Match Thread : Irish Wolfhounds V England Saxons Friday 30th Jan 2015

dastardly00

vienne86 wrote: »

Saxons nearly away there......lucky they were caught crossing.

If there wasn't crossing then he would have been tackled

shuffol

Mahatma Geansai wrote: »

Is Cronin playing hooker for England? :pac:

Why has he made a 30m beak?

Madigans beard makes him look like Conor McGregor.

Bridge93

This Pennell fella is a very good player. Been a near flawless performance in a fullbacks duties.

Buer

ThisRegard wrote: »

in Cork

Crowd look miserable and freezing.

Hmmm....

awec

No protection again. We are arriving at the gainline too slow.

irishbucsfan

Tox56 wrote: »

I think with the spin he thought he had less time than he did but i don't think the grubbers were particularly bad decisions

There are loads and loads of examples of it. Look at Jones on the crash there a few minutes ago, he had absolutely no one around him. That should be used as a dummy runner every time, instead he was left to crash with little support, and by the time we got there we were a split second away from conceding a penalty, if Marmion had been slower we'd have lost possession and 30 yards. Madigan just needs to be better at using the ball in attack, it's been the case all year.

vienne86

dastardly00 wrote: »

If there wasn't crossing then he would have been tackled

Exactly!

A-Train

Swan Curry wrote: »

I don't think any refs penalise for binding on the arm anymore

Yeah but just after I wrote he said it to the right head to stop and he proceeds to again bind on the pit and nothing from the ref!

Buer

Why the hell not call a mark there?!

sydthebeat

We're not being active enough in the tackle and our support / clean out is terrible.
There will be harsh words at half time

Tox56

irishbucsfan wrote: »

There are loads and loads of examples of it. Look at Jones on the crash there a few minutes ago, he had absolutely no one around him. That should be used as a dummy runner every time, instead he was left to crash with little support, and by the time we got there we were a split second away from conceding a penalty, if Marmion had been slower we'd have lost possession and 30 yards. Madigan just needs to be better at using the ball in attack, it's been the case all year.

I thought the opposite, the Jones run was timed well and gave us front foot ball

ssaye2

Give it to Ryan

razorblunt

Bridge93 wrote: »

This Pennell fella is a very good player. Been a near flawless performance in a fullbacks duties.

Yep, been very impressed, looks solid.

errlloyd

Why isn't Madigan calling the mark.

Scythica

Anytime Robson mentions Ulster or makes up a nickname I'm gonna drink. 2 birds 1 stone

shuffol

Poor from Madigan not to call a mark there.

vienne86

Ah Madigan.....you have to get touch.

Mahatma Geansai

Poor kick from Madigan. No excuse not to go for touch.

sydthebeat

Madigan is playing himself out of the ten Jersey against Italy.

Heroditas

Bit of cheek to cheek in that tackle! :pac:

ssaye2

Wtf mccarthy

awec

He tried to wrap IMO.

But what a daft attempt at a tackle.

Kanrith

That's fine.

LuckyGent88

He got that badly wrong anyway McCarthy.

vienne86

ssaye2 wrote: »

Wtf mccarthy

Lucky to escape a card. May be concussed.

Buer

Came off second best in his own tackle but at least he was showing some intensity.

I think he leaped to his feet to try and pretend he was fine.

ssaye2

Bollocking coming up

Tox56

That was a harsh pen, it had minimal impact on the ruck although it's something I wish refs would penalise more generally

razorblunt

That second row for england has a curved back, does he?
Poor missed touch from Madigan, far too casual, he has no grasp on this game.

vienne86

3-11 half tiime.

Very disappointing. Wolfhounds look as if they haven't played together before. Very careless stuff.