I donât follow you here really? Are you saying they havenât? What more would you suggest from them.
Bear in mind that two kicks hit the post yesterday that would have won the game.
Iâm not sure you can do much more. The two Byrnes, Frawley and the last two 10s for the Grand Slam 20s are on the books. Thatâs pretty good all things considered, especially when you consider that we are coming off arguably Irelandâs best player of the pro era. You can only manage so much.
I think they changed the decision when LĂĄ Rochelle were reduced to 14. They had initially intended to kick for goal. The âleadership groupâ caused a bit of panic with that indecision. There was no real coherent structure to their attempts at scoring in those last 6 minutes.
I fucking accidentally deleted it off the sky plus. Seething so I am.
Itâll be in your trash folder
Well theyâve generally known for roughly 5ish seasons that Ross is the most consistently fit 10 they had but doesnât have the minerals to be a top 10. They backed him, probably hoping heâd get less static and develop in attack, and yesterday was his biggest test. They never saw Frawley as a 10, that was forced on them by the IRFU iirc.
I always felt Ross Byrne wouldâve been an ideal lad to be Carberryâd to Ulster/Connacht and they couldâve looked for a Gopperth-type signing. Not a long-term solution but an upgrade on Ross Byrne.
In fairness itâs very hard to get a guy better than Ross Byrne who is happy to sit on the bench when sexton is around.
Good players tend not to be happy on the bench.
This gimp loved it
Itâs on ITV player
Iâm not good with technology
Itâs called itvx. It should be on your telly.
The absolute thinnest of thin margins sees him going from âjohnnys successor has come.of ageâ to âhes not much good this fellaâ.
He played 10 pretty much every single minute of the entire HC campaign. If he wasnât much good, they wouldnât have made the final.
Iâm talking about him possibly starting ten for Ireland in the World Cup.
Leinster steam rolled pretty much every single side they met until the final. These are the games when the world class players shine.
Sexton couldnât get in ahead of contepomi and then lost massive semi final.
Sexton is probably the best player weâve ever produced.
Iâm not saying Byrne is that level. But Iâm saying its way too early to write Byrne off as only average the way many have. Unfair measuring stick.
I actually think his brother is the better all round footballer but sure and steady worked for the likes of David Humphreys, who carved a career out between ROG and Sexton. Byrne perhaps similar role and style
Sport is brutal at that level and timing is everything as you point out but Ross is 28. I just donât think heâd good enough.
Harry should have gone to Connacht for this year and got game time.
You need game time to really develop.
Isnât moloney the lineout caller?
I donât think thereâs any harm in being a 7/10 player in a team with loads of 8s and 9s.
The problems with Leinster werenât really at the door of Ross Byrne yesterday imo.
Was it weird that la Rogchelle kicked for touch with the last two penos rather than going for a scrum. Would have thought scrum the better option for retaining possession. Was it because the prop was gone and theyâd have to make a sub or what was the thinking would you say?
The scrum is always risky as the refs have no idea what is going on and could give away penalty very easily.
Iâd always go line out. Every single time.
Teams see lineout as way safer.
Donât watch much Rugby, but would have thought ball retention a lot higher in the scrum.
I know you can lose a penalty on it, but Iâd say thats 1 in 5. Whereas a lineout is more like 1 in 4. I donât know Iâm just talking shite here obviously.