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Sam Warburton: '"Invincibility cloak" means Ireland can't be stopped' | BBC (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/rugby

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Ugo Monye's run down of Ireland's defensive stats:

Since the beginning of 2022, based on games played against the world's top-10 sides, Monye pointed to Ireland having:

Won the most breakdown turnovers

Conceded the fewest linebreaks of any team

Conceded the fewest points per 22 entry

Conceded the fewest tries of any team

Conceded the fewest 22 entries

Conceded the fewest points

Just an awesome team.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Van de Merve vs Ireland's defence is a real-life unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. The only way to stop the man scoring tries is to make sure he doesn't get the ball, which probably means trying to smother Finn Russell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

England tried that last week...

Sexton had our number for so long, I just want to see us be closer this year, some sort of glimpse of us unlocking Ireland (and by extension the top 4)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

England tried, but England's defence is pathetic compared with Ireland's. And I say this as an Englishman!