I'm pissed, and the reason is that all of this was called in advance. Players picked out of position, poor game plan and dumb rugby - everything we feared about Foster's All Blacks.
That was unexpected. Flipping delighted the defence held out though. A heroic loss is sometimes more gutting than getting smashed. A couple of random thoughts from this Bok supporter.
I think I was correct in thinking we haven't been playing direct this year, however in this must win match we played really direct and smashed them up in the forwards
Whilst Ireland's history - home and away - against South Africa and New Zealand is littered with one failure after another in the amateur days, surprisingly their record against Australia is pockmarked with wins at home and on the road
I'm pissed, and the reason is that all of this was called in advance. Players picked out of position, poor game plan and dumb rugby - everything we feared about Foster's All Blacks.
That was unexpected. Flipping delighted the defence held out though. A heroic loss is sometimes more gutting than getting smashed. A couple of random thoughts from this Bok supporter.
I think I was correct in thinking we haven't been playing direct this year, however in this must win match we played really direct and smashed them up in the forwards
Whilst Ireland's history - home and away - against South Africa and New Zealand is littered with one failure after another in the amateur days, surprisingly their record against Australia is pockmarked with wins at home and on the road
I'm pissed, and the reason is that all of this was called in advance. Players picked out of position, poor game plan and dumb rugby - everything we feared about Foster's All Blacks.
That was unexpected. Flipping delighted the defence held out though. A heroic loss is sometimes more gutting than getting smashed. A couple of random thoughts from this Bok supporter.
I think I was correct in thinking we haven't been playing direct this year, however in this must win match we played really direct and smashed them up in the forwards
Whilst Ireland's history - home and away - against South Africa and New Zealand is littered with one failure after another in the amateur days, surprisingly their record against Australia is pockmarked with wins at home and on the road
