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Cian Tracey

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1358 total appearances

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

Six years since he scored a Six Nations try, which is crazy when you think back to 2018 when he broke the try scoring record at the time that he'd have to wait.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

another six years after 2020.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

Overall, yeah?

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

Yeah, I thought he did quite well.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

I didn't think it was the kind of performance that has nailed him in the team for next week.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

I always felt that coming into this game, and we discussed this yesterday when we were at the captain's run, that

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

I thought selecting him tonight was really smart management by Andy Farrell because, look, the back three as a collective had a really tough night in Paris.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

Jamie Osborne has gotten better and better and was very good for the most part again tonight.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

Tommy O'Brien got his opportunity off the bench in Twickenham and was excellent.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

So I think it was, to be fair to Stockdale, he did deserve another opportunity.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

He's been playing very well for Ulster tonight.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

But I just think Tommy O'Brien played so well in Twickenham that I didn't really look at it as him being dropped per se.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

I think it was more about putting an arm around Stockdale and saying, look, this is your big opportunity.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

And I thought he did very well.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

But if I'm looking ahead to next weekend, I'd be surprised if Tommy O'Brien didn't come back into the team because I just think of the spark that himself and Balakun offered in Twickenham.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

I know he doesn't play on the left wing.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

He's more of a right winger.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

But the way they linked together was brilliant.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

And I thought Balakun on the other side, again, like it was a really proud day for Ulster to have seven players in the match day 23 a year after not having any against Wales.

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Ireland overcome dogged Welsh display to keep Triple Crown hopes alive | Post-match reaction | Ireland 27-17 Wales

And I thought Balakun was very good again.