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Joe Schmidt hits back at critical pundits – Huge Rugby News

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Last updated: 08/02/2019 4:52 pm
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Ireland Rugby head coach Joe Schmidt has hit out at his critics after he was criticized after his side suffered a comprehensive Guinness Six Nations loss against England.

Many pundits feel that the Irish lacked mental strength after they were defeated 32-20 in a physical encounter against the English.

Schmidt has since defended his team’s tactics ahead of their game against Scotland on Saturday.

“I’d like to see how they’d describe our Plan A to be honest,”

“I do think I always get a lot of advice, there wouldn’t be too many weeks go by that I don’t get a letter, suggesting somebody play there, or suggesting a set play or suggesting something.

“And that’s when we’re winning. So when you lose you get at least three letters.

“And so you can expect people to be saying a lot about how we play, and what Plan A, B, C or D look like.

“So I’m not sure how they summarise Plan A, because I think we have a very varied game.

“We play strong off set-piece, we play a varied kicking game, we play with a varied attacking game. And we try to vary our defensive game.

“So I guess I’ll leave them to do their analysis, and we’ll keep analysing what we’re doing, and trying to improve.”

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