In the latest from our Opposition View series I spoke to Connacht fan Stephen Murphy from the excellent Master of None pod to offer a western perspective ahead of Leinster’s trip to the Sportsground on Saturday.
Our guest : STEPHEN MURPHY
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OUR GUESTS : IAN FRIZZELL, STEPHEN MURPHY & CAOLÁN SCULLY
🏉 Thoughts on Ireland v Italy
🏉 Expectations for remaining warmups
🏉 Quick look at other RWC2023 nations
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Conor Cronin
Great atmosphere, great to be there!
The game however wasn’t all it could’ve been. Game management was lacking, kicks for touch not getting any distance. Defence was good on the first half, that’s a real positive. No one really making yards or running decent lines from my pov. Is it that we were missing Johnny? Or were the rest of the team not ready to step up in his absence?
MASTODON
RichardMifsud One for the purists in the Aviva tonight Happy with the W but the performance was way down on previous ones. D was good but our attacking shape wasn’t great and too many inaccuracies didn’t allow us to create pressure .Good learning for the young lads Ross B with a serious pair to kick that one over. Crowley had a good outing. Big Joe Mc with some minutes under his belt. Respect to the Wallabies 🙌🏻 #IREvAUS
The2ndrow Well that match happened
OZ will be kicking themselves they didn’t win that
They had chances but we were able to hold them out
We lacked accuracy which led to a lack of discipline & we invited OZ onto us
The How to beat Ireland blueprint is there just make a mess of the breakdown
No clean ball have JGP and moreso Crowley a tough time. That said Crowley did well enough & thats perfectly fine in a first cap like that
Doris at times looked like he was literally dragging Ireland to that win
David Cahill Well I’m off to buy some lotto tickets coz the luck is with us right now
Kevin “The Spiddal Kid” It’s games like that which help to build the mental resistance you need in a tight game when you’re tired and need to go to the well one more time to get the result.
For the less experienced players who got game time today that will do them well to be able to draw upon that experience in future.
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
Rassie Erasmus banned… Again – Rugby World magazine [RW Staff]
Connacht confirm that director of rugby Andy Friend will leave province at the end of the season – Independent.ie [Ruaidhri O’Connor]
Last-gasp penalty sinks USA as Portugal claim final place at Rugby World Cup (the42.ie) [via AFP]
Shambolic Wales humiliated by Georgia as Wayne Pivac’s reign now facing serious questions – Wales Online [Delme Parfitt]
Ian Foster praises progress of All Blacks despite ‘frustrating’ draw against England | Stuff.co.nz [Marc Hinton]
AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES WRAP
RWC2023 Qualifiers
HKG 22-18 KEN
USA 16-16 POR
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TON 43-19 URU
ITA 21-63 RSA
WAL 12-13 GEO
CAN 37-43 NAM
FRB 14-46 FIJ
ROM 0-22 SAM
SCO 52-29 ARG
ENG 25-25 NZL
IRE 13-10 AUS
FRA 35-17 JPN
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