Ireland Vs Wales, Six Nations 2020

[sparky]

Ireland: Jordan Larmour; Andrew Conway; Robbie Henshaw, Bundee Aki, Jacob Stockdale, Johnny Sexton (captain), Conor Murray; Cian Healy, Rob Herring, Tadhg Furlong, Iain Henderson, James Ryan, Peter O'Mahony, Josh van der Flier, CJ Stander.

Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Dave Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter, Devin Toner, Max Deegan, John Cooney, Ross Byrne, Keith Earls.

Wales: Leigh Halfpenny; George North, Nick Tompkins , Hadleigh Parkes, Josh Adams; Dan Biggar, Tomos Williams; Wyn Jones, Ken Owens, Dillon Lewis, Jake Ball, Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Aaron Wainwright, Justin Tipuric, Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Ryan Elias, Rhys Carre, Leon Brown, Adam Beard, Ross Moriarty, Gareth Davies, Jarrod Evans, Johnny McNicholl.

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@Bones said in Ireland Vs Wales, Six Nations 2020:

@sparky think that was Tompkins 4th missed tackle already.

Wales have made 61 tackles and missed 8 so far. 4 of those by Tompkins.

Ireland 83% territory and 73% possession.

[Victor Meldrew]

Good try by Wales. Converted.

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Try to Ireland. Furlong rumbles over. Giving hope to fat props everywhere. Converted.

12-7.

[Billy Tell]

Ireland dominating possession but look wooden in attack. A poor missed tackles and a halfback error have gifted them 2 tries.

[sparky]

Ken Owens struggling with his throw.

[sparky]

Ireland looking like an old school England team who spend a long time in the gym or working in their scrums, line outs and mauls, but not so much on passing and catching the ball.

[sparky]

Tompkins misses another tackle.

[sparky]

Ireland rumble over. TMO checking the grounding.

[sparky]

Try given. Van Der Flier. 17-7.

Ireland heading to victory. Uphill struggle now for Wales.

[sparky]

Sexton nails the kick. 19-7. 30 minutes to go.

[sparky]

Conway with the 4th try for Ireland. 24-7. Heading for a bonus point win.

[sparky]

Tipuric gets a consolation try for Wales. Time up. 24-14 to Ireland.

2 from 2 for Ireland. Heading to Twickenham in two weeks time and a possibility of a Triple Crown.

[sparky]

CJ Stander was the Man of the Match. Them got a yellow card right after this was announced.

[sparky]

Tompkins had a shocker for Wales. Missed five tackles. Made one metre going forward. Passing game was a bit crap too.

Wales' first 6 Nations loss since 2018. No Grand Slam this year for them.

[MiketheSnow]

I'm far from sober, but a 15-minute -20C walk home certainly clears the mind

Ireland by far the better team

AND despite their dominance there was a 10-minute period in the second half where we should have been 19-12 down but a man up

And who knows how things would have transpired then