This was not down to the ability of our broader squad but poor selections. Three poor refereeing decisions did not help.



  • #709
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭watchclocker


    Ah Billy Barry is a nice young lad



  • #710
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,951 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244983#Comment_123244983

    Welcome to modern elite sport.

    Football gone the same way. As many suits and sponsors in the stadia as fans.



  • #711
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,973 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244990#Comment_123244990

    Certainly shouldn't be starting the next game. Definitely needs another year or two to mature.

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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  • #712
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79,468 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Very disappointing. Badly exposed in a number of areas.



  • #713
    joseywhales
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,596 ✭✭✭joseywhales


    Again, he is better than any other Irish 10 at his age , ever. Little bit of context, he might not be ready yet but I think he is competitive and he was up against a dominant defence and pack.



  • #714
    SaoPaulo41
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭SaoPaulo41


    The team will be utterly deflated after this, I can honestly see Italy beating us



  • #715
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,527 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    No Tony O'Donoghue type f*ckery from Claire McNamara in that interview unfortunately.



  • #716
    bakerbhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 836 ✭✭✭bakerbhoy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244813#Comment_123244813

    He was prevented from wrapping..

    Blind bias..

    Banging on all match about him...

    Do you a have child to promote....



  • #717
    Clegg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,972 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    We've had issues converting possession and territory into trys all season. Two held up over the line today, but also we couldn't generate momentum in the carry close to the line. France kept shutting us down.

    I don't know how we improve on that. Ireland's footwork in contact is the best around so it may simply be a case of requiring more power.



  • #718
    CptMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭CptMonkey


    Ryan should have started. Plays well next to byrne. No irish player really played well today



  • #719
    All_in_Flynn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,756 ✭✭✭All_in_Flynn


    Can see the pile on to Prendergast is in full swing.

    Cannot believe how we approached that game at times. The decision making was awful. We had to play far more territory. Gifted France field position and they didn’t have to work hard for at least 3 of their tries.

    At the end of the day, the yellow cards are what cost us. You can’t play 20 mins down a man to that side. France the better side on the day. Don’t think it needs to be over analysed.



  • #720
    Brief_Lives
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244966#Comment_123244966

    you're a caricature, your goat has a terrible game, your mulleted 2nd row pulls ramos back, 2 handed off the ball for a yellow card, and an innocuous head clash in a tackle, grinds your gears…

    bye bye



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  • #721
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,708 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123245023#Comment_123245023

    I think Doris did well today



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