6N Ireland v England
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Teams for Saturday:
England: Steward; Watson, Slade, Tuilagi, Arundell; Farrell (c), Van Poortvliet; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Ribbans, Ludlam, Willis, Dombrandt
Replacements: Walker, M Vunipola, Cole, Isiekwe, B Curry, Mitchell, Smith, Marchant
Ireland: Keenan; Hansen, Henshaw, Aki, Lowe; Sexton (c), Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Furlong; Baird, Ryan; O'Mahony, van der Flier, Doris.
Replacements: Herring, Healy, O'Toole, Treadwell, Conan, Murray, R Byrne, O'Brien
Doris being fit is a big plus for Ireland, who look strong and have a bench who can lift things.
For England, Smith carries the can for a poor performance by the pack last week, whereas JvP continues with his charmed life, probably because he is implementing the exceedingly stale game plan as required. Nice to see Arundell starting but we must give him some ball (unlikely). The bench is underwhelming. Cole, Mako, Isiekwe. Where is the impact?
I can’t see past a comfortable GS for Ireland.
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@Catogrande totally agree. Interesting to see tuilagi at 12 tho, English Samoan Jesus is back!
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Did Borthwick and Gatland have breakfast together?
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@MiketheSnow said in 6N Ireland v England:
Did Borthwick and Gatland have breakfast together?
Both humming along to “who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler”.
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On first reading, front row of Ludlam, Willis, Dombrandt looks atrocious.
But they might not be too bad against O'Mahony, VDF and Doris I guess.
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And both teams with slow back rows eh?
You need to let this one go mate, or at least take it to the GOM thread 😀
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@Catogrande said in 6N Ireland v England:
And both teams with slow back rows eh?
You need to let this one go mate, or at least take it to the GOM thread 😀
Good point, I think your backrow might be a bit more mobile.
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Ireland have a real-life leprechaun as President.
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The poms look way better with tualagi at 12.
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England with so many stupid penalties. Ye olde late charge on sexton will never go unpunished in modern rugby.
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Yep, already multiple examples of dopey play
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@Catogrande said in 6N Ireland v England:
Yep, already multiple examples of dopey play
Itoje is good for a couple of mindless penalties every match. He’s already given away one.
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England defence around to he ruck disrupting Ireland fluidity. Everything else about England a bit meh
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Not a great game, but England leading 6-3.
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That try was just too easy.
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Lovely set piece try to Ireland. Practice makes perfect and that was clearly practised.
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Ireland 10-6 ahead. That will calm some Dublin crowd nerves.
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England look shit from 9 to 14. Forwards playing really well.
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@Victor-Meldrew could be a Red
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Ireland baying for cards as usual.
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England's discipline! Fucken stop with the stupid, nothing penalties. Late hits, playing the man in the air at the lineout, stepping in offside at the breakdown for no reason.
So many unnecessary moron plays, the game could be so much easier.
And now another, what the fuck was Steward even doing! Fucksake
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That is not foul play! Guy braced himself. Fuck that’s crap.
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Ive had to turn the commentary off.
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@Steven-Harris said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Victor-Meldrew could be a Red
Def. a Red under the rules
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Stewards goooooone
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@Billy-Tell said in 6N Ireland v England:
That is not foul play! Guy braced himself. Fuck that’s crap.
He ran into a guy's head, elbow and shoulder first. Hard to come up with a more clear red card.
If he'd just carried on with a legal tackle then no problems
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@Billy-Tell said in 6N Ireland v England:
That is not foul play! Guy braced himself. Fuck that’s crap.
It kinda is..... he led with the shoulder....
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The game is an absolute joke. World rugby need to sort this out.
Bouncing ball. braced himself . turned away.
Im fucking sick of the sport at this stage.
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@Billy-Tell said in 6N Ireland v England:
That is not foul play! Guy braced himself. Fuck that’s crap.
Rugby is a farce. Games gone
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@Steve said in 6N Ireland v England:
The game is an absolute joke. World rugby need to sort this out.
Bouncing ball. braced himself . turned away.
Im fucking sick of the sport at this stage.
World rugby didn't make Steward run into a guy's head, leading with his shoulder and elbow, don't be absurd.
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@Steve said in 6N Ireland v England:
The game is an absolute joke. World rugby need to sort this out.
Bouncing ball. braced himself . turned away.
Im fucking sick of the sport at this stage.
I understand what you are saying, but leading with the shoulder like that is extremely dangerous for the attacker
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@Victor-Meldrew a little unlucky for England given their was a knock on before the foul play
On saying all that ,Englands attack has no creativety , felt Ireland were gonna eventually grind them down ,now the floodgates may open big time -
@Bones said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Steve said in 6N Ireland v England:
The game is an absolute joke. World rugby need to sort this out.
Bouncing ball. braced himself . turned away.
Im fucking sick of the sport at this stage.
World rugby didn't make Steward run into a guy's head, leading with his shoulder and elbow, don't be absurd.
give over. watch it at full speed.
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@Mackerzzzz said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Steve said in 6N Ireland v England:
The game is an absolute joke. World rugby need to sort this out.
Bouncing ball. braced himself . turned away.
Im fucking sick of the sport at this stage.
I understand what you are saying, but leading with the shoulder like that is extremely dangerous for the attacker
he copped an elbow no?
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@Mackerzzzz yeah I reckon the guy that got his face flattened for no reason probably feels a bit foul.
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@Bones said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Billy-Tell said in 6N Ireland v England:
That is not foul play! Guy braced himself. Fuck that’s crap.
He ran into a guy's head, elbow and shoulder first. Hard to come up with a more clear red card.
If he'd just carried on with a legal tackle then no problems
I dunno. No doubt you played rugby too but I reckon he just braced himself. I’ll have to look again. I wish they’d do super rugby and give him 10. Then the tmo can calmly review. But the tmo today is the worst in the business.
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@Steve said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Bones said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Steve said in 6N Ireland v England:
The game is an absolute joke. World rugby need to sort this out.
Bouncing ball. braced himself . turned away.
Im fucking sick of the sport at this stage.
World rugby didn't make Steward run into a guy's head, leading with his shoulder and elbow, don't be absurd.
give over. watch it at full speed.
Oh yeah I'll turn off my slow mo vision, thanks. At full speed, Steward ran into the Irish player while standing upright and led with the elbow. Same in slow mo.
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@Billy-Tell said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Bones said in 6N Ireland v England:
@Billy-Tell said in 6N Ireland v England:
That is not foul play! Guy braced himself. Fuck that’s crap.
He ran into a guy's head, elbow and shoulder first. Hard to come up with a more clear red card.
If he'd just carried on with a legal tackle then no problems
I dunno. No doubt you played rugby too but I reckon he just braced himself. I’ll have to look again. I wish they’d do super rugby and give him 10. Then the tmo can calmly review. But the tmo today is the worst in the business.
the ball was bouncing, it was a green knock on. Keenan recovers it and is ducked down. steward if anything is pulling out of it and turning away.
the contention that he ran and jumped into Keenan shoulder first to "do him" is completely disingenuous.
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Crap decision to send Steward off. Game killed as a contest now.
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That was a tough half of Rugby to watch. Not much creativity about either of these sides. Yawn!
