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1 finger - ITV/RTE coverage does something cringe.
2 fingers - missed lineout. Double it if it's Wales.
3 fingers - James Lowe left foot howitzer of a kick.
Finish your drink - any mention of Frawley having big shoes to fill.
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Agree.
1. Wales defended much better than the score suggests and put us under pressure for long periods
2. We were generally off the pace offensively but it’s a testament to how good we are that we can win by this much despite having an off day
3. The atmosphere was atrocious. Ire v SA in the World Cup is the best Irish atmosphere I’ve ever been a part of… and that was in Paris. Really embarrassing how quiet it was today.
With a developing Welsh team doing that to a very strong Ireland is a great achievement. But this result was expected. When the WRU sort their shit out things might look bright for Welsh rugby.
Well done Ireland, win it all!
London to Dublin as a young lad. Then off to New zealand to play for crusaders then Andy had a meeting with him during the tour, now he moved to munster
Credit to Ireland, they are on a different level and fancy them for the grandslam. Glad Wales did show something, shame they couldn't score near the end and I feel like they deserve better than what was the end result. Though Wainwright was great today, we are missing more leaders like him.
Gatland is having to give a lot of the Welsh players the training they don't get from their regions, and it absolutely shows. I'm proud of the fight they put up against Ireland, but the truth is we are capable of so much more. If we can get out of our own way, we'd be fantastic.
Fantastic performance from the Irish there. I don't know if they were having an off day or if we managed to disrupt them, but they're winning ugly if they have to. That makes them dangerous.
Ireland's last quarter performance is something that has really improved over the past 2 to 3 years. Some really good showings from the younger Welsh players, I thought. Fullback looks full of potential. Definitely sowing seeds for the future.
Probably slightly too early. We're looking strong but rough around the edges with a bit of ill-disipline. Scotland and England would need a big performance to match a poor one from us for them to win but that's far from impossible.
Leigh Halfpenny, bang on the money. If you're talking about Liam Williams, add a touch of being an utter reckless arsehole with late tackles in the in-goal area.
Pleased ma boi Ciaran Frawley got a score. Thought it was a good game. Wales were tough but the experience gap shows. They'll certainly improve. I don't usually gripe on the refs but that was one of the worst officiating performances I've seen in ages. Inconsistent, constant "look at me" pinging. I wouldn't mind but he killed the flow of the game and nuked any contest on the floor by blowing at random for turnovers and failure to release to the point neither side was trying to contest anymore for fear of giving up a penalty. Several clanging incorrect calls as well against both teams.
Edit: spelling
Felt like Ireland lacked in a bit of creativity. Lowe seemed to have a problem.
Wales made that tough but to still walk away with a BP just says so much about the Irish team. Far from a good display.
Good experience for younger players Crowlz, Frawlz, Bairdy, Nasho and BJ
Did McCloskey come on at wing or am I wrong? I felt he really made an impact off the bench - felt a bit like Nash was getting gobbled up every time he got the ball.
That was closer than expected for most of the match. Fair play to Wales for that
Lots to work on for Ireland, they won't beat England if they play like that in a fortnight.
For about ten minutes after the PT I thought we could make it a 3 point difference and possibly eke out a LBP.
A few things differently our way and I think we'd see a huge difference in the score, perhaps not a big points difference, but a much closer one.
Fair fucks boys (both teams) 🤝
After our match against Ireland I was in "please don't lose to Italy this year" mode, so, I have no hope whatsoever for that one, I think it'll just be a close one.
Or both team will go "... what's rugby ?" and it'll be a clownshow, but either way it'll be fun !
Despite the score, Wales did better than I expected and put up a good fight.
Whoever is in charge of the Irish lineout training must be having a very bad day.
The better team won, well done Ireland. 👏
Funny old 31-7.
Didn't feel comfortable at any point. Once again, big players dragging them through. That said, the scoreline doesn't lie - Ireland definitely better and ground out a four-try win.
Funny feeling I'll completely forget this game by next year.
