Gerry Thornley
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1,832 appearances
9 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 14 Jul
Gerry Thornley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, very much so, yeah.
I mean, he made allowances for it.
I think he knew deep down that making, was it, nine changes is very added character for him.
It was lots and lots of new combinations.
Very, very callow bench.
I always thought it was going to be a tricky match.
I kind of forecast a 10 to 12 point victory.
I see the bookies had it at 18.
It
transpired to be 16 in the end, but by his own admission, that possibly slightly flattered Ireland a little bit.
They ultimately scored five tries to two.
Some of the attacking rhythm was the short passing, the winners working in field, Jamie Osborne showing up well, Jimmy O'Brien showing up well, was classic Farrell rugby league style type attacking rhythms to it.
And it worked well at times.
There were a couple of very good multi-phase tries in the first half.
The main problem was the line-out and, to a lesser degree, the scrum.
I don't know how many lines were lost then.
It was five or six in total, a couple of crooked throws.
And it set the tone with the overthrow.
I thought that was as much a malfunction as an overthrow.
It didn't seem like James Ryan had been fully extended to catch that first line-out.
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