These Irish players are excellent at enacting detailed plans, but they're also smart enough to veer off script:
THERE’S BEEN A perception in some quarters over the years that Irish players are good at doing what they’re told but struggle once the shackles are off.
While Murphy’s side have continued to show that they’re adaptable, particularly with a muscular, set-piece-focused win over Australia, there have been many more glimpses of their intuitive, skillful approach with ball in hand. This is a well-coached young team and lots of what we see on the pitch is a direct result of guidance from Murphy and his assistants – Mark Sexton, Aaron Dundon, and Andrew Browne – but it’s also clear that these Irish players are comfortable at reading and reacting to changing pictures presented by defences.Below is an example against England in which Ireland create space after two relatively slow rucks.
Once he’s in space, right wing Andrew Osborne does superbly and we can see below how Cooney stays alive for the offload, hovering off Osborne’s shoulder rather than racing directly to the tackle to resource the breakdown. Most of the Irish forwards are good in this regard. They’re big men, bigger than most Ireland U20s packs in the past, but they’ve got sharp skills too.But he goes out the back of that pod to McErlean, who has swung from right to left along with Prendergast.
Even close to the tryline, we’ve seen Ireland put together slick sequences of passes, as for McErlean’s score against England below. This variation against England is a good example. As we can see below, dynamic prop Paddy McCarthy taps and makes the initial carry. But watch below as scrum-half Gunne instead lifts the ball to loosehead prop Hadden, the last Irish forward of the three coming around the corner.
McCarthy takes the smart option and though Gunne is tackled into touch, it’s a sign of Ireland’s decision-making comfort.
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