RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A)
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@Tim said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Leitch was huge today.
Mafi’s ball running in the first half was huge, but when Leitch came on the intensity went up a gear especially defensively. The team really followed his lead.
Really impressed with the Japanese tight 5 reserves. Those front row reserves really landed their hits.
Massive game coming Japan and Scotland.
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Tim said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Leitch was huge today.
Mafi’s ball running in the first half was huge, but when Leitch came on the intensity went up a gear especially defensively. The team really followed his lead.
Really impressed with the Japanese tight 5 reserves. Those front row reserves really landed their hits.
Massive game coming Japan and Scotland.
Agree, save me typing exactly that.
Thought demotion of Leitch was justified by Mafi first 20, but Leitch was amazing when he cam on.Good scrum. Yamashita tackling was immense in final 5 to 10 minutes.
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@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
Not the Palmy North way, must’ve got that in Ireland
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It's a childish, unfair thing to say but it's a pity Sexton wasn't playing.
Would have loved to seen his face at the final whistle
@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
It's a childish, unfair thing to say but it's a pity Sexton wasn't playing.
Would have loved to seen his face at the final whistle
Rory Best was on the field which pleases me . Would have liked to see Aki being part of Japan reneacting the love scene from Deliverance on the Irish.
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@antipodean said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Paekakboyz said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
This will do amazing things for RWC excitement in Japan. Hope Jamie shotguns an Asahi at the press conference... it also comes in cans??
Yes, 500ml.
it comes in 2L cans too
@Stockcar86 now we are talking!!
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@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
No fucking way I ever want Joe Schmidt anywhere near the All Blacks coaching set up after that interview. Totally pathetic and classless.
@sparky said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
No fucking way, I ever want Joe Schmidt anywhere near the All Blacks coaching set up after that. Totally pathetic and classless.
His team looked second rate. That's entirely on him. There's no way they have the mental fortitude to win a quarter final based on that performance. Absolutely dreadful.
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If anything the ref allowed the Irish far too much leeway to constantly recycle
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@sparky said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
No fucking way, I ever want Joe Schmidt anywhere near the All Blacks coaching set up after that. Totally pathetic and classless.
His team looked second rate. That's entirely on him. There's no way they have the mental fortitude to win a quarter final based on that performance. Absolutely dreadful.
@antipodean thats thier 4th? loss of the seaosn too, definitely peaked last year...
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Ireland are shite. Scotland are worse. Great chance for Japan and Samoa to be the teams that make it out of Group A.
@sparky said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Ireland are shite. Scotland are worse. Great chance for Japan and Samoa to be the teams that make it out of Group A.
Umm... they aren’t much better
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@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
Not the Palmy North way, must’ve got that in Ireland
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
Not the Palmy North way, must’ve got that in Ireland
I'm back in Palmy right now! Haven't seen the game (family shit got in the way), and haven't see Joe since he coached my PNBHS U14 Basketball team c. 1990.
But am disappointed to hear he was whining about the ref, was any of it it justified?
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Moved onto a potato shochu in celebration!
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
Not the Palmy North way, must’ve got that in Ireland
I'm back in Palmy right now! Haven't seen the game (family shit got in the way), and haven't see Joe since he coached my PNBHS U14 Basketball team c. 1990.
But am disappointed to hear he was whining about the ref, was any of it it justified?
@voodoo thought Gardner managed the game excellent. He allowed it to flow as best as he could and if anything Ireland were lucky to not be penalised more for their tactics at the breakdown.
The offsides that Joe mentioned in his interview were very easy calls for the ref.
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When Japan beat South Africa in 2015, Japan was 13th ranked and South Africa 3rd.
Today, Japan was 10th ranked and Ireland 2nd.
@Number-10 said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
When Japan beat South Africa in 2015, Japan was 13th ranked and South Africa 3rd.
Today, Japan was 10th ranked and Ireland 2nd.
This was more emphatic IMHO
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@voodoo thought Gardner managed the game excellent. He allowed it to flow as best as he could and if anything Ireland were lucky to not be penalised more for their tactics at the breakdown.
The offsides that Joe mentioned in his interview were very easy calls for the ref.
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@voodoo thought Gardner managed the game excellent. He allowed it to flow as best as he could and if anything Ireland were lucky to not be penalised more for their tactics at the breakdown.
The offsides that Joe mentioned in his interview were very easy calls for the ref.
And if Japan hadn't scored YCs would have been waved.
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@Damo said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
The Japanese are playing like their lives depend on it. Ireland look a little sluggish and predictable.
We probably end up playing the losing team in the quarters.
Nah, even if Japan win, they could easily drop a game to Samoa and/or Scotland. But Ireland will beat Samoa and Russia.
@shark said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Nah, even if Japan win, they could easily drop a game to Samoa and/or Scotland. But Ireland will beat Samoa and Russia.
Scotland didn't look interested against Ireland and are down a further two first choice players trough injury. Scotland v Russia might be a contest.
Samoa could be the real surprise - if Ireland can't improve on today's performance, I can see Samoa beating them. Ireland looked old and tired...
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@shark said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Nah, even if Japan win, they could easily drop a game to Samoa and/or Scotland. But Ireland will beat Samoa and Russia.
Scotland didn't look interested against Ireland and are down a further two first choice players trough injury. Scotland v Russia might be a contest.
Samoa could be the real surprise - if Ireland can't improve on today's performance, I can see Samoa beating them. Ireland looked old and tired...
@PecoTrain and bereft of ideas....thier kicking game was well off too, those 2 kicks form hand early in the game were absolute shit when Ireland were going forward and should have kept in hand.
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@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
Not the Palmy North way, must’ve got that in Ireland
I'm back in Palmy right now! Haven't seen the game (family shit got in the way), and haven't see Joe since he coached my PNBHS U14 Basketball team c. 1990.
But am disappointed to hear he was whining about the ref, was any of it it justified?
@voodoo said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@ACT-Crusader said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
@Toddy said in RWC: Japan v Ireland (Pool A):
Schimdt whinging about the ref. Just cop it mate. You lost to a better team on the day.
Not the Palmy North way, must’ve got that in Ireland
I'm back in Palmy right now! Haven't seen the game (family shit got in the way), and haven't see Joe since he coached my PNBHS U14 Basketball team c. 1990.
But am disappointed to hear he was whining about the ref, was any of it it justified?
The 50/50 calls probably went Japan’s way. But many Irish fans always, and I mean always, blame the ref when they lose.
The simple fact of the matter is that Ireland’s Risk free one up runners and recycling combined with box kicks only works if your team is not tired. They looked lethargic and just had no other ideas.
They did get a losing BP which is actually pretty big actually. But they’ll be wary about putting out a B side vs Samoa.