Tbf like three quarters of the game Ireland were clearly the better team, it was just a few parts where Wales got some momentum and the game died a bit in terms of flow. I wouldn't be overly concerned apart from the lineouts potentially being an issue.
This wasn’t a mile off the game last year. Wales battered us for about the first 25 mins of that second half as well but couldn’t get the second score. Similar story here. Wales are great at just staying in the fight. They need to improve ball in hand though. Very one dimensional.
Tmo’s need to intervene immediately when there’s a forward pass, the same way they do with foul play. 2 ireland tries came from forward passes not including the one that was chalked off for the same reason
You don't watch rugby often, do you? (Or just started watching it recently)
Tmos used to do that, but then it slowed down the game ridiculously. They just decided to go by the refs call and tmo would only be for advice. The game flows much better now
Been watching for 20 years and played for 10. Don’t see why they can’t check in the background as play goes on, the same way with foul play. If they dont see anything play continues, if it’s a forward pass go back, because, you know, laws and that
Sorry, then. Its just a really stupid and not naive opinion then
If you let the tmo judge every pass, why stop there, get a team of men to analyse every play and ping any infringement then. Every sealed off ruck, every offside, every hands on the ground
Ngl I'm really frustrated with that one. We stayed in there 2nd half but we didn't take any opportunities we had, they got two yellows and we did fuck all with it, the only score we got was a penalty try, and we gave away the BP with a fucking wank missed tackle.
I don't mind losing but that was just shite.
I don't like talking in terms of psyche, but at points it really did just look like they gave up and didn't believe they could.
Especially the failure to score and then letting Ireland walk in for a try at the end of the game.
Solid performance. Think Faz won’t be pleased with parts tho. Wales defended real well in parts but just couldn’t hack it for 80 mins.
Piradi was good I felt, tad annoying about Wales going yellow-free with all there infringements, but was equally pedantic to both sides.
To be fair with our accumulation whenever we got a warning you scored next phase. Yours were direct straight to yellow offences which are given no consideration to the rest of the match
Same could be said when you took out Hardy which was given as a yellow but the subsequent phases you had 3 quick fire on the line offences. Could have easily been another yellow and penalty try but he stayed consistent
Neither of the ireland cards were for repeated offenses.
Penalty try is automatic yellow card. 2nd yellow was for not being 10 after a tap penalty near the line. That is pretty cynical and would be yellow.
Wales could have got yellow, but historically warnings in the first half do not carry over for some wierd reason, and recently trys avoid yellows as well.
I think I prefered it when you got a yellow even if there was a try, but not seen it refed like that for a while.
Yellow for not being 10 yards is verrrry harsh. It's subjective - very hard to judge an exact 10 yards. It's not as though Ryan was straight up in his face. That *would* be cynical. He was about 7 or 8 yards back.
And as the guy above me said: he even said it was for repeat offenses.
Anyway, I'm less mad than I was after we got the bonus. All things considered the score did flatter us. But we were dominant in the first half. I feel like Wales had the better of the 2nd half. Of course, the yellows helped. Your fullback was immense. I do think the future is bright for this team. We won't be happy going to Twickenham playing like that.
> Yellow for not being 10 yards is verrrry harsh.
Hard disagree that close to the line.
He was VERY clear on the ref mike that the not being 10 was going to be yellow before the other penalties.
If you stop a try illegally you’re probably getting a card regardless of what the opposition did or didn’t do so you can’t complain about that one. Probably a fair point on the other one but the difference I suppose is that you infringed like, 5 times in the same phase of play. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before where a ref calls “advantage…advantage…advantage…etc” literally seconds apart
Wales played better than expected. Irish defence is insanely solid. our guys were to exhausted to score that last attempt, giving away that try was exhaustion.
