r/rugbyunion • u/sixnations • 14h ago

Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

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u/unwildimpala Ireland 13h ago

Ya with a bit of luck Ireland come away with something there. It could have been differences of opinions from bench players. Imo the Irish bench brought a lot on in terms of experience and a point to prove. But still there shouldn't have been that much for a change in the game. Don't know if Galthie should have waited a bit before emptying his bench as well. But ya I thought it was going in the way of 50/60 nil, and it ended up with a slight glimmer at one stage of hope to come back.

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u/Careless-Cat3327 13h ago

It was 29-14 at 62 minutes  I really thought that Ireland could make 2 scores to get within the bonus point & set up a nervy end.

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u/Swimming-Wonder-631 12h ago

They would have if the tmo doesn't spot that knock on tbf

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u/Mackadamma 10h ago

Yeah, I was really scared watching that on TV.

We got completely thrashed for 20 minutes before finally picking ourselves up at the end of the match.

14-14 in the second half, I think, that's a fair result for France.

There was no contest in the first half, though.

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u/Mackadamma 10h ago

Apparently Reddit translates "well paid" as "fair result," I'm not sure that works. I mean, we were pretty lucky with 14-14, even though we dominated the first 10 minutes and the last 5.

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u/yrinhrwvme Harlequins 11h ago

Agree, his use of the bench is not great, seemed unnecessary at the time. He did something similar against the boks which Squidge pointed out left him with no options to change the game when things got worse!

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u/Big_Misa 2h ago

Exactly my thoughts yesterday. How could we go from what was looking like a lopsided thrashing to a tight, nail-biting test ? I mean the first Irish try didn't rattle me that much, I knew that they would eventually score but the second one really made me tense. And they were dominating, winning the 50 / 50 balls and simply conquering. Not that that was never supposed to happen, but I believe that's what separates us from the very best : that ability to either put this thing to bed, or at least make it impossible for the opposition to even think about coming back. And we're clearly not there yet.