It wasn't pretty stuff but a win is a win. Sure, we should have been out of sight before the end but England were toothless in attack but resilient in defence...
One thing to remember is that if O'Gara had kicked as he normally did then Ireland would have opened up a significant gap with England. This would have forced...
Michael_Halpenny@...
Mar 1, 2009 7:16 pm
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Liam Toland thought it was a great match http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0302/1224242084406.html ...
I thought it was a pretty dour struggle overall but I thought the pack were tremendous to a man. For me, England set out to stop us playing by whatever means...
therockes@...
Mar 2, 2009 12:51 pm
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What did anybody think of the challenge that Flutey made on O'Driscoll yesterday that laid him out? I've seen comments calling it a late tackle and a dirty...
Michael_Halpenny@...
Mar 2, 2009 12:51 pm
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Well, you've summarised and covered all the options yourself Michael. My opinion was it was deliberate, an illegal tackle and meant to hurt! Pulling out -...
Brand John
john.brand@...
Mar 2, 2009 1:13 pm
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John, I agree with your assesment vis-ą-vis Scotland. However, I think it is good news for us that Scotland beat Italy. Should put them under less pressure to...
Having questioned the award of the captaincy to Brian O'Driscoll, it would be churlish of me not to comment on his performance at the weekend. He was immense....
Steve
smac1@...
Mar 3, 2009 8:50 am
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A little bit of everything http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0303/1224242150567.html ...
It's rare I agree with Tony Ward but in this case he's right. Interesting that France won't be persisting with Baby at out-half. Talking of France, isn't...
Donal Lenihan think that hurling is a better game than rugby http://www.examiner.ie/sport/idojideyau/ <http://www.examiner.ie/sport/idojideyau/> Leinster and...
I see that Eddie has finally been officially announced as the new coach of the USA Eagles, no surprise there at all. Ironically enough I think that he might...
Myles Byrne
mbyrne@...
Mar 4, 2009 11:46 pm
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In the USA I believe many will feel this is a great pick up! ... From: Myles Byrne <mbyrne@...> Subject: [irishrugby] Eddie To:...
I am playing with Berkeley ( the city team not the University team) at the moment here in California. Some of the locals thinks its a great addition. I pointed...
On Gert Smal - the author is fixated on scrummaging which I actually think has been good since the world cup whereas I think that the lineout was poor the past...
The only person I'm missing tips from is Patrick - if you did send them Patrick please forward them on to me again offlist. So we have a new leader! Rocky...
Michael_Halpenny@...
Mar 5, 2009 2:21 pm
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hmmmm seems i only have to get the next six games exactly right in result and score.....shouldnt be a problem!! on a total off topic, anybody heard ay good...
Dear Michael, I was offline last week and failed to enter a prediction. as I have failed to submit prediction for two of three weekends, I leave it to your...
Ireland beat Australia in the sevens but lost to Portugal. It's a bit of a shame that the IRFU don't seem to be taking sevens seriously. If they are going to...
I bumped into him last saturday at Croke Pk. Was in good form. Good to see him back in rugby....
Justin Deegan
justin.deegan@...
Mar 7, 2009 8:19 am
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Not to be churlish but on the bold bit below... He managed to ram his way between some sturdy English bodies and that doesn't quite make him a potent line...
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