Winning Ugly Is No Problem ; Single-Point Win Does Not Reflect Irish Strength but It Will Do for Us Any Day [Eire Region Edition 2]
Mail on Sunday › March 01, 2009
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BE CAREFUL what you wish for. The idea that we were going to beat England by eight or nine points seemed very unlikely to me before the game, although it appeared likely to the bookies. After 75 minutes, it looked like they were right and if Ronan O'Gara's usually trusty goal-kicking was on cue there would have been no doubt. In any event, I'd take a onepoint win against England any day.
It was an ugly game from the word go. Joe Worsley and even props like Phil Vickery were making huge tackles in the first half and they were hard to break down.See the full content of this document
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Winning Ugly Is No Problem ; Single-Point Win Does Not Reflect Irish Strength but It Will Do for Us Any Day [Eire Region Edition 2]
Ireland did themselves no favours with the worrying game-plan they have evolved of playing slow-ruck-ball followed up with even slower-ruck-ball.
If Ireland are going to look to pick-and-go and take teams like England on around the fringes, it would be difficult to get q...See the full content of this document
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