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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 1214551" data-attributes="member: 45598">Ehhh weird thread.Back in an airbnb now feeling fortunate.From an Irish POV, I&#039;m glad we&#039;re out of here with a win. In our three grand slams in my lifetime, we&#039;ve won what everyone called a gimme, while playing **** and not necessarily deserving it. Scotland - 09, France - 18, and England - 23. I hope this is that game this year.I came over expecting a new coach bounce and a tough game but never really thought there&#039;d ever be a match in the balance. I was at the England game in Dublin and can say with certainty, we were closer to losing today than in Dublin a few weeks ago.Wales played modern rugby today, it was a basic and primitive gameplan but it was so much more effective than anything they&#039;ve played in 4 years. A more mature Welsh side wins that game and it&#039;s no fault of anyone in the squad today that they weren&#039;t more mature having played the last two years under a coach with a tactical approach 6 - 10 years out of date.We were so bad from 10-45mins though. The gameplan was clearly to let Wales play themselves to death in difficult positions and territorially we were very good. Outside of that we didn&#039;t take the game to them at all. As ever and forever more Ireland&#039;s performance can be summarised by the 10. Prendergast looked lazy and complacent for most of the 1st half and then looked a level above his opposiotion for 30mins until the weird (amd his second of the championship) kick out on the full in the 2nd half. Saying that, JGP is our Sexton replacement right now, if Dupont didn&#039;t exist, he&#039;d be compared to some of the all time great 9s, he&#039;s peerless in many ways.Welsh rugby won me over in a huge way this weekend anyway. Incredible hosts, lovely people and knowledgeable fans across the board. I&#039;ll be back and don&#039;t expect to see wins in Cardiff being common place going forward.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 1214551, member: 45598"] Ehhh weird thread. Back in an airbnb now feeling fortunate. From an Irish POV, I'm glad we're out of here with a win. In our three grand slams in my lifetime, we've won what everyone called a gimme, while playing **** and not necessarily deserving it. Scotland - 09, France - 18, and England - 23. I hope this is that game this year. I came over expecting a new coach bounce and a tough game but never really thought there'd ever be a match in the balance. I was at the England game in Dublin and can say with certainty, we were closer to losing today than in Dublin a few weeks ago. Wales played modern rugby today, it was a basic and primitive gameplan but it was so much more effective than anything they've played in 4 years. A more mature Welsh side wins that game and it's no fault of anyone in the squad today that they weren't more mature having played the last two years under a coach with a tactical approach 6 - 10 years out of date. We were so bad from 10-45mins though. The gameplan was clearly to let Wales play themselves to death in difficult positions and territorially we were very good. Outside of that we didn't take the game to them at all. As ever and forever more Ireland's performance can be summarised by the 10. Prendergast looked lazy and complacent for most of the 1st half and then looked a level above his opposiotion for 30mins until the weird (amd his second of the championship) kick out on the full in the 2nd half. Saying that, JGP is our Sexton replacement right now, if Dupont didn't exist, he'd be compared to some of the all time great 9s, he's peerless in many ways. Welsh rugby won me over in a huge way this weekend anyway. Incredible hosts, lovely people and knowledgeable fans across the board. I'll be back and don't expect to see wins in Cardiff being common place going forward. [/QUOTE]

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