Irish pray for AB off day
6 Jun 2006
Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll admitted that it would need New Zealand to have an off day for his side to record a first-ever win against the All Blacks.
O’Driscoll said he was being practical in suggesting that it was not just about Ireland playing well, but New Zealand having a mare on the day Ireland did play well.
He qualified his statement even further by adding it was possible for the two to happen on Saturday, especially given the squad rotation of the All Blacks.
There was no such rotation from the Irish coach Eddie O’Sullivan, who picked his strongest line-up to play the All Blacks in Hamilton.
IRELAND: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (c), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Neil Best, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 John Hayes, 2 Jerry Flannery, 1 Marcus Horan. Subs: 16 Rory Best, 17 Bryan Young, 18 Mick O’Driscoll, 19 Keith Gleeson, 20 Isaac Boss, 21 Denis Hickie, 22 Girvan Dempsey.
45 Comments
6 Jun 2006, 08:48 am
Would love to see the paddy’s win….but highly unlikely! hope o’driscoll has no flashbacks of ‘that tackle’!
6 Jun 2006, 08:49 am
On the AB’s off days they go handbag shopping.
6 Jun 2006, 08:50 am
Was it O’Driscoll who last yr said ‘I nearly died’? (after the spear tackle) BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
6 Jun 2006, 08:51 am
On AB’s on day’s they go Bokke klapping
6 Jun 2006, 08:54 am
It would take the Irish at 120% and AB at 70% for Ireland to win. I would love it if they did win, but somehow common sense keeps telling AB +12.
6 Jun 2006, 08:54 am
The AB’s will need more than an off day.
They will need to lost 5 players due to red-cards and have another 5 disabled by gippo guts before the Irish have any chance.
6 Jun 2006, 08:57 am
Ohhh Henry is so wishing for his team to have a bad loss to get their attention! As it is they will cruise through to the WC semies where again they will choke…some thing you just can’t change!
6 Jun 2006, 08:58 am
suzi to prepare a feast for the AB on friday night
6 Jun 2006, 08:59 am
The only chance the Irish have at winning is if the AB’s team bus gets stuck in traffic and they pitch up late for the game.
6 Jun 2006, 09:02 am
traffic = flock/herd/bunch of sheep
6 Jun 2006, 09:06 am
kemp
traffic = flock/herd/bunch of sheep?
What’s this, you day dreaming as you drive to work? See any nice ones there in the traffic?
6 Jun 2006, 09:10 am
trying to count them, only 1 problem, all they are saying is: wêê love bwêêds!
6 Jun 2006, 09:10 am
lol @ kemp!!
6 Jun 2006, 09:12 am
as the late great elvis would say: thank you, thank you very much, love you tender
6 Jun 2006, 09:13 am
Hallucinating is one thing, but hallucinating with an effeminate lisp – oh boy!
6 Jun 2006, 09:15 am
nou is ek deurmekaar. “effeminate lisp” ?? anyone?? my english is limited to yes, know and fank you
6 Jun 2006, 09:19 am
Kemp, dis ok, dis die 3 belangrikste woorde in engels.
6 Jun 2006, 09:24 am
kemp – just taking the piss
No malice intended.
6 Jun 2006, 09:28 am
thats ok brads, no harm done, permanent that is!
6 Jun 2006, 09:32 am
So van die os op die jas…
I read on IOL that Os limped off with a groin strain at yesterday’s training. Deon Carstens slotted back into the front row. Hope that’s just temporary.
6 Jun 2006, 09:35 am
kat
hope so as well, would rather have john smit as prop than carstens
6 Jun 2006, 09:43 am
Back to the real issue
Henry took a chance 18 months ago by blooding new players in important tests. Those important tests were every bloody test.
His gamble has paid off in spades.
Today, the introduction of a player out of his usual position like Marty Hollah is worth a bit of debate, but not the doom saying it would have brought 2 years ago.
6 Jun 2006, 10:38 am
not a bad team the irish have, but this is the ABs at home, very little chance.
they better just hope the AB’s are rusty at the start of their season.
6 Jun 2006, 10:58 am
o’driscoll whines like a little girl
6 Jun 2006, 11:17 am
The Paddy’s must get in the handbags faces from the get go ,like we did in CT. When the boks beat the AB’s its coz we force them into mistake making and out of their rhythm. BOD cant just hope….he and they must devise a plan to upset the bucket and make them into cart(er) horses.
Inbred looking Doncha rampaging thru the lineout and tackling the scrummie hard is a a good start.
A steel arm helps.But nerves of steel are better.
6 Jun 2006, 11:35 am
Koos(post7)
At least we always get to the semi’s!
6 Jun 2006, 11:52 am
Irish to play out of their skins and O Driscoll to have a stormer! Irish by 3 points…..
Any bets?
6 Jun 2006, 12:05 pm
The worst thing New Zealand can do is underestimate Ireland. Without Umaga to spear tackle O’Driscol the AB’S are going to have a hard time stoping him. Not even Nonu can match up to O’Driscol. We all know what he can do when he is on song and these last few Heineken cup matches say that he is. David Walace can take on Mc Caw on any given day and O’Connel is in better form then Jack. We have all seen the form Shane Horgan has been in and I think Carter will meet his match in Ronan O’Gara. The Irish scrum have John Heyes and Marcus Horan and I think they will be able to handle the All Black front row.
