Who have we had come through to become first teamers since 2019? Keenan, Doris, Sheehan and Kelleher. Two of those are in the same position. Hansen and Lowe imported. Thatās it really.
Weāll be losing a lot of players between now and 2027.
Strategically we should have stuck to the centre and won forced penalties, we blew a lot of hard earned yards popping Hail Marys to the wing . Taking penalties would have yielded results too.
Sickening defeat. Itāll be hard to muster up enthusiasm for the remainder of the tournament or even next seasons 6 Nations. Having to wait another 4 years to win a quarter-final feels like an eternity. At least we have a constant flow of talent coming through but tonight was dispiriting. We were just chasing from the off. We can criticise Wayne Barnes but at the same time we let them off the hook for 20 minutes of sin bin time.
Ah, no need to be so sanguine chief. This is 1 quarter final loss I donāt find too hard to take. Weve barely swung a dig on other occasions. Iāve left grounds after seeing wood holding back tears as France beat us without breaking sweat. That was embarrassing the lack of pride we showed. I left ground in Wales and our bare bones team will beaten. Iāve left Paris and the Argies played us off the pitch. I left wellington and bang average Wales bate us cos we were clane stupid and brainless.
While I wasnt at this one, I leave it thinking we gave it a right good shot, were in the contest right to the end and have no excuses- better team on the day won and thatās where it ends.
Choo Choo, all aboard the flying Fijian and french frog trains!