Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
We were rubbish against Namibia tho, we looked so so slack. Hickey's handling was terrible, O'Garas kicking was sub standard for club level and our Scrummaging was about as well orchaestrated as a bar fight.
However when we did pul it together u could see potential, particularily that drive that resulted in the penalty try.

England i was surprised with, i thought they wer gonna surprise us and come stormin for this tournament. I wouldn rule out france tho. Whats the saying about a wounded animal being most dangerous?
Agreed that Ireland looked awful against Namibia, but it may be just the lazy mentality of playing one of the supposed weakest nations in the tournament. I have noticed that Ireland more than any other team have a horrible tendancy to play to the level of the opposition, so who knows what we will see when they play France and Argentina.
Shane Horgan coming back may spark things a bit as well, he adds a lot of power to the backline... providing he is match fit!
England have been looking very sloppy for a while now... the talent is there, but they just don't seem to play well as a team anymore. They lack a Martin Johnson type figure to pull them out of the trenches these days...
France can never be counted out for sure. They are so hot and cold!
They could put in the performance of the tournament against Ireland or they could play even worse than they did against Argentina, it is always impossible to tell with them.