Ireland vs Italy **Spoilers**

Chucky the tree

Forza Italy!!

Sherifu

Anthems over, Croke Park looks great as always. Here we go.

BOHSBOHS

is best in for his lineout throwing ? or his ability to spot numbers outside?:D

Chucky the tree

10-0 ireland.

Sherifu

O'Gara has started in very good form apart from one bad cross kick. Murphy wasted a sure try for Girv on 14 minutes, but it doesn't matter now. Super offload from Trimble to Girv. 10-0

Beginning to cut loose...

steo123

ogara looks b%%%xed

Rowley Birkin QC

f*****g Best.

Sherifu

Looks like D'arcy is gone

Chucky the tree

looks it could be a broken arm there.

athtrasna

Looks like EOS might actually have to select an on-form centre for Paris then!

Sherifu

Italy down to 14. 2 punches by #4.

bleg

italian fans louder than the irish.

funloving

6 000 Italians in Croke Park supporting the AZZURRI

C'mon Italy!!!!

the ref is a W A N K E R

WFT did he do???

BOHSBOHS

at least 4 punches to an irish guy lying at the bottom of a ruck , thats enough for a yellow....

Stev_o

I hear more Italian voices then Irish voices in Croke Park hmmm.. Whats with us and coming unstuck against men in blue jerseys !:mad:

Very strange game no rhythms at all, centres arent working and the lineout is a mess, execution is poor, defence is great.

Some HUGE hits being made by the Italians silly O'Drsicoll turning his back

athtrasna

Chucky the tree wrote: »

looks it could be a broken arm there.

Suspected broken wrist.

Funkstard

D'Arcy suspected broken wrist. Seemed distraught as he came off - maybe he knew how bad it was. Best very dodgy in throwing, we aren't contesting the Italian lineout at all.

Should have had a few more tries, which is a positive I suppose. Kearney doing well since he came on, great take following a garryowen. Towards half time Ireland looked wrecked, the spark that was there for a while seemed to be gone.

Overall it's been good I suppose, Ireland pretty dominant overall. Stopped a maul from a 5-metre lineout dead, resulting in an Irish penalty.

homah_7ft

Even the Italian crowd are making some noise here. Fair play Funloving

stepbar

It was a fairly poor Irish first half in fairness.

sioda

Easterby and O Kelly so over the hill they are down the other side

Murphy doing a duff again

Come on ireland

briantwin

If George Hooke was a tranny he'd look like this!!

Georgina Hooke

sioda

What more do I say feicin easterby

Sherifu

So silly by Easter Eggs

athtrasna

Has Easterby just signed his international "death warrant"? Getting sin binned after being warned that if he handled on the ground again he was gone is just plain stupid!!

If they play like this next week we're doomed!

steo123

goys this is rubbish!!!

we no better than we were in world cup!!!

eldeabroad

Watching over here in Basque Country in me bar - waiting for a rousing "fields"

bleg

shouldn't have been on the pitch

sioda

No great loss in easterby hope EOS goes with him

athtrasna

Great caption RTE - a little hint for you, Ireland play in Green Shirts. O'Gara plays for Ireland!

razorblunt

Alot of stupid handling errors again, O'Kelly and Easterby are so far off the pace, Horan is sneaking out to the wing more and more.

john grace

almost want the score to be close so eos job situation pressure builds til he has to go.

sioda

Marcus the fastest prop in the world

Sherifu

An Italian guy has to go for that. Fcuk u ref.

eldeabroad

13 - 3 yessss

bugler

Seeing as refs are so inconsistent, the only way to ensure cards are issued appropriately for killing the ball is to make it a zero tolerance offence.

By the way, I think we're watching the death of the EOS era, even if it limps on for a couple of games. If it weren't for ROG...

cm2000

reddan has been fantastic so far. trimble has suprised me too

eldeabroad

my guess

24 - 9

Chucky the tree

haha,murphy floored

sioda

Reddan having a blinder stringer better get used to the bench

Stev_o

Lads take a photo EOS made a substitution

Chucky the tree

go on italy!!

pd101

try?????????

Sherifu

Eddie, your job is in the video ref's hands

bleg

o gara and reddan the only irish players up to scratch. everything outside and infront of them is not functioning or very poor.


here we go. **** off and die eddie

athtrasna

But Stringer's not on?

sioda

Stringers not playing

Try they deserve it though

Chucky the tree

bleg wrote: »

o gara and stringer the only irish players up to scratch. everything outside and infront of them is not functioning or very poor.


here we go. **** off and die eddie

the fact he's sitting on the bench is probaly the risen he is having such a good game.

bugler

That should be given. It won't become any clearer by watching again and again. Who could have been keeping him from grounding that?

Stev_o

Give the try already

Erin Go Brath

Game on now!

Chucky the tree

get in!!!