Ireland u20 6 Nations & World Cup 2012

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Irish penalty halfway between the halfway line and the welsh ten meter line, referee warns the welsh captain and tells him to talk to his re the amount of breakdown penalties

Welsh scrum just inside the welsh 22 after an irish knock on

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Good kick and kick chase from Ireland pressurises the Welsh clearing kick leads to an Irish LO halfway between the 22 and the Welsh 10 meter line

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Hanrahan knock on Welsh scrum

Coneely does excellently tackling the Welsh 8 after the scrum, Wales holding on in the breakdown penalty

Jackson goes for the corner despite it being kickable

Ireland win the LO

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Late tackle on hanrahan, he is on the ground needing treatment, not noticed by referee

Gets the ball away to Coghlan Murray but Coghlan Murray is forced into touch just shy of the try line

Daly loses sight of a ball and sends into into touch Welsh LO on halfway

Fireball07

Hanrahan got absolutely smashed there, looked a bit dodgy to me.


And then Daly dropped the ball into touch, poor hands tbh.

CIARAN_BOYLE

wonderful kickchase after a marmion boxkick leads to an Irish LO

Podge_irl

Ireland should be disappointed not to be up by (a lot) more at the half. Execution just a bit lacking at the end sometimes.

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HT Ireland 5 Wales 3

Ireland will have the wind in the second half might open things up for us

porterbelly

Conneely at 7 and Layden look the pick of the bunch so far.

Layden is a classy player

Hanrahan and Marmion having good games as well

Neil3030

Wonderful break by Hanrahan and maturity to find that pass so close to the line.

Fireball07

porterbelly wrote: »

Conneely at 7 and Layden look the pick of the bunch so far.

Layden is a classy player

Hanrahan and Marmion having good games as well

I think Gilsenan has been excellent aswell. And Conan too.

porterbelly

Fireball07 wrote: »

I think Gilsenan has been excellent aswell. And Conan too.

Looks a good back row

Jordan Coughlan the sub is supposed to be a good player as well

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porterbelly wrote: »

Looks a good back row

Jordan Coughlan the sub is supposed to be a good player as well

Coughlan is leinster academy while Conan is subacademy but to be honest Conan may be ahead imo Coghlan looked better in schools as part of a dominant team

boynesider

Lots of very good individual performances but still only 2 points up. The lads need to pick it up and I wouldn't mind seeing chris Farrell on

CIARAN_BOYLE

Conan and Gilsenan have boh taken chunks of lineout ball, nice to have options in the back row.

Daniel Thomas the Welsh 7 got his fourth or fifth turnover there

Welsh penalty just outside their 22 due to Ireland not releasing a tackled welsh player

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Marmion and Daly combined well there to make 30 meers before Coneely gives away a turnover

Welsh turnover just outside their own 22

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Wonderful run from layden makes about 30 meters brining Ireland to the Welsh 22

Welsh turnover

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Terrific kick from Jackson

Welsh lineout

Ireland really need more players in the ruck area

Marmion off for McGrath

leakyboots

Layden looks classy, hanrahan has been talked about down this way for a while, would like to see him in our rabo games soon if possible.

Scrappy enough stuff. Not that impressed with the 14 (Daly?)

Fireball07

Hanrahan's passing is just brilliant.

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Layden knocks on close to the welsh line Welsh scrum 5

durkadurka

The welsh tight head looks about 30!

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durkadurka wrote: »

The welsh tight head looks about 30!

yeah he looks like an adult alright

leakyboots

Scrum half is a big improvement, the lad on on the first half kept taking steps and crabbing

Hagz

Is McGrath the business or what. He adds so much pace to the game.

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Tadgh Beirne on for Qualter

leakyboots wrote: »

Scrum half is a big improvement, the lad on on the first half kept taking steps and crabbing

True but Marmion did make a few brilliant breaks around the fringes. Its may be like Boss vs Redden as a distinction, don't know enough about them though to say for sure

Really happy with this so far tbh. Lot to build on, but the essentials are there

boynesider

Horan disappointing. Better alternatives

thomond2006

Score?

Fireball07

thomond2006 wrote: »

Score?

5-3