Ireland vs Wales, Friday 13th Nov 2020 7pm

thomond2006

Ireland:
15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jonathan Sexton (c), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 James Ryan, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Andrew Porter, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Tadhg Beirne, 20 Will Connors, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Keith Earls

Wales:
15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Samson Lee, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Callum Sheedy, 23 George North

This deserves its own thread surely?

I don't think the back three loses much with Conway in for Stockdale. Roux comes in for Henderson, this is a big opportunity for him as Ryan Baird is waiting in the wings to challenge for a spot in the 23.

dublinman1990

I don't know if Ireland have fully recovered from their defeat against France in Paris in the 6N. Their competitive streak is under some trouble as they did not have a great finale to the 6N campaign this year. Wales are also suffering with their defeat against Scotland at Parc Y Scarlets. I'd say Ireland v Wales will be a tough match this evening because both teams are coming from a defeat from both of their recent fixtures. In both of their games they were struggling to get their heads together while their opposing teams were actually flying away like out of nothing to make big wins against them. But both teams will be looking to start off a clean slate when this fixture is the 1st match of the tournament. It will be anyone's game for the taking at the Aviva tonight.

If I were to call the result. It will probably be very tight. I'd say Ireland by 5.

arsebiscuits1

I know Eddie is a small man.

But seeing him barely get his chin above the table while it comes up to Heaslip and Ferris's waist is absolutely hilarious

ElisaAtWar

I like the look at the revised Irish team. Wanted to see Keenan at fullback and see Lowe strut his stuff

RonaVirus

Enough with the racism PSAs

BonnieSituation

I would love even that experience right now.

https://twitter.com/TheLooseH/status/1327323004175589376?s=19

RonaVirus

Speed it up a bit there lads

dublinman1990

That's a great rendition of Ireland's Call at the Aviva.

dmc17

This sounds like a Christmas Carol

Clegg

Jaysus.

It took some doing, but they've managed to make Ireland's Call worse.

Sanjuro

Ireland's Wail.

Kraftwerk

Decent rendition of Irelands call for once

razorblunt

Carre no arms into POM’s back already.

Solutionking

Ref calling Quinn Roux.....Ian :-)

Dave_The_Sheep

Unlucky for JGP there. Not sure about that call.

pickarooney

Don't understand that penalty. Wales 6 won the ball and then JPG tried to win it backs what was the offence?

randomname2005

razorblunt wrote: »

Carre no arms into POM’s back already.

So obvious. A few strange calls for both sides.

tayto lover

Giving away the penalties already.

Kraftwerk

Absolute scumbag behaviour from Tipuric. Multiple shoulders into POMs back off the ball. Should be off for that.

Clegg

Liam Williams grabbed Lowe around the head there.

randomname2005

No holding back here

Squidgy Black

Liam Williams is such a muppet.

Burkie1203

Gwan Lowe give it to that scumbag

mfceiling

You couldn't like Liam Williams if you reared him.

A-Train

Liam Williams is so so sound. Such a nice fella.

razorblunt

What is happening here?

Williams acting like a scumbag twice there.

Cranky O'Mahony is best O'Mahony

Clegg

Not the best pass from Sexton. Still think Lowe could've done better to catch it.

ScrubsfanChris

3 players to choose and Sexton throws to none of them.....

Weepsie

wales are throwing tackles off the ball here. Ref should just be carding someone before there's an injury

Kraftwerk

Wales new gameplan seems to be act like tools instead of playing rugby.

Burkie1203

Kraftwerk wrote: »

Absolute scumbag behaviour from Tipuric. Multiple shoulders into POMs back off the ball. Should be off for that.

Think POM did likewise to AWJ

dublinman1990

Lowe didn't want any malice there. Very aggressive form from Liam Williams grabbing Lowe's hair like that.

Kraftwerk

razorblunt wrote: »

What is happening here?

Williams acting like a scumbag twice there.

He's just warming up.

BonnieSituation

Clegg wrote: »

Liam Williams grabbed Lowe around the head there.

Filth. And he instigated.

LuckyGent88

What a try butcher from Sexton.

randomname2005

Clegg wrote: »

Liam Williams grabbed Lowe around the head there.

Looking for consistency? Not going to happen. Penalty against sexton was fine for being high, not going to get a penalty for that Williams hir

BonnieSituation

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Liam Williams is such a muppet.

He has such a gimpy head. Dose.

Squidgy Black

Poor stuff from Kelleher, really needs to sort the throwing out.

Larbre34

There'll be teeth spat yet.

ScrubsfanChris

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

3 players to choose and Sexton throws to none of them.....

It was both inaccurate and he also put far too much on it - not sure what he was trying to do but he got it wrong.

mfceiling

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Cranky O'Mahony is best O'Mahony

He needs to cool the jets a bit. Ref is talking to him a couple of times already.

A-Train

Go on Porter another scrum penalty. A massive let off for Kelleher.

dublinman1990

Ah sh1te. Our lineout wasn't straight there before the 2nd scrum. We have to sort them out soon.

Clegg

Two scrum pens in a row. Shame the lineout is still wobbly.

Solutionking

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

What a try butcher from Sexton.

Sexton who made the try and I think Lowe didn't cover himself in glory

Squidgy Black

Rhys Carre is getting absolutely minced

ScrubsfanChris

That makes no sense
Why kick now? What changed in the last 30 seconds?

Burkie1203

mfceiling wrote: »

He needs to cool the jets a bit. Ref is talking to him a couple of times already.

It has YC somewhere down the line written all over it

randomname2005

mfceiling wrote: »

He needs to cool the jets a bit. Ref is talking to him a couple of times already.

Maybe he can tell the ref about the illegal hit or two.

mfceiling

mfceiling wrote: »

He needs to cool the jets a bit. Ref is talking to him a couple of times already.

Ref is being a bit overzealous - the handbags haven't been too tetchy - the players seem bemused by the strictness.

Maybe he wants them to social distance.