{"id":13073,"date":"2022-11-30T17:13:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13073"},"modified":"2022-11-30T17:13:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:13:47","slug":"you-get-a-double-barrel-shotgun-stick-it-on-your-foot-and-blow-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=13073","title":{"rendered":"‘You get a double barrel shotgun, stick it on your foot and blow it off’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murray Kinsella reports from Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n

IT MIGHT BE easy to forget due to Jordan Larmour completing his hat-trick and Ireland ending up with eight tries, but Italy were competitive for 40 minutes in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Same old story, sure, but Conor O\u2019Shea was deeply disappointed with how his team came out from the half-time break and spoiled the good work they had done in the first half to trail just 14-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The opening 40 minutes saw the Italians score their only try of the game through Michele Campagnaro\u2019s intercept of Rhys Ruddock\u2019s pass, after they had applied real pressure to Joe Schmidt\u2019s relatively inexperienced team.<\/p>\n

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Conor O’Shea’s side conceded eight tries to Ireland. Source: Dan Sheridan\/INPHO<\/p>\n

Ireland halfbacks Luke McGrath and Joey Carbery were unable to exert great influence on the half as the Italians kept possession for lengthy spells and made life difficult when Schmidt\u2019s team attempted to exit from their defensive territory.<\/p>\n

But the game was as good as over within six minutes of the second half getting underway, Tadhg Beirne and Jordan Larmour grabbing their second tries to shift Ireland 28-7 in front.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first five minutes of the second half,\u201d said O\u2019Shea without hesitation when asked what the key difference between the teams had been after his side\u2019s 54-7 defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re playing against an outstanding rugby team. They\u2019re second in the world for a reason. They\u2019ve got depth in all their provinces for a reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we got an intercept try through \u2018Campo\u2019 at the end of the first-half but when you looked at the balance of the first-half, we started really poorly and were 14-0 down but we dug our way back. We played some positive direct rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were making yards, we were making breaks and we should have scored a couple of times. At 14-7 at half-time there\u2019s an opportunity if you execute properly to change the mentality of everybody; change the mentality of you and change the mentality of the opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgainst a side that has got huge game breakers, we gave them a present of 14 points to go 28-7 down. We have to learn and we have to become better. The younger guys will learn a lot from that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

O\u2019Shea\u2019s sheer frustration was evident post-match as he continually came back to those crucial minutes after half-time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ian McKinley and his team-mates were well beaten by the end. Source: Dan Sheridan\/INPHO<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first-half, despite our bad start, we work unbelievably hard to come back into a game and you literally just go out and get a double barrel shotgun, stick it on your foot and blow it off, because that\u2019s what we did and the game is done.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we had actually controlled what we can control at the start of the second half, there\u2019s a different mentality. I\u2019m not saying winning the game, I\u2019m saying a different mentality and how competitive that becomes because you drain everything out of yourself and you give to the opposition.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cAt half-time, the dreamer in me thought we had the chance to put them under pressure, and we just relieved the pressure valve straight away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Italy must rebound quickly, with a huge Test against Georgia to come next weekend in Florence.<\/p>\n

Given the persistent claims that the Georgians should be given a shot in the Six Nations instead of Italy, O\u2019Shea and his players are awake to the fact that this fixture brings pressure to win.<\/p>\n

The return of many of Italy\u2019s frontline players means O\u2019Shea will be fielding a very different team to the one that lost in Chicago, meaning he is confident they can improve quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been there before, you can look pretty disjointed at the end of the game but you have to pick through it, see some of the stuff we did well and understand it\u2019s what we controlled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as long as young players learn that, we\u2019ll keep on working and get there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Murray Kinsella reports from Chicago IT MIGHT BE easy to forget due to Jordan Larmour completing his hat-trick and Ireland ending up with eight tries, but Italy were competitive for 40 minutes in Chicago. Same old story, sure, but Conor O\u2019Shea was deeply disappointed with how his team came out from the half-time break and … <\/p>\n

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