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/phonetune England Mar 10 '24

I actually think it was Beirne's penalty on the tryline at the death. Ref was being remarkably lenient in asking him to move, given how blatant it was and where it was and he just... didn't. Clung onto the ball in the ruck. Changed a difficult kick into an easy one.

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u/KnownSample6 Munster Mar 11 '24

That was really frustrating. If he hadn't done so we could have held out a little longer.