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2024 Guinness Six Nations
Ireland: 6 Nations plusses, minuses and where to go from here
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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 308244"><p>Ireland fans shouldn't take this 6N too badly.</p><p></p><p>In 2009 you managed to develop a team that was not the world's best, but up there, and given your player base, this is outstanding.</p><p></p><p>However, this 6N has outlined where Ireland are very limited. 2009 was so successful because of your star players - POC, Ferris, Wallace, Heaslip, BOD, Bowe and Kearney all playing at the top of their games, and other players playing very well too.</p><p></p><p>This 6N, all of those guys besides Wallace and Bowe have been, for whatever reasons, below their 2009 form.</p><p></p><p>In this situation, Ireland needed the rest of the team to step up a gear to compensate. But the front row was so poor that the forwards have had little platform to attack from. Tomas O Leary is a very ordinary scrum half and doesn't help matters.</p><p></p><p>For a nation like Ireland, who have a limited amount of players to choose from, great teams are going to be uncommon - you're lucky that there's a large number of outstanding Irish players around atm. If those players aren't on top form for more than a year at a time, then long term success isn't going to happen. Look at Wales.</p><p></p><p>I'd be happy that at the moment, Ireland are making the most of what they've got. 10 years ago, you wouldn't have dreamed of winning at Twickenham - recently, this isn't a surprise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 308244"] Ireland fans shouldn't take this 6N too badly. In 2009 you managed to develop a team that was not the world's best, but up there, and given your player base, this is outstanding. However, this 6N has outlined where Ireland are very limited. 2009 was so successful because of your star players - POC, Ferris, Wallace, Heaslip, BOD, Bowe and Kearney all playing at the top of their games, and other players playing very well too. This 6N, all of those guys besides Wallace and Bowe have been, for whatever reasons, below their 2009 form. In this situation, Ireland needed the rest of the team to step up a gear to compensate. But the front row was so poor that the forwards have had little platform to attack from. Tomas O Leary is a very ordinary scrum half and doesn't help matters. For a nation like Ireland, who have a limited amount of players to choose from, great teams are going to be uncommon - you're lucky that there's a large number of outstanding Irish players around atm. If those players aren't on top form for more than a year at a time, then long term success isn't going to happen. Look at Wales. I'd be happy that at the moment, Ireland are making the most of what they've got. 10 years ago, you wouldn't have dreamed of winning at Twickenham - recently, this isn't a surprise. [/QUOTE]
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