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

theVersatile

Carley wtf

lawrencesummers

Beirne couldn’t have been more legal there.

TomsOnTheRoof

theVersatile wrote: »

Carley wtf

How he wasn't awarded a penalty there is beyond me

eigrod

How could he present that with an Italian lying across him?

sydthebeat

Poledri could be as good a parrise

razorblunt

1 on his hand blocking stander from getting into the ruck.

Paul Smeenus

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Beirne couldn’t have been more legal there.

It was for Ryan holding on

Buer

Beirne is a great player but his lack of power was evident there. Didn't budge the man an inch with his attempted clear out.

Clegg

Stander and Ryan were too close together for that tip on pass to work. Shame as we were building momentum in the 22.

leakyboots

Probably won't go down well round here but Ryan has been poor enough today for me

lawrencesummers

Paul Smeenus wrote: »

It was for Ryan holding on

Was talking about the breakdown before that.

Ryan went to ground to easily in the one pelegri turned over

bilston

I hope the second half doesn't degenerate into mush as is often the case. We need to get it ramped up for 80 mins. We need a 4th try and then we need to score as much as possible.

Paul Smeenus

leakyboots wrote: »

Probably won't go down well round here but Ryan has been poor enough today for me

ARE YOU INSANE, MAN? JAMES RYAN!!!

razorblunt

martingriff wrote: »

Probably his job

It’s part of his job, he’s a contractor.

Synode

bilston wrote: »

Jaw possibly?

Yeah possibly. Was a right crack in the chin he got

leakyboots

Very impressed by Connors today

Paul Smeenus

Poor, Jacob.

leakyboots

Paul Smeenus wrote: »

ARE YOU INSANE, MAN? JAMES RYAN!!!

I know, sacrilege!

KH25

That was poor by Stockdale.

Buer

Connors making the tackle at consecutive phases, taking Italy back 15m is hilarious.

lawrencesummers

Terrible from stockdale.

Faugheen

I honestly don’t know where this notion of the back three looking sharp is coming from. Keenan has been good, Conway has barely had a shot and Stockdale is been poor.

lawrencesummers

Beirne topping the tackle count.

Clegg

Neither Stockdale or Conway have been brilliant under the high ball tbh.

duskyjoe

We haven’t a prayer next week looking at this

KH25

Clegg wrote: »

Neither Stockdale or Conway have been brilliant under the high ball tbh.

Conway is usually quite good under the high ball. I think Stockdale is best on the wing rather than full back.

eigrod

Great clearance kick Murray. Playing very well.

Has anyone ever seen Keith Earl's and Hugo Keenan in the same room...

Very similar players.

Buer

Healy putting his Mensa membership in jeopardy.

lawrencesummers

Time for Healy to take a seat

sydthebeat

Will Connors will stop ya dead

Burkie1203

Back to being sh1te again

Clegg

This second half has been a bit poo.

Sanjuro

Buer wrote: »

Healy putting his Mensa membership in jeopardy.

His application to Densa will be assured however.

Larbre34

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Has anyone ever seen Keith Earl's and Hugo Keenan in the same room...

Very similar players.

Keenan would be flattered by the comparison no doubt, but yes.

Louise Galvin was on the wireless earlier talking about his showing in the 7s programme, his numbers for speed and endurance are unmatched. He certainly compensates for his relatively small size very well.

razorblunt

Great tackles by Connors and Beirne in succession.
Line speed excellent too, seems to have been cranked up a notch.

eigrod

Taxi for Sexton

sydthebeat

Taxi for johnny

randomname2005

Ffs. Fair play though

KH25

Well that was poor.

Clegg

Brutal from Sexton.

He was far too slow to release that flat.

leakyboots

Buer wrote: »

Healy putting his Mensa membership in jeopardy.

His whole career you can always be guaranteed he'll do at least one brainless thing per match to give away a needless penalty. Dylan Hartley is another. Must be something about the nature of the position they play, too many bangs to the head!

Sexton not been great today either, touchline conversions and touch finders aside

TomsOnTheRoof

Terrible second half performance so far

lawrencesummers

Well done johnny.

A game to forget for him.
Hopefully he gets his act together before next weekend.

Well read but we were needlessly flat off the set piece there.

Ireland no great shakes here.

Buer

Ouch. Good read but poor decision from Sexton and Henshaw not without blame too.

No real reason to keep Sexton on at this point regardless. Get some game time for Byrne.

leakyboots

Delighted for Ed Byrne to get on the pitch, he's been through a lot and worked hard to get to this point

Clegg

Hugo Keenan is getting that MOTM award so.

Losty Dublin

Vintage defensive position from Italy there, pulling your winger up a yard to anticipate the last pass. Sexton really should have read that one better.

Paul Smeenus

Gonna get pummelled next week