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Nine-try Ireland account for USA

Ireland’s Keith Earls

A rampant Ireland scored nine tries in a comprehensive 55-19 victory over the United States in New Jersey.

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Ireland kicked off their tour in style Saturday thanks to Keith Earls’ first-half double at Red Bull Arena.

Debutants Jacob Stockdale and James Ryan ran in tries in a youthful side, while Niall Scannell, Kieran Marmion, Jack Conan, Luke McGrath and Simon Zebo were also on the scoresheet for Ireland, who led 29-7 at half-time.

It took Ireland only three minutes to hit the front after Tiernan O’Halloran played in Earls in the left corner, though Joey Carbery was unable to convert.

Stockdale capped his international bow with a try as he raced through to score and Garry Ringrose added the extras for a 12-0 lead.

Earls was at it again, while Scannell and Marmion all crossed over before the interval after Nick Civetta gave the Americans something to cheer about.

Civetta blocked down a Carbery chip to claim an easy five-pointer in front of the posts.

Carbery’s difficult day continued in the second half after he was charged down by John Quill, while Ryan Matyas reduced the deficit to 36-19.

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The result, however, was never in doubt as Conan, McGrath, Ryan and Zebo crossed over.

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Flankly 2 hours ago
'Absolute madness': Clive Woodward rips into Borthwick in wake of NZ loss

Borthwick is supposed to be the archetypical conservative coach, the guy that might not deliver a sparkling, high-risk attacking style, but whose teams execute the basics flawlessly. And that's OK, because it can be really hard to beat teams that are rock solid and consistent in the rugby equivalent of "blocking and tackling".


But this is why the performance against NZ is hard to defend. You can forgive a conservative, back-to-basics team for failing to score tons of tries, because teams like that make up for it with reliability in the simple things. They can defend well, apply territorial pressure, win the set piece battles, and take their scoring chances with metronomic goal kicking, maul tries and pick-and-go goal line attacks.


The reason why the English rugby administrators should be on high alert is not that the English team looked unable to score tries, but that they were repeatedly unable to close out a game by executing basic, coachable skills. Regardless of how they got to the point of being in control of their destiny, they did get to that point. All that was needed was to be world class at things that require more training than talent. But that training was apparently missing, and the finger has to point at the coach.


Borthwick has been in the job for nearly two years, a period that includes two 6N programs and an RWC campaign. So where are the solid foundations that he has been building?

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