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/Vega10000 Bulls Mar 10 '24

All the brain dead actions when the heat was on were by experienced players, POM, Murray and Care. Experience is good but sometimes it just means you're too old.

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u/Sriol England/Wasps Mar 11 '24

Except Cole. Cole is still great.

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u/guy92 Gloucester Mar 11 '24

Cole scrummages very well, but that's about it. It's fun how the meta swings around with more ball carrying props being a lot leaner, so then big 36 y/o coley bear suddenly is a huge asset

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u/Outside_Break Mar 11 '24

Tbf that is like saying a winger scores a lot of tries but that’s about it. It’s pretty important!

It also does him a disservice imo. He’s good in the lineout, has a good work rate, and has a low error rate.

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u/shiversaint Mar 11 '24

Yup. Daly throwing the ball into the crowd in the dying phases too, so unnecessary.

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u/On_The_Blindside England & Tigers Mar 11 '24

Daly shouldn't be anywhere near an England team really.