Ian Madigan
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And you could see from how he played at the weekend, he was looking to run the ball and keep the tempo in the game.
So it very much comes down to both the halfbacks, but it's also the information you're getting from other players around you.
Your centers can tell you and your wingers can tell you where the space is in the backfield.
And if you get that good information, you'll execute on it.
Yeah.
And you look at, you know, one of the best game managers Ireland have had over the last 30 years in Ron Rogara.
And you think of those spiral kicks into the corner.
But it was also quite often, you know, he's a really physical monster pack in front of him that are getting him on the front foot that there was definitely opportunities where, you know what, it's on to run here.
Yeah.
And their winger closes up on the end of the line.
You've got the fullbacks, the only person covering the backfield.
That's a much easier kick.
And because they're worried about the run threat and then you decide to go with the kick, it looks great and it was great and he was amazing at it.
But that kick done off slow ruck ball going backwards, the option isn't there.
And the run option also isn't there.
Yeah, look, I think everyone has their opinion on this.
So, you know, I want to be careful.
Like the milkman was telling me what he thinks Crowley's doing wrong.
You know, that's just the nature of it.
And what did the milkman say?