Ireland vs Canada RTE 2 7:15

connemara man

Sure a match thread might be handy


Ireland

15. Tiernan O’Halloran
14. Craig Gilroy
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Luke Marshall
11. Keith Earls
10. Paddy Jackson
9. Kieran Marmion

1. Cian Healy
2. Sean Cronin
3. Finlay Bealham
4. Ultan Dillane
5. Billy Holland
6. Peter O’Mahony (captain)
7. Sean O’Brien
8. Jack O’Donoghue

Replacements:

16. James Tracy
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. John Ryan
19. Donnacha Ryan
20. Dan Leavy
21. Luke McGrath
22. Joey Carbery
23. Niyi Adeolokun

Canada

15. Matt Evans
14. DTH van der Merwe
13. Conor Trainor
12. Ciaran Hearn
11. Taylor Paris
10. Connor Braid.
9. Gordon McRorie

1. Djustice Sears-Duru
2. Ray Barkwill
3. Jake Ilnicki
4. Brett Beukboom
5. Evan Olmstead
6. Kyle Baillie
7. Lucas Rumball
8. Aaron Carpenter

Replacements:

16. Eric Houward
17. Rob Brouwer
18. Matt Tierney
19. Admir Cejvanovic
20. Matt Heaton
21. Phil Mack
22. Pat Parfrey
23. Phil Blevins

DGRulz

Had to laugh at RTE dubbing Ryles commentary over the Chicago highlights at the start.

Ringrose looks nervous during the anthems.

Jimbob1977

Why is our National Anthem sung so poorly?

'O Canada' was probably louder

ScrubsfanChris

Was watching the Wales match up until kick off here. Was there fireworks or something at the start or just fog?

nice_guy80

Why did Gilroy kick the ball away?

ScrubsfanChris

Earls looks happy with that try

connemara man

Nice start!

laugh

The kind of try Earls is suited to scoring.

LuckyGent88

Nice little score

ScrubsfanChris

Great kick PJ

chupacabra

Very slick from the half backs so far

dublinman1990

That is a great kick from Jackson.

nice_guy80

Ulster lads kicking the ball away...

Why?

leakyboots

Cronin got monstered there

Buer

We're very disjointed.

We're also miles offside. Dillane was a full yard offside as pillar there and just flopped into the tackle from there.

Buer

We're very disjointed.

We're also miles offside. Dillane was a full yard offside as pillar there and just flopped into the tackle from there.

Buer

Wonderful from Dillane.

That should be a stonewall yellow card for a deliberate knock on.

ScrubsfanChris

Did Donal Lenihan just blame JOD for messing that up? :P

Buer

Blown try. Heaslip and Wallace scored an identical one against Italy back in 2008, I think.

connemara man

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Did Donal Lenihan just blame JOD for messing that up? :P

He did without actually saying it

fitz

Pack have started well.
Jackson making a couple of iffy decisions...

Buer

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Did Donal Lenihan just blame JOD for messing that up? :P

I'm watching on Sky but the pass was poor. SOB might have held it but it the pass made it plenty difficult. Sky commentators did the same.

luckyboy

Holland has done well so far

ScrubsfanChris

The commentating tonight is woeful, not sure what I expected though.

fitz

Ringrose looks so dangerous at pace.

fitz

Lovely from Earls.

captbarnacles

Great kick

fitz

Shocking.

Stheno

Ah feck! Careless

connemara man

No need to skip that. Shocking from Marshall

Clegg

Pure crap from Marshall.

Vital Transformation

Same type of try he scored against us in the World Cup.

WinnyThePoo

Dth doing it again. Has an insane ability to be in the right position at the right time.

MJohnston

Bit too cocky from Marshall there. Needs to have more respect for Canada.

ScrubsfanChris

DTH never let go of Earls, poor decision

Swan Curry

Don't know why Earls decided to stand up when he had jackson there

fitz

Jackson playing deeper than Sexton or Carbery last week. Need to be flatter going forward...

Buer

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

DTH never let go of Earls, poor decision

Exactly. Earls was held. He had to release the ball.

whatawaster

This is pure muck so far

ScrubsfanChris

Buer wrote: »

Exactly. Earls was held. He had to release the ball.

I meant DTH was the tackler and never let go before he challenged for the ball.

captbarnacles

Interesting. Didn't quite see this coming....

LuckyGent88

Great maul by Canada.

Kal El

Beat NZ and lose to Canada
Only Ireland :pac:

nice_guy80

Proper game now

Buer

Well done Canada.

No changes in the pack for next week from Chicago so....

fitz

Poor from SOB to give away such a short penalty that lead to that.

Larbre34

Fair play to them.

A challenge is of far more value to our players than a cake walk.

connemara man

Defensive shape is very poor

leakyboots

SOB is mixing great carries with some very poor play. Great to see him bullocking around in green again though

Waiting on Ireland minus the handicap... thanks Marshall... need a miracle now.

Vital Transformation

Donal Lenihan watches Pro D2. He's done his research anyway, fair play.