Rónan Kelleher discusses the recent improvement in Ireland's lineout and the challenges they face against Andy Farrell and Paul O’Connell. He also mentions the strong lineout defenses of South Africa and Scotland.
Rónan Kelleher : ‘The lineout clicked last weekend, but there was no major revamp’ “For example, the lineout lift and maybe the lineout throw, it’s all about the timing and it clicked last weekend. But there was no major revamp, more just keep doing what we were doing.” Ireland was ranked 14th for their lineout coming out of the World Cup, which makes the stark improvement all the sweeter for Andy Farrell and Paul O’Connell .
, who face Ireland on Sunday, are certain to throw some junk and try to disrupt. All five Irish tries in Marseille began at lineouts. Kelleher came on after 63 minutes for Sheehan. For 20 minutes he had a close-up view. We were still very confident in our lineout, our drill, in what we were doing, it wasn’t anything major “I suppose teams were looking at our game and trying to figure out where they could get a bit of access,” he says. “We came up against some good lineout D as well, in terms of South Africa. They have a brilliant lineout defence. Scotland have a good lineout defence as wel
Rónan Kelleher Lineout Improvement Ireland Andy Farrell Paul O’Connell Challenges South Africa Scotland
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