New Posts For Thread: Ireland Team v Francehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-franceBlindside left vacant to give Ferris a chance to proove fitness. 15 - Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)14 - Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)13 - Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)12 - Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)11 - Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)10 - Ro11:44 Tánaiste due to meet O'LearyJaesus he wasn't that badhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845230#42284523011:44 Tánaiste due to meet O'LearyJaesus he wasn't that badTue, 16 Feb 2010 05:57:30 -0600From what I have seen this season , the only scrum half in Ireland playing a different type of game is Boss . Nationality apart , presumably he is eligible . If so who views him as not worth a try in a full international ? Italy would have been thhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845154#422845154From what I have seen this season , the only scrum half in Ireland playing a different type of game is Boss . Nationality apart , presumably he is eligible . If so who views him as not worth a try in a full international ? Italy would have been thMon, 15 Feb 2010 18:30:28 -060019 tries this 6 nations I thinkHow many first phase off a set piecehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845086#42284508619 tries this 6 nations I thinkHow many first phase off a set pieceMon, 15 Feb 2010 13:55:14 -0600Whenhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845082#422845082WhenMon, 15 Feb 2010 13:53:52 -0600Not trying to claim that 1st phase ball is better than quick ruck ball when defences are stretched. Its not. But it does present significant opportuniy. There are plenty of tries scored off 1st phase ball for reasons outlined.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845078#422845078Not trying to claim that 1st phase ball is better than quick ruck ball when defences are stretched. Its not. But it does present significant opportuniy. There are plenty of tries scored off 1st phase ball for reasons outlined.Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:52:39 -0600ItcanbedoneTeams practice set piece defence ad nauseum. Unlike in broken play you actually know where everyone is be it a scrum or lineout. Unlike soccer where a large percentage of scores come from set pieces , I would wager that less than 5% of trihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845074#422845074ItcanbedoneTeams practice set piece defence ad nauseum. Unlike in broken play you actually know where everyone is be it a scrum or lineout. Unlike soccer where a large percentage of scores come from set pieces , I would wager that less than 5% of triMon, 15 Feb 2010 13:26:00 -0600itcanbedone How many tries to you see off first phase in a game involving 2 comparable sides? Watch the 6 nations , the remainder of the Heineken cup, schools cup , aib league and come back to me. Just watching the highlights now . The Irish tryhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845070#422845070itcanbedone How many tries to you see off first phase in a game involving 2 comparable sides? Watch the 6 nations , the remainder of the Heineken cup, schools cup , aib league and come back to me. Just watching the highlights now . The Irish tryMon, 15 Feb 2010 13:21:40 -0600To my eye we havent had a top class scrum half for a very long time , stringer/ reddan or o leary have never cut it. o leary is slow passing, his passes are soft and they are telegraphed, what happened the dummy to catch a guy offside, cheap penaltihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845066#422845066To my eye we havent had a top class scrum half for a very long time , stringer/ reddan or o leary have never cut it. o leary is slow passing, his passes are soft and they are telegraphed, what happened the dummy to catch a guy offside, cheap penaltiMon, 15 Feb 2010 12:21:32 -0600I wouldn't fancy any team to score off 1st phase against comparative opposition where as I said equal numbers of attackers and defenders face each other with relative space.There are of course certain advantages with 1st phase ball. From lineouts uhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845042#422845042I wouldn't fancy any team to score off 1st phase against comparative opposition where as I said equal numbers of attackers and defenders face each other with relative space.There are of course certain advantages with 1st phase ball. From lineouts uMon, 15 Feb 2010 10:15:09 -0600when to take a ball from a ruck or maul is probably the most important decision a scrum half has to take during a game. The quicker a 9 takes the ball the more confident a player has to be in his own decision making. As you say Macrocky both O'Learyhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/23604750/ireland-team-v-france?post_id=422845034#422845034when to take a ball from a ruck or maul is probably the most important decision a scrum half has to take during a game. The quicker a 9 takes the ball the more confident a player has to be in his own decision making. As you say Macrocky both O'LearyMon, 15 Feb 2010 09:50:33 -0600