The IRISH RUGBY thread

[AhNowRef]

Whatever else they do they MUST ensure that Sexton doesnt end us having to do more tackling than anyone else .. which seems to be the case at the minute FSS 

[AZOffaly]

Whatever else they do they MUST ensure that Sexton doesnt end us having to do more tackling than anyone else .. which seems to be the case at the minute FSS 

That's hard to stop though. In the modern game, the crash ball centres, or the ball carrying back rows, nearly look for the out half and run straight at him.

[AhNowRef]

Whatever else they do they MUST ensure that Sexton doesnt end us having to do more tackling than anyone else .. which seems to be the case at the minute FSS 

That's hard to stop though. In the modern game, the crash ball centres, or the ball carrying back rows, nearly look for the out half and run straight at him.

Yeah but other out halfs dont seem to do half the tackling he does, think of Farrell for example .. It seems to be the way Ireland play .. I think its maybe made worse by Ringroses inexperience in defence...

[AZOffaly]

Maybe, but I know it's a tactic. Blyendaal makes a lot of tackles for Munster, and poor old ROG was regularly trying to hold onto lads ankles. The flankers can protect him if they get there quick enough, but a quick move off a lineout, scrum or ruck, and the 10 is going to be exposed.

[AhNowRef]

Maybe, but I know it's a tactic. Blyendaal makes a lot of tackles for Munster, and poor old ROG was regularly trying to hold onto lads ankles. The flankers can protect him if they get there quick enough, but a quick move off a lineout, scrum or ruck, and the 10 is going to be exposed.

Yeah its just a pity that we have a world class player like Sexton continuously having to barge into 20 stone feckers trying to decapitate him ... You would think they would try and negate that as much as possible 

[Estimator]

England Team:
15 Brown;
14 Watson,
13 Joseph,
12 Farrell,
11 Daly;
10 Ford,
9 Youngs;
1 Marler,
2 Hartley,
3 Cole,
4 Launchbury,
5 Lawes,
6 Itoje,
7 Haskell,
8 B Vunipola.

Replacements: George, M Vunipola, Sinckler, Wood, Hughes, Care, Te'o, Nowell.

[Tony Baloney]

England Team:
15 Brown;
14 Watson,
13 Joseph,
12 Farrell,
11 Daly;
10 Ford,
9 Youngs;
1 Marler,
2 Hartley,
3 Cole,
4 Launchbury,
5 Lawes,
6 Itoje,
7 Haskell,
8 B Vunipola.

Replacements: George, M Vunipola, Sinckler, Wood, Hughes, Care, Te'o, Nowell.

Anyone else have a bad feeling about this?! 

[Estimator]

Out: Toner, Murray, Kearney
In: Henderson, Marmion, Payne.

[Estimator]

IRELAND

15. Jared Payne
14. Keith Earls
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Simon Zebo
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Kieran Marmion

1. Jack McGrath
2. Rory Best (c)
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Iain Henderson
5. Donncha Ryan
6. CJ Stander
7. Sean O'Brien
8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements: N Scannell, Healy, J Ryan, Toner, O'Mahony, L McGrath, Jackson, Conway.

[magpie seanie]

Crazy to drop Toner and not bring POM in. We'll be butchered in the lineout and possibly the scrum. Again very unfair on TOH that Conway gets into replacements ahead of him in my view but I suppose we should be thankful it's not McFadden.

[Walter Cronc]

We're in bother!!

[GetOverTheBar]

Hard to look forward to Saturday with any optimism. The biggest result of the day...or more meaningful might be how Wales do in France with regards to the rankings for World Cup.

[Owen Brannigan]

In what sort of game does the sight of Toner coming on as a replacement strike fear or even mild apprehension into the hearts of the English?

[Milltown Row2]

In what sort of game does the sight of Toner coming on as a replacement strike fear or even mild apprehension into the hearts of the English?

If you consistently lose line outs?

[Main Street]

There's a mighty gap between head and heart.
Head says England will pummel Ireland,
Heart says England will barely win or barely lose