Smith gets the kick.
Team Green 5 England 10.
Half time.
Ireland
Match thread
England
@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.
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.
BOK hometown
Warned both captains that anyone running in would get a YC
Bottled it on Lowe
Shit refereeing
Game changer
@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.
@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.
@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.
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…
Totally bizarre substitutions of the props in this game. Stewart came back on twice, and I'm not sure how he could a second time. Ireland's lack of depth at prop is highlighted when Healy is still being given a token 5 mins at the end of the game. He has been way past his best for the last 3-4 years. Sheehan had a huge impact for his try, making two passes in the move.
England's defensive intensity was impressive in the 1st half but taking off Earl so early was a big mistake from Borthwick. He didn't look injured.