Ireland's resolve | Defence confusion | Ominous Springboks | Ian Madigan
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This is an Irish independent podcast. Now, welcome, everyone. So I think it's fair to say day one of the new frontier Nations Championship. was a big success, really. We had six games, we had 54 tries. They had the good sense to put their best foot forward and start with some blockbuster games.
What were the highlights of Ireland's win over Australia?
Christchurch, under a roof, dry ball, New Zealand, France was everything you thought it would be, 34-32 to New Zealand. Japan beat Italy, they were very good by all accounts. Australia 31, Ireland 33, we shall come to, great drama in that game. Wales beat Fiji. South Africa underlined their status, really, as most people's best team in the world with a trouncing of England, 45-21. And then Scotland were excellent away to Argentina, 47-38. And on we go to day two, which includes Japan hosting Ireland. Australia-France should be a very good game. New Zealand will kick things off against Italy at ten past six in the morning Irish time. And as ever, our rugby coverage is with thanks to Energia. They sponsor rugby in Ireland at all levels, grassroots with the AIL, and they are official energy partner to the Leinster, Connacht and Irish men's and women's teams.
Their Rugby for All initiative welcomes everyone of all abilities to participate in the game. To learn more about Energia's exclusive home energy offer for rugby fans, you can visit energia.ie forward slash rugby. It feels like a long time in Madigan since we've spoken. Nice to talk. How are you?
Yeah, very good. Delighted to be back on. It was a hectic day of rugby on Saturday. I don't think I've ever watched as much as I did in one day. But yeah, as you said, they're really successful opening weekend. And I think you could see what it means to the... to the players and the supporters that they are very much bought in and looking forward to trying to get as high up the ladder as possible to be competing in Twickenham at the tail end of this competition.
Yeah, no, it's full on. World Cup as well. I think it's the first time I've ever been jet-lagged by sport on a Monday without leaving the country, but I feel jet-lagged. So Ben Donaldson, kick at the death. It stays right of the posts. Bundiaki is very relieved. Ireland prevail. Win by two points. There was kind of a theme this weekend of these kinds of wins, be it to some degree or other England at the Azteca or the Limerick Hurlers at the death against Clare, whereby... You know, in Ireland's case, there are injuries. There are last-minute injuries.
How did South Africa perform against England?
They did not play well, you know, certainly defensively for a large portion of the game. You couldn't say they lit it up in attack. You couldn't say the set-piece worked. You know, a lot of things went wrong. And yet... They just had the resolve, I suppose you'd say, ultimately, the resolve to get over the line. And we do call teams out when they don't have it. You know, people would say it of Leinster. So I think you have to recognise it when a team has that resolve. And this Irish team maybe aren't what they were a couple of years ago, but they still have that.
How did Japan perform against Italy in the Nations Championship?
And, you know, you kind of look in Farrell's direction to a fair degree when it comes down to that particular characteristic. But, you know, it's a great one to have. It is, for all the issues with the performance, it's a brilliant win away in Sydney.
No, it really is. And that resolve, you look back to when things didn't go well against South Africa in November, the resolve that we showed to hang in there in that game. You could tell that Farrell was really going to tap into that and use it going forward. when myself and Keem were on the show last week, I think we said with reasonable, well, with confidence that we thought Ireland would win. Now, what I did say is I said for Ireland to lose, I think a lot has to go wrong. I didn't, I didn't think it was unthinkable that Ireland could, could lose. Um, And you've covered some of it off already, like the line-out didn't function for large parts of the game. The scrum was under pressure, in particular in that second half.
The aerial contest in the first half really gave the Australian team access into the game, which, full credit to them, they capitalised on.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:22
2
What were the highlights of Ireland's win over Australia?
0:22–2:32
3
How did South Africa perform against England?
2:32–2:59
4
How did Japan perform against Italy in the Nations Championship?
2:59–10:00
5
What defensive issues did Ireland face in their match?
10:00–11:06
6
What are the implications of injuries on Ireland's lineup?
11:06–13:33
7
How does the Irish scrum compare to top-tier teams?
13:33–22:06
8
What can we expect from Ireland's upcoming match against Japan?
22:06–49:29
Speakers
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