Look at Foley’s team mate screaming at him to kick it. He knew

@stodders This drives me absolutely nuts.

The players weren’t injured when the ball was in play but the ball goes out and suddenly they’re hurt.

World Rugby need to address it. The ABs were guilty of it last year at the end of a close game when Aumua went down. Everyone does it.

Something like in football when if you receive treatment you go to the sideline and play restarts without you. If it’s a scrum and it’s a front rower then give the opposition a FK. Probably a far better solution than that but it is infuriating to watch. Other leagues wouldn’t tolerate it but Rugby seems to revel in this kind of junk.

Is there a way to convince them that they lost the last game against the Wallabies before the next one?

@pakman Great comparison. And still, like Cardiff 07, should have won despite the referee due to poor decision making from the leadership on the field.

Special place in hell for those whose only intention at a sporting event is to start a Mexican wave.

If the head coach believes that Perofeta is only good for 60 seconds a test match then deep down he also believes he’s not good enough to play at this level. It ain’t a development squad. Quit f’n round and pick the best players. If you want to rest players then fine, but don’t pick someone who you don’t have the confidence in to play when it counts. Pero isn’t gonna learn anything coming on with 20 to go if they’re up 30 is he? Fozzy knows he’s not gonna play Pero off the bench in the QF next year so why bother now?

Did Robinson not scenario plan the last fortnight?

Win both: Fozzy has to stay and mostly everyone would agree that was fair.

Lose both badly: Fozzy gots to go.

Anything in between (1-1, game drawn, play great but lose 2 thrillers, players sent off):

Do nothing. Wait to see if the ABs avoid disaster vs Pumas and retain Bledisloe.

Robinson is obviously a terrible communicator and has no vision and is completely lacking in self awareness. Not great traits for a CEO.

Dalton’s chance to take the jersey next 3 games.

Coaching aside, if Richie plays well it’s time to hand over the keys to the car and not look back.

@Stargazer RTS missed substantial time in SR and then come the big game against the Saders he wasn’t the only Blue who didn’t show up, largely down to the Saders controlling everything. Agreed that he didn’t set the house on fire but he did enough to warrant a look.

The issue with players like him and Hoskins is - as JK says often on the breakdown - xx games until the RWC, we need to find out what we’ve got.

Havili has been in and around the team since 2017 and is what he is. Guys like RTS and Laumape would at least offer something against the rush defence.

Good luck to the young lad, but Oz need to be looking for the league versions of Ardie, Kolisi, Furlong or Dupont.

They’ve always had good players in the back 3. Folau was the best in the world, practically. Would have got more love if he wore a black jersey.

Jeeez look at Ireland’s wingers now - Hansen and Lowe were merely JAGs in SR. Gotta build the foundations first. Good to have that kind of talent but it needs to be the icing on the cake.

Assuming Razor fancies him…..

O’Gara might have extended his contract but I’d be amazed if he didn’t have options/clauses to leave for international jobs. He was in a strong position at the time. For him, maybe Ireland is the ultimate gig and he’ll have his time at some point I’m sure.

However, unlike the Ireland job which will be there waiting for him (beyond Farrell’s time there’s Leo Cullen perhaps), being an assistant at the ABs is a once in a lifetime chance.

The ABs can send Brad Mooar over to La Rochelle as compensation. 😜

@Bones I still can’t figure out the difference between those 2.

Once this Ireland have finished partying tonight, they can have a nice lazy Sunday and bask in the glow of a grand slam.

And come Monday morning they can call their travel agent and ask for a return flight from Paris to Dublin on October 15th because they are 100% going out in the quarters.

Could happily spend a few hours dissecting the minutiae of that one, but ultimately it’s the same old story: Saders find a way, Blues don’t.

@Duluth that 1014 show was great. Just proper analysis of what’s going on. Learned a lot watching it.

Poor execution on the last play from scrummage there. Not quite sure what the plan was and wondering why they didn’t go left with the numbers.

I like Aumua on the bench. He’s more effective when the game has broken down a little and good to have him at the business end. Canes have some lads in that team now.

And as for Hoskins, looks like he’s added some steak to go with the sizzle. Helluva game from him.

@Tim I stand corrected. But the point still stands.

One thing I can’t stand from the likes of Jeff Wilson and the Breakdown show is this utter dismissal of SR in a RWC year. Sky don’t even have the rights for the RWC (am I right?) and they are pumping it like it’s the be all and end all. We probably know 90% of the players, if not more, who are going if they’re fit.

If you tell the punters the comp doesn’t matter, sooner or later they start to believe you. Look at some of the piss poor crowds.

We know who the next coach is, we know Eddie is in Oz now. Come back to me in July. Too many good old boys drinking the same milk.

For me the moment that stands out the most is in the 35th min when BoK was giving Dalton another discipline warning and Paps responded by asking if he could talk to the team? Mate, that horse left the stable about 30 mins ago. Goodness me.

Has to be Beauden’s worst game in SR. Excuse my hyperbole.