Ireland v Scotland Match Thread

Snow Garden

Stheno wrote: »

How come Joe is on the sideline?

He comes down just before half time.

Sexton crocked?

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

How come Joe is on the sideline?

Wanted to start giving lads work ons as soon as they stepped off the pitch.

Burkie1203

Snow Garden wrote: »

Aki went for a HIA. POM took a knock.

POM carrying his shoulder apparently.


A decision may have to be made on Henshaw tomorrow if Aki and Henshaw are out next week.


Our tight 5 are far superior to Scotland's which is giving our backrow free reign. Murray back approaching his best too.

Sexton off now please.

LuckyGent88

Pity we didn’t get those 3 points. Worry that Johnny can’t kick.

A lot of good from Ireland but still plenty to work on. Haven’t converted 3 breaks into points where we then have away possession.

Looking good in defense.

Clegg

Great half from us. Lots of variation in attack and great defence that isn't giving Scotland a chance to settle.

One criticism is that we've missed 5 points from kicks. Scotland can score from anywhere if they get some momentum. We need to pull further away.

touts

Great half. But worried that we have lost Aki and POM and possibly Sexton. The Scots will come out all fired up at half time and we need strong leaders for the first 10 min. Get over that and we should be home.

piplip87

Get Sexton off. This Irish team won't throw it away from here. We need him going forward. No point having him on as a passenger.

Burkie1203

Burkie1203 wrote: »

POM carrying his shoulder apparently.


A decision may have to be made on Henshaw tomorrow if Aki and Henshaw are out next week.


Our tight 5 are far superior to Scotland's which is giving our backrow free reign. Murray back approaching his best too.

Sexton off now please.

Don't think we'll panic much over Japan.

razorblunt

Scottish twitter already in meltdown on the Ritchie injury.
If coming in at the side was punishable then Barclay, Gray and Dell would have been goosed.

iancm25

At least Jamie has fixed his tie

bilston

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Sexton off now please.

Not yet

I appreciate our mindset and defence are "different", but France almost blew a similar lead yesterday.

This isn't won yet

PhlegmyMoses

razorblunt wrote: »

Scottish twitter already in meltdown on the Ritchie injury.
If coming in at the side was punishable then Barclay, Gray and Dell would have been goosed.

Meh, that stuff is expected when you are getting pumped. People look for something to latch on to

Exclamation Marc

Brilliant first half.

Further endorsing the madness of people suggesting we might not get out of the pool.

Another couple of tries after half time would be perfect.

Alpha_zero

It does show Scotlands level, as they have been overmatched for number of years now.

Forty Seven

It's worrying we haven't capitalised on sexton not playing. Good to see our line out working but missing the creativity we have been seeing from Russell recently. Ireland sublime as usual. Big test now for Scotland.

votecounts

Great 1st Half, hope it continues into the 2nd half

Clinical first half from Ireland.

In some ways it's a shame that they've had the rub of the green on a lot of things, particularly around the tries. They will be going into the quarters having been put under zero pressure.

laugh

On RTE James Ryan's province is Leinter.

bilston

The Irish tight 5 have been phenomenal.

I've said it a few times, but everytime Ryan and Henderson play together we have been awesome.

Still 40 mins to go.

Oh and Murray is showing that form is temporary etc etc...

flazio

Anyone watching this on Eir Sports? Is the Eimearator on the panel?

Squidgy Black

Anyone else's Virgin media gone down? TV and broadband went after the 2nd try.

SteelyDanJalapeno

We don't need Sexo again for 3 weeks after this, so take h off now give him a good rest for the qf

stephen_n

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Brilliant first half.

Further endorsing the madness of people suggesting we might not get out of the pool.

Another couple of tries after half time would be perfect.

One will do, but a couple would be nice.

RTÉ player is a load of sh1te, absolutely not fit for purpose. ITV player absolutely crystal clear.

sydthebeat

Forty Seven wrote: »

It's worrying we haven't capitalised on sexton not playing. Good to see our line out working but missing the creativity we have been seeing from Russell recently. Ireland sublime as usual. Big test now for Scotland.

Price for laidlaw would be better for you

baas baa

That's the most aggressive I've ever seen Ireland's backs defend, their decision making when to shoot up has been spot on as well. A couple of Scottish attacks in promising areas snuffed out and turnovers for Aki and Larmour is a nice return.

Sexton off please. Carbery's injury is very unfortunate as I think there could've been a legitimate debate on who starts had he gotten a run in the warm ups.

penybont exile

Scotland have been very poor both in decision making and execution.

Ireland basically doing what they always do .....

Exclamation Marc

Aki injury is a concern. Without Henshaw, we'll be tight at center and don't want to be relying on Earls as cover. Pete is less of a concern as we have great depth in that area but hopefully not too bad for him either.

LuasSimon

Bit of a joke , having the Ulster flag there for anthems , be playing god save the queen next to appease the unionists !

DGRulz

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Anyone else's Virgin media gone down? TV and broadband went after the 2nd try.

All good here.

sydthebeat

flazio wrote: »

Anyone watching this on Eir Sports? Is the Eimearator on the panel?

Nope

Fla is the hot totty today

Sanjuro

flazio wrote: »

Anyone watching this on Eir Sports? Is the Eimearator on the panel?

Bowe, Strings, D'Arcy and Flannery

thomond2006

laugh wrote: »

On RTE James Ryan's province is Leinter.

And he played in a Munster jersey before a Leinster one. Truth.

PhlegmyMoses

Larmour the poacher is a nice turn up for the books. Second turnover like that in the last couple of games

laugh

LuasSimon wrote: »

Bit of a joke , having the Ulster flag there for anthems , be playing god save the queen next to appease the unionists !

No they didn't ask for that, they were reasonable given the history, how about taking a leaf out of their book?

kerplun k

Hopefully Sexton injury is nothing serious. Maybe just a dead leg.

bilston

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

We don't need Sexo again for 3 weeks after this, so take h off now give him a good rest for the qf

We haven't won this game yet.

mfceiling

Japan will definitely fancy their chances against Scotland.

sydthebeat

Great line furlong for his try, took the gap that ref Barnes made

leakyboots

Good first half bar the injuries. I'm still not sold on Conan at all. Our defence is superb. Sexton could well be out for the second half, this isn't won yet but if we can get the first score you might see Scottish heads drop

irishbucsfan

thomond2006 wrote: »

And he played in a Munster jersey before a Leinster one. Truth.

Munster's James Ryan:

beggars_bush

Scotland would give their right arm to have a decent out half

happyoutscan

LuasSimon wrote: »

Bit of a joke , having the Ulster flag there for anthems , be playing god save the queen next to appease the unionists !

Ah stop.

steves2

The Rte player is absolute dirt. Went off after the 3rd try, 5 minutes trying to get it going again.

bilston

LuasSimon wrote: »

Bit of a joke , having the Ulster flag there for anthems , be playing god save the queen next to appease the unionists !

You must be new to rugby

You're very welcome.

Any questions just ask

fitz

bilston wrote: »

Not yet

I appreciate our mindset and defence are "different", but France almost blew a similar lead yesterday.

This isn't won yet

Another try before Scotland score again and I'd be ok with him coming off.

irishbucsfan

bilston wrote: »

You must be new to rugby

You're very welcome.

Any questions just ask

Ah please don't quote the seagulls until November!

walshb

Who’s the anchor on RTE?

Lil bit annoying!!

sammyjo90

steves2 wrote: »

The Rte player is absolute dirt. Went off after the 3rd try, 5 minutes trying to get it going again.

Perfectly fine for me. No issues whatsoever

Sleety_Rain

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Scotland by 10

mmm....