Gerry Thornley
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2,299 appearances
10 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 18 Sep
Gerry Thornley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And that kind of more broken game suited them in the second half.
And the Italians wilted.
You know, they got one of their tries for Will Jordan was they took a quick tap with two players on the ground.
The referee let it continue, even though two Italian players were injured.
So they effectively scored from 45 minutes out with a quick tap against 13 men.
And Italy really wilted and couldn't live with the tempo that the All Blacks played at.
And that'll be my fear for Ireland.
I don't think they played in a match yet that's remotely comparable to the tempo that the All Blacks played at in the second half against Italy and for most of the match against the Wallabies.
So I thought that once they got their game together in the second half, they pulled clear and they looked dangerous.
And it just reminded you that they are, the All Blacks are this kind of side that can just take a game away from you within 10 minutes.
They only have to have a brilliant 10 or 15 minutes and that can be enough to win a match.
And they've been like that for many years.
They probably don't strike as much fear into you as they used to do.
There's no doubt about it.
But they still have that capacity to score two or three tries in rapid succession and take a game away from an opponent.
Well, yeah, and it's also a little bit of taking a leap from the Hurricanes playbook, isn't it?
The Hurricanes have been brilliant to watch in Super Rugby this year.
He's gone with the two Hurricanes halfbacks in Cam Roygaard and Ruben Love.
Love I remember seeing on tours here before and he was always a winner or fullback whenever I watched him.
But he's this kind of
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