Lawrence is easily the worst ref there is.What makes it worse is he rates himself
Poor refereeing - OâLeary pulled into the ruck initially and then the Irish player was penalised at the breakdown despite coming in legally and staying on his feet.
Said Irish player (Varley) made the tackle so wasnât allowed contest the ruck without disengaging first.
rugby truly is a diabolical game. some effort of a conversion.
have the ireland part of britain & ireland scored in the second half?
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christ but your some idiot.
Itâs like two bunches of retards trying to fuck a doorknob.
Whatâs that? 5 defeats in a row overall? Kidneyâs future as coach must be very much in doubt now. No structure, no plan - a disorganised rabble.
Two poor teams, on the day anyway.
That was a very winnable game and there were some positives but the error rate was ridiculous.
England would stuff that Australia team in a World Cup.
Anyone who backed Ireland on the handicap at the widely available +10 just got saved by them not kicking that last penalty. Weâll probably have Paddy Power on radio tomorrow morning saying how the kick cost them 100k or something.
We were poor in the setpieces against a really awful performance from OZ. BOD had a shocker and Kearney was poor. Henry looked a yard off the pace again. Lot of hype in Ireland around H Cup but in reality it is miles off this level. Guys like DOC and Bowe were nowhere to be seen. TOL and MOD were good in parts but my word some of their basics were awful. Wallace, Trimble and Sexton all had good games and no coincidence we looked more dangerous in backs yet again with that 10,12 combination. Might not be time to say it but we really need at least three strong provinces if we are to build for the future. We canât be relying on second choice Munster and Leinster players to deliver.
Jonny Sexton is an alright sort.
Considering the wind I think Italy plus 33 represents very good value
its sickening to think those west brit bastards played at lang park today
Fucking hell Argentina gave France a right pasting, 41-13. Thats embarrassing for them no matter where it was played.
So your a rugby league fan?
FFS :rolleyes:
Lessons we learned/ things that were re-inforced from summer tour
- SH teams play game far quicker than NH teams.
- Their skills are far superior to ours or anything we face
- H Cup is nowhere near this standard. Doesnât even come close despite the hype surrounding it particulary in Ireland
- Buckley can be a fine player if he gets his scrummaging in order
- Our scrum is even worse than I thought
- Sexton and Wallace is easily our best 10,12 combination. They can both pass and kick well
- Henry is too slow for this level. Not up to it at the moment
- NZ are far superior to Aus
- TOL distrubtion is even worse than this time last year. Reddan needs to be given gametime imo
I think you could also throw in
Darcy may be finished at this level.
Kearney needs a serious kick in the hole and we now know why Cheika kept dropping him.
Trimble has something to offer.
Sexton must be no 1 for immediate future.
Neil Ronan is ahead of Jennings and Jennings may never make it.
Right and right. Hard to argue about any of it.
Also bringing BOâD was ridiculous in the extreme, he has put on a few pounds and ended up kinda trying to hard in the last game. Poor player management IMO.