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Conservative Kidney springs a surprise
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<blockquote data-quote="osullie6" data-source="post: 508847" data-attributes="member: 56740"><p>Enjoyed the blog.</p><p></p><p>I think the most positive thing with this selection is that it shows a change of mindset, hopefully it'll be continued into the future.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to reserve judgement though until I see how Ireland play on Saturday. I think it's very difficult to judge the selection properly until we see if the Irish gameplan has changed. If we continue trying to play a conservative kicking game we're going to get slaughtered (not that that might not happen anyway). We'll be gifting possession to one of the best running rugby teams in the world, who aren't going to give the ball back easily.</p><p></p><p>I might be reading too much into the selection but I think it's fairly obvious that the Irish backline wasn't selected with defensive abilities primarily in mind. For that reason I think Ireland might try a more running/attacking gameplan than they have done recently, which would be nice as I think it's what they have to do to develop and also that it means there's a better chance of getting the best out of Sexton.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="osullie6, post: 508847, member: 56740"] Enjoyed the blog. I think the most positive thing with this selection is that it shows a change of mindset, hopefully it'll be continued into the future. I'm going to reserve judgement though until I see how Ireland play on Saturday. I think it's very difficult to judge the selection properly until we see if the Irish gameplan has changed. If we continue trying to play a conservative kicking game we're going to get slaughtered (not that that might not happen anyway). We'll be gifting possession to one of the best running rugby teams in the world, who aren't going to give the ball back easily. I might be reading too much into the selection but I think it's fairly obvious that the Irish backline wasn't selected with defensive abilities primarily in mind. For that reason I think Ireland might try a more running/attacking gameplan than they have done recently, which would be nice as I think it's what they have to do to develop and also that it means there's a better chance of getting the best out of Sexton. [/QUOTE]
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