So how did Ireland defeat the French? | Six Nations 2023 Analysis
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Featuring guest analysis from @WibbleRugby!
One of the greats. Saturday's Six Nations match for the ages saw Andy Farrell's Ireland cement themselves as the top team in the world right now as they defeated defending champions France. So how did they do it, and just how good are either side?
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Duponts tackle had to be one of the best try saving tackles I’ve seen, just sheer determination to not let him get over
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Reminds me of Kaino's on Digby Ioane during the 2011 WC.
Yea, it was unreal. I'm glad squidge's video is here so I can express my amazement at the tackle
As a Frenchman I still can't understand how he achieved that,un vrai monstre!!!
Clever use of his weight, not strength, was the key to this tackle.
As an Irishman, I too think the real winner from this test was rugby 100%
Same
Not for the refs, it wasn't.
@@cliveuuking4602 😂
@random viewer I have no idea what point you are trying to make. You need to explain
@Réa de Siún Don't encourage him, he's drunk
The bit where you spot Casey checking the number of the player in the ruck, and then kick it to the corner without even looking, is one of the most impressive bits of video analysis, and play, I've seen. Brilliant.
Agreed, I had no idea where he was going with that.
Hit the notification harder than Uini Antonio hit Herring
Red Card every day of the week
Ireland crying so much about the ref you would think they lost
@@quentinb8011 yeah because one (correct) response represents a cry or even a country. No one in Ireland is crying about that result.
@quentinb8011 We're not crying, you clown. We won, and won easily - you're the ones doing the crying!
But the best time to complain about a crap referee utterly failing to do his job is ALWAYS when you win - so that people, including the losing team's salty fans, can't accuse you of just being a sore loser.
But then again, there's always one petty child insisting on being the exception! 🤡
@@quentinb8011 Actually it’s you crying because you can’t beat the Irish.
"There's not a side that has ever won the world cup, without first going through a great deal of heartbreak" - *Wales fans begin to forge crazy dreams about a World cup*
No! Go Scotland!
"Wales fans begin to forge crazy dreams about World Cup 2031"
Hello the Goat !
You couldn't have made me happier with this ! It was tough to watch our team being neutralized by the Irishmen (and besides our winning streak being stopped), but they were unstoppable. That kicking game was outrageously good..
Anyway, thanks a lot, you have a lot of fans here in France ! It's not always a piece of cake to understand every details of your analysis (dam you speak fast), but I've learnt a lot thanks to you!
See ya
Squidge packs his voiceover full of jokes and references but doesn't want to spend too long on the jokes that it gets hard to listen to. This results in speaking incredibly fast lol
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Hahhaha j'aurais pas dit mieux, j'adore Squidge mais parfois il parle beauuuuucoup trop vite !!! Speak slower for french people!!! @squidge😅😂😂
Even as a native English speaker, if I'm really trying to absorb information from Squidge's videos I'll watch them at 75% speed. It does make it easier and he speaks so fast it doesnt impact his flow much if at all 😅
ha ha, yes he's one of the fastest speakers I've ever heard
The support runs for the Keenan try are a thing of beauty. Really well crafted move
Yea, watching it live it felt like half the Irish backs were running through
That Casey kick note is incredible
What's even more interesting about this match was that going in, Ireland were definitely not fielding their normal starting 15 (Furlong, Gibson-Park, Healy and Sheehan were all down with injuries), and still their second choice replacements all played blinders. They're certainly putting to bed any ideas as to this squad's potential fragility, I think.
Healy isn't first choice but they were missing Henshaw also though.
@@memyselfwhaa6341 Henshaw! I *knew* I was forgetting someone.
As well as France : Villière, Lucu, Danty, Mauvaka and Bourgarit were injured. Even if Dumortier had a good offensive game (it as is second cap !) Villière defensive ability and grit were sorely missed, and the same goes for Danty, a player France was fortunate to have after Wakatawa had to retire.
And ireland's replacements off the bench all played phenomonally, Casey and O'Toole stand out as being 3rd choice in their position yet they made massive impacts
Yeah well you have 14 teams so no one cares if you’re missing players
"provided O'Mahony flattens some prick!" 10/10
Dupont is an outstanding player, what a tackle. The world cup is going to be something special.
