Given how difficult an opponent Wales have been for Ireland down the years, you would think that a convincing victory over them would be cause for great celebration, but there was something slightly disappointing about what transpired in the Aviva Stadium yesterday. While it wasn’t a flat performance and a valuable try bonus point was … Continue reading Pass Mark
Opening Night
Peter O’Mahony’s red card in the Principality Stadium last year and the progress that Ireland and Wales have made since then mean that we’re probably going to see a very different game to what the last meeting between these sides produced. Both teams are on a near-identical trajectory since RWC 2019; their new head coaches … Continue reading Opening Night
Going Out With A Bang
After conceding a cheap opening try to Argentina yesterday, Ireland responded smartly by taking the game by the scruff of the neck and putting a landslide score on an admittedly struggling Argentina side in the Aviva Stadium. Despite spending long spells in their own half in this game, Ireland played their opponents off the park, … Continue reading Going Out With A Bang
Maintaining Altitude
When Argentina broke their duck against the All Blacks last year after gathering up wins here and there against Australia and South Africa since joining the Tri-Nations, it looked like they had finally established themselves as a premier force in world rugby. They have regressed badly since, with their old habits of ill-discipline and late … Continue reading Maintaining Altitude
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