Ireland v The Afterpartyers Super Saturday Matchthread

Watson holding on to the tackle for about 5 seconds after Barnes called tackle. Must have told him 3 times.

lets go. good man healy still going strong

Go on Ciano, good finish

I think Catt alluded to that during the week and getting them to heads up rugby against it, the sexton kick and Hansen chase being a good example.

Prob dreaming of what the first pint in Temple Bar will be

Not sure the commentator needed to say " south African born prop"

We are all in that space

Terrible defence from Ireland

Furlong laughing coz he never makes turnover penalties.

big call indeed, but the maul has been working well so far

ETA: not this time

Why not take the three points there?

Lads, we've had big issues the last few weeks in the transfer of the ball when setting up the maul. England turned us over at least twice last weekend using the same method.

Strange first half. We aren't at our best intensity wise. Scotland are competing very hard and challenging us quite a bit.

That being said, I think we have an extra gear and if we can hit that consistently for 20 minutes we should ease away. I think our forwards, when they hit their markers right, show more grunt and handling ability than their Scottish peers.

It was strange, he told Kinghorn that “they’re reviewing something but go ahead and tee it up” before he was called to look at their try. You’d almost be lead to believe he wouldn’t back himself down. He considers himself eagle eyed to see it was a try but missed a handful of forward passes 40 seconds earlier. Strange one.

100%. Scotland are blowing themselves out for little reward.

A few mistakes on our part for sure, but you can see the gear being kept low and our final 20 minutes will mince them.