This is absolutely masterful.. now to watch it another 3 times to catch all the phenomenal levels of detail that's simply impossible to absorb in one viewing..
That was not rugby. That was chess.
That was some bloody game! The fitness app in watch alerted a couple of times while sitting down. A win for rugby, Ireland and even France with the learnings they’ll take to WRC.
Im French and I cant be mad. This match was so intense, we were on the defensive (which was amazing) but we lacked consistency and your team played almost perfectly.
10/10, well played lads!
Thank you sir!
I grew up watching Xavier Garbajosa and Philippe Bernat-Salles, made me fall in love with rugby!! ☘️☘️☘️
Ireland missed 40 tackles and still won, it was quite a strange game. Not many times you see teams miss that many tackles and even be in the contest. It was all about the amount of pressure they were able to apply. The game plan was exceptional. Ireland have some top class opposition analysis going on.
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Home advantage, that's the key. Hopefully they both top their WC Pools and can meet again in the final.
@@JGrowl-er9md it's worth 5 points. Ireland just had a better opposition analysis and we're talented enough to follow the plan. Neutralizing Du pont is very effective and they did that really well. Removing him and ntamac is key.
To add to your conclusion about France : at the end of the match, Galthié smiled. He's not someone who smiles a lot, in fact he more or less never does, even after wins he doesn't, but after this loss, he did. We all thought he'll be pissed and scream at his players, but his post-match talk was the opposite : he told them he was proud of them. Nobody wants to loose, but in the grand scheme of things, France probably needed to loose once before the World Cup and it feels like he knew it. This was the best way to loose and the best opponent to loose against, now the pressure is off and it'll be a lot of good things for the world cup to come.
I think you are perfectly right.
Nice cope lol
@@mcgrudo I don't think you understand where the French are coming from. For over a decade we got used to losing. It became the norm. Now we have an amazing team but the fans haven't forgotten their past. Every single French fan I've talked to have said that they saw France losing (before the match) or weren't surprised they lost (after the match).
And every. single. one. was happy about that.
Everyone wants this team to win where it matters and there seemed to be a consensus that for that to happen, they had to comw down from their cloud and lose in order to get into the WC hungrier than ever.
We don't think we'll necessarily win the WC, but almost instinctively, every French supporter I know of felt in their bones we needed to lose, and we needed this match.
@@InnocentKhajiit I can't see how losing to Ireland benefits France. It's not a wake up call, it's a competitive loss, with Ireland taking the bonus point. I concede that teams are more inclined to do better after losing but no one can presume the morale of a team after a comprehensive defeat. If France had have won would the same be said of Ireland? That they needed to lose in order to improve?
@@mcgrudo I think it’s pretty clear that neither france or the fans are too fussed about the six nations. A reminder of mortality is good for them before they play a World Cup at home
I'm French and I tell you: Ireland is the best team in the world right now...congratulations on this great victory! See you soon, I hope
Yeah they are but France are the biggest threat for sure
Even at 75 mins your still nervous because you know France can hit you a 1, 2 punch and win
Your never comfortable against France
World Cup final between France and Ireland🤞🤞
@@davet6079thats not possible i beleive
@@mrhairyhobbit9999 Maybe. But it's my dream final. The two current best teams in the world.
@@davet6079 New Zealand and South Africa
I think this could be Ireland's time
Andy Farrell reminds me of Jack Charlton
Sure we didn't win a world cup under Jackie, that was never gonna happen, but he took that Ireland team to a place we'd never been before and haven't been since. I think Andy could do the same.
I don't expect it, but by god this is the best I've ever seen Ireland and I'm hopeful
Ireland lost a World Cup quarter final with Jack. It’s written in the stars.
You know, we got to the quarters in Italia 90 without winning a single match. We drew all of our group games and went to penalties against Romania.
