6 Nations Champions and a first grand slam

Stheno

JustinDee wrote: »

She's excellent. Doing her best to let game go with decent advantage. Will bin next Italian breakdown infringement I'd say.

Just binned their number 3!

Stheno

6-3 to Ireland now.

Thud

6-3 deserved something from that phase

Richard Hillman

That sin bin flew in. Only +3 points off it unfortunately.

decisions

Poor call, she wasn't the tackler.

Richard Hillman

Getting very nervy. A try should finish them off.

.ak

To be fair the Italians are very good defensively. It'll come down to which team is fitter imo.

CIARAN_BOYLE

only 3 points in it last 10 minutes

Brian

Park the bus!

decisions

Come on! Fantastic defence!

.ak

Whew, thank feck. That was intense stuff.

decisions

Feck!

decisions

Yeeeeeeesssss!

damianmcr

Well done girls!

sydthebeat

decisions wrote: »

Yeeeeeeesssss!

Did they win

mohawk

Well done ladies. Weather and pitch were awful but they did what was needed.

decisions

6-3 final score.

Well done girls!

Brian

sydthebeat wrote: »

Did they win

6-3 to Ireland after what Michael Corcoran would describe as "100,000 phases".

Richard Hillman

Magnificent performance and defence. Whatever the female version of "Balls of Steel" should be applicable

Stheno

Great work to hold on those last ten minutes

Congratulations to the team

thomond2006

Change that thread title!

P_1

Tough attritional match that. Bloody well done to all.

Thud

Savage stuff!

trouttrout

Great stuff!

rrpc

What a win! Tough conditions and tough opposition but they managed to hold on.

Fantastic achievemment. Well done ladies, so proud of them!

Maryanne40

My nerves are in shreds. Wonderful discipline at the end when the Italians were going through the phases. One infringement and a grand slam was lost! Well done girls; fantastic win.

CIARAN_BOYLE

No main sponsorship on the shirt. Is a pity. Hopefully the Slam will attract a decent sponsor that will put some money in and snsure that the women's game is looked out for financially.

irishbucsfan

With the women much more likely to make it to the olympics than the men, I'm sure they won't have trouble picking up sponsorship over the next few years

Richard Hillman

I wonder will the IRFU do what the RFU do and put the womens international matches on after the mens during the 6 nations at Twickenham

its_phil

irishbucsfan wrote: »

With the women much more likely to make it to the olympics than the men, I'm sure they won't have trouble picking up sponsorship over the next few years

You can't wear a sponsor at the olympics though?

Well done Ireland, those conditions were tough. They left everything out there and went home with all.

irishbucsfan

its_phil wrote: »

You can't wear a sponsor at the olympics though?

Well done Ireland, those conditions were tough. They left everything out there and went home with all.

Yeah but there'll still be plenty of interest before the tournament itself.

Stheno

athtrasna

So happy for the women, the spirit they played with today was immense. What impressed me most was their calm discipline inside the last ten mins when the Italians were on the attack. I couldn't but feel that our men would have conceded a penalty in those circumstances.

Would have been nice to see the other Irish teams that were in Rome this weekend at the game supporting the women. It's been known for over a week that they were champions and that the slam was on. Could the boys not have stayed on?

trouttrout

athtrasna wrote: »

So happy for the women, the spirit they played with today was immense. What impressed me most was their calm discipline inside the last ten mins when the Italians were on the attack. I couldn't but feel that our men would have conceded a penalty in those circumstances.

Would have been nice to see the other Irish teams that were in Rome this weekend at the game supporting the women. It's been known for over a week that they were champions and that the slam was on. Could the boys not have stayed on?

In fairness, the lads have games coming up next weekend in the build up to the HC quarters. Probably had no choice but to go home

athtrasna

trouttrout wrote: »

In fairness, the lads have games coming up next weekend in the build up to the HC quarters. Probably had no choice but to go home

Internationals have next weekend off in keeping with IRFU policy?

its_phil

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Yeah but there'll still be plenty of interest before the tournament itself.

I suppose they will get some sponsorship out of it yeah.

P_1

The Ladies 7's won the plate in Hong Kong earlier today so some more silverware is on the way back.

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ireland-rugby-womens-sevens-plate-netherlands-851957-Mar2013/?utm_source=shortlink

irishbucsfan

P_1 wrote: »

The Ladies 7's won the plate in Hong Kong earlier today so some more silverware is on the way back.

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ireland-rugby-womens-sevens-plate-netherlands-851957-Mar2013/?utm_source=shortlink

Not Hong Kong actually, but China

JustinDee

The Women's side (not 'Ladies' - a bugbear of mine. They're not golfers) beat Australia in the Plate semi-final, then beat the Dutch side, most of whom are fulltime, in the final. Great starting point for hopefully more ahead in beating two of the six core women's teams for silverware.

Hagz

Great to see the ladies doing so well.

trouttrout

Hagz wrote: »

Great to see the ladies doing so well.

Seriously though, well done to the whole team, great achievement

decisions

Stuck that in the Ireland thread earlier.

Auz are in our group in Russia, along with SA and China. China are far from a powerhouse and we beat Auz twice in China, South Africa are a very good team tho.

Coming home from Russia with silverware is a possibility. We should be aiming for 2nd in the group and a possible plate or a bowl at the end of it all.