Match preview and thread: IRE v ITA (Sat 10th Feb 14:15) TV3, ITV & FR2

dublinman1990 · 10-02-2018 4:57pm

Larmour failed to prevent that Italian try. Not a good start for him today.

its_phil · 10-02-2018 4:57pm

When people ask for 10 changes for the Italy game next year, can we show them the last 30 minutes here

Jack Kanoff · 10-02-2018 4:57pm

We're losing the second half?

swiwi_ · 10-02-2018 4:57pm

The Irish Achilles heel remains defence against width. Italy with a chance to pick up a 4TBP.

Whereisgalway · 10-02-2018 4:58pm

Larmour is overhyped, hopefully people and the media will shut up about him and let him get on with developing his game

dublinman1990 · 10-02-2018 4:58pm

Murray is MOTM.

MJohnston · 10-02-2018 4:58pm

I'm glad we're seeing some weaknesses here, it makes for a much more useful examination than a complete destruction would have. I think a lot of it is just complacency due to the dominance, but still.

jprender · 10-02-2018 4:59pm

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Larmour is overhyped, hopefully people and the media will shut up about him and let him get on with developing his game

Larmours inexperience really showing.

Unfortunately I don’t think this will do much for his confidence.

Won’t get a chance to redeem himself in a green shirt before November.

budhabob · 10-02-2018 4:59pm

Don't agree with Murray MOTM, Earl's or aki for me.

Burkie1203 · 10-02-2018 4:59pm

Aki was my motm.

sydthebeat · 10-02-2018 4:59pm

Murray MOTM

WTF quinlan...... Red tinted or what!!!

Subpopulus · 10-02-2018 5:00pm

That underarm lineout from Parisse!

Jack Kanoff · 10-02-2018 5:00pm

Magnificent chase by earls !!!

MattD · 10-02-2018 5:00pm

Larmour is the best player in the world.

CurryFlavoured · 10-02-2018 5:00pm

Holy **** what a step from Larmour

c.p.w.g.w · 10-02-2018 5:00pm

Unreal from Keith Earls

budhabob · 10-02-2018 5:00pm

That's some covering back and pace from earls

10-02-2018 5:01pm

Ffs Carberry nearly kills the -33 handicap accumulator bets with that turnover.

NollagShona · 10-02-2018 5:01pm

Earls is a legend

NollagShona · 10-02-2018 5:01pm

Earls MOTM

A-Train · 10-02-2018 5:01pm

Great by Larmour and great chase back by Earls

fitz · 10-02-2018 5:01pm

We went to pot when the halves went off, but we've been hard done by in the second half with Poite. Italians should have been down to 14 for 10 minutes for repeated penalties. Score flatters Italy, but lots to work on from a defensive standpoint...Soft points coughed up.

Guy:Incognito · 10-02-2018 5:01pm

Ah, earls could have let them have the bonus

jprender · 10-02-2018 5:01pm

MattD wrote: »

Larmour is the best player in the world.

Best post today. MOTM.

dublinman1990 · 10-02-2018 5:01pm

That was silly from Carbery. Great tackle from Earls to prevent BP for Italy.

sydthebeat · 10-02-2018 5:02pm

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Larmour failed to prevent that Italian try. Not a good start for him today.

.... Larmour was in the 13 channel, Kearney was outside.
Kearney bit in due to the quality of the pass so larmour had to cover beyond his own man

Not larmours fault at all

Edit: needless comment. Apologies dublinman

Rossi IRL · 10-02-2018 5:02pm

MJohnston wrote: »

I’ve switched to TVCatchup, they’re not geoblocking ITV today.

Thanks

durthacht · 10-02-2018 5:02pm

Very mixed 30 minutes from Carbery.

Heymans · 10-02-2018 5:03pm

Get Larmour into FB for the rest of the tournament and get Kearney out of there. Simply magic

mfceiling · 10-02-2018 5:03pm

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Holy **** what a step from Larmour

He'd want to step up his defence.

