Kev bizarrely didnāt think he should have been in the touring party.
each to their own I supposeā¦Think giving Trimble gametime at 12 would be a retrograde step at this stage, just doesnāt have the all round game for it, it is either wing or nothing for himā¦Would have McFadden(if fit) as thrid choice inside centre myself, he is raw but looks to have a lot of potentialā¦
My Trimble question was purely in relation to what will happen if DāArcy (or BOD) gets injured on Saturday. I assume it will be Bowe to the centre and Murphy to the wing but I donāt like taking Bowe off the wing as he attacks through the centre so much anyway.
yeah that is fair enoughā¦
Hope Schmeidt(sp) gives McFadden a decent bit of gametime next year as he is at a stage of his career where he needs a few big games for his developmentā¦
O Gara and Les Kiss on ruggamatrix this week talking about Saturday game I believe.
Maybe youāre right after all Puke.
NEW ZEALAND BARBARIANS (v New Zealand Maori): Jared Payne (Northland); Bryce Heem (Auckland), Rene Ranger (Northland), Ben Smith (Otago), Fetu Vainikolo (Otago); Colin Slade (Canterbury), Alby Mathewson (Wellington); Jamie Mackintosh (Southland), John Afoa (Auckland), Charlie Faumuina (Auckland), Josh Bekhuis (Southland), Kevin OāNeill (Waikato), Scott Waldrom (Taranaki), Alando Soakai (Otago) (capt), Pater Saili (Auckland).
Replacements: Damien Varley (Garryowen/Munster/Ireland), Tom Court (Malone/Ulster/Ireland), Andrew van der Heijden (Auckland), Dean Budd (Northland), Rhyan Caine (Northland), Lachie Munro (Northland), Daniel Bowden (Auckland).
Shocking missed touch from ROG there. After making 20 plus tackles in the previous five minutes it was criminal to hand them 3 points on a plate like that.
Looks a bit ominous so far. Theyāre offloading with ease.
Jesus the basic skill level here from Ireland is appalling. Cronin knocks on with 5 yards in front of him. Then Keanrey does the hard bit adn shows an all too typical lapse in concentration to gift them the try.
Theyāre miles ahead on physicality too. We got one turnover there but Wallace has jogged forward with the ball twice and been punished and he wasnāt able to make any inroads into the ruck near their line despite the fact he was competing against a winger.
Oh for fuckās sake. Meant to post earlier about what a cock Wayne Barnes is. Red card for that is ridiculous. Shite refereeing at the ruck in the first place. Itās not vicious.
That seemed a fucking incredibly soft red card. FFS lads get away with boxing the shite out of each other. Barnes is a clown, might as well go back to fucking bed. This is fucked.
I dunno, at very least it is a red for being stupid.
It is never ok to use your knee like that.
Serious meltdown in discipline from Heaslip.
Ireland are looking at shipping 50 here.
Could see from the start that he was influenced by his last match with NZ. This is his chance for redemption pre World Cup so heās not overlooked for the big games.
The first two scrums that were set they were very very early on the engagement. They were very slow rolling away near their line as well. But Barnes isnāt interested.
Christ if youād told me before the game that Heaslp was going to get a straight red early doors Iād ahve been looking forward to seeing the lad hurt someone. He niggled away at the guy, nothing more. Penalty maybe and youād be pissed off with it but a straight red was a crazy call.
Couldnāt bet directly against Ireland but Iāve gone for overs (40.5 and 54.5) which looks likely. This will be carnage.
Way too many errors.ROG has been poor while TOL has been way too ponderous and all round very poor 20 from him.Doesnāt look fit either.
Kidney should pull the team off at this rate. Iāve never seen anything like this cunt Barnes.
I donā think the ROG decision is harsh but surely it was a penalty try, not a yellow card?
From Kearneys early fuck up to O Garas shite kicking, to Cronins knock on, Ireland were going nowhere fast, but itād be nice to have a chance play. Tomy Bowe is on his own out there at the moment.
Glad Jamie is off, the last thing he needs an end of season mickey mouse game like this. Important that he goes away and gets rested for Leinsterās campaign next season.
Typical cynicism from OāGara. Just hope Jonny can be kept out of this farce.
Looking at shipping 60 Iād say.
I think Trimble looks reasonable but thatās about it. No physicality, no skill, no accuracy and they donāt even look like theyāre too bothered. This will be a massacre.
Bowe and Trimble have been only two who have looked sharp.Awful stuff.