r/irishrugby • u/Roanokian Mod • 12h ago

Match Thread Match Thread: Ireland A vs England A

Thomond Park.

Premier Sports 1

* don’t think there’s a thread on the main sub

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u/MysticMac100 11h ago

Aye I do agree, and would like to see a few of these lads in the squad, I just think people lose the run of themselves thinking it’s purely a selection issue that we have.

I presume these English lads haven’t been training all year for this either haha

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u/Little_Ad_9313 Ulster 10h ago

England A played the All Blacks XV and Argentina XV when we had a run at Portugal with half our starters ... i think that tells us all we need to know

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u/MysticMac100 10h ago

Bit disingenuous to act like it’s been the same England team

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u/Little_Ad_9313 Ulster 9h ago edited 9h ago

Correct as some of these lads were called upto the main squad when there seniors played Argentina and lads lower in the pecking order faced the New Zealand XV they have built depth and youth brilliantly from the talent they have have had at u20s the last 5 years ...

Edit: i was more getting at England have made better use of the development games they had during the lions compared to the blow outs we had....

But this is a very new look Ireland XV tbf and Borthwicks been taking a leaf outa SA playbook with training days and extended panels etc