I know what you mean. Soccer's a whole different story but the belief is there in the Irish team and Andy Farrell deserves all credit given, akin to the spirit of 90'. Hopefully we can use the momentum to win the WC. There'll be plenty of fair weather fans popping out of the woodwork if we get past the QF's :P
very dumb comparison before Jack Charlton took over Ireland Ireland had never made it to a Major Tournament before
vrs Ireland in Rugby who before Andy Farrell took over had in recent times won 2 grandSlams and 2 Six Nations Championships oh and we beat the All Blacks twice
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 The trouble is, any time people call us favourites or claim we're the best in the world we inevitably bottle it when it comes to the World Cup. I hope that's not the case this time. I do have confidence in Farrell though. He seems adept at not just figuring out the best way to play our game but also how to stop the opposition from playing theirs.
Great analysis as always squidge. I particularly like that you didn't harp on about the more obvious talking points such as Lowes try and the Antonio card. There were a lot of details you point out that I totally missed such as O' Mahonys bind to drive over the line. Great job, much appreciated 👏
I don't know why no one mentions it. It is a pretty big talking point, that kind of mistake shouldn't (and barely every do) happen. I cannot understand how that try could be given?
@@IsGuuud I'm in Ireland and that "try" has been talked about and analysed to death here. The general consensus is (in hindsight) that it wasn't a try and his foot was in touch but that the tackle on Herring was a red card so it's swings and roundabouts. They also say the tackle taking Lowe out had no wrapping attempted so a penalty try could have been awarded with conversion. I'm not saying I agree with all those points, I'm saying (over here anyway) I'm fed up hearing them disect them to pieces and appreciate Squidges detailed analysis of the other points in the match. It was a great match and ultimately I don't believe different decisions from the ref would have affected the outcome. I think the better team won on the day. That being said I wouldn't relish meeting the French in the WC. They're a fantastic team and would be very difficult to beat at home. For the 1st time in my life I'd prefer to meet the All Black's.
@@IsGuuud It was given because of extraordinary circumstances. Not only did Lowe's foot need to have not touched the ground but also the ball needed to have been grounded without touching the in-goal touchline. Both were ridiculously close calls. Unbelievably good fortune for Ireland that there was no "clear and obvious" reason not to award the try, although there was a reverse angle shown subsequently that gave more weight to the view that Lowe's foot did touch the ground.
@@gamingwithalex5292 "They also say the tackle taking Lowe out had no wrapping attempted so a penalty try could have been awarded with conversion" I believe this is a frivolous point by those that have made it. There was a clear attempt to make a tackle with his arms, although not in the conventional style. Perhaps a lame attempt to explain away the controversy surrounding the try itself.
Squidgy, may I call you squidgy? I've been jonesing for your analysis on this game, 6 long days! Finally! You beauty 😁💖🇮🇪🙌
Worth the wait. Maybe the best video yet, including deep dives that aren't under the same immense time crunch.
Great video, France may have home advantage for the world cup but Ireland seem to be supremely confident in their skills and game plan.
Isn't the WC Ireland's Kryptonite?
@@rickzane6433 You're thinking of the All Blacks. They used to be. Ireland is every other teams Kryptonite now, coming up to the WC
@@mcgrudo ha ha! Good answer. This WC could be spectacular.
true, Ireland is good... but they also unveiled at least a few of their tactics to counter the French... and the French needed that BEFORE the WC, to prepare counters against the counters...
Ireland is probably the first team in 2 years to come with a comprehensive game plan to counter the new type of French plays... One need to know what the opponent may plot to get to work and plot himself... and his smile was probably because he already had a few ideas to counter the counters...
@@kolerick Reminds me of the Dr Who skit with Rowan Atkinson (Red Nose maybe?).
"I knew you knew, so I went back in time.
-I knew you would do that and went further back.
-I knew you would do that..."
Very funny skit.
Awesome review. The amount of time, effort and detail put in to it. Immense. Best finishing line to a review too. ‘This might have been a game where everybody won’ Take a bow, Sir!
This was so good I forgot I was cooking breakfast and burned everything
You can get through a lot of great commentary by not wasting time on the refereeing decisions or even the personelle. I noticed Ireland kick to chase a lot more than usual. Very interesting to hear the reasons behind it.
