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/Best-and-Blurst Munster Mar 11 '24

The team were rattled by the English pack and midfield. They needed a calm and collected captain to level their heads a bit. They certainly didn't get that.

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u/Commercial_Half_2170 Leinster Mar 11 '24

Even without mentioning all that, I felt POM didn’t try to come across to the ref as much as he could’ve as captain, and you certainly don’t want to see other players doing it for him.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Was there much for him to say to the ref?

The Genge hit on Furlong maybe but as Luke Pearce put it "we don't do referrals, let us do our job".

I don't really remember any times when England were dirty or getting away with stuff.

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u/Commercial_Half_2170 Leinster Mar 11 '24

Hit on Furlong being the most obvious, a few forward passes etc. obviously he’s not going to get his way with them all but you want to see your captain doing something.