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Gordon D’Arcy: Fell asleep on the blindside of a ruck and created an uphill struggle. Nuff said. D’Arce rolled back the years against the Italians but that’s not a cast iron midfield. Continue reading
Report Card: Centres
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Tag Archives: Brian O’Driscoll
Match Reaction: Nick Mallett’s Outhalf Plan
Don't worry little fella, in twenty minutes time I'll be doing the same thing to your replacement
It’d be labouring a point to say that Gorgeous George’s outhalf policy backfired; it just didn’t work out quite as effectively as he had planned. Continue reading
Zen and the Art of Recycling & Ball Maintenance
46 international tries from centre. Outstanding.
Apart from the breakfast time start, there was something different about this game and its aftermath. It was the realisation that this had gone as well as you might have wished. Over the years, Ireland have sometimes failed to deliver and have sometimes got the result but with caveats and qualifications attached. This result ensured qualification and suggested more. Continue reading
Ireland vs Australia Reaction: Men Against Boys
The phrase ‘men against boys’ carries with it certain connotations, and not all of them were borne out by performances of the Irish and Australian teams. Continue reading
You Hang Up. No, You Hang Up. No, You Hang Up …
Mate ... I love you, mate. There. I've said it.
Adam Ashley Cooper was ladling it on pretty thick when it came to his opinion of his next opponent, Brian O’Driscoll: Continue reading
Digging Like a Demented Mole 