Couldn’t understand what RO’G was doing kicking the ball down the throats of the back three – France, as ever, can run the ball 50 yards in a heartbeat and regularly did. RO’G’s tactical kicking wasn’t great yesterday though. He was struggling to find those spots behind the full-back, though, France played with their back three always there to take the ball – which meant they were always starting from deep – this may have been a tactic to negate RO’G’s kicking – so in a roundabout way, it helped Ireland.
Hadn’t heard that stat about Owens gwaelod, very interesting. We were very disciplined yesterday, especially inside our own 22 – mind you, that is the view of a supporter of the winning team so is probably coloured. Just thought the discipline was impressive..no fighting, no professional fouls, never in danger of a yellow card.
What about Chabal though – they guy, as a forward, is awesome – his running and hand-offs are a sight to behold. Thankfully, after the Munster Sale game, he was a marked man – stunning player though.