Ireland vs South Africa - November 2010

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[mapletaple1]

I think we used up the whole bottle of holy water :) classic!

[bapler]

If it wasnt for that Mattfield tackle in the corner the irish 15 could have run it in closer to the post... Mattfield my boy!

[etcpostmaster]

over the last decade i think ireland and south africa have really developed a rivalry. they play a similair style and the games are often very close. Irish players dominating the lions tour in 2009 meant that alot of these players are out for revenge given the way the series went

[ruthio1]

@lachie10 yea he does lol

[AversiveWheel8]

gio aplon scored a wonderful try, then gave away two and got the utter shit pulled out of him by bowe and bod

[AversiveWheel8]

@Testostrone250 cos a ticket to that match could only come if you bought with a ticket to the samoan game also. I had to buy both, which actually was worth the money, but nobody else thought so

[lachie10]

juan smith looks like matt damon

[Testostrone250]

not a full crowd

[DubDivisionOfficial]

@LiamMacSuibhne I'm not denying that o'gara is a great tactical player, and i didnt mean the metaphorical meaning of lightweight, i meant physically he's a lightweight who cant tackle for shit. otherwise, apart from direct offence, he was a great player. but having to devote one of the back row to defending o'gara's position was too much of a deficit to the team and that's why i think sexton will make more of a difference

but yes o'gara is performing greatly now

[LiamMacSuibhne]

@LiamMacSuibhne I suppose what I'm trying to say is if you can't praise Sexton without drawing some sort of bitter attack-comparison with O'Gara, then it shows the folly of your logic. And indeed, that your 'logic' is anything but.

It's getting old. Yet the older man is only upping his game.

[LiamMacSuibhne]

@DubDivisionOfficial indeed he did...because he's an out half. An out halves have to be top class. But this is international stage, international level. And O'Gara has (literally!) lost more Heineken Cups through a bounce of the ball or a bad referee than Sexton can even contemplate. O'Gara is in 4th place all time - soon to be 3rd or 2nd simply because you can't make it that far unless you're World class. O'Gara has won more matches through talent and intelligence than most. Lightweight?? Wrong

[DubDivisionOfficial]

@LiamMacSuibhne don't get me wrong, he is an extremely high class kicker - but sexton is only 25 and has only been in the irish team for about two or three years. obviously o'gara's experience would be better - but in terms of leadership? BOD himself said that Sexton's half time speech in the heineken cup final gave the leinster team the strength to perform that huge comeback