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[RWC2023 QF2] Ireland vs New Zealand (14/10/2023)
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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1157749" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>Shame for Ire but the ABs deserved the win. </p><p></p><p>We can go all cod psychologist as to the reasons why. It'll be a combination of factors as always. There's no QF hoodoo, but the Irish didn't have any players used to successfully navigating the pointy end either. Knock out rugby brings different pressures.</p><p></p><p>The ABs turned up - they may not be vintage but they're not totally terrible either. They'd been on a generally upward trajectory and although they lost to the Boks at HQ far fewer remember the reverse result over the summer. </p><p></p><p>But I go back to what I said about the Irish over celebrating after the Boks game - it just seemed to mean too much. May not have made any difference, but it may have given them false confidence or they may have found it hard to raise their game to that intensity again in comparatively short order. It just didn't ring quite right at the time. Of course they wanted to win but they would almost certainly have qualified with a loss, a result that would have enabled them to refocus and get the winning run monkey off their backs - virtually all teams who've been long unbeaten runs say that it becomes a bit of a millstone at a certain point.</p><p></p><p>Ireland died with their boots on, but at the end of the day weren't quite good enough. I guess it's nights like this which remind us why we love the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1157749, member: 73144"] Shame for Ire but the ABs deserved the win. We can go all cod psychologist as to the reasons why. It’ll be a combination of factors as always. There’s no QF hoodoo, but the Irish didn’t have any players used to successfully navigating the pointy end either. Knock out rugby brings different pressures. The ABs turned up - they may not be vintage but they’re not totally terrible either. They’d been on a generally upward trajectory and although they lost to the Boks at HQ far fewer remember the reverse result over the summer. But I go back to what I said about the Irish over celebrating after the Boks game - it just seemed to mean too much. May not have made any difference, but it may have given them false confidence or they may have found it hard to raise their game to that intensity again in comparatively short order. It just didn’t ring quite right at the time. Of course they wanted to win but they would almost certainly have qualified with a loss, a result that would have enabled them to refocus and get the winning run monkey off their backs - virtually all teams who’ve been long unbeaten runs say that it becomes a bit of a millstone at a certain point. Ireland died with their boots on, but at the end of the day weren’t quite good enough. I guess it’s nights like this which remind us why we love the game. [/QUOTE]
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