Three games into his tenure, we are starting to see Ireland open up a new playbook under set-play guru Andrew Goodman
Ireland captain Caelan Doris dives over the line to score his side's first try during the victory over Fiji at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images
The French side went on to win the title, but Ronan O’Gara still gave his former Crusaders coaching colleague flowers for outsmarting him with that particular move. Caelan Doris’s fifth-minute try started at a lineout deep inside the Fijian 22. After launching a dummy maul, hooker Gus McCarthy came bounding around the corner only to pop the ball inside for his captain to crash over. If it looked familiar, it’s because Rónan Kelleher did something very similar against Argentina.
In the 50th minute, Ireland found a clever way of getting into Nayacalevu’s channel. Off a lineout, Aki took the ball at first receiver, as he often does. Outside him are the usual front door, back door passing options. Normally, the front door runner, in this case Doris, carries into contact. Only this time, the Ireland captain pulls off a late, deft pass behind, rather than across his body to find Sam Prendergast.
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