2025 Nov 01 | AI's Round 1 | Ireland v New Zealand | 20:10 GMT | VM in Ire / TNT & Discovery+ in UK

You cannot credibly include a post with TRK and then "removes alot of provincial crap" - he is one of the very worst offenders for that in the Irish rugby universe; a major player in what has made the Leinster-Munster rivalry quite as toxic as it's been the last few years.

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Watching late-era Johnny Sexton being reshaped into an irreplaceable, perfect rugby player who supposedly never made mistakes during games or had dud performances to explain poor Irish performances two full years after he retired is very funny, as copes go.

There will always be a market for this sort of thing but claiming he isn't provincially biased is one of the most wide-of-the-mark things ever posted on boards. His entire business model is whipping up provincialism to get the subs flowing.

I'm sure he has Leinster/Ulster/Connacht equivalents but I'm not aware of any of them actually charging for their "content".

'We're' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.

Good win and a decent performance. Happy with the result as it means I'm not getting **** from the family and colleagues 😆 And now when they bring up Chicago 2016, I can reply with Chicago 2025.

If Jordie is out for the upcoming matches, he's a big loss. The best 12 in the world and the only real world class midfielder in the ABs. Be interesting to see what they do without him. Probably Tupaea and Leicester but I think they're both better at 13. I do like Leicester at 13.

Saw a few comments blaming Casey for Roigard's try. I think the loosies are responsible. The SH should be pushing out like Casey was and the loosies should be covering the inside step or pass. Once Roigard cut inside Casey it was on VDF and Doris to nail him but they both got beaten on the inside. Shocking effort from the 2 of them. Also, Roigard is class.

Didn't see a replay of the final try that was ruled out for a forward pass but I thought an Irish chaser actually touched that pass knocking it back. Didn't matter in the end.

On the red card, harsh but correct by the letter of the law. Beirne was upright, no attempt to wrap and there was head contact. No mitigation. Didn't think there was much force so would have been happy with a yellow but I can see why it was a red based on precedent. A few people mentioned the forward pass should be considered as mitigation but has that ever happened? Don't recall seeing that in the past.

Congrats YR. I didn't mention any NZ players in my earlier synopsis so…

Thought Roigard, one sliced clearance kick aside was excellent. Leicester, I think on one of his first touches of the ball, carved us open in a way you just don't see Ringrose do. Yer bench in general were absolutely superb; credit to the 2nd rows that Scott Barrett wasn't really missed. Will Jordan pure class as well on both sides of the ball.

(I think you've a point on Casey tbh; when you see the angle from behind, he really should've been stopped tbh).

I suppose we're destined for Chicago 2034 to close out the trilogy.

Heard something like that alright (tho I thought I had heard 9 years?) and I hate the idea tbh…

We played Italy there in 2018, so I'd imagine there'll likely be a few non-All-Black games coming up.

It doesn’t go anywhere near the dead ball area; it just goes over the try line.

And therein lies the issue with your repeated criticism of Crowley’s kicking from hand. It’s not based on reality.

Your last paragraph is correct. The ref was correct. The comments in this thread were laughable during the match and even a few afterwards. The game has been like this for years. Beirne only has himself to blame. Mitigation my arsee.

As already mentioned in the thread, the decisions have gone for Ireland in huge games. Freddie steward red card is the obvious one, it turned the game. England had 14 for 40mins. Ireland were 10-6 up when he got the red card, Ireland win by 13 points.

Interesting seeing pundits like Andy Goode, for instance, who were up in arms about Freddie’s red card in 2023 are seemingly okay with the Beirne red as it’s “letter of the law”. Its letter of the law only when it suits you right Andy ;)

Agree wholeheartedly.

The very same day he was doing his thing in a red jersey burrowing over from close quarters in an exhibition game against an Argentina XV. His ability to score in close quarters in unparalleled in the Irish game. He made some super carries in that game too and made one line break that lead to a Munster try. Has to be taken in the context of the opposition but he does this too in CC games. Surely he is worth a go in the no.19/20 jersey in this AI series? Baird is ahead of him for the no.6 shirt and he was one of the few to emerge from Saturday's game with credit. But what does having Henderson on the bench achieve? Why not Coombes? Can play 4, 6 and 8 and Baird can also play at 4, we have the cover. Especially now with Izzy being injured it's the perfect chance to see what Gav can offer in a green jersey.

On another note, Jack Conan will be 35 by the time the next WC comes around. Should we not be developing an alternative backup plan to Caelan Doris? Coombes is only 27, therefore, 29 for the WC, i.e. in his prime. Gleeson is a longer term alternative again to that.

I fully understand that pigs have a greater chance of flying than the above happening however. There's something a miss between Andy and Coombes and he just won't pick him.