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[EOYT] Ireland vs. Samoa 09/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 604111" data-attributes="member: 22777"><p>What's refreshing is the state of the bench. Under Kidney (and O'Sullivan before him) the Irish bench had become little more than a bunch of replacements if someone had to go off, as opposed to an active weapon. At his time at Leinster Schmidt was always very proactive with his substitutes, being able to spring the likes of Kevin McLaughlin or Shane Jennings, Eoin Reddan or Isaac Boss and Heinke Van Der Merwe or Cian Healy. With a bench for Saturday containing Healy, Cronin, O'Connell, O'Brien, etc. we should see this trend continue, with a big impact on the game being made in the second half.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 604111, member: 22777"] What's refreshing is the state of the bench. Under Kidney (and O'Sullivan before him) the Irish bench had become little more than a bunch of replacements if someone had to go off, as opposed to an active weapon. At his time at Leinster Schmidt was always very proactive with his substitutes, being able to spring the likes of Kevin McLaughlin or Shane Jennings, Eoin Reddan or Isaac Boss and Heinke Van Der Merwe or Cian Healy. With a bench for Saturday containing Healy, Cronin, O'Connell, O'Brien, etc. we should see this trend continue, with a big impact on the game being made in the second half. [/QUOTE]
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