Resident OTB AM rugby pundit Alan Quinlan joined Ger Gilroy and Johnny Ward to discuss Ireland’s 32-19 win over France in the Six Nations.
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44 Comments
I'll take a grand slam now over getting knocked out in the world cup semi finals
Does anyone else feel that Hansen is a weak link? Lowe scores tries he should never score whereas 2 weeks in a row hansen has failed to finish.
Great to be irish rugby fan now 🇮🇪🇮🇪 top off the world play great rugby very fit remind me of the limerick hurlers world cup can wait lets go for a grand slam now we only won a few
Alan now says he knew after the first test defeat to new Zealand that Ireland would win the series but when you listen back at he time he didn't say it, asked before playing wales he didn't say we'd win, asked before playing France he didn't say we'd win, he says we might get beaten in Murryfield, never been easier to be a rugby pundit, sit on the fence & afterwards you knew what would happen!
I can't believe Quinny tried to defend the decision not to take Herring off immediately as there was multiple replays of the incident, more than enough time for the independent doctor to assess Herring. It was ridiculous.
I thought Willemse should have had a yellow card for head to head in the clear out on JVDF. You see Willemse enter the ruck and his head goes straight into JVDF's head. JVDF falls out of the ruck and looks dazed. I'm I the only one who noticed it?
Why did Ireland continue to kick aimlessly when we had a man advantage. France should have been dead and buried by half time.
Scotland often a bogey team for Ireland but this crew can beat them.
Ya know whats awful? All the assistants didn't say anything to Barnes either. Like, I get one person making a mistake, but a team of 4 making one together is bordering on negligence
I dont think ive ever been relieved to see a yellow for a blatant red, giving the timing of around 25 minutes, ireland have a tendancy to struggle against 14 and i dont think we would have been as dominant for the remaining 55min had a red been given
Great dress rehearsal for the world cup final!
Ireland 🇮🇪
I'm really enjoying all the gracious take backs from the experts who were like frantic pigeons in a flap that Furlong is not playing is the ONLY tighthead Furlong missing oh disaster disaster ….. Google being sarcastic 👍
Is maith liom an Ghaeilge ar an scipéir Johnny. Ger caithfidh tú déanamh mar an gcéanna. Great and historical win.
I am 53 and remember all those years of great heart and glorious failure. We used to give it a lash but faded at the end game. Now they have a level of professionalism that is impressive. There are systems being built which identify ALL ASPECTS of the game. I get the notion that we are in the collective and holistic approach. Atomic habits type thing. Go on Ireland Just do your very best at WC Leave nothing behind ps What a coaching team and what a manager.
France could make Scotland drop heads in Paris and they won’t want to be meeting us in the following game. If we played Scotland next it might be a different story
Anyone see the incredibly awkward segue by BOD on ITV – talking about the Troubles one moment and Ireland's Call and then talking about James Ryan's positional sense? Accidental Partridge.
England on Paddy's day??….let's win a G Slam first . A team running from deep might give us problems.
Etzebeth is not freakishly big he's Freakishly powerful he's only 117kg
4 years ago we got worked out we were the form team In the year before the world Cup this year we timed our run to be one of the best teams in the world Cup year we aren't runni g from the favourites tag while also staying humble and we are playing beautiful high speed rugby that's dificult to counter.
If the Irish pack can be disciplined against Scotland they will take control and gain the territory to set the tone of the match. Territorial advantage releases Ireland's ruthlessness in attack, so a lot comes down to discipline.
I don’t think anyone can question the depth in the Ireland squad now. Front row seeing bealham, O’Toole and kilcoyne all coming in. Then with henshaw out still having ringrose to break the line. Aki and mccloskey as the bruisers! Casey was excellent when he came on as was Henderson. Big misses with furlong, beirne, henshaw, JGP but I think we have the squad to do it. Ross Byrne looked assured when he came on for sexton to. Great time to be an Irish rugby fan!😊
I wouldn't use McCarthy he isn't ready yet Ross Molony is a better player. Yes it was a red and James lowes try would have been a penalty try as the cover tackler didn't use his arms. So it was a try wither way.
I think we all need to calm down a bit. Aside from the NZ wins, all our wins against big teams have been at home. A World Cup in France will be a very different kettle of fish.
🇫🇷 I think we have a young team so we can progress and come back stronger for a massive revenge 🔥. Next time . GG Ireland !👍
Here we go with Ger's acting like 2018 all over again.
Connor Murray was slow and predictable and Irelands play was narrow and held up time after time, he is a relic that can not make the Munster team and when Ireland go back to old players past their best its a very bad sign for the future of the game. New players should be put on the pitch and that includes Sexton who looks like a cripple, he has no variation to his game, watching Scotland in comparison who are copying the Irish play book, Sexton wouldn't even make their bench.
I think Barnes made the right decision going yellow,
Jordan Larmour needs to start the next game with Jimmy O’Brien on the bench. Mack Hansen needs to be rested and brought back to the bench for the England game.
Do Ireland win had Lowes try had been disallowed as it should have been
It feels different because the subs/replacements/back ups/finishers (whatever you want to call him) are playing their roles as well as the starters. the depth and astuteness of all on Ireland players is top shelf. + the system and atmosphere Farrell has created produces results from all players
The game was stopped because of a tackle to the head was deemed worthy of a potential card. The player should have been withdrawn immediately – no need for a look at video. A blow to the head from a 25 stone opponent will always be serious.
It will be our second choice players that determine whether we get to a semi at the RWC.
We know how good our 1st choice are.
** Edit I wrote that before the lads started talking about it 🤣👍
Should they not then have two independent match day doctors looking at the game, so one watches the replay while the other keeps an eye on the player after the hit
Are wales getting the wooden spoon this year?
Wales are badly coached… I think the previous success under Gatland had more to do with the broader coaching ticket than Gatland himself
Was there a no arms tackle on James Lowe? If so would that have led to a yellow card and penalty try? Therefore any question whether his foot was on the ground would become irrelevant.
The Eng V Italy match got just the right amount of coverage 👌🏻😂
If someone had told you 10yrs ago that Ireland were gonna be the World no.1 team and have the worlds best coach, who's an Englishman!
Man he needs to shut up and let the others talk. So grating.
Ger, 8:21 You are literally drooling over the thoughts of greatness for this Team .. I love it, I love your honesty, Fair play Tya 👋👌👍
The ref can stop play at his discretion.
We are the Team of Now
We are the Best Team in The World, Today and we should be happy and Dwel on it , a Lot of Players did a Lot of work to get us Here.
We could Not be Any better than we are Now and we Adi have Lots of XXX Factor Players, lots of them!
We can Win the World Cup this Year, we are Better than everyone right Now and we should Soak it Up!!
POD, NYC
"What about munster like" alan come on I think you know what he meant, Alan was a hell of a player should have had more caps but we were strong in that position, like listening to Alan on match day.