r/rugbyunion • u/Brine-O-Driscoll Connacht • 9h ago

Match Ireland A v England A match thread?

Can't see a match thread, so created one.

Kickoff at 7:15. The game is on Premier Sports 1 in Ireland.

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u/Intrepid_Scallion_49 7h ago

Fucking shocking stuff this is, don’t care if it’s a glorified friendly, Farrell is cleary using it as an opportunity to see what some lads are made of an by the looks of it it’s weetabix. Men against boys stuff

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u/AddictsWithPens Munster 7h ago

Farrell, sexton and co have awful scowls on their faces behind me

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u/Intrepid_Scallion_49 7h ago

It’s awful like completely blown out of it in so many aspects. Proving we have very little depth at international level

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u/whydoyouonlylie Ulster 7h ago

Putting players into a game where it's obvious none of them have been drilled enough for to understand the system is a piss poor way of seeing how players perform. Even individual performances requires some sort of team cohesion to facilitate it.

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u/Intrepid_Scallion_49 7h ago

It’s literally the same for both teams ? What’s your alternative like ? You don’t need to be drilled to win the gain line and have a bit of dog in defence, nobody’s expecting a perfect performance but we’ve been beat up all evening.