Nelson and Gisborne 5 England 7.

Nice play by England but Slade loses it. But there's a penalty straight under the posts.

Smith gets the kick.

Team Green 5 England 10.

Half time.

Not much in this. Two very evenly matched sides. It will probably go to the wire.

@sparky said in Ireland v England:

Not much in this. Two very evenly matched sides. It will probably go to the wire.

England are better so far. I don’t know much about the England bench but the Irish bench has a few over the hill veterans.

England D coach has earned his money. Big improvement.

Cracker of a first half

Eddie looks like he just came from the allotment

The overhead camera is shitting me

Use it for replays

End of

Shit from Burley but should have been penalty to England for Ireland having 20 on the field

England beginning to struggle at scrum time. Their front row looks rather inexperienced.

O'Keefe no standing any nonsense.

Lawrence is having a fine game. Dangerous on attack and terrific defence.

Lawrence setting down a marker for the Lions

Bundee Aki in. Another try to New Zealand.

Bundi says hold my beer

Marcus Smith had no idea how to defend against the big man there.

10-10

That was a fucking atrocious call from BOK

Ireland leading 13-10. They have been the better team in the second half.

A break in play. England three down and the players wander around in isolation lost in their individual thoughts. Ireland's forwards go into a hurdle. That's the difference.

Crowley on at 1st 5 for Ireland.

It seems a very long time since England last scored.

BOK hometown

Warned both captains that anyone running in would get a YC

Bottled it on Lowe

Shit refereeing

Game changer

Beirne in after good work by James Lowe.

Ireland 20 England 10.

Murley having a shocker.

Ireland utterly dominant now.

Lowe breaks, feeds Shennan. Try.

Ireland 25 England 10.

England have been very poor in this second half. The wheels have fallen off their chariot.

@sparky said in Ireland v England:

England have been very poor in this second half. The wheels have fallen off their chariot.

Poor leadership. Fitness also suspect.

Tom Curry scores for England.

@Victor-Meldrew said in Ireland v England:

@sparky said in Ireland v England:

England have been very poor in this second half. The wheels have fallen off their chariot.

Poor leadership. Fitness also suspect.

Something's not right in their squad. There's a noticeable lack of cohesion and connection.

All over. Ireland 27 England 22.

England did well to get a BP

@MiketheSnow after telling players that anybody who runs in will be carded Lowes runs in and Bok does nothing from the next play Ireland scores
Will say though Ireland were the better team when it mattered
They stuck so much pressure on England with their rush defence and placed heaps of pressure on Marcus Smith when he was defending high kicks on the wing
Smith has got some talent in attack but boy talk about a liability in defence

@MiketheSnow said in Ireland v England:

Eddie looks like he just came from the allotment

Perhaps the driver picked up the gnome instead.

Ireland would be a much, much worse team without JGP.

Two observations: O’Keefe made a huge mistake when after the tackle in the air he did not reverse the penalty and give Lowe a yellow when he rushed in. He explicitly told both teams that is what he would do if anyone rushed in again and that had an immediate impact with Lowe setting up a try on the next play.
The other one is just how much this Ireland team relies on their 3 New Zealanders to win games…