BRIAN O’DRISCOLL CRITICISED Ireland’s defence and cited Jared Payne and Jonny Sexton as Ireland’s two big injury losses in the aftermath of Sunday’s disappointing Rugby World Cup exit.
Speaking on Off the Ball, the Irish legend lamented the team’s inept defence as they were comprehensively beaten by Argentina.
“I’ve never seen Ireland defend as narrow as they did and the disappointing thing for me is that you could see it early on. We never actually fixed it throughout the whole game.
“You’ve guys in there that don’t know each other and weren’t big communicators. For me, the two biggest losses were Jonny at 10 and possibly from a defensive point of view, Jared at 13, just being able to pull guys out to the width.
“I’m not shooting down (Keith) Earlsy. He’s played a lot out on the wing so he’s not as up to speed as some people are at 13.”
O’Driscoll also criticised Ireland’s tendency to get “mismatched all over the place”.
“I saw Rory Best and Mike Ross on the edges — that never happens. You’ve got to get your back rowers at worst or your centres to get one on either side, to make sure your wingers can play half in the backfield and you’ve a little bit of gas on the outside. We had none of that.
“It was really frustrating watching it.”
Never mind the gym. Get out to the field and do some real work.
@Desheen: nothing builds ya up like lifting calfs over gates
@Jamie: or picking a few stones from a field, calving a cow, building a wall, spreading slurry or cleaning a shed!
sure I could go on! Real manly stuff, that do be done in the country!
As an almost three year dedicated gym rat this is absolutely brilliant advice that anyone considering going to the gym (or currently going) should take on board.
Loving the writing/knowledge skillz bud….keep up the good work!!
also…realise the people in the photos like the ones in this article are actually fitness ”models” and the photos are all airbrushed…no real human who isn’t paid to look like that actually does….compete with yourself…nobody else
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@Jamie: lol