Ireland v England 4:45 Aviva Stadium

Faugheen

lbc2019 wrote: »

His box kicks are one of the few things we have done well

I actually disagree. He's had a couple after England put loads of pressure on our line where he just needed to find touch and he missed them.

I can't recall any of them that brought about a contest or even put the English catchers under much pressure.

He's been poor since he's come back and we badly need him in form.

lawred2

Terrible start

CptMackey

Very poor. What are we at

Southdubin6

I see this ending a slaughter.

eigrod

Our half backs can’t get us on the front foot

Vunipola (8) has cramp - has lost pace, won't last another 10.

tayto lover

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

not necessarily his fault though.

Not really the point.
They are yielding nothing hence giving possession away quite a lot.

Losty Dublin

A lot of bemoaning on here, almost all of which is unjustified. The main reason why England are slightly ahead and somewhat more dominant is that they are sucking in men then kicking behind and exploiting the weaknesses left out wide and in the full back line, by which I mean Stockdale and Earls. At least one of them is gone for the second half. The introduction of Cronin should allow for more carrying, provided that he gets clean ball.

Clegg

whatawaster wrote: »

Earls off. Must be an injury.

I'd go 15 Larmour, 14 Ringrose 13 Henshaw

Ringrose is our best 13 by miles. No way you take him out of there.

Dubinusa

Murray just kicking the ball away

dublinman1990

O'Mahony won the line out. Ireland making some distances on the pitch after a bad start to this half.

sydthebeat

We'd be completely fcuked without Ringrose

Stheno

Ringrose is having a good game

Southdubin6

Henshaw having an absolute mare. He should be hooked

BAM! uhavechlamydia

Furlong has lost his last 2 collisions ..a bit of a worry that he's tiring early

Wheres Me Jumper?

Henshaw saved the day there

Clegg

Some very silly play from Ireland there. Should've kicked the ball away much earlier to get the penalty.

Gidea

Jaysus POM with the death sentence stare :pac::D

whatawaster

We have an excellent 15 on the bench too

nice_guy80

Henshaw isn't mobile enough for FB

Pussyhands

Larmour has no right to be out there. He's hiding.

facehugger99

Post watershed language there.

fitz

Clegg wrote: »

Some very silly play from Ireland there. Should've kicked the ball away much earlier to get the penalty.

Garces treatment of the advantage there was terrible.

Clegg

Pussyhands wrote: »

Larmour has no right to be out there. He's hiding.

He's been on 6 minutes.

munsterlegend

Yeah Henshaw looks horrific. Our second best full back is in France unfortunately.

Dubinusa

Henshaw is having a mare!!!

Pussyhands

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Henshaw isn't mobile enough for FB

He was years ago and then Joe made him into Jamie Roberts MKII

sydthebeat

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

Henshaw saved the day there

Henshaw showed a real lack of pace actually... Good job he's so strong

dublinman1990

POM just said "stupid c*nt" to England's no.8

Good man Peter. If you are going to wind anyone up do it particularly to their tighthead.

Lucy8080

fitz wrote: »

Garces treatment of the advantage there was terrible.

Don't think Sexton would have kicked there if he knew advantage was over.

Subpopulus

Jesus, really hanging on here.

Gidea

No point in best being there when his darts are so iffy, at least Cronin adds to the loose

stephen_n

munsterlegend wrote: »

Yeah Henshaw looks horrific. Our second best full back is in France unfortunately.

Jesus that’s going to leave a huge gap on the right wing.

A-Train

Jordon won that ball away with you Garces

Clegg

Are Ireland not the attacking team there?

fitz

Attacking team?!?
My.
Hoop.

LuckyGent88

Need to get territory badly. Play has to be in the English half

Totally wrong call. Larmour had that, England dived on the ruck.

xxyyzz

Virgin one's picture quality is like watching a bad stream

bilston

Gidea wrote: »

No point in best being there when his darts are so iffy, at least Cronin adds to the loose

Why was that last lineout the hookers fault?

Pussyhands

Lucy8080 wrote: »

Don't think Sexton would have kicked there if he knew advantage was over.

It was a knock on advantage.

Wheres Me Jumper?

turned into a pretty turgid affair

facehugger99

Clegg wrote: »

Are Ireland not the attacking team there?

Not when you kick the ball away.

sydthebeat

Eh... Terrible call by garces.

Southdubin6

Clegg wrote: »

Are Ireland not the attacking team there?

No, box kick to england they are receiving it to attack.

Dubinusa

We are in trouble. No control from the half backs.

TheCitizen

This ref is useless

fitz

Pussyhands wrote: »

It was a knock on advantage.

It was a penalty advantage for the block in Aki, no?

cmac2009

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

turned into a pretty turgid affair

Just what England want. Really trying to rile up the Irish players