IRELAND Vs SOUTH AFRICA match thread

Larbre34

applehunter wrote: »

Its now against the rules to kick the ball?

.....through a formed ruck, another "safety" ruling in our increasingly emasculated game.

mfceiling

Kearney standing still to take that kick is the coolest thing I've ever seen on a rugby pitch.

vienne86

That's three great carries by Henderson.

chupacabra

boom,, Hendo starched etzebeth there

mfceiling

Henderson absolutely flattened Etzebeth there!!

Boscoirl

Fantastic clear out from furlong

bilston

Hendy just Etzebeth on his hole. Definite GIF required

bobbyss

Our jersey is terrible. Never mind the actual clash of colours which is terrible but the actual kit itself looks ugly. What are those stupid stripes on the shoulder? It looks as if we ran out of dye or something. Stylish it is not.

irishman86

Larbre34 wrote: »

.....through a formed ruck, another "safety" ruling in our increasingly emasculated game.

A rule that makes sense, im guessing youve never got one of those boots through the rucks on your head buddy

leakyboots

Couple of poor kicks from Conway in the last few mins

chatticusfinch

Larbre34 wrote: »

.....through a formed ruck, another "safety" ruling in our increasingly emasculated game.

Emasculated eh? Nothing says manly like concussions and CTE

theoneeyedman

The IRFU are determined to root all Irishness out it seems, replace all the Irish players for foreigners (Aki for Zebo) and now jettison the green jersey for a faded All Black set.


I'm calling Joe Duffy to complain now, but he's not answering.

Somedaythefire

Larbre34 wrote: »

.....through a formed ruck, another "safety" ruling in our increasingly emasculated game.

Aw are you upset at rules designed to protect players?

rebel girl 15

Great discipline for Ireland so far - no penalty conceded yet

chatticusfinch

CONWAYYYYYYYY

dregin

GWAN CONWAY!!!!

vienne86

Brilliant by Conway!

Simon who??????????????

leakyboots

Stander is everywhere in defence, driving them back beyond the gainline

mfceiling

G'wan Conway!! Quality

Burkie1203

This is really good from ireland.

wp_rathead

HON Conway
Having a great match

dublinman1990

Yes. Conway!

chupacabra

If we win we get to host the world cup yeah?

Stheno

Fab try

pickarooney

irishman86 wrote: »

A rule that makes sense, im guessing youve never got one of those boots through the rucks on your head buddy

But when there's no head or body within a mile it makes a mockery of the whole thing. Swinging a boot Inna crowded area is already penalisable under dangerous play.

prawnsambo

We are so good.

vienne86

This is a really good performance by Ireland so far. Excellent discipline too.

SQ2

Lucky Jerseys!

Dog Botherer

https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/929408530989404160

MarinersBlues

Conway lucky to not be tackled by his own man there. The jerseys are very similar.

rebel girl 15

SA mess there 3/4 of them around the ball, decent finish by Conway

CIARAN_BOYLE

chupacabra wrote: »

If we win we get to host the world cup yeah?

Well I'm sure we offered to wager with the South Africans loser pulls their bid out of the voting. They refused as far as I know.

LuckyGent88

Great start from us. Playing good high tempo rugby too.

Erik Shin

chupacabra wrote: »

If we win we get to host the world cup yeah?

Are you a Kerry-Saffer?

dregin

POM took a serious boot to the face there.

irishman86

pickarooney wrote: »

But when there's no head or body within a mile it makes a mockery of the whole thing. Swinging a boot Inna crowded area is already penalisable under dangerous play.

Why risk it buddy, its a rule that takes stupid away
I remember a outrage when spear tackles were outlawed but it made sense, i see this in the same way

Boscoirl

The second half should be “shirts v skins”

dregin

Is that an ear or a slice of bacon that O'Mahony has?

bobbyss

Does Sexton take more time addressing the ball than any other no 10?

dublinman1990

Oh Jesus. A bad cut for O'Mahoney.

bilston

I'd like to see the replay again of POM on the ground there. It looked like Louw was pulling at his ear.

mfceiling

For some reason I expected ice to come out of POM's cut.

How did Toner get so bald so quickly?

vienne86

bobbyss wrote: »

Does Sexton take more time addressing the ball than any other no 10?

He takes the full minute.

Squidgy Black

mfceiling wrote: »

For some reason I expected ice to come out of POM's cut.

Are you mad he bleeds red baiiiiii.

pickarooney

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Oh Jesus. A bad cut for O'Mahoney.

The Waterboy was there to see to his Bang on the Ear

mfceiling

1st penalty gave away on 28 minutes.

The Specialist

SA look like they don't want to be there at all, was expecting a better scrap.

chatticusfinch

bobbyss wrote: »

Does Sexton take more time addressing the ball than any other no 10?

Dunno, Farrell always looks like he's going to lay another ball while he cracks his neck 87 times before the kick.

Conway is so like Earls here with his work rate and lines.

Bundi making life so hard for the SA 10 and 1w.