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Love the analysis mate, definitely a subscriber now. Nice to hear positive reviews of Ireland from a SA fan. I hope we play you in the Autumn. Ire vs SA needs to he played at least once a year!

It's Sam's 22nd birthday today, hope he has a great day. Sam is very good, but he knows enough to know he is not the finished article yet. Whilst he is very brave, he needs to improve his defensive game. He also needs to improve his own individual threat on the line, which is probably the advantage Crowley has over him. However, I do think both of these items will develop naturally as he grows physically stronger and gains more experience. He is in a very good environment at Leinster with some of the world's best players and coaches to aid in his development. By the end of this year I think he will be a considerably better player than he was at the beginning, but his journey is only starting.

Sam only turns 22 on 11th Feb. Only a starter for Leinster this season , after starting for Ireland. Crowley also very important even if he is on field as second playmaker in 12 or 15 . Frawley the forgotten man now , even after his heroic drop goals against SA last summer. Thanks for review . Let’s see how NZ perform in 2025 - not as pessimistic as you are. Prendergast is supposed to be a student of the game and can only sponge it all up with Barrett there this year in Leinster . Also, in Ireland he has Sexton as coach .

France lost the game, England didn’t win it.

England

Italy mismanaged badly in the last 10 minutes, when Garbisi was out, but good performance phisically from the start up to 69 minute. Wales played without self-belief.

A fact for you scotland have beaten ireland 11 times in a row because one game was abandoned in the 1800s so if ireland beat scotland one more time then we get 12

So many things to pick up I don't know where to start. Can you and Prendergast get a room.. the boy has not been tested. England and Scotland missed a trick. He should have been hammered for the first 15 mins. Saffers would knock him back to the womb. Re Duhan. Nothing to do with where he was looking. It was a yellow which admits foul play...it can't be a red unless he booted his head. Not a pen try because it has to be probable that he would score...he probably would but there were 2 defenders and the ball was travelling fast

I dont think so .He is only 21❤

Nice video just calm collected thoughts enjoyable to listen to! I think it bodes well for Ireland that we have 2 wins and haven’t really played to our full potential

21 2nd six nations start and didn't do to badly

regarding the world cup Ireland need to develop props as the current bunch are aging and wont make the next world cup , well not all of them

Sorry mate if you know anything about prendergast he didn't come out of nowhere he was spotted as a unique talent years ago and carefully developed . Unless injury or a mad loss of ability he is irelands number 1 but crowley is a fantastic number 2 with frawley as an excellent back up to them

Penalty try

He sure is 100%

Fin Smith will be better than him.

I’m not sure what rugby game you watched bus to say Ireland didn’t domination areas is completely inaccurate completely inaccurate every facet of the game Scotland was outclassed

I don’t know if I’m certain, obviously on a good run right now but at some point a runner has to stop at a certain point

Italy missed 3 kicks in a row.

I bet he gets the British Lions jersey.

18:10 Ireland will be going for the Triple Crown in Cardiff against Wales. The principality stadium makes it a bit difficult.

Go Ireland 🇮🇪

I think Prendergast has the 10 jersey nailed on for this campaign , I can't see rotation even for Wales next up, just seems to me the coaches want to play him for experience or whatever, it will take a really bad game for Crowley to start Imo, it's never been better for Ireland, very proud of the lads and feel lucky to have two good 10's competing for the position, great times.

Sam was Ireland U20 number 10,he also played for Ireland development squad in SA.

1:22 he didn't come out of no where. I've been saying for the last 2 year thay Leinster was hatching ther own flyhalf starlet. When crowley took over after the world cup. Prendergast was doing great at U20's and in the Leinster Academy. Was slowly introduced into the Leinster senior team like they do with everyone. All Leinster fans seen thiz coming and we've been saying it a couple of years now. We also said when he gets his proper chance and is set dont be surprised when he becomes first choice 10.

Jamison Gibson Park probably deserved that man of the match, a bit more than sam. if that was dupont doing that stuff, it be sung from the rafters. But sam still desering if it too. I dont think we'll see sam in the 22 man squad against Wales, i think it'll be Crowley and Crawley.

I agree it wasnt close at all. Ireland dominated from start took the crowd out of game. Should have won by more in both games. France will be looking to stop them or else its another grand slam. Still i think theirs more in this irish team.

Did nobody else notice his awful defense in both of the Scottish Tries? The hype around Prendergast is embarrassing

VDM taking out Nash was absolutely deliberate. I believe Nash, a real speedster , would have got the ball as it bounced on the line. Look how competitive the Irish team is, when, Ciaran Frawley , the drop goal hero in SA, cannot get into match day 23. Also, a word for Thomas Clarkson who came on each game and has done great at scrum time. Lots of good young players coming through in key positions ( just watch the 2nd/3rd team Leinster will send to SA for URC - yes, they will get beaten but, invaluable experience). Also, remember , this current Irish team is without Joe McCarthy and Tadgh Furlong who are “injured” but should return for French game . Ireland rugby in good place . I’m Leinster supporter and always a bit worried about the toll on our International players with such big games in URC and Champions Cup coming up. That me just being selfish :) .

France are still a scary prospect for us. Extremely volatile side. When they are playing bad they struggle to beat Italy but when they reach their ceiling they can beat NZ. What type of French team are we going to meet?

