The IRISH RUGBY thread

[seafoid]

5 tries is a huge improvement. Great match

[Syferus]

Easy peasy. If Sexton didn't have a mare we'd have put 50 on these lads.

[screenexile]

What about this boring Ireland team lads were talking about.

We were pretty awful in defence but overall it was a ballsy performance it takes serious effort to have that much possession in a match but Wales looked like they could carve us up anytime they had it.

Some game great to get over it!

PS. From open play Sexton was immense!

[Owen Brannigan]

Wales name a stronger team than the one that took England to the wire;

Wales (v Ireland) - L Halfpenny (Scarlets); L Williams (Saracens), S Williams, H Parkes, S Evans (all Scarlets); D Biggar (Ospreys), G Davies; R Evans, K Owens, S Lee (all Scarlets); C Hill (Dragons), AW Jones (Ospreys); A Shingler (Scarlets), J Navidi (Cardiff), R Moriarty (Gloucester). Reps: E Dee (Dragons), W Jones (Scarlets), T Francis (Exeter), B Davies, J Tipuric (both Ospreys), A Davies (Scarlets), G Anscombe (Cardiff), G North (Northampton).

I can see Ireland lose this one if Ireland don't open Wales up and score a try or two. Crash ball isn't going to work.

Wales are toothless.

And yet they ran through the Irish defence and scored three tries.

Toothless? Mmm.

[GetOverTheBar]

Big win for Ireland there, it was never going to be anything other than hard fought making a mockery of some folk calling the Welsh toothless.

[Milltown Row2]

Sexton Murray Farrell and Stockdale were outstanding

[longballin]

Far from toothless... peeps say stuff like that to get attention

[screenexile]

Far from toothless... peeps say stuff like that to get attention

Not Syferus though he's . . . Oh actually you're right enough there!

[podge]

Is there no better back up in the wings than Fergus mc fadden?  Good performance from the team- farrrel excellent

[Denn Forever]

Best thing was no Ryle Nugent (and the win of course).

[Owen Brannigan]

Is there no better back up in the wings than Fergus mc fadden?  Good performance from the team- farrrel excellent

+1

Shows that Joe Schmidt still always looking at his old reliables at Leinster, it is his weakness.  McFadden caused the game to be tighter than necessary with terrible tackling, etc.

[Syferus]

Far from toothless... peeps say stuff like that to get attention

Not Syferus though he's . . . Oh actually you're right enough there!

They got one try from a schoolboy error and gave up 50 easily scorable points. Ye don't really have much to go on to be gloating. Gatland teams hard to beat my arse. He's done and good riddance when he leaves next year.

[Syferus]

What was that about England's defence?

[Milltown Row2]

What was that about England's defence?

Only half time

[Syferus]

What was that about England's defence?

Only half time

Do you get points off the board if you play well in the second half?