Ireland were simply better than us – Deans
17 Sep 2011
Australian coach Robbie Deans paid tribute to Ireland’s 15-6 win in Auckland, saying they outplayed his side.
Deans, asked if it was a case of Ireland ‘outpassioning’ his side, said the word was ‘outplayed’.
‘They played more intelligently than us and played in the right areas of the field. They outplayed us. We came here to play rugby and to win and we came second. It really is as simple as that.’
Wallabies captain James Horwill concurred, saying credit had to go to the Irish.
‘They were the better team out there.’
Both Deans and Horwill said the result had changed little for the Australians in the context of the World Cup.
‘If anything, it is a reminder of what this tournament is about and what it will take to win it. We have to focus on our next game and make sure we get to the play-offs. And from there it is a case of winning every game, regardless of who you play,’ said the Wallabies coach.
When asked if Ireland had the team to win the tournament Deans chuckled and said he thought it appropriate he focused on Australia and getting them back in contention.
Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll hailed the victory as special for the team and the Irish support and joked that his forwards deserved the kudos and anyone else who wanted to jump on the bandwagon.
The Irish were subdued at the press conference but admitted they’d certainly celebrate in Irish fashion in Auckland.
‘We’ll enjoy the night,’ said coach Declan Kidney, but it is only one game won. To win this tournament we have to win a few more. O’Driscoll added: ‘It feels good but it is not like I am sitting here with the Webb Ellis trophy.’
Both coaches singled out the scrum as being decisive in the third quarter of the game, but Kidney felt it was at the breakdown where his team fashioned the famous win.
‘We knew that to beat Australia we had to win the battle of the breakdown.’
By Mark Keohane at Eden Park, Auckland
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18 Sep 2011, 01:41 am
Ok so all those people that said we were lucky against Wales well at least we won
And all those who felt Aussies could win it all Not yet they haveto maybe go through Boks in quarters now i am sure both boks and wallabies are not happy
Ireland are
18 Sep 2011, 05:27 am
Haaaaaaaha. Did anyone see Ferris adopt Genia as his African child and attempting to take it home? Ag, so cute. Ferris was inspired by the Brad and Jolie scene.
18 Sep 2011, 08:02 am
@CoachPete(CoachPete)-150: I agree but we need to rest Schalk before the Samoa game and in any case Heinrich needs more game time as he has not played many games before this World Cup.
Bakkies needs game time to regain fitness before the quarter finals. Danie needs a “rest” if Victor’s injury is as bad as we have heard.
Bismark needs some game time but Chilliboy needs just a game against the weakened Namibia just to justify why they took this guy along to New Zealand.
18 Sep 2011, 08:29 am
Oz missed Matt Gitteau last night.
18 Sep 2011, 11:52 am
CANADA,
CANADA,
CANADA,
Penalty, they are still in touch.
18 Sep 2011, 12:49 pm
ShaunSwindon-153
Chilliboy does need gametime but he doesn’t have to justify being taken at all.He was one of the only players who impressed in away tour in NZ/Oz in 3N,had a good S15 especially vs Bismark in Sharks/Bulls games.Plus he plays with all the lineout jumpers in Danie,Matfield,Botha,Spies at Bullsifamiliarity.
And by the way,all the top teams take 3 hookers..Corey Flynn has hardly played for NZ,just like James Hanson for Oz or Dimitri Szarzewski for France etc
Nothing to justify his selection at all.
18 Sep 2011, 13:11 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-156: agree, Chili has really impressed this season.
18 Sep 2011, 13:47 pm
Take a bow the Irish forwards and Gert Smal.
Its crazy to think of the coaching intellectual capital that we have had leave our shores.
Nick Mallett in Italy, Heyneke Meyer might still have been at Leicester had his wife not fallen ill, Alan Solomons for a long time at Northampton, Jake White to the Brumbies, Brendan Venter coaching Saracens.
18 Sep 2011, 14:42 pm
Kietzphat
Smal has done a good job with Ireland but mate let’s not lose site of the coaching results they had while in SA.intellectual capital or not,Smal coached the Boks forwards for 4 yrs under the White era-we never had a decent tighthead in all thay time-Eddie Andrews,BJ Botha,Carstens,CJ etc our scrum wasn’t ever dominant even vs OZ,CJ had penalty problems,Os wasn’t the dominant LH he was.We never played with a balanced loose trio,Smal oversaw Bok never playin with a genuine openside flank…He coached a very avg Stormers side which won nothing under his tutelage in SA,never made any Superrugby finals etc
Mallett is well documented,his Bobby mistake-his mess of WP as Director of rugby,his battles with administration,he won 1 test in trinations in 99′,2000,lost to wales first tym in a 100yrs,consecutive losses to England etc,John Kirwan put in excellent structures in Italy rugby,doing the same with Japan its showing
Solomons is back in SA doing great work with Kings,he was ok at Northampton,Brendan Venter is also back in SA where he reached his ceiling at Saracens.
So while they are good coaches,they aren’t messiahs as they really didn’t do much better than present coaches…Ludeke has 2 superrugby titles while Meyer was in Europe.
18 Sep 2011, 15:43 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-159:
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying these guys are the messiahs.
What I am lamenting is that the smart coaches are plowing their expertise into foreign players.
No coach is perfect and you can pick out mistakes with just about any top class coach. Father Ted losing in the QF at RWC 07, Robbie Deans poor winning record as an Aussie coach, etc.
My gripe is with experienced guys heading overseas when they could be using their experience and nous to better the local guys.
18 Sep 2011, 16:56 pm
Kietzphat
Fair enough,I would rather have some of those names than say Plumtree/Drotske or coaching the junior Bok teams especially. Or do a Makgraaf to Griquas at present.
18 Sep 2011, 21:26 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-159: Agreed… Mallet must never be forgiven.
If we can’t have the best i.e. a Henry or a Deans… I think I’d settle for Alister WIlliams… maybe he brings Rassie in.
18 Sep 2011, 21:34 pm
@mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-159: Such a narrow minded view. Seriously. Local is not always lekker. Ideas evolve elsewhere and people learn different things elsewhere. Your revisionist view on Mallet will make a Stalinist Propaganda Cadre very proud.
19 Sep 2011, 07:23 am
Well we all remember Quade Coopers squeeze Stephanie Rice and the trouble she caused referring to the England team as faggots……well Stephanie you had better talk under water from now on eh!1
19 Sep 2011, 07:24 am
…and will we see Ireland in the finals. Nothing is impossible in the WC as we are seeing!!
19 Sep 2011, 07:27 am
@captain fantail(captain fantail)-164:
I think Cap’n – you’ll find she was referring to the Boks at the time.
19 Sep 2011, 07:59 am
Well done Ireland – completely unexpected
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