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Ireland u20 v Scotland u20
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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 307871"><p>That was a hugely impressive win. 44-15 in the end and it could have been more. </p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p>The entire backline were superb. Cooney got the ball away quickly from scrumhalf, McKinney timed his passes exceptionally well and was very quick to support the centres, Spence was pacy and powerful, Griffin stepped and offloaded with aplomb, Zebo and O'Halloran were electric while Conway provided some touches of class and got on the end of a couple of try scoring moves.</p><p></p><p>As for Macken, he had three touches of the ball - the first he was turned over, the second saw him pinged for holding on and the third was a knock on. He came into the tournament hyped up and didn't really deliver on the promise. I wouldn't write him off as a bosh merchant though. I saw him play plenty for Rock and Ireland schools and he does have a strong all round game. He can run brilliant support lines from outside centre and offloads very competently. He's 18 and has another year at u20 level. If he learns from his travails in this years tournament and sheds some of his "bulk", he has a big future. </p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p>It's disappointing but not the end of the world. What's more important is how individuals develop throughout the tournament. In that regard quite a few members of the team showed they have what it takes to make it further in the game. Some like Simon Zebo, Darren Hudson and David O'Callaghan really advanced their reputations. I'll take that over winning a grand slam playing 10 man rugby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 307871"] That was a hugely impressive win. 44-15 in the end and it could have been more. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> The entire backline were superb. Cooney got the ball away quickly from scrumhalf, McKinney timed his passes exceptionally well and was very quick to support the centres, Spence was pacy and powerful, Griffin stepped and offloaded with aplomb, Zebo and O'Halloran were electric while Conway provided some touches of class and got on the end of a couple of try scoring moves. As for Macken, he had three touches of the ball - the first he was turned over, the second saw him pinged for holding on and the third was a knock on. He came into the tournament hyped up and didn't really deliver on the promise. I wouldn't write him off as a bosh merchant though. I saw him play plenty for Rock and Ireland schools and he does have a strong all round game. He can run brilliant support lines from outside centre and offloads very competently. He's 18 and has another year at u20 level. If he learns from his travails in this years tournament and sheds some of his "bulk", he has a big future. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> It's disappointing but not the end of the world. What's more important is how individuals develop throughout the tournament. In that regard quite a few members of the team showed they have what it takes to make it further in the game. Some like Simon Zebo, Darren Hudson and David O'Callaghan really advanced their reputations. I'll take that over winning a grand slam playing 10 man rugby. [/QUOTE]
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