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Julio Geordio’s Guide to Rugby;

Big lad picks up the ball, crashes into first lad he sees. Ball comes back big lad picks up the ball, crashes into first lad he sees.
Eventually one of the big lads manages to smash his way through the tackler and gain ten yards, everyone cheers. Several minutes have passed and ball has moved about twenty yards.
Sometimes the big lads will get tired of running into each other and pass it out to the smaller lads. In contrast to the “pick and go” style of the big lads the small lads try passing it. Usually one of them drops it, often by accidently passing to one of the big lads.

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What happened O’Connell??? Is he gone? Delighted…Where’s your superman jokes now??

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Yeah but they might play someone handy like Cork.

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Nonsense. France targeted yesterday all along. They gave it unvelievable effort and ireland just outdid them. There was no implosion, no huge bad decisions.

They were out played. Simple as.

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While, under normal circumstances I’d find that funny, the loss of Jamaal Charles this morning has given me an insight into how the rugby football brigade must be hurting.
I wouldn’t go making jokes. At least until Wednesday.

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Who will the rugby lads pick up off waivers?

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I thought Michalak imploded, to be honest. Gave them exactly nothing, missed a kick that would have set a different tone for the game and missed the tackle on Kearney for the try. I couldn’t figure out why France had picked the useless cunt given that he was a beaten docket 12 years ago.

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They have what appears to be an overgrown child from the north picked up already.

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Like all rugby games its down to your oacks dominance. Madigan can look ordinary too sometimes because of his approach when pack are being beaten.

ROG & Sexton can get away with being ordinary in ways as their sitting back protects them.

Its like being dominant at midfield in Gaelic Football. If your midfield is on top the half backs can get ball on the move and they are turning the opposition middle 8, then the forwards look good getying nice clean ball. However the flip side is it looks like the corner backs are being destroyed. But he is exposed by what happens elsewhere.

Same theory for rugby. You need your big men winning the dirty stuff. Thats what P-SA wpuld have bet on, not FM himself.

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In the same way that Ireland were off the pace v Italy and infinitely better v France, I expect France to be that much better v New Zealand and give them a serious game.

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New Zealand will beat France simple as that. I would expect New Zealand to step up their performances from now till the final.

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Yes and it was just that simple in 2011 Final[where France were rode], 2007 QF and 1999 QF.

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But France were not off the pace. Up to around 68 min they were well in it. Had worked a good line out position i think when 8 down maybe?

Their talk all week and the huge rackles and effirt they put in would suggest they were well up for it.

They may well play better and NZ don’t look like the same team but yesterday was down to Ireland and unwavering belief, little else.

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It’s almost as if France wanted to play NZ

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French had white line fever. they created nothing.

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France were shit. The scoreboard isn’t lying. In 80 minutes they didn’t once look like scoring a try. They had 33% possession. They were hammered in the scrum and the line out. Maybe that was all down to Ireland’s dominance but I suspect a lot of it was down to France being shit.

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you can’t underestimate the intensity this Irish team brings on game day.

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And the leaders. A team full of leaders. All chiefs and no Indians in fact. Very unlike a call centre.

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love it ! bring on the Pumas ! I’m fuckin psyched for next weekend! can’t wait! Rugby really has a way of uniting a country , nay, mobilising a fuckin army !!!

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