To be fair to Jarvis, his first kick was from the touchline (basically), and just didnt catch the wind like he would have wanted to bring the ball through - left touchline - wind blowing towards goal - aimed for right post, and to be fair to him the line of the ball wasn't too far off the right post, but just wasnt taken in by the wind [not blaming the wind, and neither is Tim Howard after last night].
Was at the game with a guy who is a kicking coach for one of the top rugby sides in Scotland, he's a Galway native but not from a rugby background, and he was saying that ~40% of rugby (not sure is that international or club or whatever, just a figure) scores are statistically from kicks, and thus highly essential (its not as if im telling any of ye anything that ye don't know about how essential it is to be nailing these kicks).
As -_-ton put it when he was out of favour with the tee, its a pity that outhalfs only get judged by their kicking ratio, especially where other parts of their game are much more impressive. If we put Jarvis into the -_-ton bracket, show me the O'Gara in our squad who can put their hand up to deserve the 10 shirt ahead of him. Looking at kicking ratios though, look back at Chris Patterson a few years back when he hadnt missed a kick in 36 consecutive attempts, everyone knows that although he is a remarkable kicker, that he handed over alot of the "out of range / preferred angle"
Now with that out of the way, bring on Aironi. Ray, McSharry and Swiftys comebacks couldnt have happened at a better time. Also, I think legend is an understatement for Johnny O'Concrete:
O'Connor's injury came early in the Leinster game, but Elwood said he continued to play for the entire 80 minutes "like a true warrior".
"It is one thing surviving the game, but Johnny didn't survive the game, he put himself through the mill for the 80 minutes and played like Johnny O'Connor always does. That is a testament to him and his commitment to the cause - brave man is an understatement."
