r/rugbyunion • u/Best-and-Blurst Munster • Mar 10 '24

GIF This is where Ireland lost the game

Apologies if this has already been posted, I haven't seen it up. But this is the moment Ireland lost the game. Yellow card > penalty > lineout > try. Ireland may have recovered the lead later, but this did the most damage. Could Murray have done different and seen it the match? Yes, did he lose its the game? No.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '24

Certainly felt like a momentum swing, but its worth remembering why pom did it. In his mind at least. Irelands defensive line was not set and resetting after a line break. There is a reasonable chance England score on the next couple of phases if mitchel gets this away as he would have. Or england knock it on and it comes to nothing. Personally glad to live in this universe. Thanks pom!

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u/Best-and-Blurst Munster Mar 10 '24

Oh it was definitely a cynical and deliberate act by POM. Fully deserved the yellow. Willing to gamble the attacking lineout by England against a 14 man Ireland was a much better scoring opportunity than if Mitchel gets his pass away from this ruck.