That is the most impressive rugby analysis video I've ever seen. Info + entertainment = win. The amount of effort and love put into it is noticeable. 👏
What he said with bells on. Chapeau. Much as I love the ruby pod chat, this is what analysis should look and sound like
I love your breakdown of the subtle blocks and other cheeky manoeuvres dreamt up as part these Machiavellian set piece plays like the little hug on Fickou to prevent him tracking down the line.
What a first half .
Ireland very impressive. Always interesting to see the little bits of shithousery which are used by all teams to create space highlighted. Think Ireland do this best of all.
Yeah Ireland are book smart and street smart they know the laws and rules and good ways to bend them. The also play with such tempo that big forwards get run off their feet.
As someone who has played rugby for 15 or so years, i didn't realize how technical rugby can be, GREAT video!
Yeah, the rugby I played was a different sport. Like comparing tractor-pulling to chess.
what were you doing for 15 years to not notice, my god
@@danwoodward8726 Must've been held back in Year 5 for 10 years or so
Thanks for such a great breakdown of the key moments. Very interesting to see the tactics and training behind what looks like pure inspiration. It gives a renewed appreciation of all the skills involved.
Quiet exceptional analysis by both of you. It really was a superb game altogether. The pace of it was frightening. Really good work and really enjoyed this.
Not sure if anyone has pointed it out yet but "Wibble and Squidge" is a fantastic name for a podcast/musical duo/basically anything else
cant help feeling you missed a trick by not going with Squibble there...
The 'Wallace and Grommit' of rugby!
Great stuff. Really love your insight, and fun way of doing it.
I haven't enjoyed one of your videos so much for a while, thank you!!!
Everyone seems to be talking about France taking a drop goal as admitting defeat. As an Irishman who has spent almost half his life in France, that is absolutely NOT what I was thinking when they got the drop goal. I was thinking France wanted to keep within a converted try of winning, and trust themselves to get that try under the posts at the end to win. I have seen it happen from France and French clubs countless times.
I love the win, and performance in that game, it was a joy to watch, but lets not do France a disservice by suggesting they capitulated early. And also, lets not do a disservice to Irelands game in the last 20 or so minutes by suggesting France conceded defeat already.
This is just beautiful analysis. It enhances my enjoyment of the game significantly. Thank you.
Waiting so long for this video thank you Squidge 😊
Great analysis. Players and coaches should be watching this. Enjoyed the way you avoided the controversial try and tackle and stuck to patterns and plays. It's a complex game.
I have learned SO much in this one ! Thanks you sir indeed ! And thank you Conor Wilson, your videos are sorely.
Terrific work as always, Squidge.
Squidge, this is a masterpiece. Thanks so much!
I've seen a lot of analysis on this match. This has to be the best by far and with a droll sense of humour. Brilliant.
Loves the dupont and omahony insights. Best and funniest pundit!
Sexton playing on form for what could be his last competition playing in a Green Jersey & no more variant Sexton names in Squidge's analysis :(
Sexton is only halfway through his career
Been waiting for this all week since the match. :)
Am I the only one who wants the 6 hour version? Great work!!
Here for the next variation of Sexton's name
Work that goes into these videos are incredible
Longest squidge video ever?
YES PLEASEEE
Great video as usual. Truly great. And what a game. One of the best in the past 12 months.
As a french supporter, I cannot help but be incredibly happy about this result. Our team had been struggling in the past few months : the games against Australia, South Africa and Italy were wins... but not clear one. They had felt like we won despite being the weaker side.
This loss came at the right time, against the right opponent.
I cannot wait for the world cup, especially with that super strong Ireland team. :)
Damn Squidge you went hard for this one, can't wait to rewatch it another 3 times now
MERCI BEAUCOUP. Very good analysis and conclusion. Keep going!!!!!
I've watch a bunch of analsis on this match, you're the first to point out the way Ireland cut Dupont support on this match thank you and well done.
Great analysis. That glance by Casey at the French 11 stuck in the ruck, and his subsequent kick to where he should have been. I hadn't seen that before.
Exquisite video, I would have loved to see an analysis of italy-france tho 🥺
Wow this is why we were waiting for a while, smashing it squidge
Damn, your pronunciation of Lannemezan is perfect !
