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25th August 2019
01:55pm BST

Our own player ratings for the Ireland XV, and subs, make for hard but necessary reading. There have been similarly tough ratings in a number of Irish outlets, while English reporters have not been quite so harsh.
That being said, not a single member of the Ireland XV, in three separate player ratings from English outlets, rated above 6/10. Generally, Rob Kearney, Bundee Aki, Ross Byrne and Iain Henderson fared the best (average rating of 5.66 out of 10).
According to these ratings, Garry Ringrose, Jacob Stockdale, Rory Best and CJ Stander all had bad outings (4.33 out of 10) with Jean Kleyn faring the worst (3.66 out of 10). Tadhg Furlong and Peter O'Mahony did not escape without criticism.
Here are a selection of some of the most scathing comments:
'Outmuscled and outgunned in an afternoon that surely put paid to his World Cup chances.' (Sky Sports)
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'One of his worst performances in an Ireland shirt. Made little impression against Marler in the scrum and lost control of the ball when tackled by Tuilagi and Underhill.' (UK Independent)
As tough days at the office go, this one may take some getting over.
World number one, Wales are up next... in a sold-out Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
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