REACTION FROM TALLAGHT: Ireland blow huge lead in defeat to the USA | Ireland 36-40 USA
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Full time at Tala Stadium, it finished Ireland 36, USA 40. Ireland head coach Scott Beaman wanted his side to lay down a marker in this opener to the WXV campaign. And while there were brilliant moments in attack from the host, the Americans brought a physicality that Ireland just couldn't deal with today. Early tries from Vicky Alms-Kinlan, Cliona Maloney-McDonalds and Aoife Wafer gave Ireland a 17-point cushion after 20 minutes, with Aoife Higgins scoring a fourth 10 minutes from the break. But the warning signs were there when co-captain Georgie Peres-Reading scored from short range for the visitors. The American Fords, led by loose-head Hope Rodgers, brought so much firepower which Ireland really struggled to deal with, coughing up penalties and scores.
It was 24-12 at halftime, Captain Aaron King diving over the top of the ruck to score early in the second half to open up a 19-point lead. That American physicality really came to the fore in the second half and ill-discipline at ruck time and in mall defence helped the visitors score 28 unanswered points. with Vicky Elms-Kinlan also sent to the sin bin. In attack, the drop balls and knock-ons began to really pile up for Ireland, who couldn't get attacking momentum for much of the second half. They did score a late, late try from Aaron King to set up a grandstand finish, but the Americans did just enough to see out the win. Ireland will now have to dust themselves down with the green wave rolling on to Galway to take on Japan next weekend.
But full-time at Tala Stadium, it's finished Ireland 36, USA 40. Scott, hard luck today. Maybe just give your assessment of that whole 80 minutes.
The game of two halves is the headline. I think we've probably shown some absolute quality rugby, the game that we want to play. And then we've shown some bits where USA using a good power game. has got on top of us. We haven't been able to wrestle momentum back. So I think probably the headline, the big learnings for us is when we're good, I thought we looked really good. And when teams get momentum on top of us, we're going to be cuter in terms of how we stop that momentum and arrest it and then get back on top.
What was the feeling like at half-time? Because the attack was really working and gelling. It really felt like you'd dealt, especially in the early periods, with that American physicality. So how were you feeling at the break?
Yeah, well, actually, you know, we're pretty process-oriented, so the feeling of the changing room was pretty calm. We understood... what happened, how we'd got on top. And we had a real sense of clarity in terms of what we needed to do. I think towards the end of that first half, we just sensed that our energy and speed to get back in the game, whether it be as a tackler to roll out the way, to allow our Jackal game, our breakdown pressure game to get going. So we just sort of sensed there was some elements that we needed to be be faster have a bit more energy to um so we we prided ourselves to go out in the second half uh with that and kind of as you as you know if you're a little bit of inaccuracy a little bit of momentum they got uh they had a scrum and they they played out and they got around the corner and they got a penalty and then it became became a bit of a sequence really of penalty against penalty against
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:48
2
What happened in the opening minutes and how did Ireland build a 19‑point lead?
6:48–12:16
3
Why did the United States overturn the lead in the second half?
12:16–16:24
4
How did Ireland’s coaches describe the halftime feeling and needed adjustments?
16:24–21:55
5
What key points did Ireland’s post‑match press conference reveal about the loss?
21:55–26:45
Speakers
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