6 Jun 2006, 12:11 pm
reckon Bod is going to have his hands full defending against Nonu.
6 Jun 2006, 12:12 pm
Anyone who thinks the AB’s will lose needs to put the crak pipe down….
I suspect a robust 1st half followed by an All Black rugby bonanza
6 Jun 2006, 12:19 pm
Veii,(post28).
I don’t think you wpould survive many random drug tests buddy.
p.s. whatever you are taking is not performance enhancing.So just go with flow and enjoy it.
6 Jun 2006, 12:59 pm
#26 Cane, yes but we did it in ’95! You last did it in the 80 somethings…
6 Jun 2006, 13:01 pm
PS Cane, chucked out me best bait and all I got was a teeny weeny little canefish!!!
6 Jun 2006, 13:09 pm
Koos, Post32.
You did nothing in 95.
That **** “Suzie” did every for you guys.
Oh and last time I read the rule book a game of rugby was 80 minutes.That makes it a draw and both names should be on the cup.And i won’t even mention the F#ching Gold watch.
6 Jun 2006, 13:21 pm
Hehehe cane, another canefish, won’t fill the tummy though…and all those little bones, not worth it! As for dear Suzie, please let her rest peacefully in the minds of the slightly off key, makes them calm and restfull.
As for the gold watch…it was fake!
6 Jun 2006, 13:26 pm
PS cane, off to bed now, will chat again soon. If you want I would like to introduce you to another email based rugby chat group…SA based but we have the token Aussies, Kiwis and Pommies on the list, sure you will fit in. Let me know and I can get the info to you.
6 Jun 2006, 13:44 pm
Cane dont listen to these idiots. No need to argue with japies about the world cup…they want you to whine it boosts their ego. Sleep well knowing that we beat them in the 94 and the 96 series and on current form are looking alot better than our african counterparts when it comes to the world cup. Not that i would ever underestimate the boks against us on their day, even though their last world cup outing against us they should have been wearing Cats jerseys. Enough said
Ireland as Veii said will be tough. They are at full strength, Odriscol and Kelly are World class and they have men in form and will play with passion at a good ground for a good game of rugby. THey DO NOT however have anyone near Carter or McCaw…but the cunning Irish will have a plan. If ever they were going to beat the AB’s this is as better chance as ever. And they will be quietly confident of surprising the All Blacks with quality play in the first half. The All Blacks should win, but I for one am not under-estimating the irish, and you can be sure as hell Graeme Henry isnt either.
6 Jun 2006, 13:49 pm
Triple crown winners, only lost to France, Odriscol fired up, nothing to lose they have never beaten us….id say the pressure will be on the boys. I hope we win but let me say this.
If there is any team in the world i would toast a victory to over my beloved All Blacks, it would be the Irish. By god 101 years with no joy. Imagine Saturday in Dublin if they can pull it off. They will have targeted this match simular to how England did when they beat us at the cake tin 3 years ago. Im picking a classic test match…
6 Jun 2006, 14:26 pm
Not sure who winges more Ausies or kiwi’s.
6 Jun 2006, 15:18 pm
Boylouw
There are no greater winges than you japies. Constantly throughout the super 14 on this site you all winged at your teams and pulled your hair out. We dont winge as much because we dont need to.
No seriously you guys are bloody hard on your teams, and there are way too much politics in SA Rugby
6 Jun 2006, 15:19 pm
Hence plenty of things for you all to winge about….
6 Jun 2006, 15:38 pm
NZMaori, who is your Japie…but your are correct, our super 14 teams did suck, hugely so. And yes – there is way toooooo much politics in our rugby, I was just having a crack at that suzi comment from earlier on. Winge as when you loose. We cannot winge when we loose as we probably played so badly that we need to just accept we are bad…
6 Jun 2006, 15:53 pm
Well, I think this Nonu is “going to get dominated by O’driscoll” thing is rubbish. The one person the knows that right now is Nonu himself, I bet O’driscol has no idea how Nonu plays does he?!?!? hmm, well power Vs finesse, hope its a good game and let the test season begin!!!
6 Jun 2006, 21:32 pm
NZ ,good call on the 94 and 96 series. if more Kiwi’s could loose the cup gracefully yet enjot those other wins it would be a good thing.
Cane,its never going to be a drawn final. AND Ruben Kruger scored that try….ref was just too nervous to call what he couldn’t quite see.
So we actually won it. Had Merts won the game in xr=tra time you wouldnt have dreamed of sharing it with us.
Its been years now ,and perhaps some AB’s were off colour and perhaps it was a bad fish or something ,but it really pokes holes in your kins skin when you cry about Suzie all the time. it’s never been proven. it would be a shame it it happened. Dont try spiol our moment of glory. We took it,we deserved it.
You guys have a host of tri nations and S12/14′s a few series wins etc…..good on ya.
We have the 95 world cup …good on us.
8 Jun 2006, 16:27 pm
Summed up beautifully DDrek
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