18-10-15 rugby world cup sundy

IRELAND 20-43 ARGENTENA

THIS IS AN IRELAND TEAM WITHOUT A LEADER

There seems to be nothing going on until Cobolo catches and gets a couple of passes out wide to Moroni to score the try. Sanchez con 2 minutes. Imhoff gets the ball from a quality kick from Sanchez. Sanchez con 9 minutes Tommy Bowe then injured Sanchez scores penalty on 12 and Madagan scores penalty on 19 minutes Sanchez scores penalty on 21. Luke Fitzgerald finds a way down the wing to get into a one on one situation and scores try on 26.Madagan con. Half time Ireland 10-20 Argentina.

Luke Fitzgerald breaks the line and pass to Geordie murphy for the try 44 minutes. Madagan scores penalty on 52. Sanchez then scores a penalty for Argentina and is top scorer in the world cup. Argentina then move the ball wide from the scrum and Tuculet puts it in the corner but the ref is unsure but when it is looked at by the video ref you know that he scored. Sanchez con on 70 minutes Hernandez lobe passes to Imhoff who beats 2 defenders to score a simple try Sanchez Converts. Sanchez scores pen on 77 minutes

Good young Argentina side that will be feared in the future

 Defined by important players going off the team like O Connell,  Payne getting early injuries  having to retire they may be mentally not right as Sexton was a main player Bowe getting injured during the match Kearney getting injures Important players getting injured. Maybe they picked the wrong man to be captain as I thought it should be Rory Best.

Maybe there is a type of bad luck over Ireland in the world cup. Ireland might now have to

I don’t know if Ireland have the players coming through to replace the likes of Paul O Connel and Brian O Driscol and maybe that is an issue also. I  was hurt and angered by the manor of defeat rather than just the fact that Ireland lost. And the fact that there were so many Irish there should have given them the start or the lift that they needed at certain times it did not.

My problem is that you have to wait 4 more years

SCOTLAND 34-35 AUSTRILIA

IS SCOTLAND THE BEST TEAM IN EUROPE?

Ball comes out of scrum and one pass to Adam Ashley Cooper who finds it easy to score the try 8 minutes. Laidlaw scores penalty on 13. Horne kicks and catches the ball and in a simple bunch of mauls and Horne runs in a simple try Laidlaw con 18 minutes. Laidlaw scores penalty on 21 minute. Good set up and a quality long pass to Mitchell who puts it down in the corner. Simple team y. Laidlaw pen 33 minutes. Australia score a try just before half time ball from line out and a rolling maul Hooper has it in the back of the scrum and scores the try on 39 Half time Australia 15-16 Scotland  

Ball comes from the scrum to Drew Mitchell who puts it down in the corner. Foley con n43 minutes. Laidlaw scores penalty on 46 minutes. Australia denied try on 48. Foley scores pen for Australia on 53 minutes. Russell charges down an Austrilian kick and passes to Semour who scores in the corner . Australia nick Scotland’s lineout. They maul get the ball out maul again and Kuirbran powers over the Scotland defence to score the try Foley con 64. Laidlaw penalty on 69. Australia have the ball in their own attack and Bennett nicks the ball by licking and is able to run it down for the try. Laidlaw con. Foley scores penalty on 79 for Austrilia

Drew Mitchell 2 tries off record of tries at the world cup. 1 behind Brian Habana and Jonah Lomu.

Are the teams in the 4 nations improving at a higher level than the Europeans I think so and I think that there have to be questions asked of the European structure and whether it needs to change as this is only going to get worse.

If I was Scottish I would have a lot of emotions after this match first disappointment then anger then satisfaction as I know my county is improving as we finished fifth in the six nations in March