England Vs Ireland, Six Nations 2020
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Ireland seem better when Sexton & Murray departed.
Another performance like today and their days will be numbered.
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Ireland get a late try.
Not under the sticks sadly - and Sexton's off the field so we won't get the sheer pleasure of seeing another Sexton shocker.
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All in all a bit meh for me. With the platform our front five were providing I’d have liked to see a bit more dominance and real incision. I reckon Wales will look at that game and fancy their chances if they get anywhere near parity up front.
So. What about Eddie’s contentious selections? Well Lawes gave a MOTM performance, doing all the second row things very well. Joseph spent as much time in the midfield as he did on the wing and Curry was a little anonymous.
I’d call that another failed experiment. Or rather the same failed experiment.
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@Catogrande said in England Vs Ireland, Six Nations 2020:
I’d call that another failed experiment. Or rather the same failed experiment.
For a failed experiment England's defence really sets their platform. Absolutely dominated Ireland, but I agree they should get more out of it.
That being said, it's a cross in the win column.
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Sexton well past it.
Conor Murray still relatively class but his game is the slow possession Ireland ground out wins on, and that wasn't working in the teeth of that defence.
Jeez most refs would have been tempted to card Ferrall after he started mouthing off. So punchable. Grot.
Peyper is still fucking awful. Like he was having a beer when a ref went down during warmup, and rollled his eyes before picking up the whistle. There's being passive and then there's being dangerously passive.
Sinckler and Itoje continue to carry on like prize pillocks, but sing when you're winning I suppose. Both had good games and can play.
Still funny that England can't push straight 100% of the time, and even funnier that Ireland were too dumb to make a meal of them doing it.
Intensity from the Poms was great but Ireland didn't adapt or adjust to any of it. Short kicks? Nah. We'll box kick it straight back to them and gain nothing, thanks.
Eddie loves to pick players "out of position" and its fine right up until it isn't. With that roster, it should mostly work. Good fitness and accuracy.
