Just starting an early thread as there’s injury news that will impact the weekend.

  • Olap@lemmy.worldM
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    8 days ago

    Argentina nearly did it tonight. Ireland ultimately with too much discipline in that defense to overcome. And too many caps, far too many caps - when are some of the 100+ retiring?

    • steeznson@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Envious of Argentina. We were 5th in the world once but have never been able to take the next step in terms of collecting the big scalps.

      • Olap@lemmy.worldM
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        8 days ago

        Nor did Argentina take that scalp tonight. And we were 4 pts shy ourselves this year in Dublin. Home adv may mean that it’s a coin flip in 2025!

    • TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nzOP
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      7 days ago

      Looks to me like Ireland’s old bodies aren’t going the distance and they’re not getting a lot out of their bench so far. Probably similar to the ABs they should have started getting more experience into some of the players sooner.