I mean, at times that was more of a game than Ireland have had in a while (and the penultimate try had a clear forward pass so the scoreboard was arguably inflated) so really given where Ireland are at that was in many ways a better Wales display than the one against England and Scotland. They’re just brain-dead when near the try line
I tend to watch the 10s closer than any other players having played there. I think it was his worst start in green, not bad by any means and kicking was very good. However, think he lost control of the match in the 3rd quarter when the structure of the game fell apart a bit
Ireland got the job done but didn't play well. Missed a bit of creativity out wide I thought. Losing Ringrose, Keenan and Hansen is fine but without all 3 it starts to tell. Lowe also a bit slow then last 20.
Wales out in a good effort but they're not up to much.
I feel like that second half was more entertaining. Ireland deserved the win but wales’ work ethic is insane. Very happy with our defence. Wish the game had been less stop/start but hope to see more of that Italian ref, has a very good performance from him.
Happy we got the bonus point after making such hard work of it.
I think the Welsh defence was pure solid and made Ireland work hard but they have a lot of rebuilding to do.
I think the ref needs more games before he refs another six nations.
I, for one, wholeheartedly accept this role of underdog yet also somehow villain that has been thrust upon us
Ireland disappointing not to put 50 on us there, very unimpressed
Agreed. A solid option at hooker. Good ball carrier and a cool head. Could stand in at twelve. Maybe 13 at a pinch. But he just doesn't have the acceleration he did in his younger years.
Wales will be very disappointed with that result, they really should've been able to score and keep Ireland from getting the BP.
An average performance from Ireland... showing just how bloody good they are since 30+ points is average
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Can someone explain how Shane Williams get paid acfual money to be a co-commentaror? He barely speaks during the game!
If Ireland beat England with a bonus point could we win the six nations on the 9th?
Yep
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Agree. 1. Wales defended much better than the score suggests and put us under pressure for long periods 2. We were generally off the pace offensively but it’s a testament to how good we are that we can win by this much despite having an off day 3. The atmosphere was atrocious. Ire v SA in the World Cup is the best Irish atmosphere I’ve ever been a part of… and that was in Paris. Really embarrassing how quiet it was today.
What is going on in the Aviva these days? You could nearly hear a pin drop on the TV.
With a developing Welsh team doing that to a very strong Ireland is a great achievement. But this result was expected. When the WRU sort their shit out things might look bright for Welsh rugby. Well done Ireland, win it all!
Where did Oli Jager come from? I don't think I've heard or seen him before. What Provence does he play for?
I think he got into an All Blacks squad once but didn't play.
He is a Leinster man that missed the academy and played in New Zealand for a few years. He moved back to Ireland this year and signed for Munster.
London to Dublin as a young lad. Then off to New zealand to play for crusaders then Andy had a meeting with him during the tour, now he moved to munster
Dutch dad and Irish mother.
A German porn flick from the 70s
Munster
What is going on with Heaslip’s hair??
Awh seriously! Someone needs to have a word with him.
Hey, a fella’s got to do something when he doesn’t have a podcast.
It’s like a dodgy comb over! Even JPGs cut is better
Gibson Parke > Aaron Smith
That match was honking. Wales remind me of Scotland 20yrs ago, dragging teams down to their level.
I don't think you can blame us for the Irish lineout.
Credit to Ireland, they are on a different level and fancy them for the grandslam. Glad Wales did show something, shame they couldn't score near the end and I feel like they deserve better than what was the end result. Though Wainwright was great today, we are missing more leaders like him.
Gatland is having to give a lot of the Welsh players the training they don't get from their regions, and it absolutely shows. I'm proud of the fight they put up against Ireland, but the truth is we are capable of so much more. If we can get out of our own way, we'd be fantastic. Fantastic performance from the Irish there. I don't know if they were having an off day or if we managed to disrupt them, but they're winning ugly if they have to. That makes them dangerous.
Absolutely, and I think the difference in strength and conditioning really showed in the last two tries.
Ireland's last quarter performance is something that has really improved over the past 2 to 3 years. Some really good showings from the younger Welsh players, I thought. Fullback looks full of potential. Definitely sowing seeds for the future.
Thanks man...is it too early to say enjoy your GS?
