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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 352214" data-attributes="member: 33219"><p>Wow. Ireland couldn't have organised their opening game in a new stadium any worse.</p><p></p><p>Off the pitch - the fact it's called Aviva; the fact it's significantly smaller than Croke Park; the fact they ballsed up the ticketing so badly that the smaller stadium was only half full...</p><p></p><p>On the pitch - the crappy atmosphere throughout most of the match says it all. That stadium was quiet. Ireland were absolutely dreadful - these Springboks should have been taken to pieces by any international team worth their salt. I don't quite understand how it got so close, because there was no way Ireland were good for a draw.</p><p></p><p>I say this every international match, but Cian Healy should never be close to being capped. Anything he does well in the loose (which was nothing today) is completely undone by his inability to scrummage. I don't think I've ever seen a prop go backwards so consistently at international level. He'd get pushed around by Newcastle. Buckley was no better - it's a sorry state that accross 4 provinces there's not one single prop worth his salt, it lets the rest of the team down, considering on paper at full strength it's a class side from 4-15.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 352214, member: 33219"] Wow. Ireland couldn't have organised their opening game in a new stadium any worse. Off the pitch - the fact it's called Aviva; the fact it's significantly smaller than Croke Park; the fact they ballsed up the ticketing so badly that the smaller stadium was only half full... On the pitch - the crappy atmosphere throughout most of the match says it all. That stadium was quiet. Ireland were absolutely dreadful - these Springboks should have been taken to pieces by any international team worth their salt. I don't quite understand how it got so close, because there was no way Ireland were good for a draw. I say this every international match, but Cian Healy should never be close to being capped. Anything he does well in the loose (which was nothing today) is completely undone by his inability to scrummage. I don't think I've ever seen a prop go backwards so consistently at international level. He'd get pushed around by Newcastle. Buckley was no better - it's a sorry state that accross 4 provinces there's not one single prop worth his salt, it lets the rest of the team down, considering on paper at full strength it's a class side from 4-15. [/QUOTE]
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