France vs Ireland...England $hat the bed..it's on!

Happy4all

Should have kicked the 3 pts there

Ireland are just so unconvincing with their rucks. Unable to control and protect the ball.

rodge123

Ah lads take the 3, braindead

magic17

Dreadful decision there, that could be the difference at the end

Raving_Magic

Oh that could be a critical moment in this match

Soups123

Poor call by Sexton we can win this game by taking our points with the amount of fouls the French give away

Nerdlingr

Take the points ffs

razorblunt

Podge_irl wrote: »

And he's right every single game.

What does it change though? Nothing. Just fills broadcasting air.

Bazzo

Situation that drives me mad but seems very common: defender flies into the ruck and in the process of going to ground knocks the ball out of the ruck: ref says "ball is out" and play continues. Surely its hands in the ruck or at best a knock on???

KH25

Kick your points lads!

PTH2009

**** it should of went for kick

Were still in this but with wont be easy

Dave_The_Sheep

Take the ****ing three points, have they been told they only need a small win? Jesus Christ.

Speakerboxx

Game over

BringBackMick

Why didnt they kick , bizarre

clsmooth

Happy4all wrote: »

Should have kicked the 3 pts there

On hindsight. But I think they were right to go for the 7. Our bench isn’t particularly strong. So we need to try and take 7 wherever we can.

Squidgy Black

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Take the ****ing three points, have they been told they only need a small win? Jesus Christ.

Just panic stations being on the back foot, trying to force it a bit too much.

Soups123

That decision has to be questioned at half time really poor. Experience should kick in there

We’ll regret that. Stupid call

WhoamI2022

Some great play from Ireland...good half from them

Few silly mistakes

Burkie1203

Ryan and Beirne been very good in particular

Clegg

Replay clearly shows the French defender immediately going off his feet at the ruck before they win that turnover.

But we should've taken the points before that

blackwhite

Horrendous from Barnes there. Jackal went down on his knees, then back up. And French lying on wrong side blocking the clean out arriving.
Normally the stuff he’s good at spotting

A-Train

Always take your points.

Fiery mutant

Everything is so predictable from Ireland. Bloody frustrating.

MurDawg

Well I guess Sexton isnt captain material after all

eclipsechaser

Yer man had enough time on his knees to get in a decade of the rosary before taking the ball.

champchamp

What was that penalty for?
The TV coverage is poor, no replays of the penalties.

razorblunt

Fickou 100% jumped to the floor ahead of the maul knowing it would go over him.

F34

He took a decision to go for the try and personally delighted to see them actually taking that risk.

How the French are getting away with so many penalties in the 22 without a yellow card is beyond me.

Dravokivich

A-Train wrote: »

Always take your points.

Its like watching England at the 2015 RWC again.

vafankillar

stockdale at full back is giving me deja vu anxiety of keith earl's stunts at full back. infact I think one of his worst performances was in paris 2010

perrito caliente

Ireland have been good in fairness. Not getting some of the negativity on here.

Strumms

Soups123 wrote: »

Poor call by Sexton we can win this game by taking our points with the amount of fouls the French give away

Especially how much of a gimme of a kick it was and that we have time on our side here...

French have defended well by and large, we’ve allowed them maybe look good, our attack looks a bit cumbersome and one dimensional. Let’s try and get the ball out wide earlier...

molloyjh

blackwhite wrote: »

Horrendous from Barnes there. Jackal went down on his knees, then back up. And French lying on wrong side blocking the clean out arriving.
Normally the stuff he’s good at spotting

5 came around the corner of the breakdown to clear Irish support. Def penalty for Ireland and arguable yellow for France given the num of penalties in the 22.

ScrubsfanChris

beggars_bush wrote: »

Unlike johnny

You have a penalty advantage, it's more of less a given 3.
So you can try something high risk to score a try, this is something that Sexton is terrible at, cross field kick to Conway that was 15 meters from the line and into touch.

Not the first time either he's done similar.

KH25

France are getting away with a fair bit, but the only reason we’re losing is our own mistakes. The defending for their first was a joke and Stockdale may as well have handed them the second one.

PhlegmyMoses

blackwhite wrote: »

Horrendous from Barnes there. Jackal went down on his knees, then back up. And French lying on wrong side blocking the clean out arriving.
Normally the stuff he’s good at spotting

Yeah it was crazy and Sexton rightfully snapping. At no point was he set and competing in all of that

Skeetur

Should be taking those kicks. The French defence is shocking and there's gonna be plenty of 3 points coming.

lalababa

Sexton is past it, and we always get shafted when Barnes the premadonna is around.

TomsOnTheRoof

Regardless of the call to kick to the corner that was terrible reffing. French defender had two bites at the cherry and failed he also had his hands on the floor in front of the ball to support his weight and brought them back. That's not counting the French player on our side. That's 5 infringements. Really ****ing poor.

awec

Ireland are playing like we need to win by 30 points. Completely daft.

Dravokivich

vafankillar wrote: »

stockdale at full back is giving me deja vu anxiety of keith earl's stunts at full back. infact I think one of his worst performances was in paris 2010

Dunno, stockdale has been alright. Able to get the high balls and recover field position. Which is what we need from our full back for the most part.

His difficulty was catching low balls and that slide out of play with the ball.

dublincelt

Would not claim to be any expert on Rugby but how is there an English Referee for this match? Seems a bit crazy to me..

blackwhite

champchamp wrote: »

What was that penalty for?
The TV coverage is poor, no replays of the penalties.

It’s always a home country TV producer for game coverage. French TV have a habit of not showing any replays that suggest France get a decision they shouldn’t have. Same for soccer as well.

Clegg

Think we're in a bad position where we need to develop a fullback 'on the job.' Stockdale needs time to develop as a 15, but in while he's doing that we've leaking points. Same story with Larmour really.

Piehead

Robert Kearney making very little sense in TV3 studio as we speak

Dave_The_Sheep

awec wrote: »

Ireland are playing like we need to win by 30 points. Completely daft.

This is it. Doing my nut in.

Dravokivich

dublincelt wrote: »

Would not claim to be any expert on Rugby but how is there an English Referee for this match? Seems a bit crazy to me..

Has to be a neutral union to who is playing. The refs are typically pooled from participating unions.

They do get assessed and if bias is an issue they'll get sanctioned.

OldRio

dublincelt wrote: »

Would not claim to be any expert on Rugby but how is there an English Referee for this match? Seems a bit crazy to me..

Because Barnes is probably the best ref in the world. He screwed up on the last call, but are you perfect?

The Lost Sheep

blackwhite wrote: »

It’s always a home country TV producer for game coverage. French TV have a habit of not showing any replays that suggest France get a decision they shouldn’t have. Same for soccer as well.

except TMO has access to any and every angle he wants to look at to make decision and ref can see whichever he wants.
TV producer or whoever else has no influence on that. Was told this by a TMO at a talk a while back.