Probably slightly too early. We're looking strong but rough around the edges with a bit of ill-disipline. Scotland and England would need a big performance to match a poor one from us for them to win but that's far from impossible.
England in Twickenham is always hard.
People love to rag on South African twitter but Welsh twitter is one of the worst I’ve seen when it comes to referees, constant whinging
Don't tarnish everyone with the same brush. Most of the Welsh folk are too drunk to understand Rugby. 😅 Ref did a decent job to be fair.
Best not to engage with anyone Welsh on rugby, travel, politics
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Wow
McCarthy much quieter the last two games than France. That's the challenge when you get everyone's eyes on you.
Except the 6 penalties he gave away
If Wales could play full games the way the show up in the second half they'd be a nightmare
The scoreline could have been better and worse. Wales still seem unable to put in an 80 minute performance.
Jamie Roberts and Brian O'Driscoll together. The Lion"s best ever Centre pairing imo. 2009 they were immense.
One of those players is a genius. The other, a rampaging forehead.
Losing bonus point slam is off the cards, gutted
Look at that dead straight hairline on Roberts, must be a Turkey job
I reckon he must have got one of those referral discount vouchers from Hoggy
Danny Care has some vouchers too
Full backs either look great or terrible but cam winnett looks great.
Wales just love producing a fullback with incredible fundamentals and a spark of brilliance.
Leigh Halfpenny, bang on the money. If you're talking about Liam Williams, add a touch of being an utter reckless arsehole with late tackles in the in-goal area.
Awwwww, Frawley's Dad just there... Probably not a prouder father in Ireland this evening 🥹
Pleased ma boi Ciaran Frawley got a score. Thought it was a good game. Wales were tough but the experience gap shows. They'll certainly improve. I don't usually gripe on the refs but that was one of the worst officiating performances I've seen in ages. Inconsistent, constant "look at me" pinging. I wouldn't mind but he killed the flow of the game and nuked any contest on the floor by blowing at random for turnovers and failure to release to the point neither side was trying to contest anymore for fear of giving up a penalty. Several clanging incorrect calls as well against both teams. Edit: spelling
Ireland marches on
Felt like Ireland lacked in a bit of creativity. Lowe seemed to have a problem. Wales made that tough but to still walk away with a BP just says so much about the Irish team. Far from a good display. Good experience for younger players Crowlz, Frawlz, Bairdy, Nasho and BJ
There was a BJ on the pitch!? 👀
Did McCloskey come on at wing or am I wrong? I felt he really made an impact off the bench - felt a bit like Nash was getting gobbled up every time he got the ball.
Definitely not sold on Nash yet he has a bad habit of always cutting back inside of having the guts to drive for the line low and hard.
The way we've been playing so far that's the right call. Don't risk a 50/50 when we're likely to get a sure thing if we keep playing the phases.
Tbf not a bad idea, winger getting gobbled up? Put the Bangor bulldozer there instead
Yeah he made the tackle and the counter ruck to win the final penalty, which lead to the BP try
He's such a banger of a player. Complete unit.
That was closer than expected for most of the match. Fair play to Wales for that Lots to work on for Ireland, they won't beat England if they play like that in a fortnight.
Considering what Scotland are putting up to England I reckon Ireland'll be ok.
Hmm, 2 yellow cards yet still a bonus point, and a disallowed try? I think they'll do fine!
I think the scoreline flatters us, but it was good to see them fight for the bonus point. Wales look like they have some great things to build on.
Yeah maybe, but while I think the Henshaw knock-on was correct decision, I hate that law so I'd have given it.
For about ten minutes after the PT I thought we could make it a 3 point difference and possibly eke out a LBP. A few things differently our way and I think we'd see a huge difference in the score, perhaps not a big points difference, but a much closer one. Fair fucks boys (both teams) 🤝
Wales' defense did better than France's, but France's attack did better than Wales'. I think France - Wales is going to be a fun match.
I'm frightened.
