Italy v England, Rome, Saturday 15th March. KO 12:30PM. Live on RTE2/BBC2

Sudden Valley

well that was unexpected

Westernyelp

At last italy!

microsim

You beauty

ProudDUB

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wooooohooo viva italia

KevIRL

GTFI

gally74

Class

Rightwing

That's them done for

misslt

yes italy!

wp_rathead

efb wrote: »

England are heavy hitters and deservedly beat us- bound to annihilate Italy

Italy in past few season performed very well at home, beating France and ourselves - thought they were past these type of performances..


go waaaaaaaaaaaan Sarto

clsmooth

****ing beauty

crisco10

Lovely. Take ur time with conversion too..

Gidea

GET IN

bilston

Patser wrote: »

Lads I understand from an Irish perspective a big English win throws pressure on us but does it not also mean France have nothing to play for?

Not necessarily a good thing!

Swiwi.

Bloody hell Buer we're in trouble here.

And edit thank you Sarto.

wicklowdub

yes nice one, another one or two would be nice

Kayless

Lancasters reactions says it all, thank god for that!

Pudsy33

Les Ferdinand wrote: »

To watch Ireland fall apart

Hahahahhahah




Ha

sydthebeat

Patser wrote: »

Lads I understand from an Irish perspective a big English win throws pressure on us but does it not also mean France have nothing to play for?

Exactly, a just less than 50 point victory Is perfect for us

aimee1

Patser wrote: »

Lads I understand from an Irish perspective a big English win throws pressure on us but does it not also mean France have nothing to play for?

England win by 48 pts wud be ideal

efb

Woot!

RuggieBear

+34

Guy:Incognito

sdowling04 wrote: »

Is it me or does everyone in Ireland seem very overconfident of beating France...and beating them well? I wouldn't be confident of facing any French team in Paris. That being said I think Ireland will scrape a win by 3 or 5.

I'm not. I think we're going to lose. Obviously I hope we don't.

OldRio

Joy oh joy
15 difference now

BQQ

crisco10 wrote: »

Our best hope is italy getting an intercept try or similar.

Keep those kind of predictions coming.

Auldloon

Some of you guys need to catch on to yourselves. Until England are leading by 51 points it matters not a damn what they score.

justsomebloke

Score?

thelad95

Patser wrote: »

Lads I understand from an Irish perspective a big English win throws pressure on us but does it not also mean France have nothing to play for?

Of course they have something to play for. It's a test match at home. They will want to win.

Lord Trollington

9 mins. 15 points. 3 converted tries would leave England +6 .

Fireball07

Whatever about that, this England team are quality. I know they reached the WC final somehow in 2007, but this is the best team since 2003 imo.



We'll beat France by a bit anyway.

sydthebeat

England losing heads now, perfect

its_phil

2007 ghost of de Marigney haunting England through Sarto today

Davei141

Auldloon wrote: »

Some of you guys need to catch on to yourselves. Until England are leading by 51 points it matters not a damn what they score.

Huh? Before the intercept they were well set for leading by more than 51 points.

ninebeanrows

We're safe!

keps

Auldloon wrote: »

Some of you guys need to catch on to yourselves. Until England are leading by 51 points it matters not a damn what they score.

Yeah but the closer they get to +51 - the more likely they are to achieve it

crisco10

Auldloon wrote: »

Some of you guys need to catch on to yourselves. Until England are leading by 51 points it matters not a damn what they score.

Yes but it would be nice if they never threatened that 51 point total.

wicklowdub

England starting to get desperate now, game should open right up (if it can anymore)

thelad95

Auldloon wrote: »

Some of you guys need to catch on to yourselves. Until England are leading by 51 points it matters not a damn what they score.

But that was worryingly close a couple of minutes ago.

ThisRegard

Weathercheck wrote: »

We're safe!

France may have a say on that!

Pudsy33

Gonzalo Garcia was muck. Campagnaro is class.

Irlandczyk

Davei141 wrote: »

Huh? Before the intercept they were well set for leading by more than 51 points.

Being well set is one thing, actually doing it is another. An intercept try for example, would change things, no?

Robert McGrath

Sarto = Gary Mackay

decisions

England have totally lost their heads.

its_phil

Take the points Sergio1:pac:

cython

sdowling04 wrote: »

Is it me or does everyone in Ireland seem very overconfident of beating France...and beating them well? I wouldn't be confident of facing any French team in Paris. That being said I think Ireland will scrape a win by 3 or 5.

Hardly. If we were that confident of "beating them well" then we wouldn't really care about England matching or slightly beating our points difference, as beating France well would erode that again. Plenty of us are concerned that any win Ireland may get will be tight, and so we need to have points over England going into the match, not being reliant on them accrued during,

Lord Trollington

wicklowdub wrote: »

England starting to get desperate now, game should open right up (if it can anymore)

Makes them very dangerous too. They will run it from their own line. They've nothing to lose. Game is won

RuggieBear

english discipline cracking a bit

Swiwi.

Fireball07 wrote: »

Whatever about that, this England team are quality. I know they reached the WC final somehow in 2007, but this is the best team since 2003 imo.



We'll beat France by a bit anyway.

My hats off to the Poms for giving it a real lash.

sydthebeat

England don't have the calibre of reserves we have.

Testament to a good squad.

cynicalcough

6 minutes, 15 points I think we might be ok here.