Sam was a brilliant outhalf for irelands U20s for about three years. Crowley is still the better player and as things stand he will be the go to guy. having two blokes who are so good shows how good the irish system is , for all popsitions.

Scotland lost their 3 best players to injury. I am not getting too cocky. The real test is France. we still have not seen the return of the 2022 form. Need furlong to have a run out against Wales. He's the difference between playing at 70% to getting to 80%. Won't see 100% till sam or jack get closer to sexton.

It's not Jalibert , it's penaud

Thanks for the content, mate-really appreciate it! As an Irish supporter, I’m way too nervous and emotional to be confident right now, so I decided to run some permutations. I'll be making a lot of assumptions here while mapping out Ireland’s path to glory for the third year in a row. I know this is too soon, but since you asked? let's give it a look. Ireland currently sits on 10 points, meaning the maximum they can reach is 25. The following scenarios are just for discussion purposes, with plenty of assumptions in play: *If Ireland wins all their remaining games with bonus points → They win the Grand Slam with 28 points.(additional 3 Grand Slam points) *If Ireland wins all their remaining games without bonus points → They still win the Grand Slam, finishing on 25 points (thanks to the additional 3 Grand Slam points). *If Ireland beats Wales & Italy with bonus points but loses to France while scoring 4 tries and losing by 7 or fewer → They earn 2 losing bonus points and finish on 22 points, securing the championship. *If Ireland beats Wales & Italy with bonus points but loses to France with only a losing bonus point → They finish on 21 points. *If France and England also win all their remaining games with bonus points, all three teams would end on 21 points, meaning the title would be decided on points difference. * If Ireland beat Italy and wales without bonus points, and lose to France with or without a bonus point, they end on 18 or 19 points respectively . They can't win assuming France, England and Scotland win their remaining games with bonus points. *If Ireland loses more than one remaining games, its over. Maximum points each team can receive is Ireland 25, France 21, England 21, Scotland 20, Italy 19 and Wales 16

I agree pendergast is fantastic he even got man of the match

I agree with you man. Not only do Ireland play great rugby they also have a dogged determination to win and have that physical presence to grind teams down and that's exactly what they did against Scotland and England. They are becoming more and more like the Boks where both teams have a great wealth of experience mixed with some amazing young talent coming through. I'm still wary of this French team though. They fluffed so many chance against England in a game they should have put to bed by half time. I can't see them repeating those again but do they (even with Dupont) have the rugby nous that Ireland have? I don't think so. France are still vulnerable particularly when you get under their skin and Ireland know how to do that in spades. But underestimate them at your peril! I also think that England have turned a corner in the right direction. Sheer dogged determination and a never give up attitude saw them through that game against France. The Grand Slam is there for Ireland now. If they continue in this rich vein of form they can certainly do it. Let's wait and see!

Prendergoat. The new king

Yellow Cards and Russell and Graham went off in the 15 minutes, and the Scots had to fight to the death. Ireland has 230,000 registered players vs. 39,000 registered players in Scotland, and Ireland has 4 pro teams vs. 2 pro teams in Scotland. Rugby is important in Ireland, but in Scotland, it's a peripheral sport.

Thanks for rhe compliments too bru. SA is the only place Irish rugby gets real respect.

Predergast is sublime. Has been for what seems like a long time now. Pro rugby is ruthless.

Never underestimate the spite of neighbouring sides.

He didn't come out of nowhere,in Ireland he's always been the possible next great ten. Crowley and Prendergast ,we are seriously excited.

I don't think that anyone will doubt that Ireland are a good team. The question I always have is: are they a great team? Are they on the level of the best NZ or SA teams, who crush all opposition and win all the crucial games and trophies? Ireland were supposed to break the World Cup quarter final hoodoo in 2023 but failed again. They were going for the second grand slam in a row last year but were squeezed out by England. They've done better than any other Irish teams in past generations but I'd like to see them finally stamp themselves as a great team by crushing all opposition. Although it's dangerous to assume that they will win against Wales and Italy it would be a major upset if they didn't. The test will be against France and they need to show that they have the right stuff and remove any doubts about who is the best Northern hemisphere team.

I think ireland are just playing around at the moment wate for France 😮

Irish are saving the big one for France in Dublin

Irelands lineout still an issue, how cant they fix it🙄

Bizarre analysis. What game were you watching? Ireland were dominant. Scots were poor and they are much better than that.

L’Irlande a usée les Ecossais. En seconde mi temps je n’ai pas reconnu l’Ecosse tellement de forces sont restées au vestiaire. L’Irlande c’est une équipe qui vous fait dépenser votre énergie et ensuite qui frappe comme sur un ring de boxe. Cela promet un beau Irlande France. Bon en espérant que pendant le match contre l’Angleterre nous avons dépensé toutes les maladresses. Il me tarde ce match car trois équipes peuvent gagner le six Nations. L’Irlande en favori, l’Angleterre et la France en outsider. Le Grand Chelem si l’Irlande bat la France.

Irish players said they felt they didn't play near their potential today scary lol😅

I hate to break it to you lads, but we (Ireland) are the new England. No one wants us to win. Its as if we are above our station. How dare we not be the whipping boys we used to be