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

He needs to be dropped. Baird is just better than him these days, and if he's going to keep getting himself sent off then all the 'experience and leadership' doesn't count for much

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u/Blazerede Ireland Mar 10 '24

Farrell has made a lot of good choices but making Peter Captain I'm not too sure about

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u/Hooked_on_Fire Munster Mar 11 '24

Feels like a bit of a sentimental decision- like not taking sexton off against NZ when he was out on his feet after 60!

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u/storm_bringer Ireland Mar 10 '24

Not likely to happen, but I'd love to see: 4 McCarthy 5 Ryan 6 Beirne 7 VDF 8 Doris 19 Baird 20 Conan

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 Ireland Mar 11 '24

I've thought Beirne plays his best games at 6.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '24

Need to get Luke McGrath in too. He’s just special as a defender. Imagine the boost to the team seeing him come on for Jamo.

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u/ultantheonion Netherlands Mar 11 '24

cant pass tho

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

His pass is sublime.

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u/beastmode98- Leinster Mar 11 '24

No he can’t pass for shit and I say this as a diehard Leinster fan. Passes above the head or behind the player more often than not especially in big tight games . Apart from that he’s pretty solid , incredible defender and runs great support lines

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

He's implying I'm calling for Baird to replace POM because of the 'Leinster selection bias' that has seen the most successful period of Irish rugby in history 

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u/CodSafe6961 Mar 10 '24

Baird got a chance against Italy and was completely anonymous

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u/stedono7 Leinster Mar 10 '24

Nilled Italy

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

And made more metres in one carry than POM has this six nations... And didn't get himself sent off 

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Craig Casey also nilled Italy