Sheehan has a ridiculous amount of tries considering his position.
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Hookers and wingers….always the leading try scorers. If any other position does it you know they’ve done well
I miss Sexton. Feels like he never missed a kick. Whoever this fella is needs to practice more.
My mate bet 10 on Crowley first try.
33-1 the bollox.
He's a happy man now
33-1 the bollox.
He's a happy man now
Hookers really? I didn't know that. You'll have to explain the why to me sometime.Hookers and wingers….always the leading try scorers. If any other position does it you know they’ve done well
Well done Henshaw.....wait hold up
Always get the ball from driving mauls. Hookers score loads in mauling teams
Think Harry Thacker at Bristol topped the Premiership a few seasons ago? I’d have to check
Ireland have the BP already so now they just have to run through the motions and hope for no injuries.
I was at the game in Rome last year and it was a lot closer.
I was at the game in Rome last year and it was a lot closer.
Is it because of their position in the mauls?
Yeah, they throw the ball in to the lineout then join the maul at the back. Ball usually gets filtered back to them and they're the ones to touch it down if the maul gets over the try line.
Very comfortable win but felt like we left a lot of points out there. Shutting Italy out completely probably the most pleasing thing about it.
I hope Keenan’s ok. Looked to be in a fair bit of pain.
I hope Keenan’s ok. Looked to be in a fair bit of pain.
Yeah, solid win. Easier than I thought it’d be.
McCarthy’s mullet was distracting.
McCarthy’s mullet was distracting.
They’re all the rage where he cut his teeth as a player. South Dublin rugby scene is absolutely riddled with mullets. Although, weirdly, you only ever see forwards with them. Backs are strictly skin fades or buzz cuts only.
What was the Quinlan thing?
I was totally zoned out when it happened and I just heard him apologising for it later
I was totally zoned out when it happened and I just heard him apologising for it later
George Turner’s head injury assessment came after ‘smart’ mouthguard alert
Scotland hooker first elite male player to be taken off for HIA after gumshield detected impact
https://archive.is/A9d64
Scotland hooker first elite male player to be taken off for HIA after gumshield detected impact
https://archive.is/A9d64
True but Sheehan still gets more than his fair share of tries. Super player.
Great idea.
My young fella has been playing club rugby this season for the first time. I’m much more used to being on the sideline of football pitches so this is all a bit new to me. I’’ve been really impressed how seriously they take any potential knocks to the head. No messing around. Game stops immediately. Player assessed and (almost always) subbed off. You can tell everyone involved really wants to do their bit to make it safer.
Doesn’t stop me shitting myself when his 55kg frame is crashing into 100kg second rows though. Can be hard to watch. Similar vibes when Casey got absolutely levelled by one of the Italian forwards. Couldn’t believe how quickly he got up. Tough little bastard.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350175727/super-rugby-closes-kick-tennis-loophole-reward-attack
For those that despair at kick tennis
For those that despair at kick tennis
I reckon the coaches are more shitscared of injury than the parents
One of my colleagues coached and reffed youth teams for years. He told me he used to say a little prayer every time a scrum collapsed. Doesn’t bear thinking about
Yup, an offside player can only be put onside by the kicker or a player who was behind the kicker when the kick was made.
It’s much better, no incentive to run the ball as things stand
The next step is to ban the caterpillar ruck. The 'use it' law should be altered. Instead of getting 5 seconds to use the ball, teams should be required to use the ball immediately after the ref says 'use it'.
Saw the ambulance come on to the field twice near the end of the season for head injuries when my kid was playing in the u-14s, back in the day.I reckon the coaches are more shitscared of injury than the parents
One of my colleagues coached and reffed youth teams for years. He told me he used to say a little prayer every time a scrum collapsed. Doesn’t bear thinking about
My son left the team at the end of the season so not sure if those two came back next year. As a parent I’d have 2nd thoughts for sure.
Ireland U20s were great against Wales. Ben O’ Conor looks absolutely class. Walked away from a very promising hurling career to play rugby. GAA’s loss is rugby’s gain.
Terrifying. I was on both sides of it when I was a lad. Went into a tackle wrong, caught a knee, everything went black. Off to hospital to have my eyebrow stitched back on. A season or so later tackled a lad, his lower leg went one way and his body went the other. Knee blown.
My lads playing rugby league now and I don’t know what’s worse tbh. There’s no scrums or rucks, so less chance of injury there. The high/cheap shots though, feck me some of the tackling has me raging but it’s the convention even at a lower level
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Knee to the head in a bad tackle is what I did too at that age. Got a proper concussion, had a full 15mins or so missing where I apparently kept playing as normal. I found myself just hanging out in the changing rooms after the match not knowing how I got there.
In that same season I also saw a lad get his neck broken in a collapsed scrum, a horrific broken leg, a horrific broken wrist and forearm, and broke my own collarbone.
It’s the double-edged sword with tackle height….so many head injuries are from the tackler catching a hip/knee to the head
Aye, my young fella’s club are making a big emphasis on chop tackling (all the rage in Ireland now it’s such a feature of the national team’s defending) but every time he goes in to chop down a massive forward I’m imagining the damage a knee to the temple or face could do. Rugby can be such a tough watch for parents. Never feel anything like that sort of anxiety in his football matches.
For me, I just had bad technique. Head on the wrong side.
First round of super rugby done for the year and I can report that there were no prolonged kicking duels but there was 1 penalty correctly for an offside player making himself active in the play despite not being put onside by the kicker or a teammate who was behind the kicker. Oh and the Queensland Reds thumped the New South Wales Waratahs so all is well in the world.
Yeah I understand. I actually have a lot against the chop tackle as I think it’s very dangerous for the lower limb health of the ball-carrier. Not so much as youth level but when you see adults throwing their full weight at that knee joint region….it only takes a bit of miss-timing to be a career-ending ligament tear.
Why do we do this game again?
You and me both mate….im from the Luke Cowan-Dickie school of tackling
Josh Adams joining our club just now against AkiYeah I understand. I actually have a lot against the chop tackle as I think it’s very dangerous for the lower limb health of the ball-carrier. Not so much as youth level but when you see adults throwing their full weight at that knee joint region….it only takes a bit of miss-timing to be a career-ending ligament tear.
Why do we do this game again?
You and me both mate….im from the Luke Cowan-Dickie school of tackling
Missed itJosh Adams joining our club just now against Aki
was watching the end of the Hull City gameHead on the wrong side and got a wallop.Missed it
Love to see Sheehan getting the ball.
Will Sheehan break O Driscoll's record?
Kinda feels so far like this match won't catch fire. Crowd is flat and Wales look poor.
I don’t want to be too critical but even in the last few years of Ireland being so dominant in rugby, whenever they’re throwing in at the lineout I’m never confident that it’s going to go right.
The more I watch them the more it seems a persistent issue amidst all the wonderful open-play rugby
The more I watch them the more it seems a persistent issue amidst all the wonderful open-play rugby
Ouch. When I tuned in he was getting run over by Sheehan as well