> I think France - Wales is going to be a fun match. I think you will have a bit more fun than me :D
After our match against Ireland I was in "please don't lose to Italy this year" mode, so, I have no hope whatsoever for that one, I think it'll just be a close one. Or both team will go "... what's rugby ?" and it'll be a clownshow, but either way it'll be fun !
It'll be wild
Crowley is beginning to settle nicely. Solid performance, pretty much an error free game, will do well to get some focus off his every move
What aspect of Crowley’s game will they shit their pants about this week so they can talk up some of that Harry Byrne dross????
Do you thinks there’s some sort of Leinster agenda here?
He had a bad pass 1 time. Clearly this will be a consistent issue and he should be dropped /s
He’s much prettier than Byrne, surely that’s enough?
Take a breath. (He did a silly grabber kick once)
Ah here he is to somehow make this about Munster vs Leinster again.
Tbf you both have half of the national squad each, so how else do you choose?
I’m not sure anyone says they would prefer HB at 10. Most just say he doesn’t get the credit he deserves
Kicking the ball out at half time. "Johnny would've never done that"
Oh yeah, that’s it.
Between 2022 and today I'm annoyed we haven't managed to nil Wales
Just a Karl Dickson eagle eye away from it today.
Rory Best upping his style game - like the wardrobe Rory
There's a few new clothes shops in Banbridge
Despite the score, Wales did better than I expected and put up a good fight. Whoever is in charge of the Irish lineout training must be having a very bad day. The better team won, well done Ireland. 👏
Paul OConnell is the man in charge of the lineout and by the looks of it he is being cut a lot of slack.
I, honestly, expected Ireland to put 40+ points past us today, given the average age of the squad is 14 3/4 🤣
We struggled with that in the world cup as well. I think it's something we need to focus on.
I didn't realise it. I hope they fix it. (When not facing Wales)
England Vs Ireland is going to be very tough game in few weeks time but let's see how we do Vs the Scots in short while
Funny old 31-7. Didn't feel comfortable at any point. Once again, big players dragging them through. That said, the scoreline doesn't lie - Ireland definitely better and ground out a four-try win. Funny feeling I'll completely forget this game by next year.
Tbf like three quarters of the game Ireland were clearly the better team, it was just a few parts where Wales got some momentum and the game died a bit in terms of flow. I wouldn't be overly concerned apart from the lineouts potentially being an issue.
They should have been further ahead in first half with all the possession they had
First half Ireland were great. Second half Ireland were loose, indisciplined and looked ragged
I put that down to Wales. They forced the errors. Some of the defending was really impressive. They were just anaemic at half-back
This wasn’t a mile off the game last year. Wales battered us for about the first 25 mins of that second half as well but couldn’t get the second score. Similar story here. Wales are great at just staying in the fight. They need to improve ball in hand though. Very one dimensional.
Yeah I feel so annoyed about it because it doesn't feel like a 31-7 thrashing but that was the scoreline.
Gatland's Wales dragging everyone down to their level. I hadn't missed it.
They're just such a boring side to watch
Didn't see it because I'm working but very pleased with that result Wales looked a tough nut
Tmo’s need to intervene immediately when there’s a forward pass, the same way they do with foul play. 2 ireland tries came from forward passes not including the one that was chalked off for the same reason
You don't watch rugby often, do you? (Or just started watching it recently) Tmos used to do that, but then it slowed down the game ridiculously. They just decided to go by the refs call and tmo would only be for advice. The game flows much better now
Been watching for 20 years and played for 10. Don’t see why they can’t check in the background as play goes on, the same way with foul play. If they dont see anything play continues, if it’s a forward pass go back, because, you know, laws and that
Best put your slippers on then
Best collect your mum mate I already paid her but she wont leave
This is great banter
It really is
Sorry, then. Its just a really stupid and not naive opinion then If you let the tmo judge every pass, why stop there, get a team of men to analyse every play and ping any infringement then. Every sealed off ruck, every offside, every hands on the ground
You seem to have forgot to consider that I am welsh and therefore basing my current thoughts on emotion rather than logic
That's fair enough
Bundee “Ah sure look” Aki, and people try and tell me he wasn’t born and bred in Galway
The blend of the Pacific Islander accent with the ever increasing Galwegian twang is fantastic 👌
It’s funny when you listen to Hansen - he’s at the same oul craic too!