See what I did there.

Rigor Mortis · 10-02-2018 5:03pm

Porter MoM for me. Aki was the other contender.

its_phil · 10-02-2018 5:04pm

Not sure about that MOTM selection

Lucy8080 · 10-02-2018 5:04pm

Just want an update on the injuries...job was done at h-t.

budhabob · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Porter MoM for me. Aki was the other contender.

In all fairness Porter had a great game alright. Presume he's the front runner for starting in 2 weeks time?

mark_jmc · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

I’m happy that Larmour had that nice piece of play- it would have been terrible for his confidence if all he had to show for his appearance was a few mistakes, we’ll need him in the future

lawred2 · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

That second half was a mess

ScrubsfanChris · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

Lamours one break and Carberys kicks aside, the subs had zero impact on the game and were arguably worse than the players they replaced.

Great win, but 2 of those 3 Italian trys were absolute gifts.

Rigor Mortis · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

Heymans wrote: »

Get Larmour into FB for the rest of the tournament and get Kearney out of there. Simply magic

That 30 mins is a good example of why Larmour is nowhere near ready to replace Kearney. One break in the 78th minute against a tired Italian defence does not gloss over two bad try costing mistakes. Guy has a great present and future, but he is not an international starter yet.

mfceiling · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

Heymans wrote: »

Get Larmour into FB for the rest of the tournament and get Kearney out of there. Simply magic

Simply magic?

His positioning in defence wasn't great and there's bigger challenges ahead.

Kearney's going nowhere.

NollagShona · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

None of the 2nd half subs put their hands up for me

Vinnie222 · 10-02-2018 5:05pm

Heymans wrote: »

Get Larmour into FB for the rest of the tournament and get Kearney out of there. Simply magic

Larmour has a bit to go before he takes it off Kearney

captbarnacles · 10-02-2018 5:06pm

Earls saved all the Ireland handicap backers

prawnsambo · 10-02-2018 5:06pm

Earls gets a standing ovation from Sexton and Murray. That is all.

Tom.D.BJJ · 10-02-2018 5:06pm

Please Joe, no more Marmion. He's just too slow

NollagShona · 10-02-2018 5:07pm

mfceiling wrote: »

He'd want to step up his defence.

See what I did there.

[ruPaul] He needs to step his pussy up![/ruPaul]

Franz Von Peppercorn · 10-02-2018 5:07pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Lamours one break and Carberys kicks aside, the subs had zero impact on the game and were arguably worse than the players they replaced.

Great win, but 2 of those 3 Italian trys were absolute gifts.

They were definitely worse. Some shocking decisions.

NollagShona · 10-02-2018 5:07pm

Earls MOTM

durthacht · 10-02-2018 5:07pm

NollagShona wrote: »

None of the 2nd half subs put their hands up for me

Honestly the best of them was probably Quinn Roux, and that's not good.

10-02-2018 5:07pm

If Earls played like this last year not only would he have been on the Lions tour he would have been starting.

My MOTM was Porter. Had to play nearly 80 minutes and was still working hard late on. When you think of Hayes and Ross and then you have a young prospect holding up the scrum but still making good carries after 70 minutes of work I think it's worth acknowledging that.

The story of the day is the injuries, we've been rocked to be honest and if Conan, Henderson, Furlong, Henshaw are in trouble then so are Ireland. Leinster fans watching that game through their fingers in the end to be honest. Hope they are all on the minor end of severity.

Onwards and upwards.

Dave_The_Sheep · 10-02-2018 5:07pm

This is weird. For all our dominance and the scoreline... I'm really irritated by that last 25 minutes or so. Left points out there. Let Italy score cheaply. If we lose something on points difference I'll be livid.

Unreasonable I know I'm being but...

Match preview and thread: IRE v ITA (Sat 10th Feb 14:15) TV3, ITV & FR2

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