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Rúaidhrí O'Connor

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1763 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

I think to be fair, his fingerprints are over a few of those set plays.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

You know, it looked like Doris was going to crash into the line and he pulls one back and Osborne goes over and it's like, oh God, yeah, that team are so deadly from...

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

These kind of situations and the line out functioned 100%.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

So we saw the set plays.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

And then, as Rudd mentioned, the O'Brien try on 68 minutes where Frawley's very involved, the second playmaker.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

And there's all sorts of lovely things happening.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

Peter Manley called it the best trial and scored in the championship.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

So kind of the first time you really thought, God, this Irish attack looks akin to what we fell in love with a couple of years ago.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

Frawley's one I knew.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

So the Osborne try on three minutes isn't a set play?

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

Right.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

It just looks so seamless.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

I thought, well, they've rehearsed that 50 times.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

And how do you know it's not off the training ground?

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

OK, so Darius crashes it up.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

That was really interesting.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

And it worked a treat.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

And then talk to us about the O'Brien one on 68 Minutes, where it is far more loose and off the cup and they're deep into phases.

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

And so would you say those shapes have been in place in other games?

Indo Sport
Farrell has Ireland’s mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review 🏉

You know, they've been given the template and the confidence or whatever just hasn't been there.