I missed the England game as I was at the cinema but I see they are following the United ruse of pretending to be crap before striking at the death.
Now to watch two decent teams.
Now to watch two decent teams.
Rugby Union 21/22/23 Discussion | RWC time!
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Oh dear 
Scotland's defence was sleeping
Boom!!!!
Ringrose’s world that we’re living in
Ringrose is a lovely player.
Well that start helps the nerves
Gary Ringrose absolutely loves that line.
The minute he got the ball it was clear he was going to dummy and go.
Gary Ringrose absolutely loves that line.
The minute he got the ball it was clear he was going to dummy and go.
How much territory do you need to gain before advantage is over?
Quite a lot these days
Hmmm, a lot of penalties from Ireland
Insane defence.
Great stuff by both teams.
And this is the problem for Scotland I was saying before the game. Much like the SA game, you can have all the possession you want, the team your'e up against are so physically dominant and defensively strong, you're not getting through unless you are really, really accurate.
So many phases but it was all in front of Ireland. Pushed them steadily backwards
Yep high quality attack and defence
Little grubbers or dinks might be the way. If you can break through it go around it, under it, or over it
ITVplayer is dogshit.
Scrum penalty is killer for Scotland.
Ten mins of frenetic attack for nothing.
Ten mins of frenetic attack for nothing.
It's a recurring theme, the athletic gap between teams is pretty big. In fact the ridiculous trend is that Ireland, NZ, SA and France don't even consume many players in rucks, they win ground onf the tackle and then put 11-13 players on the defensive line and two in the backfield.
bit annoying when they put the shit game on after the main event of the day.
Oh, that was a waste for the Irish.
They'll have to try something like that, yeah. They have to be imaginative here.
Scotland trying to block off the high ball there, were they?
It is beautiful to see that many irish making a pilgrimage to the francophonie motherland.
Ireland aren't playing well here bar defensively
Yeah not done a huge amount in attack since the try but it'll come.
There you go. Ireland with a second try.
And that's pretty much game over
Close to game over here.
ireland are such a good side. almost perfect.
Ah Scotland were always going to start like madmen.
That’s fecking outrageous. Outrageous
I always suspected that you were from Killaloe.
No glaring weakness alright.
Beautiful. Make it seem effortless
Yeah, Ireland are going to win this bloody World Cup aren't they
Sad night for Kinghorne.
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