England vs. Ireland

Looking forward to this now. Will be a stern test for the lads, England still on for the grand slam remember and us having been crushed by France last time out. Come on!

As I have some time today I may actually tune in to this. I've been told this sport represents a cross between Ulster football and an egg and spoon race. Is Ronan O Gara expected to curtsy the monarch this time?

mossbags wrote:As I have some time today I may actually tune in to this. I've been told this sport represents a cross between Ulster football and an egg and spoon race. Is Ronan O Gara expected to curtsy the monarch this time?

he may well do

Ireland winning this. I fear their habit of throwing the ball backwards when in possession might hinder them in the long run though.

mossbags wrote:Ireland winning this. I fear their habit of throwing the ball backwards when in possession might hinder them in the long run though.

The accuracy of the foot passing also leaves a lot to be desired

Ruanua wrote:

mossbags wrote:Ireland winning this. I fear their habit of throwing the ball backwards when in possession might hinder them in the long run though.

The accuracy of the foot passing also leaves a lot to be desired

England also at fault with the back-passing. Surely a tactical adjustment from either side in this regard would be the winning of this contest.

Brillant stuff by Ireland at the end. Brave defending and another touch of class from O'Gara!

superb by the end.

Not so sure about Sexton's goal kicking, he is however very good in play.

Brilliant finish to the game when under great pressure and without the man who usually rescues us in these situations, O'Driscoll, here's hoping he'll be alright after that considerable whack of O'Connell's knee. Superb finishing as ever from Emyvale's finest for the third try.

Brilliant win, dug out a win when in the past they would have lost. In fairness the kicks Sexton had weren't easy, two conversions in the corner.

mid-mon man wrote:Brilliant finish to the game when under great pressure and without the man who usually rescues us in these situations, O'Driscoll, here's hoping he'll be alright after that considerable whack of O'Connell's knee. Superb finishing as ever from Emyvale's finest for the third try.

Does anyone else think that if O'Driscoll or Earls had scored 2 tries there'd be a lot more talk about it?

clash-of-da-ash wrote:Brilliant win, dug out a win when in the past they would have lost. In fairness the kicks Sexton had weren't easy, two conversions in the corner.

Agreed - and fair play to Monaghan's finest export - oooops what about Barry McG!!! Sexton had a fine game - two try scoring assists and some excellent kicking. His goal attempts were very difficult though I thought his run up for the long peno was too short!

Sexton played the ball through for the try, and can tackle and create. He missed one difficult conversation, one 50/50 one, and a penalty from his pown half.

Jonny Wilkinson, maybe the best kicker ever, missed two easier ones which maybe tells us something.

O'Gara did what he was brought on to do, and Ferris is a beast.

RMDrive wrote:

mid-mon man wrote:Brilliant finish to the game when under great pressure and without the man who usually rescues us in these situations, O'Driscoll, here's hoping he'll be alright after that considerable whack of O'Connell's knee. Superb finishing as ever from Emyvale's finest for the third try.

Does anyone else think that if O'Driscoll or Earls had scored 2 tries there'd be a lot more talk about it?

In fairness Bowe has been in most of the headlines today so he's getting a fair amount of credit, thought he might have got MOTM though but Heaslip was great also. Might have been different a year ago, I actually remember debating with a few others little over a year ago on HS who thought Bowe should have been dropped for Earls for last years 6 Nations!

Ireland have arrived in world rugby....This result and the manner in which they won the game shows this team are on they're way up ..

at rugby league or that snobs game rugby union

mullins wrote:Ireland have arrived in world rugby....This result and the manner in which they won the game shows this team are on they're way up ..

World Rugby? Ah well not bad I suppose for the few countries that play it.

mullins wrote:Ireland have arrived in world rugby....This result and the manner in which they won the game shows this team are on they're way up ..

Id've said it was a good result against a poor side who completely outplayed them.

For all the supposedly big names in it, the pack were battered by the English, and it was only the superior backs (Bowe, in particular) that got them out of trouble.