- A French dude from around there...
wonderful stuff Squidge, i do love your analysis of these games. keep up the good stuff
Unreal video, thanks for all the hard work y’all put into this 👏🏻
That's your best video I've seen. Brilliant and a brilliant match
What a game! I thought keenan and Doris were exceptional, JVDF was his usual world class self, both sets of 9+10 excellent and a big mention to ringrose for producing one of the great performances; I still think he is criminally underrated and is slowly building himself as the best centre in the world!
France were still great, but just looked out on their feet after 50 minutes. There substitutes weren’t as good as Irelands
Great video as always squidge
Watching this makes me feel like a muppet. I've been watching our game for decades, and this has a level of detail for things that players do now, that I never realized, that if feels like I watched a completely different game. This was fantastic to watch.
McCloskey is so good
A well deserved victory for Ireland. As a frenchman, I just saw a blue team making bad decisions and a green one taking advantage of it everytime with great awareness. Nice match and congratz to Ireland! See you in the RWC, I hope so!!
Cheers lad! 🇮🇪🤝🇫🇷
Wayne Barnes made the French Try. He interrupted the attempted French kick ( I'm surprised that "Squidge" missed that, Ireland where set for the return kick), and from there a bit of crazy (get out of jail) play went the way of the French!
It could just have easily been an Irish try (bounce of the ball). I love Squidge , but I feel he has given the French too much respect in that passage of play ! Replay that move ,that led to the French try ,and we can all see that Wayne Barnes instigated the try. It was not a pre arranged French move . It was a desperate attempt by the French to get out of a hole. Wayne Barnes was in the way of the return kick. The French were looking to kick back from Hansen, Wayne Barnes got in the way . Replay the move and try to convince me that it was a French pre-planned play, rather than a lucky break from broken play!
Always keep in mind that either Ireland, Scotland or South Africa will only become third in the Group Stage of the upcoming World Cup. What a scary group!
Oh you’ve made my night!!! Kids to bed soon and then the analysis over a glass of wine!
So good, thank you!
Wow I’ve been waiting very patiently for this (I’ve not been patient at all)
As an Irish person that Dupont tackle was one of the greatest tackles I have ever seen, what an absolute powerhouse
You really put serious work into these. Amazing effort.
The detail/comedy in that analysis 👏👏👏
Honestly, every time Tommy Bowes face pops up I hear him talking about siblings in my head and just lose it
Awesome analysis! ⭐️
Great analysis Squidgey! Spot on!
Epic Squidge great work
Yet again an incredibly detailed and unreal video by the legend himself
Thank you. Brilliant
great video!!!
thank you
‘Sofa drive technique’ is a new rugby term for me. Love it.
I think one of my favourite little moments is Ringrose fending Jalibert into Taofifenua and Fickou like a pinball. He just took out three Frenchmen with a single arm
Cherry good video thanks the way your patience was setting all the moves best yet thanks Tommy jnr
I've been waiting for this one all week and it was definitely worth the wait. Such expert explanations in insights and I always love how optimistic you are for all teams you analyse. I really want France to win the WC, but Ireland did an amazing Job!
So many choice lines in this video but "prison-worthy" really got me :)
Sensational work
Great video as usual!
Superb Sir!
been waiting for this video since the game made my day0 squidge
The analysis had as much depth as the game. Top shelf.
Really enjoyed your work.
Top notch as per usual
I am not lying when I say I have been waiting for this all week
Class dude that was next level
Best 30 minutes of my day today. Thanks.
Well done hard work thanks
the fact that Ireland were held up over the try line 4 times meant we could have put 50 on France, you can guarantee they won't allow themselves to be held up like that again so often
Our boys will settle the score in the quarter
Not to mention the Wayne Barnes effect. A neutral referee and France play most of the game with 13 men
@@inBODwetrust13 outrageous comment.
Excellent video👌👌
I’m French and i want to say well done Ireland👏
Some referee things were wrong but you deserved the win
Agree, we usually prefer to have a French ref as they don't tend to get much wrong but obviously couldn't have one for this match. See ye at the World Cup 👍
I've been looking forward to this video coming out. Thanks man.
Same. Been checking every day.