Ireland v France (Match Thread)

pickarooney

aaaaaaand... we're dead

county

no fcuk it

Collie D

Ireland fall asleep at the back. France go over for a try. 17-18

Dara Robinson

I have to say, even though we lost we really played well. Very very good game

PHB

God dammit

I honastly can't believe it I can't believe he didn't give the peno for holding back, I really can't ****ing believe it

pickarooney

Slight taste of vomit in my mouth there at the end.

ninebeanrows

:mad:

christophicus

Unlucky thereat the end. ireland took their foot of it.

gandalf

Wonderful game of rugby, after the shakey start Ireland played very well. Well done to France, shame we didn't get the victory for the occasion of the first game of rugby in Croke Park.

awhir

omfg im so pissed i feel like im gona cry.

kaimera

Dara Robinson wrote:

I have to say, even though we lost we really played well. Very very good game

Did you watch the first half?

Second half was great tho but to fall asleep right after going 4 ahead..bah.

Takeshi_Kovacs

Jammy bastards..

Damn ref was a bit of a knob

LundiMardi

good game.

Endurance Man

Holy sh!t , that was entertaining till the last second. You could tell france where not giving up without a fight and ireland made it easy for them by apparently falling asleep.
Cant believe it .

walrusgumble

great game. feel sick, france were brilliant in most of the game thou and we were very lucky in parts. thanks ref.hopefully england will beat france. dont wanna be saying in 20yrs time cursing this game and it being the chance to win the championship.oh well heres to the next game.

pickarooney

We'd better beat them in the WC...
Dammit, was almost looking forward to going to work tomorrow for about 30 seconds

BlitzKrieg

*cries*

Easygainer

Dara Robinson wrote:

I have to say, even though we lost we really played well. Very very good game

Did you watch the match? They couldn't hold the ball in the first half and O'Gara couldn't kick from his hands to save his life.

That said, the ref cost us the match and Ireland are, undoubtedly, the biggest chokers of all time. NZ to walk the WC and that ref to die a slow painful death.

christophicus

Takeshi_Kovacs wrote:

Damn ref was a bit of a knob

i think the ref was quite fair.

LundiMardi

in all fairness, the ref made bad decisions for both teams.

The only thing that lost Ireland the match was their own sleepy sleepy snoozy snooze. It was an excellent try that won it in the end, and bad defending.

christophicus

yeah Id have to agree.

zuutroy

christophicus wrote:

i think the ref was quite fair.

He missed the Horan call, and called off the advantage three times wh Ireland had gained no advantage

mike65

Ireland very lucky to have even been in the game after 30 mins. Typical that Tom McGurk is blaming the ref but Hooky not falling into that trap.

Mike.

chump

noooooo :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:


depression

sleepy sleepy is right

tolosenc

All we had to do was catch the ball. That's all. Then hold it for a minute and boot it away...

Sacre Bleu!

Saruman

Aghhh was almost pulling my hair out.. fair play to France but Jaysus i thought we had it after the penalty!!

hobochris

that ref made to many questionable calls for my liking... he should be taken out of the rest of the six nations...
When we manage to break free and play advantage and almost get a try...he calls stop of play to make a call of advantage to us and award a scrum to us...
the logical desicision would have been to allow play to continue if your going to award advantage as the irish team have already started taking it, knowing it should be the right call...

Easygainer

christophicus wrote:

i think the ref was quite fair.

When he didn't give Murphy the advantage? When he just happened to miss Horan being obstructed twice? Or, lest we forget, his comments before the match which should have immediately had him taken out of the match?

gary the great

Great game, its a pity we didnt win, but was a great effort by the lads.

hobochris

zuutroy wrote:

He missed the Horan call, and called off the advantage three times wh Ireland had gained no advantage

the ref was a joke... im not 100% on this, but wasnt that the same kewi ref that made some questionable calls against wales...