Oh I wish it could be SixMas every day. Oh wait it is! Ireland vs Italy

theVersatile

Carley playing the old breakdown rules at the moment

Burkie1203

Porter is a freak

kuang1

Our front row outstanding overall so far

Clegg

Think Aki hit an Italian high?

degsie

ah here, bloomin tmo

Clegg

Aki clearly hit the ball first.

Why did the TMO even need to pause the game for that?

eigrod

That’s not even a penalty , what was he supposed to do?

scott1974

Is that even a penalty?

lawrencesummers

That isn’t even a penalty in the first place.

KH25

That’s shocking from the TMO.

IngazZagni

So the TMO agreed that it’s a penalty only yet he stopped play even after it was a penalty?

The Lost Sheep

Never a penalty.

lawrencesummers

The only penalty in that is the obvious block on Conway.

Piehead

Harsh on Eire there

Hurrache

Even if he didn't hit the ball there was still nothing in it, the Italian fell into it when taken down.

degsie

rugby refereeing needs an overhaul in general

Hurrache

Piehead wrote: »

Harsh on Eire there

They aren't playing.

laugh

If you are going to go back and watch it you should be able to reverse the pen call.

leakyboots

We're killing them on the ground

Clegg

Telegraphed that play

Our forwards are going great work defensively tbf.

leakyboots

leakyboots wrote: »

We're killing them on the ground

And doing nothing of note with the resulting possession.

Losty Dublin

It was a fair penalty though. Soft perhaps in the end but it was still a penalty for a non warm, which is an instance of foul play. We have seen a lot of initially innocuous penalties turn into red cards over the years, so yes it was correct to have a second look rather than let it go.

lawrencesummers

That one where bundee got stripped, I don’t think that’s a penalty, the Italian hit it backwards before Murray got it.



Sexton not at the races.

eigrod

When is he going to warn/card them?

Faugheen

I don’t like Stockdale at full back.

Clegg

Attack has been so poor.

Missed lineouts in the Italian 22, knock ons in attacking mauls and

Buer

This is dross. Any good test side would be giving us real problems here. Italy are appalling and we are poor.

Burkie1203

This is sh1te

lawrencesummers

Ringrose rattled.

Our lineout needs POM

Clegg

Ah feck.

Hope Ringrose comes back on. Our most inventive outside back.

sioda

Ouch

dublinman1990

Ringrose is off for HIA.

Henshaw is his replacement.

kmart6

Ref has had to call out Murray severely times now for being offside, he'd want to be careful not to start getting penalised and risk a second card.

kmart6

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Our lineout needs POM

Lol...

kmart6

Delighted for Keenan!

Clegg

Absolutely delighted for Keenan. Made that try with his kick chase too.

KH25

Did Quinlan just call him ‘Eunan Keenan’?

Burkie1203

Great pass by Henshaw

dublinman1990

Hugo Keenan is over the line.

awec

Italy are terrible.

Great moment for Keenan and his family

magic17

Fantastic stuff so far, Italy are always a very difficult opponent and the boys are doing their bit to lift the spirits of a nation

leakyboots

Nice finish, he's done well so far. Not liking Stockdale at fullback either so far, he seems far too hesitant about what to do with the ball

Super conversion by Sexton there

AbusesToilets

Keenan's strike rate continues to impress, try a game to date

Losty Dublin

The good ol skip pass, it never fails you.

Clegg

Did Stockdale pass forward to Keenan there?

leakyboots

I take it all back Jacob!

kmart6

Ah brilliant from Stockdale and Keenan there!

Ah balls!

eigrod

Great try. Brilliant from Stockdale

Faugheen

That’s much, much better from Stockdale. His clearing kick a few seconds earlier was excellent too.