Italy vs Ireland match thread, 24-2-2019.

Italian players line speed spectacular but mostly illegal and the ref has no desire to penalise offside unless its unavoidably obvious.

We are too flat and should have changed it up sooner.

Italy will run out of juice at this pace before 65 mins but we look dire.

Burkie1203

Much better clearing out the ruck in the sequence.

Inspector Coptoor

If our 9 & 10 are struggling for fitness/form, just bring on Cooney and Carty.

And throw on VDF and Henderson as well

Rows Grower

Leave it to the Munster lads.

razorblunt

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

With a new hooker and a misfiring lineout?

He hit his man just before it.

UnknownSpecies

Didn't really look like we had a plan there. Try is a try but it looked like they were just making it up as they went.

Burkie1203

https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1099701166114512896?s=19

Stone Gossard

Murray took a quick tap..it worked..

Beauty of a garryowen there... reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.

dublinman1990

Rows Grower wrote: »

Leave it to the Munster lads.

POM just powered that ball forward moments ago. But now it's all gone again.

troyzer

Stone Gossard wrote: »

Murray took a quick tap..it worked..

Beauty of a garryowen there... reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.

You're watching a different game.

stephen_n

fitz wrote: »

I'd expect us to cut out the errors in the second half...do that and I still reckon we thump them.

There's really not much excuse for the lack of accuracy and intensity so far.

The way we are playing there is absolutely no guarantee of that.

leakyboots

Rows Grower wrote: »

Leave it to the Munster lads.

Ah that's a bit provincial, and I'm a Munster fan!

sydthebeat

Scannel caught out defensively in midfield there

Buer

Stone Gossard wrote: »

Murray took a quick tap..it worked..

Beauty of a garryowen there... reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.

No it didn't at all. He went to a prop on a charge who didn't have much support. It was a poor call. The Italians had defenders in place.

If you are going to tap it on the 5m line, you need a clear opening or mismatch. A prop into defenders is neither.

razorblunt

Burkie1203 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1099701166114512896?s=19

He made a break before Furlong carried and they got the penalty.

UnknownSpecies

leakyboots wrote: »

Ah that's a bit provincial, and I'm a Munster fan!

Munster here too and it's embarrassing.

Buer

Game is crying out for Carty.

Clegg

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

If our 9 & 10 are struggling for fitness/form, just bring on Cooney and Carty.

And throw on VDF and Henderson as well

Cooney yes. Not the game for Carry to be thrown in.

Agree with VdF and Henderson. The sooner they're on the better.

Absoluvely

This will go down as the worst refereeing performance by any rugby official since whenever the last time Ben Whitehouse refereed a game was

leakyboots

I think Joe should consider Killer at 13... 9 carries, 5 defenders beaten!

ionadnapokot

Ireland are winning
So I’m going to call it now
Ireland are in full blown crisis. It’s a crisis of confidence and scrum half

fitz

stephen_n wrote: »

The way we are playing there is absolutely no guarantee of that.

Yeah, been disappointed with how we've reacted. Intensity just isn't there. Murray is getting slower, if anything.

joseywhales

Ref evens up Kearneys non knock on with that Italian non knock on.

razorblunt

Take Sexton off before get gets killed.

Stone Gossard

troyzer wrote: »

You're watching a different game.

You're not able to see I'm afraid

fitz

SOB just not winning collisions like he used to.

vienne86

Van der Flier and Henderson on. TG.

troyzer

Stone Gossard wrote: »

troyzer wrote: »

You're watching a different game.

You're not able to see I'm afraid

Apparently nobody else here is either. Murray is our worst player on the pitch, comfortably.

And just as I say that, he gets the ball stripped again.

He's terrible

A-Train

Ah Murray

Clegg

Second piece of negligence from Murray in a great attacking position.

Take him off.

vienne86

Oh lord get Murray off. PLEASE.

mangobob

Profoundly stupid from the Italians there.

leakyboots

SOB off, not a good day at the office for him. He looked... old.

Lineout is much better since Scannell came on

Murray snagged again? Time for Cooney you'd think

razorblunt

Murray got robbed just walking with the ball.

This is beyond obvious now, no idea what Joe is playing at with him.

I hope Cooney enjoyed his few days seeing the Rome sights.

Stone Gossard

troyzer wrote: »

Apparently nobody else here is either. Murray is our worst player on the pitch, comfortably.

Since Cronin had gone off ..you may be right

Soups123

Murray and Lineouts all game shocking

Murray has to come off now he’ll cost us the game

pc7

Going to be a long 20 minutes at this rate, it’s absolute torture.

Squidgy Black

Tibaldi is making an absolute show of Murray.

Exclamation Marc

Joe could do with calling up whoever it was on Boards was saying that line out calling is simple for some coaching.

vienne86

Normally the Italians run out of steam on the 60. Not today.

Larbre34

A detailed nuanced tactical analysis tells me this is a ****in shytshow altogether.

troyzer

Sexton needs to come off. He's been very slow to get up a few times.

leakyboots

Dillane has gotten through monster work today

ionadnapokot

Who took the quick lineout?
Fair play tool him

MadYaker

Watching us bumbling around the pitch like this depressing

Rows Grower

troyzer wrote: »

Apparently nobody else here is either. Murray is our worst player on the pitch, comfortably.

And just as I say that, he gets the ball stripped again.

He's terrible

He's not up to his own usual standard but he's doing his job.

tototoe

Is it just me or does.sexton look banjaxed?

Inspector Coptoor

Sexton being nailed on and off the ball.

Needs to come off

pc7

troyzer wrote: »

Sexton needs to come off. He's been very slow to get up a few times.

Big time.

ionadnapokot

tototoe wrote: »

Is it just me or does.sexton look banjaxed?

He’s not
He always looks it