Ireland v Scotland Match Thread

Weepsie

Clegg wrote: »

Well that's a complete lack of consistency with other games.

This game too. Scotland had a few penalties against them already with nothing earlier. Barnes is going to Barnes though

The Rape of Lucretia

I'd forgotten Conan was still on the pitch until that.

sydthebeat

Lads, stander has been incredible in defense.
Every single tackle has been extremely dominant and knock the scot backwards

thomond2006

NZ could break their 2015 QF score against this Scotland side.

ongarite

Great turn over on our 5M line.

NeonWolf

if it was a one score game Barnes wouldn’t have flashed a yellow . It was a token.

baas baa

Farce of a call, Barnes does tend to pity the losing side IMO.

ctrl-alt-delete

Scotland have rarely threatened to get into good positions, and on the rare times in which they have they have fluffed it - very poor.

fitz

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

I'd forgotten Conan was still on the pitch until that.

Ah here, Conan has been really good.

LuckyGent88

Ah here. How is that a yellow compared to yesterday

razorblunt

Harsh yellow.

ScrubsfanChris

fitz wrote: »

Very harsh yellow.

Cant see what he did wrong? On feet and wasnt part of the tackle. He lost his feet at the end but started perfectly legally

thomond2006

NeonWolf wrote: »

if it was a one score game Barnes wouldn’t have flashed a yellow . It was a token.

I don't know. That was a yellow all day.

Movementarian

Did anyone hear what the yelow for beirne was for? He wasnt the tackler, was on his feet and entitled to contest?

A-Train

Great defence. Don’t let them in for anything.

Nerdlingr

VDF again with the turnover. Outstanding.

When he hit the deck he did wrap the ball but yellow?

Hurrache

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Ah here. How is that a yellow compared to yesterday

Yesterday was the problem though, not today.

The Rape of Lucretia

Snow Garden wrote: »

Get Best off now. We need him rested.

He will skip the next three exhibition games I presume

TallyRand

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

No the Russians will absolutely destroy Ireland when they play each other. Fact.:rolleyes:

A lot of smartarse replies from armchair know it alls. Off putting.

Another chap posted Sexton replacement, gave a wrong name and lads licking their lips to point out the mistake.

Faugheen

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

I'd forgotten Conan was still on the pitch until that.

You must not be watching the game so, because he’s made more tackles than anyone else in the Ireland team.

Where's the yellow now Barnes.

Preventing a team from clearing their lines is as cynical as stopping a team attacking

Snow Garden

You have to admire Hogg. Never gives up.

fitz

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Cant see what he did wrong? On feet and wasnt part of the tackle. He lost his feet at the end but started perfectly legally

Think he went off his feet momentarily, then back on, maybe he was leaning on his knees, we didn't get a good angle, Barnes was right there, tbf. Penalty, ok...yellow? Harsh.

NeonWolf

Scotland will always let you down .They are hopeless.

dodderangler

Ireland’s backs defense has been unreal.

laugh

Where's the penalty for Ireland in the Maul?

Advise 4 he's in the wrong place 4/5 times.

baas baa

Brilliant read by McGrath, we've given them nothing all game.

sydthebeat

Movementarian wrote: »

Did anyone hear what the yelow for beirne was for? He wasnt the tackler, was on his feet and entitled to contest?

He ended up not supporting his weight and didn't release the ball

Panrich

fitz wrote: »

Very harsh yellow.

He deliberately killed any chance for Scotland to get the ball out quickly while they had us on the ropes. Well deserved for the cynicism. The fact that it’s not consistently applied is a problem but you can’t argue with the merit if the decision.

NeonWolf

The pitches are cutting up badly.

razorblunt

Scotland getting away with a lot now. Never a yellow, in at the sides, trip, tackle in the air, holding back at the ruck.p


they’ll have to drop Laidlaw for the next game, he’s made Russell’s game so much harder.

laugh

Panrich wrote: »

He deliberately killed any chance for Scotland to get the ball out quickly while they had us on the ropes. Well deserved for the cynicism. The fact that it’s not consistently applied is a problem but you can’t argue with the merit if the decision.

He was the second man and on his feet pulling on the ball for a fair while.

ScrubsfanChris

Another harsh pen against us, timing looked grand.

The Rape of Lucretia

Faugheen wrote: »

You must not be watching the game so, because he’s made more tackles than anyone else in the Ireland team.

Than VDF?

Clegg

For a supposedly world class player, Finn Russell is invisible far too often.

baas baa

Clegg wrote: »

For a supposedly world class player, Finn Russell is invisible far too often.

Poor mans Jack Carty.

Faugheen

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Faugheen wrote: »

You must not be watching the game so, because he’s made more tackles than anyone else in the Ireland team.

Than VDF?

Yep. VDF hasn’t even hit double digits.

Conan, then Ryan.

PhlegmyMoses

Snow Garden wrote: »

You have to admire Hogg. Never gives up.

He's like Parisse with Italy in a way. Deserves much better for his performances

sydthebeat

Brilliant steal

Panrich

laugh wrote: »

He was the second man and on his feet pulling on the ball for a fair while.

He was but when he went off his feet he certainly was not letting go. That’s what he got the yellow fi.

A-Train

Barnes doing his best to gift Scotland a score now.

That was a perfectly timed tackle.
Scotland allowed make camp at the Irish end of a maul.


Cop on Barnes

What's the verdict here? Are Ireland really good? Are Scotland really bad? A bit of both?

baas baa

Shutout would be hugely satisfying.

Ten Pin

Ten Pin wrote: »

Did Donal just say "Galway" instead of Scotland before correcting himself

He was a big Connacht fan when Parks was there!

alchemist33

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think it says it all that we got to near midnight the evening before the game and there has been no match thread.

We are going to do a number on Scotland tomorrow. The main story on Monday isn't going to be the scale of Ireland's victory - it will be that Japan have a serious chance of making the play offs - such will be our dismissal of Scotland.

Out of the doldrums folks, it's finally time for Joe to put on that Show.

Nostradamus-like stuff here

A-Train

Great lineout steal

fitz

Panrich wrote: »

He was but when he went off his feet he certainly was not letting go. That’s what he got the yellow fi.

How long does he need to be on ball before he wins a penalty? It was unquestionably harsh.

Nerdlingr

Defence has been unreal all day.