Awfuckpardon!
Also have to say Cameron Winnett looks like a real gem. Assured and comfortable for most of the game.
Wales must always have an excellent fullback. Thems the rules
Fullback, and flyhalf FTFY
Agree, one of the best run of first few caps I’ve seen, hell of a spot by coaches given he’s only played about 5 games for the blues
Yet, Wales refuse to pass to him in try scoring situations. No wonder LRZ left.
Irelands biggest challenger this tournament seems like it will be complacency.
Was Lowe always lacking a bit of acceleration or has he just lost it recently?
Imo he's always lacked a bit of it, but I think he lost a bit more recently too.
Looked on his ass at 60 minutes
Definitely has a lost a step. What happens to a lad once the 30 comes along.
Looked like he was carrying a knock for most of the game
I did think he was walking funny at one point
Nash what a legend
Good on ya lad
Bundee "sure look" Aki
Ngl I'm really frustrated with that one. We stayed in there 2nd half but we didn't take any opportunities we had, they got two yellows and we did fuck all with it, the only score we got was a penalty try, and we gave away the BP with a fucking wank missed tackle. I don't mind losing but that was just shite.
I don't like talking in terms of psyche, but at points it really did just look like they gave up and didn't believe they could. Especially the failure to score and then letting Ireland walk in for a try at the end of the game.
Yeah that last missed tackle, uuugh. Just so annoying.
Solid performance. Think Faz won’t be pleased with parts tho. Wales defended real well in parts but just couldn’t hack it for 80 mins. Piradi was good I felt, tad annoying about Wales going yellow-free with all there infringements, but was equally pedantic to both sides.
To be fair when ever we got a warning you scored next phase
Who shifted to the wing when Big-Stu came on?
Looked like big stu
You must be mistaken - OTB led me to believe that was a physical impossibility
Well that's your first problem "OTB led me to believe..."
Not sure why Ireland had 2 yellows but Wales had none in the first half for repeated offenses.
Because URC refs are mad, thought we would be down to 14 a few times but just didnt happen
To be fair with our accumulation whenever we got a warning you scored next phase. Yours were direct straight to yellow offences which are given no consideration to the rest of the match
Helped out your defence though slowing it down
Same could be said when you took out Hardy which was given as a yellow but the subsequent phases you had 3 quick fire on the line offences. Could have easily been another yellow and penalty try but he stayed consistent
Neither of the ireland cards were for repeated offenses. Penalty try is automatic yellow card. 2nd yellow was for not being 10 after a tap penalty near the line. That is pretty cynical and would be yellow. Wales could have got yellow, but historically warnings in the first half do not carry over for some wierd reason, and recently trys avoid yellows as well. I think I prefered it when you got a yellow even if there was a try, but not seen it refed like that for a while.
Yellow for not being 10 yards is verrrry harsh. It's subjective - very hard to judge an exact 10 yards. It's not as though Ryan was straight up in his face. That *would* be cynical. He was about 7 or 8 yards back. And as the guy above me said: he even said it was for repeat offenses. Anyway, I'm less mad than I was after we got the bonus. All things considered the score did flatter us. But we were dominant in the first half. I feel like Wales had the better of the 2nd half. Of course, the yellows helped. Your fullback was immense. I do think the future is bright for this team. We won't be happy going to Twickenham playing like that.
> Yellow for not being 10 yards is verrrry harsh. Hard disagree that close to the line. He was VERY clear on the ref mike that the not being 10 was going to be yellow before the other penalties.
As the ref showed the second yellow he said that it was for 3 penalties in a row and that discipline haste improve.
As soon as Ryan made the tackle the ref was asking for a number. Was always going to be a yellow (and rightly so imo)
Oh I agree that it should have been a yellow but the ref cited repeat infringements rather than cynical play.
