Well now.
Very impressive control there.
Very impressive control there.
Rugby Union 21/22/23 Discussion | RWC time!
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Keith Earls in for Ireland after sustained pressure in the NZ 22.
That was excellent work for the try.
They used the short side nicely at the start of that try scoring passage.
Interesting to see the two ruck speeds. I feel the team that manages to slow their opponents ball down the most will win this. Both teams so devastating when they can recycle quickly. Getting POM over the ball will be crucial for ireland
Seemed to be a lot of very nice angles from second-out runners rather than just popping it to the first carrier and smashing up.
NZ haven't got going at all yet really.
Ireland so much better at getting that jackler over the ball. Even if they don’t win it it’s slowing NZ ball down
Good score there.
No they haven't. They're looking a bit nervy but we need more points. I'm waiting on the usual 10 min 3 try blitz.
EDIT: ah shit. Is it starting?
Feck.
Ireland playing all the rugby and down by two scores.
Ireland playing all the rugby and down by two scores.
Sexton off.
Who is it here who calls him a walking concussion?
Who is it here who calls him a walking concussion?
Game over.
Ireland falling apart here after hardly making an error in the first 20.
Pretty tough on Ireland. They've played mostly very well.
What happened ireland? Playing all the rugby, bit of bad run of the ball….then a complete mental collapse
It's very disappointing. Just a bit brittle really.
That poxy intercept changed the game completely. We've only ourselves to blame though.
It’s a shame….Ireland have the tools to be competitive. They’ve shit the bed too much now though
My margin prediction is looking very shaky.
Ireland's foolproof plan of relying on a Jonny Sexton in the twilight of his career going into a World Cup is going just great.
As predicted by a good few of us here, pretty much immediately after we went out of the last World Cup.
*Sighs for Jack Carty*
As predicted by a good few of us here, pretty much immediately after we went out of the last World Cup.
*Sighs for Jack Carty*
Ok, just 16 points behind now 
What happened with VDF? No replays.
Yeesh that was brutal.
Ireland have stopped competing for the ball at the breakdown. Consequently NZ have quick ball and it’s game over
Argh.
great hands
Oh that was so beautiful from POM
Edit disaster
Edit disaster
I know you're a Connacht supporter and all but how are you going to blame the losing of this game on the fly halfs?
if sexton had have kicked 15 penalties you’d be winning. checkmate
Flawless logic as always
Ireland’s set piece collapsing was not something I expected. What’s the cause and answer? I reckon Henderson makes a big different here. Love Beirne but is he more of a 6?
Oh I'm not, I'm blaming it on unbelievably naive planning that started right after the last world cup.
We should never have been in the position of relying on Sexton.
If we really thought we couldn't find another world player of the year at 10 in four years, we should have built our WC plan around other strengths instead.
We've come back into it a bit, obviously the pressure was off but good we didn't totally collapse and were able to put a few more points on the board. If we can keep our composure in the next two the games they'll be much closer.
Didn't see the VDF incident replay anywhere, but here's the other one.
No replay shown at the time, ref not interested.
No replay shown at the time, ref not interested.
That’s shocking. Looks even worse in the real time replay the tweet below that. Right under the ref’s nose too.
I thought refs were generally amenable to captains asking for a serious incident to be looked at nowadays.
Really shocking that they didn't, and telling that it wasn't shown in a replay on TV.
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