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[EOYT] Ireland v Australia 16/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 605741" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>The last time Ireland played Argentina (less than a year ago) they scored 7 tries. That was with a very similar backline to the one they have now (except BOD was missing). Likewise they have a very similar backline when they thumped Italy last year (again BOD was missing). That clearly shows Australia scoring a few tries against these sides is nothing special, and I see no reason why the Ireland backline couldn't score tries against them too (as they have done so recently!). While it was obvious that Ireland didn't score many tries during the 6 Nations, there were a number of reasons for this. The weather conditions in a least two of the match were atrocious (vs England and France), so were hardly conductive to backline play. I remember in the Italy game half their backline fell over with injury and they ended up with a flanker on the wing. The 6 Nations as a whole was a pretty low scoring affair (by Rugby Championship standards) - Ireland scored 5 tries and conceded 5 (similar or England 5 scored / 6 conceded, and France 6 scored / 6 conceded). The fact Australia have scored a few more tries than Ireland this season needs to be put into context of the opposition and the weather/ground condition they played under. I'm sure if Ireland had a chance to play on the hard surface under the roof in Dunedin they would score a few tries too!</p><p></p><p>Lealiifano has been a good goal-kicker this season, but offers very little with ball in hand (and has been replaced in the starting lineup by Toomua over recent weeks). If you look at the Auusie backline man-for-man they look nowhere near as dangerous as they have in recent years. Unless Genia rediscovers his form of old the only player in the Australian backline that Ireland should be remotely worried about is Israel Folau (and he is not easy to contain at the best of times!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 605741, member: 24910"] The last time Ireland played Argentina (less than a year ago) they scored 7 tries. That was with a very similar backline to the one they have now (except BOD was missing). Likewise they have a very similar backline when they thumped Italy last year (again BOD was missing). That clearly shows Australia scoring a few tries against these sides is nothing special, and I see no reason why the Ireland backline couldn't score tries against them too (as they have done so recently!). While it was obvious that Ireland didn't score many tries during the 6 Nations, there were a number of reasons for this. The weather conditions in a least two of the match were atrocious (vs England and France), so were hardly conductive to backline play. I remember in the Italy game half their backline fell over with injury and they ended up with a flanker on the wing. The 6 Nations as a whole was a pretty low scoring affair (by Rugby Championship standards) - Ireland scored 5 tries and conceded 5 (similar or England 5 scored / 6 conceded, and France 6 scored / 6 conceded). The fact Australia have scored a few more tries than Ireland this season needs to be put into context of the opposition and the weather/ground condition they played under. I'm sure if Ireland had a chance to play on the hard surface under the roof in Dunedin they would score a few tries too! Lealiifano has been a good goal-kicker this season, but offers very little with ball in hand (and has been replaced in the starting lineup by Toomua over recent weeks). If you look at the Auusie backline man-for-man they look nowhere near as dangerous as they have in recent years. Unless Genia rediscovers his form of old the only player in the Australian backline that Ireland should be remotely worried about is Israel Folau (and he is not easy to contain at the best of times!). [/QUOTE]
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