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Spring Tour: New Zealand vs Ireland - 3rd Test. (23/6/2012, 07:35 GMT)

I know my profile says I support the ABs, but after they won the World Cup I've found that I want to see them lose again.
 
In SA we call this 'kuikenmoord'; the butchering of defenseless chicks (rooster chicks who can't lay eggs). I guess the AB's were miffed that Ireland pushed them as hard as they last week.

Now I can;t wait for the Rugby Championship!
 
You may be waiting a while. As it stands maybe only the Boks will be able to keep momentum with them.
 
Ireland just learned what a dangerous beast a wounded All Blacks team can be. Outstanding effort from all.
 
Whtvr Ireland, happens to the best of us...all the time, doesn't matter the era. Don't beat yourselves up.
And I don't care about the whole "cementing" thing really. I've seen some teams even in the tri-nations, like, say Australia beating SA huge, and then the very next week SA beating AUS back huge. There are no absolutes, and it doesn't mean anything about the inherent nature of a side.

Big losses to the SH teams, esp the AB's (!!!) are legion for any European team. But that 2nd test match was something to remember. You guys almost made history that day !
 
NZ Stats from Scrum.com:
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[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
Ireland:
[TABLE="width: 465, align: center"]
<tbody>[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 25, align: center"]Pos[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextBlk, align: center"] [/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 30, align: center"]T/A[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 25, align: center"]Pts[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 50, align: center"]K/P/R[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 30, align: center"]MR[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 25, align: center"]CB[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 25, align: center"]DB[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 25, align: center"]OL[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 25, align: center"]TO[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 35, align: center"]Tack[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 30, align: center"]LO[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 25, align: center"]Pen[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblTextGrn, width: 30, align: center"]Y/R[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]FB[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Kearney[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/3/11[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]79[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]McFadden[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/2/7[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]34[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3/2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]C[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]O'Driscoll[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/12/6[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]7/2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]C[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Wallace[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/2/6[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]5/2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Earls[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/4/3[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2/2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]FH[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Sexton[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2/33/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]7/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]SH[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Murray[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]5/53/6[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]19[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]4/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]P[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Healy[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/1/9[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]20[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]6/3[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]H[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Best[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/1/6[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]5/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]P[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Ross[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]7/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Tuohy[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/4/8[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Ryan[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/3/8[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]21[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]6/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]8/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]F[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]McLaughlin[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0/8[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]5/4[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]F[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]O'Brien[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/7/12[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]11/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]N8[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]O'Mahony[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/5/13[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]8/2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]4/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"](R)[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Cronin[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/1/3[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]41[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"](R)[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Fitzpatrick[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/2/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"](R)[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]O'Callaghan[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"](R)[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Henry[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0/2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"](R)[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Reddan[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/21/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]2/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowGry, bgcolor: #EEEDED"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"](R)[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]O'Gara[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]4/13/2[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]3/1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: liveTblRowWht"]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"](R)[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColLeft, align: left"]Trimble[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1/3/3[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]14[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: liveTblColCtr, align: center"]0/0[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
And the key:
 
The sky stats showed that Crane had made 20 tackles. I really don't know what stats to believe.
 
Either way that's pretty immense :p

I was hugely impressed by him. He was immense in every aspect of the game. He turned a couple of balls over, but more than that he was so good with ball in hand, making a couple of half breaks and putting in some great offloads, both out of tackles and often before the tackle had been put in. Couple all of this with either 16 or 20 tackles, and two try's and it's an incredible performance. Was he man of the match?
 
I don't think they announced one - they never really do in New Zealand.
 
The sky stats showed that Crane had made 20 tackles. I really don't know what stats to believe.

Don't believe in stats - just believe in the Cane.

Between him and Pocock, I'm feeling slightly gay today. Ok, a lot gay.
 
That was embarrassing but when the AB play like that there really is very little you can do to stop them. The only part of Ireland's game that was good was the second row partnership. I though Touhy had his best game and Ryan was our best forward. It's always hard to take anything from losing to NZ like that. But let's see what we learned:

- Paddy Wallace is on form but he's not up to standard at this level. Nothing against his but he's not the answer and should never have been brought over from Portugal less than a week before the test (poor coaching)
- Our defence has considerably declined in the last year and it's quite worrying. We needed to come up and meet the AB like last week
- We our not direct enough in attack. Unlike Leinster we don't use strike runners enough.
- We have seen the importance of key players to this team. Players like D'arcy, Heaslip, O'Connell, Bowe and Ferris make the team tick even when theyre off form
 

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