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Rory O'Connor

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1698 total appearances

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Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

From 20 minutes on in that game, so Tommy O'Brien comes on for James Lowe, I think that's the fastest back line we've ever had.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

and what does that give you obviously you look at the obvious ones with Balakun up against Arendelle and he goes I'm going to take you on the outside here doesn't completely skin him but he does enough to get in behind him offload to Tommy O'Brien more speed defensively

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

england busts us down the right in the second half tommy o'brien sprints back balacoon makes up a a crazy amount of ground but it's also when you when you make a line break it's your the ability of your players to get up and support and be in those positions um when you turn the ball over and you kick it through the ability to get up and make that first tackle not give the opposition the opportunity to move the point of contact the pass two passes um

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

And it just gives us like opportunities in attack.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

And then if you go into the nuts and bolts of it, I think a huge amount of credit has to go to Crowley at the weekend because he was extremely efficient in how he attacked.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

He knew when to take the ball to the line.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

He knew, look, I don't need to take anything out of this.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

The space is on the outside.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

I'm just going to get this through my hands.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

But the key with that is also you need to sit down the interior defense.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

So he was getting the forward set quickly, getting them in the right position.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

He was in a position that was high percentage that the pass was going accurate to him that he could then shift it on.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

And it was telling, like he gave Jeremy Lachman a good telling, a good dressing down.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

That's what a good 10 is doing.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

You know, it's like, this is what I need you to do.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

This is what we've been practicing all week.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

Listen to me, give that pass or, you know, if it's called late, hold on to it.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

And,

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

And that's where, like, if you look at the try where it's a 6v6 where it goes to Doris and then it's still a 3v3.

Indo Sport
Ireland's rebirth | Awful England | McCloskey's long game | The Rugby Show

But Doris gets the ball.