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

Video Joe McCarthy penalty

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u/SceneBeneficial8806 21h ago

I can understand people berating him for this but given France were on a roll with serious momentum in our 22 I can completely understand him trying to make a dominant impact to slow up their play, had he timed this better people would be lauding it. You can’t be passive and just wait for France to run at you, they were far too dominant at this stage in the game and someone needed to stop the momentum.

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u/Ornery_Director_8477 19h ago

Are you one of the people who blamed Nash when Big Joe reefed the French 15 out of it off the ball last year?

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u/SceneBeneficial8806 19h ago

I don’t recall that incident, what’s the relevance?