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Tadhg Beirne issues warning as No1-ranked Ireland get ready to play

By PA
(Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Tadhg Beirne has admitted the scars of the last Rugby World Cup took a long time to heal and insisted that Ireland will do everything possible to avoid making the same mistakes.

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Andy Farrell’s side go into the 2023 tournament in France at the top of the world rankings and buoyed by clinching a recent Guinness Six Nations Grand Slam on the back of a historic tour success in New Zealand.

Ireland were buzzing with similar belief under Joe Schmidt in 2019 before suffering an emphatic quarter-final exit to the All Blacks following a shock pool-stage loss to hosts Japan.

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    Munster lock Beirne believes the tone for that forgettable campaign was set during an underwhelming build-up, which included a record drubbing by England, and he is determined to help prevent a repeat outcome as he prepares for Saturday’s opening warm-up clash with Italy in Dublin.

    “It was really disappointing, to be honest. We had such expectations of ourselves and we probably felt like we didn’t fire on all cylinders,” he said of the 2019 tournament. “Overall, just disappointment from the get-go.

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    “Even when you talk about warm-ups we didn’t particularly play well in them, did we? And that fed into the World Cup in terms of our performances over there. I think afterwards it took a long, long time to get over it so I’m certainly hoping that is not the case this year and we’ll be doing everything we can to change that.”

    Ireland begin their latest World Cup campaign on September 9 against Romania in Bordeaux. After hosting Italy in this weekend’s warm-up, preparations continue when England visit the Aviva Stadium a fortnight later before a fixture against Samoa in Bayonne the following weekend provides a final chance for fine-tuning.

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    Beirne said that the three upcoming matches are far from friendlies and acknowledged that any player not up to scratch was at risk of being dropped when head coach Farrell cuts his squad from 42 to 33 on August 28.

    “You can certainly lose your spot in a World Cup squad if you don’t play well,” said the British and Irish Lion, who was restricted to a peripheral role for his country in Japan in 2019. “As a squad, we have a record at home that we are proud of at the moment, we are playing a certain type of rugby that we want to continue doing.

    “We are looking at it very much as we would a Six Nations game or a November international game. It’s a Test match we want to win and we are going out there to prove a point, 100 per cent.”

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    Lord Brynmill 576 days ago

    They will crumble at RWC as is the Irish tradition.

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    Mitara 576 days ago

    Number 1 ranking is a burden which the pressure will get to the irish and going to get whipped by the all blacks they want paybacks after the home series loss

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    Ruby 576 days ago

    It's going to be a hell of a quarter final.

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    RedWarriors 3 minutes ago
    The Springbok selection experiment is far from over

    SA and NZ were the main countries “Whining” about the draw that put SA/NZ/IRE/FRA all on the same side of the draw. Ireland, France and Scotland are well used to it. Most countries have come face to face with the biased draw and scheduling many times since the RWC was inaugurated in 1987.

    Everyone agreed the draw was a farce , but yes someone had to pox their way through and that was SA. You get to play a France team in the QF before they have a knock out win under their belt. You won as the inferior team, the world saw that. If the draw had been harder for SA and you were scheduled to play Scotland the week before then you were out.

    England were stronger for most of the match with a 9 point lead with 10 to go. They will be massively disapointed to lose from there especially with the non peanalty awarded at the end.

    Lastly, you needed a red card to beat NZ. 100%. Not in doubt. It was a 1 point game. You were losing without the red.

    SA beat what was in front of them. Not in doubt. That they were lucky is not in doubt either. That the draw made the win significantly easier for SA to get past the QF, is not in doubt either. You play France in the SF or final, you are losing badly.

    ‘Butt hurt’? Thats an Americanism to imply homosexuality? On about raping women now lobbing homophobic comments. Some of you Saffers, past and present have a very very disturbing attitude…historically and present day.

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    NB 2 hours ago
    Have England suddenly become a 'lucky' team?

    I think you need to look at some examples in order to get your facts straight.


    If you look at the second gif in the article https://imgur.com/a/6QNcVtB#NG27wFf , you can see that Scotland are running the shape I describe, and the ‘flat option’ does not actively impede a tackler so has no need to retreat.


    Ditto this one https://imgur.com/a/hNktXel#gbQSsT4 . There is no significant contact with a defender by the flat option, so why does it need to [over-]refereed?


    I feel you’re trying to address an issue that exists mostly in your own imagination, not one that exists out on the field of play.

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