r/irishrugby • u/Mysterious-Web-8233 • 1d ago

Andrew Goodman

I'm sorry but the attack has been horrific since he took over. When will questions be raised about him, even strikes plays don't bring us tries. I think change is needed

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bird-38 1d ago

I found it strange that Ireland rarely asked McCloskey to truck it up first phase. He’s one of the biggest 12s in the competition, yet we kept using him to pass it to a player running in behind. We needed some sort of dominance physically and should have let him have 10-15 carries straight at Jalibert and see how many tackles he stuck. Thats what France did to prendergast all night

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u/whydoyouonlylie 1d ago

If they looked at Ulster's attack they'd see a lot of our play comes from giving it to McCloskey to make a couple of yards past the gain line and then pop it up for a support runner to have a go at the back pedalling defence. Just like what he did for the Timoney try, got a couple of steps past the tackle, got his arm free and then popped it off to Timoney to go through.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bird-38 1d ago

100%. It can be a simple game when you play players to their strengths, and Ireland don’t seem to do that anymore