The one fly in Ireland’s ointment following Saturday’s commanding win over Samoa was the 29th minute sending-off of Bundee Aki. Nic Berry shows Bundee Aki a red card. “That’s not a comment on anyone’s technique or anything like that, it’s more on the inconsistency between cards that we’ve seen in this World Cup. “Obviously his robustness and his physicality is massive for us,” said Stockdale of Aki. In all of this the 2019 Rugby World Cup will make players re-define their tackle technique, as Stockdale conceded.

Source: The Irish Times October 14, 2019 05:00 UTC