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France definitely raised their game today (apart from a shocker of a forward pass after running half the length of the field, I thought Basteraud had his best game for ages), but I'm glad Ireland held on to take the title - I think they've been the most consistent team all series.
I'd love to know what Paul O'Connell is made of. He seems to have been around for ages, must have a skeleton made of titanium & carbon fibre and an engine from a train - he never stops!!!!
Not sure what's happening to Sexton - it's like he's suffering some kind of confidence issue with his kicking that affects him the longer he takes to make the kick. And he seems to be developing a habit of taking a dive, looking for a cheap penalty. He's better than that.
O'Driscoll has been a phenomenal servant of rugby union in general and Ireland and Leinster in particular, but I thought he was pretty quiet today (by his standards).
For one terrible moment, I thought they would award him Player of the Series - thankfully they gave it to Mike Brown, who's been brilliant throughout.
Farrell did OK again today, but had his customary moment of petulant madness with a crap high, off-the-ball tackle.
Johnny May needs to learn to run forward, not crab across the field (and mostly backwards).
I'm not even going to comment on Hogg and his red card.... |
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