Ireland vs England match thread, Sat 20th March 4:45pm

thomond2006

Well, since nobody started one!

15.Hugo Keenan
14.Keith Earls
13.Robbie Henshaw
12.Bundee Aki
11.Jacob Stockdale
10.Jonathan Sexton
9.Conor Murray
8.Jack Conan
7.Josh van der Flier
6.CJ Stander
5.Tadhg Beirne
4.Iain Henderson
3.Tadhg Furlong
2.Rob Herring
1.Dave Kilcoyne

Replacements
16.Ronan Kelleher
17.Cian Healy
18.Andrew Porter
19.Ryan Baird
20.Peter O'Mahony
21.Jamison Gibson-Park
22.Ross Byrne
23.Jordan Larmour

15.Elliot Daly
14.Anthony Watson
13.Ollie Lawrence
12.Owen Farrell
11.Jonny May
10.George Ford
9.Ben Youngs
8.Billy Vunipola
7.Tom Curry
6.Mark Wilson
5.Charlie Ewels
4.Maro Itoje
3.Kyle Sinckler
2.Luke Cowan-Dickie
1.Mako Vunipola

Replacements
16.Jamie George
17.Ellis Genge
18.Will Stuart
19.Jonny Hill
20.Ben Earl
21.George Martin
22.Dan Robson
23.Joe Marchant

We're going to win by a million points

ScissorPaperRock

Let's go Ireland!!!

The Inbetween is mine

POM to come on....as replacement for Stockdale and score the winning try!

Clegg

That's a lot of strapping on Stockdale's knee.

Burkie1203

That's just dull

Clegg

Sorry but what on earth was that set play? One pass to Aki who arks his run and is immediately put into touch. Rubbish.

irishbucsfan

FFS that was brutal from Aki

Sangre

Can we please stop running into touch...

sydthebeat

Scrappy start from both teams

Clegg

Nice of our players to give Itoje an hour to poach the ball.

RugbyLover123

Free Kick and the players just stand around and look at each other

Larbre34

Jesus we have to be alive to that stuff. Profligate.

UAEguy2020

Great, we’ve turned up to the England match without our brain...AGAIN...not looking forward to this one.

AbusesToilets

About 3 Eng penalties there in one quick sequence not called

TomsOnTheRoof

There was no way they were back 10 from the free kick surely

mfceiling

Headless stuff on at least 3 or 4 occasions.

Faugheen

This is painful so far

is_that_so

All a bit frantic and a touch like headless chickens.

TomsOnTheRoof

TomsOnTheRoof wrote: »

There was no way they were back 10 from the free kick surely

I think that doesn't matter once Murray passes.

fitz

Did Farrell not grab Henshaw by the face there?

dublinman1990

This will be a tough battle against England. They will be looking for a fired up performance after losing to Scotland & France on their home ground this year. So this contest will be a big one for both teams. I would say that something is being fired up inside England team that actually wants to make them win this game against our own lads in green. But I don't know what that is. Maybe a late bit of luck from the back of paddy's day on Wednesday, in terms of our performance, will maybe give our lads a rub of the green this time out on Super Saturday. But we will have to wait & see what will happen before then.

Ireland by 10.

TomsOnTheRoof

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think that doesn't matter once Murray passes.

I meant from the tap. Maybe they were but they were up very quick.

is_that_so

Stockdale is a liability.

almostover

Early signs are ominous.

blackwhite

Reynal only has eyes on one team here so far

A-Train

Poor from Stockdale, needed to get that ball up the pitch.

Dour stuff already and going to be a long day. Look to be in for a hammering here

mfceiling

is_that_so wrote: »

Stockdale is a liability.

Not his fault there. Keenan flew in off his feet.

UAEguy2020

Tbh I’m done already, we can all see how this will go based on the last 4 matches and it’s clear nothing has changed. Hopefully at some point we find our brain before the next fixture because until that happens we will just get this on repeat.

KaneToad

Didn't think Keenan did anything wrong there for that pen??

Clegg

We've conceded four penalties already.

England has been quicker to every breakdown and our backplay is once again non-existent.

SlickRic

This Will be ugly.

bilston

is_that_so wrote: »

Stockdale is a liability.

Christ.. it begins

Sangre

KaneToad wrote: »

Didn't think Keenan did anything wrong there for that pen??

Off his feet/sealing

theVersatile

Sangre wrote: »

Off his feet/sealing

I think his point is that Keenan didn't go off his feet, not that he wasn't the one pinged for it.

bilston

UAEguy2020 wrote: »

Tbh I’m done already, we can all see how this will go based on the last 4 matches and it’s clear nothing has changed. Hopefully at some point we find our brain before the next fixture because until that happens we will just get this on repeat.

We'll let you know the result then. Enjoy your evening.

irishbucsfan

mfceiling wrote: »

Not his fault there. Keenan flew in off his feet.

Absolutely was

Buer

mfceiling wrote: »

Not his fault there. Keenan flew in off his feet.

Himself and Keenan need to both be better. That was a ridiculous amount of space for Ford to aim at. Very sloppy backfield coverage.

Jizique

bilston wrote: »

Christ.. it begins

He has definitely put on the pounds, I thought it was Stander first time he ran over the sideline

leakyboots

Keenan and Conan at fault there for flopping in the ruck, not Stockdale

eclipsechaser

mfceiling wrote: »

Not his fault there. Keenan flew in off his feet.

Keenan was tripped by English 14 getting off the ground and knocking into him as he went to compete.

mfceiling

Great from Robbie.

Clegg

Henshaw has started this game brilliantly.

Only Ireland player that's fully switched on.

leakyboots

Henshaw superb so far

Former Former Former

Henshaw absolutely flying again

Burkie1203

Henshaw been brilliant

dublinman1990

England are pounding us with 70% possession. Our boys need to do much better than that.

Great work there Henshaw.

A-Train

Great work by Henshaw to be that maul turnover

sydthebeat

Need to get up that pitch

bilston

Clegg wrote: »

We've conceded four penalties already.

England has been quicker to every breakdown and our backplay is once again non-existent.

We haven't really had the ball yet in fairness.

Two or three of the penalty calls against us have been tight calls as well

DJIMI TRARORE

England complete domination so far, ireland looking toothless and unimpressive