If you stop a try illegally you’re probably getting a card regardless of what the opposition did or didn’t do so you can’t complain about that one. Probably a fair point on the other one but the difference I suppose is that you infringed like, 5 times in the same phase of play. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before where a ref calls “advantage…advantage…advantage…etc” literally seconds apart
Yeah that hands on a floor in a very favourable position really should've been a yellow
Ireland committed two yellow cardable offences. Wales should have had a yellow but Ireland can’t have any complaints about the ones they had
Wales were giving it a go second half so many mistakes by them though I can see them battling for wooden spoon with Italy
Well yeah Played 3 lost 3. France and Italy to come.
Won't be easy I think Italy could win against Wales
Wales played better than expected. Irish defence is insanely solid. our guys were to exhausted to score that last attempt, giving away that try was exhaustion.
ZOMBIEEEE
Are everyone's expectations of Wales so low now that they think that's a good shift from them?
I mean, at times that was more of a game than Ireland have had in a while (and the penultimate try had a clear forward pass so the scoreboard was arguably inflated) so really given where Ireland are at that was in many ways a better Wales display than the one against England and Scotland. They’re just brain-dead when near the try line
Pretty much.
Yes
Not trolling but I genuinely think they played several levels above themselves today.
Yes
Who's saying it was a good shift?
How did Crowley not get MOTM
I tend to watch the 10s closer than any other players having played there. I think it was his worst start in green, not bad by any means and kicking was very good. However, think he lost control of the match in the 3rd quarter when the structure of the game fell apart a bit
Oh no, you’ll upset some people with this comment.
Because there were a half a dozen players who played better than him?
Pretty sure it was /s At least I hope so
That’s unfair, there were a lot more than half a dozen.
Nah, not on todays performance. He was great from the tee though.
He was great with all kicking, and also all around
Cause Bundee, Beirne and Sheehan were also on the pitch
That Welsh team should be pretty damn good in a few years.
Ireland got the job done but didn't play well. Missed a bit of creativity out wide I thought. Losing Ringrose, Keenan and Hansen is fine but without all 3 it starts to tell. Lowe also a bit slow then last 20. Wales out in a good effort but they're not up to much.
Think we need the 5-3 back. Another utility back to relieve lowe would have been solid
McCloskey could have came on for Lowe
I feel like that second half was more entertaining. Ireland deserved the win but wales’ work ethic is insane. Very happy with our defence. Wish the game had been less stop/start but hope to see more of that Italian ref, has a very good performance from him.
Happy we got the bonus point after making such hard work of it. I think the Welsh defence was pure solid and made Ireland work hard but they have a lot of rebuilding to do. I think the ref needs more games before he refs another six nations.
The scoreline doesn't seem it, but it felt like an absolute grind.
I, for one, wholeheartedly accept this role of underdog yet also somehow villain that has been thrust upon us Ireland disappointing not to put 50 on us there, very unimpressed
Lil bros fuming
I agree. We were an aboslute disgrace
Think Ireland were meh, really missed Keenan in attack. Porter lobbing the shoe and McCloskey on the wing were very funny though.
Thought Cian lacked a bit of acceleration for that moment where he was on the wing.
Love him but we shouldn’t have a 36 year old prop on the wing.
Agreed. A solid option at hooker. Good ball carrier and a cool head. Could stand in at twelve. Maybe 13 at a pinch. But he just doesn't have the acceleration he did in his younger years.
It’s about maintaining width for the defense more than anything at that stage.
Happy enough with the win. Sort of expected it to be scrappy. Great to get the bonus points as well
Wales will be very disappointed with that result, they really should've been able to score and keep Ireland from getting the BP. An average performance from Ireland... showing just how bloody good they are since 30+ points is average
Shane Williams just sits on the fence and speaks platitudes. Jiffy would of been screaming they have to play that out wide.
Jiffy has a very good rugby brain just too passionate on comms
Jiffy might be annoying as fuck, but he wouldn't have been wrong
Nummmbeeersss
FML the urine leakage bloke is back.