All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test
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Righto lads, starting to get amped up now. Into the pilsner and champagne, looking forward to a fantastic tussle of test match rugby. Ireland will throw everything at us up front, and the perennial question of whether our forwards are good enough will be posed.
They are much better than the bookies give them credit for. I rewatched the first 20 last week, and goddamn if they found some space and holes in our defence. If we play dumb rugby, we're gonna lose.
Roll on 7pm, can't wait
@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Righto lads, starting to get amped up now. Into the pilsner and champagne, looking forward to a fantastic tussle of test match rugby. Ireland will throw everything at us up front, and the perennial question of whether our forwards are good enough will be posed.
They are much better than the bookies give them credit for. I rewatched the first 20 last week, and goddamn if they found some space and holes in our defence. If we play dumb rugby, we're gonna lose.
Roll on 7pm, can't wait
With you NZZP, I have got home from club rugby and already!!!
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Righto lads, starting to get amped up now. Into the pilsner and champagne, looking forward to a fantastic tussle of test match rugby. Ireland will throw everything at us up front, and the perennial question of whether our forwards are good enough will be posed.
They are much better than the bookies give them credit for. I rewatched the first 20 last week, and goddamn if they found some space and holes in our defence. If we play dumb rugby, we're gonna lose.
Roll on 7pm, can't wait
@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Roll on 7pm, can't wait
5pm for me here in Oz, I love the early start. I believe this game will be much closer than the last. The Irish have had a full week to train and get right what went wrong last week. I highly doubt Park will be as bad this week.
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@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Righto lads, starting to get amped up now. Into the pilsner and champagne, looking forward to a fantastic tussle of test match rugby. Ireland will throw everything at us up front, and the perennial question of whether our forwards are good enough will be posed.
They are much better than the bookies give them credit for. I rewatched the first 20 last week, and goddamn if they found some space and holes in our defence. If we play dumb rugby, we're gonna lose.
Roll on 7pm, can't wait
With you NZZP, I have got home from club rugby and already!!!
@Dan54 did you play? Respect if so.
Great weekend here, prepped to brew 80L of pilsner tomorrow to replenish supplies for a few people.
This is going to be a titanic clash up front. Ireland will be pissed off and ready to do some damage. We should be smart enough to ride the intensity and strike back... But if they stay in their structures we could be in trouble
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Righto lads, starting to get amped up now. Into the pilsner and champagne, looking forward to a fantastic tussle of test match rugby. Ireland will throw everything at us up front, and the perennial question of whether our forwards are good enough will be posed.
They are much better than the bookies give them credit for. I rewatched the first 20 last week, and goddamn if they found some space and holes in our defence. If we play dumb rugby, we're gonna lose.
Roll on 7pm, can't wait
@nzzp said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Righto lads, starting to get amped up now. Into the pilsner and champagne, looking forward to a fantastic tussle of test match rugby. Ireland will throw everything at us up front, and the perennial question of whether our forwards are good enough will be posed.
They are much better than the bookies give them credit for. I rewatched the first 20 last week, and goddamn if they found some space and holes in our defence. If we play dumb rugby, we're gonna lose.
Roll on 7pm, can't wait
Just before 7am in Cornwall, sitting on the decking with a large Latte listening to a bloody noisy pigeon in one of the oak trees.
Intriguing game ahead. Can't call it at all. We might go to mush or we might blitz them from the off. Maybe Ireland will be too fired up and someone gets carded. Gonna be a cracker.
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Last time Ireland toured they had a good second test and should have won.
I think we will crush them this test but I am a little nervous about the test.
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Last time Ireland toured they had a good second test and should have won.
I think we will crush them this test but I am a little nervous about the test.
@Damo said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Last time Ireland toured they had a good second test and should have won.
I think we will crush them this test but I am a little nervous about the test.
If you’re not nervous, you’re not alive!
ABs by 17.
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@Damo said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Last time Ireland toured they had a good second test and should have won.
I think we will crush them this test but I am a little nervous about the test.
If you’re not nervous, you’re not alive!
ABs by 17.
@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Damo said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Last time Ireland toured they had a good second test and should have won.
I think we will crush them this test but I am a little nervous about the test.
If you’re not nervous, you’re not alive!
ABs by 17.
22 for me. And agree, it’s good to be nervous! I love these three match Test series.
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@Kirwan 3 minutes and 25 seconds after Ofa’s. ABs win with 13 men.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Any bets on what minute Scott Barrett will get his card this week? also, yellow or red?
I've stumbled into the 1st match thread? You dastardly devil you.
Brodie and Ofa cards this week. ABs by 21.
DP for world player of the year.
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@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Any bets on what minute Scott Barrett will get his card this week? also, yellow or red?
I've stumbled into the 1st match thread? You dastardly devil you.
Brodie and Ofa cards this week. ABs by 21.
DP for world player of the year.
@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Any bets on what minute Scott Barrett will get his card this week? also, yellow or red?
I've stumbled into the 1st match thread? You dastardly devil you.
Brodie and Ofa cards this week. ABs by 21.
DP for world player of the year.
Moi?
I’m genuinely excited to see how Dalton goes tonight. His tackling and speed should really improve our forward effort this week.
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@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Any bets on what minute Scott Barrett will get his card this week? also, yellow or red?
I've stumbled into the 1st match thread? You dastardly devil you.
Brodie and Ofa cards this week. ABs by 21.
DP for world player of the year.
Moi?
I’m genuinely excited to see how Dalton goes tonight. His tackling and speed should really improve our forward effort this week.
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Bones said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Kirwan said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Any bets on what minute Scott Barrett will get his card this week? also, yellow or red?
I've stumbled into the 1st match thread? You dastardly devil you.
Brodie and Ofa cards this week. ABs by 21.
DP for world player of the year.
Moi?
I’m genuinely excited to see how Dalton goes tonight. His tackling and speed should really improve our forward effort this week.
Runs great lines around the breakdown too. Parkinson needs to have a chat to him about how to break free of the concrete feet.
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@TheMojoman said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
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@Machpants said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
@Derm-McCrum said in All Blacks v Ireland - 2nd Test:
Time for wild prediction of the week.
Ireland to win by 3.
It’ll be much closer for sure
im going the other way, under the roof, dry and fast track...AB's by 25
Me too but maybe not 25. Closer to 15.
I'd be happy with a good, tight game where Ireland really step up the pressure, but we stay composed and with minimal mistakes like last week.
Being solid under pressure would be huge step forward.
@Victor-Meldrew this is why we are never satisfied. We got put under a ton of pressure last week. 4 held up over line?
