Six Nations 2022 - England v Ireland, 12/03/22, KO 4.45pm - RTÉ2, RTÉ Player, ITV1, ITV Hub

We were awful! Yep, awful. Handling errors, discipline and in general, panic!

But, we won! I couldn't believe we finished that strong. We were 2nd best for periods. Regardless, if England didn't breach our lines, the match was played at their tempo. We couldn't fix the scrum and shame on us for not boring in! Really, if Genge is boring in, do likewise!

I thought JGP was good except for the quick tal penalty in the 2nd half. We needed to slow down and get some composure.

Healy is not at the level. He should be dropped after this 6nations. I think Herring was better than Sheehan. Furlong had a bad day. It's on him to fix the problems. Beirne and Henderson were poor. Outshone by Itoji, who I think was the best player on display. POM was a passenger. He should not start again. VDF and Doris were decent.

Well, I think that display shows what James Ryan brings. The pack in general were poor. Conan was a big upgrade when he arrived.

Next week is no easy win either. I think we've seen very little to suggest that we're a top side. There are significant shortcomings in the team, that need to be addressed.

The backs were decent. Sexton was average, imo. All in all, more questions than answers.

I think this was very much the case, I think knowing both sides had lost their locks with Ireland bringing up from the bench right away and England being forced to juggle their pack he was probably very uneasy about the scrums in general and didnt want to start making them worst by throwing out yellow cards or declaring uncontested scrums again (saw how that went down vs italy). I also think his attention was mostly on the second row, which is probably why Genge got away with so much

This clearly seemd to be the case as the game progressed, especially with the scrum right in front of Ireland's try line late in the first half where even the ITV commentators were wondering what was going on.

Do I feel one team more then the other took advantage of this ease? Yes, england clearly set on a gameplan with the scrums from the get go either looking for that yellow card to even the numbers (which considering it's what Eddie Jones moaned about after the game I am thinking it was intentional) or to grab penalties to create scoring opportunities.

Again it needs to be stressed England has among the lowest number of tries this season and the highest number of penalty goals. So getting easy penalties suited them.

He left Itoje off the hook too for a blatant yellow so it all evened out in the end.

Sexton didn't lose control! Sexton doesn't scrum! The pack was floundering. We saw what Carberry produced v 13 men, on the front foot and........ yea!

I think the fact people were criticising Hendy for Beirne’s poor offload attempt says it all…

That move they had in the first half was excellent in fairness. Deep screen pass, which isolated Healy in space. They really had to work hard not to score from the break

How do you cope with blatantly illegal scrumagining from your opponent? How do you make a ref who has already made up his mind change things?

The pack wasn't floundering. The scrum issue gives England field position and possession. There was some very good performances up front beyond the scrum. Doris, VDF, Sheehan and pens aside, Henderson

When Connacht are getting beaten up front, they have had a tendency for years to still go all out harlem globetrotters. So yeah you can lay some of the blame at Cartys door for not being a little bit more game aware/pragmatic

Yesterday beyond scrum time (Nigel Owens thinks we got screwed over and the pen count should have been 3-3 as England were wheeling it by stepping left), our issues were more to do with individual errors, knock ons which gave England a scrum which in turn meant penalty which in turn meant field position and possession. Sexton wasn't the one dropping the ball up front.

One thing I felt we got wrong yesterday was when we got Lowe away down the left in the first half, felt he could have tried a chip over the top instead of taking contact all the time. Ultimately the tempo we played at meant England were always in trouble in the last quarter if they didn't have a lead to defend.