The lineout was the key platform for Ireland’s attack against Tonga.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Tours AFTER A FAIR few errors in this area in recent weeks and with a massive challenge coming from South Africa, it was timely for Ireland to have such a strong lineout performance against Tonga last Saturday.
It was a resounding statement of precision and determination from Ireland in a department of the game they hadn’t been pleased with recently. There never seemed to be any major panic about their lineout, but Ireland hate the little errors that can be costly at the set-piece. “We love getting a maul try, we love getting those tries as an Irish pack. We put some decent pressure on their lineout as well so we’re happy enough with how it came out.”“We’ve just been working on a few little tweaks here and there,” said Kelleher. “Not that we’ve been bad, but we’ve been really trying to focus on ourselves.
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