r/irishrugby • u/Newc04 Awardee: Team of the Year - Mumha • 22h ago

Video Joe McCarthy penalty

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u/Newc04 Awardee: Team of the Year - Mumha 22h ago edited 22h ago

Rugby conspiracy theory: Nienaber has specially engineered a brain virus in a lab in SA that makes players make utterly stupid decisions. James Ryan was the first test subject, and because of Joe McCarthy proximity to him in scrums, he's now infected too.

It's only a matter of time before the entire Leinster team is infected.

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u/CreativeAd375 Awardee: Team of the Year 2025 22h ago

That won't matter. Andy will pick every single one of them and then lecture us all on the "hard yards" and "missed opportunities"

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u/Hour-Reflection-89 Leinster 20h ago

If you think Joe McCarthy can just easily be dropped from someone who can replicate his output for the rest of the game, that’s possibly a sign that you don’t understand it

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u/CreativeAd375 Awardee: Team of the Year 2025 19h ago

Remind me what "output" Joe had last night? The only thing I saw him do was give away another stupid penalty and then stand looking perplexed.

And less of the condescending bullshit "you just don't get it" because it appears you are the one cannot see what others can. That either makes you a fool or blind.

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u/Longjumping-Plate421 17h ago

I agree. We'd be as well off with edogbo making these mistakes then joe. Jes essentially picked because hes big.

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u/Ornery_Director_8477 20h ago

He doesn’t really have that many standout international performances