Thatâs the horrible truth the Team of Green wonât like.
Lads saying Ireland were off? NZ negated their strengths completely.
Backrow totally outplayed. Won nothing at breakdowns.
Scrum & Line out walked all over.
Effort wasnât lacking but the guile to do what NZ did wasnât there.
The overconfidence beforehand killed us
Did NZ even get inside the Irish 21 in the 2nd half other than the try?
Lineout meltdown first half cost them that match.
Was thinking the same. Just a slow predictable pop to the man outside the whole time.
The lads will be gutted. Mightnât even drink pints out of each otherâs arseholes after it
Tradition is everything in sport
NZ lead the entire match, can have no complaints.
Not taking handy 3 points and going for the corner twice and then missing the penalty. 9 points. Decisions.
Lets turn on Wayne Barnes
This Irish squad did us all proud. Magnificent. Just wasnât meant to be. Barnes didnât help us. But best of luck to NZ for the rest of the tournament.
Needs Caroline Currid to break the famine next time roundâŚ
The Irish Times probably wonât print a paper on Monday.
Kelleher grounds that ball over the line and itâs a win. So it goes.
If the Ireland-South Africa game had been played 10 times South Africa would have won 8.
It was the reverse tonight.
Joe Schmidt had the last laugh in fairness.
NahâŚ.
Basic skills when in possession & decision making was wank
Be like Roy of the Rovers when Roy was shot.
Disappointed for the playing group but delighted for the fans. The smugness and confidence was off the charts.
Thatâs some stat