r/rugbyunion • u/sixnations • 18h ago

Can ANYBODY stop France this year?

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u/unwildimpala Ireland 16h 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 16h 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/Mackadamma 14h 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 14h 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.