# set-piece - Thursday 18 March, 2021
# Rugby Brain
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# Rugby Brain
Ireland have made 14 lineout steals so far in this championship.
# set-piece - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# Set-piece
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# Set-piece
James Ryan led the onslaught in what was perhaps the most crucial area of the game.
# set-piece - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Trends
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# Trends
The importance of the lineout and scrum is as clear as ever.
# set-piece - Wednesday 25 November, 2020
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Missed lineouts and missed maul chances were the story of the day at Twickenham last weekend.
# set-piece - Sunday 22 November, 2020
# Concerns
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# Concerns
The Irish lineout and maul struggled against Maro Itoje and the English pack.
# set-piece - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Analysis
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# Analysis
Mike Catt’s attack delivered some real smarts off set-piece but they blew some big opportunities.
# set-piece - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
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The Brumbies scored an excellent try in behind the lineout against the Rebels.
# set-piece - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Fronting Up
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# Fronting Up
The Irish maul struggled to get going against Scotland last weekend.
# set-piece - Monday 25 November, 2019
# Set-piece
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# Set-piece
Hourihane also provided Villa’s second goal for Anwar El Ghazi.
# set-piece - Saturday 24 August, 2019
# DAMAGING
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# DAMAGING
Ireland captain Rory Best had a tough day out of touch at Twickenham.
# set-piece - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
# Genius Of Joe
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# Genius Of Joe
Ireland have produced sublime set-piece scores at important times during Schmidt’s tenure.
# set-piece - Monday 29 July, 2019
# Smarts
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# Smarts
The All Blacks thought they knew what was coming but Rassie Erasmus’ team changed the picture.
# set-piece - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
# Reverse
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# Reverse
Attack coach Nigel Carolan has his charges striking superbly from lineout platforms.
# set-piece - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
# Analysis
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# Analysis
The northern province scored three tries from set-piece platforms against Racing 92 last weekend.
# set-piece - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
# Joe Show
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# Joe Show
There were fresh examples of the head coach’s clever thinking against the All Blacks.
# set-piece - Thursday 18 October, 2018
# Hooker
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# Hooker
Munster’s Niall Scannell has started his season in excellent form.
# set-piece - Wednesday 19 September, 2018
# Dr Phil
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# Dr Phil
Felipe Contepomi is happy with the direction Leinster’s set-piece attack is moving in.
# set-piece - Monday 25 June, 2018
# Set-piece
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# Set-piece
It’s the Barcelona striker’s second goal of the tournament.
# set-piece - Sunday 17 June, 2018
# Ruck Hit
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# Ruck Hit
Rob Kearney is confident Ireland can produce one last big effort in their ‘final’ against the Wallabies.
# set-piece - Thursday 14 June, 2018
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The Leinster hooker is absent from the matchday 23 for the second Test against the Wallabies.
# set-piece - Sunday 18 March, 2018
# Detail
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# Detail
The Ireland head coach kept back this play for three years before it worked beautifully to help win a Grand Slam.
# set-piece - Tuesday 13 March, 2018
# Intelligent
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# Intelligent
Ireland produced a detailed three-phase set-piece attack to score against Scotland last weekend.
# set-piece - Tuesday 23 January, 2018
# Analysis
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# Analysis
Joe Schmidt should reap the benefits of the Limerick man’s superb form in the coming weeks.
# set-piece - Monday 8 January, 2018
# Strike Plays
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# Strike Plays
We’ve broken down some of the province’s best efforts from scrum and lineout in recent weeks.
# set-piece - Thursday 16 March, 2017
# Key Area
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# Key Area
The close-range failings in the lineout and maul were severely damaging against Wales.
# set-piece - Sunday 12 March, 2017
# Critical Assessment
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# Critical Assessment
George North’s first try on Friday night came straight from a clever Welsh lineout attack.
# set-piece - Wednesday 1 March, 2017
# Strike Play
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# Strike Play
Ireland’s dummy loop play has evolved but they missed a great chance against les Bleus.
# set-piece - Tuesday 15 March, 2016
# Starter Play
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# Starter Play
Ireland used an almost identical strike move to that which cut Wales apart.
# set-piece - Sunday 21 February, 2016
# Set-piece
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# Set-piece
21 games unbeaten… and THIS?!
# set-piece - Monday 11 January, 2016
# Analysis
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# Analysis
Harlequins enjoyed victory over the reigning Premiership champions and this score was important.
# set-piece - Monday 7 September, 2015
# Set Piece Pride
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# Set Piece Pride
The Ireland back row says he and his teammates must look after the ball.
# set-piece - Sunday 9 August, 2015
# Keep It Simple
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# Keep It Simple
The Six Nations champions started their World Cup warm-ups with an encouraging display.
# set-piece - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
# Scrum Wars
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# Scrum Wars
Munster’s tightheads will be key players on Saturday
# set-piece - Monday 27 April, 2015
# Execution
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# Execution
Anthony Foley’s side carried out a highly effective lineout move to break down Treviso.
# set-piece - Saturday 28 February, 2015
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Marty Moore says Ireland got through some seriously tough scrummaging sessions at Carton House this week.
# set-piece - Friday 6 February, 2015
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The veteran second row was unhappy with elements of Ireland’s lineout during the November Tests.
# set-piece - Wednesday 31 December, 2014
# Freak
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# Freak
The 29-year-old hooker is already learning from the coaching of Pat Lam and Dan McFarland.
# set-piece - Thursday 20 November, 2014
# Set-piece
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# Set-piece
Simon Easterby’s pack has picked up where they left off under John Plumtree last season.
# set-piece - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
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Doumbia’s double gave the Russian club all three points in Manchester.
# No Scrum No Win
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# No Scrum No Win
South Africa are in rude health, while Joe Schmidt could conceivably have to make do without his entire first-choice front row.
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