Lowe is a big loss.
Lowe is a big loss.
Not sure if I'll be able to watch, looks like load shedding is messing with the internet. Barely anything is loading or is as fast as it should be.
Prendergast sending a kick over that apparently no one was expecting or chasing.
That was a frantic start…Ireland so direct. Doris a hell of a player
This has to be reviewed. Looked like a knock
Regardless du Pont has some gas.
France in the lead…Ramos misses
Belmondo looks relaxed. Brilliant exit by France they are looking r confident
France playing the beautiful game…great stuff. And Du Pont is gone…what a shame.
Pity I can't watch. We're in our 4th power outage of the day. 2 Load shedding and now the second unscheduled one.
My power also out...watching on the phone...France playing well
...Ireland beeing Ireland....I enjoyed the first half.
Sorry to hear that Pakie….I guess they aren’t going to build any AI data centers down in RSA. I thought this issue has been somewhat sorted.
It's been better but too many of our power stations are as old as the hills, Moz. And Eskom of course utterly corrupt. Sometime or another more shit will hit the fan again.
The unbalanced bench comes back to bite France…..
The Irish tackler has mitigation….how the hell was that less red worthy than NZ in the WC final
Biarey scores a brilliant try…to go along with the best pass ever 2 weeks ago.
France rampant…great forward try
Prendergast is bog ordinary and again he wastes ball. Lack of pace the commentator says….agreed this has to be the slowest backline in the top 5.
Hahaha France all the way ….90 meters Penaud
How did we lose to this Irish team….Biarrey is the MOM, enjoyable player to watch in the Arendse mode
This Irish team is Sextonless... Pretendergast is a poor man's Johnny....
They are certainly no longer looking like the world beaters that were contenders for the last world cup.
It is not unexpected that Ireland lost.
The hype has caught up with them.
Their run at the top was never sustainable.
Ireland is not the team they used to be.......their quality of play has gone down.
Even Crowly was better than Pretendergast.
So glad to see Ireland getting stuffed like this. It is scary to see how well France played with a 7-1. I think it was a blessing that Dupont got injured as it forced them to play differently. France is probably one of the few teams that can compete with SA on quality forwards.
However, their backline has unreal skills. You put that game plan together and it shows what a team like France can do with proper forward dominance.
I also think the Irish screen play or dummy runners have been countered with really great smart reading of how to defend against it. The French tackling was top drawer and they really hit them hard.
So glad France is not a consistent team. Let's see how we do against them at the end of the year
Congrats France a dominant performance. Ireland needs to regroup, but I am sure they will be back.
I thought Prendergast kicked well for point’s but lacked in game management…..
overall I think he is Not this total lost cause, as most on here are thinking.
The Boks will be in deep waters if we don’t perform at our best version, to crack these Frenchies.
Erasmus needs to identity the right players to still join the fray, together with the older Core that will definitely be at WC 27.
It’s going to be a entertaining 25 season, that’s for sure.
The dude who sang the anthems fired up the Frogs...they should give him a medal!
Mpwer
Ireland is suffering from the same problems facing the UK Unions - not enough top class candidates are available
That being the case the Irish playing clubs otten put foreign players to cotract them for those clubs. Aome of the younger players became Irish Citizens and quy to play for Ireland .
Two of the Ireland qualifyomg that way to pla for Ireland - namely Aki (a rather so-so as center) and Lowe (a top classle Wing). The same happend in all Six Nations countries
What I am driving at is that countries have problem abd may lose form there os a lack of replacement cadidates.
Big mistake by Ireland to have Farrell not being their coach this 6N while he concentrates on the Lions - he could have done that while continuing with the Irish side
They are also a little lost without Sexton pulling the strings
Furlong at 3 is also a big loss.
Lowe on the day was also a big loss
Pendergast has his moments - good distributor but should refrain from trying to attack himself - very pedestrian with ball in hand
They are not the polished side they were last year and the year before - they lack depth - a few players missing and they lose their clout
I disagree. More than any other top international side, Ireland are more reliant on their systems and their game plan than they are on individuals.
I also don't think Lowe is as good as many think he is and I don't think Crowley or Prendergast are as bad as many say they are,
The only Irish individual player who makes a real difference to their performance is Dan Sheehan who is always brilliant. Caelan Doris is another quality player but not that much better than Jack Conan, Josh van der Vlier or Peter O'Mahoney.
Agreed Rooi but Sexton definitely was their director with reference to implementing that system and the fact that they have not settled on his replacement speaks volumes
Disagree on Lowe he is a fantastic player - always involved and makes things happen
Finley as the replacement tighthead is a big step down from Furlong
I actually like Jack Crowley...got some grit...Pretendergast will get much better with experience...he's still a puppy...the French wire "in their zone " almost impossible to beat them when the pitch up like they did on Saturday.
Crowley started well but has lost traction.
Pendergast definitely has something about him - he does make good distribution choices and executions - not blessed with athleticism so is never going to rip defences apart but that’s not the job of a 10 - it’s a bonus if they do like Sacha, Marcus, Beauden etc
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Hard to predict….France with the greater talent…..Ireland with the game plan, but have they lost James Lowe?