Comments on: Autumn Internationals 2014: Ireland vs South Africa player ratings

By: D.Newell ( Gp.Capt )

D.Newell ( Gp.Capt ) — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 06:24:33 +0000

Where are ratings for ENGLAND v RSA???

By: Thomas Soul

Thomas Soul — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:30:38 +0000

Ireland’s tactical nous was in stark contrast to the inept Bok strategy. The Ireland coaching team certainly showed the Bok team up big time – 10 out of 10!

Hougard has now once and for all made it clear that he is unable to control the game unless he has it all his own way, which clearly puts him out of contention for a world cup squad. The vast multitude of SA supporters who were just too happy to hear that Pienaar was injured got their just desserts. For European conditions Pienaar is streets ahead of Hougaard or any other SA based scrummie which spells trouble fore the remainder of the tour.

Well played Ireland.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:00:58 +0000

Ireland under Schmidt have been playing some very intelligent rugby. They seem to be far more unpredictable in their tactical approach to each game, whereas with England and Wales everyone knows what they are going to be up against. They also combined this with an unrelenting physicality which was far above anything seen from England or Wales.

I don’t think it was by chance that 11 through to 15 for Ireland all have experience playing at 15, and that they decided to kick the hell out of the ball. Very interested to see where they go from here.

By: Laird Stevenson

Laird Stevenson — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:30:41 +0000

Hougaard is past it, time to retire and give over to somebody who can play without fear. Still fancy Pat Lambie over Handre Pollard simply from the experience viewpoint, Maybe Pat for 60min and Handre for 20min will work better. JP is much better than Cornal Hendricks, much less of a 7s player so takes and makes tackles better.