Ian Madigan
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 9 Sep
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Indo Sport · Ireland's resolve | Defence confusion | Ominous Springboks | Ian Madigan · 6 Jul 2026
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We don't have that luxury.
Exactly that.
And that's where, when someone gets exposed in a defensive system, an individual, you're looking at exactly what you said.
What could Osborne have done to make that a little bit easier?
What could James Ryan have done inside Prendergast to have made that easier?
As opposed to it being a genuine one-on-one with five meters of space either side of the defender.
Yeah.
Could it be a one-on-one with three metres of space either side?
That makes it completely different.
And that's where I was disappointed with some of Ireland's defence.
I thought we were defending on our own.
It was solo decisions as opposed to working together.
But full credit to the Australians, their ability to...
vary the game up and so when they were getting on top they'd play tight and keep the game line like you're talking passes that are two or three meters but you've got someone steaming onto the ball as a defensive team that's keeping you on your heels and then suddenly then they change it up and they go to a 15 meter pass and it's clearing so Ireland's defense is then tightening up as a result of that and you've got three four five defenders quite close to the rook
Then suddenly on the next phase, it's a 15-meter pass, and they're running at Ireland's fifth or sixth defender.
So it's putting real pressure on your defensive width that you've got to be able to get your head up under pressure at high speed and go, right, well, they're –
their alignment has changed completely from what it was three, four phases ago.
And that's what good attack is.
If you keep doing the same thing over and over again, the defense will adapt.
If you keep changing the picture, you know, that variation.
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