Ireland v Fiji - Nov 12th 2022 - Match Thread

Match thread for today's game.

razorblunt

12:42 pm and Heaslip has made his first roast dinner joke about Furlong. "First man to the buffet" can't be far away.

Jack Conan has a heavily strapped ankle and is limping noticeably on it already.

Hello 2D Person Below

Baloucoune hat-trick incoming.

Larbre34

Score predictions?

37-12.

I don't think I'd picked up before this that Levani Botia, the La Rochelle inside centre is playing openside this afternoon for Fiji.

Larbre34

Hansen has superb presence of mind in contact, never stops playing for an instant. Brilliant.

Sublime early take from Mack after a pretty poor kick from Joey.

Two poor kicks from JGP and Joey to start us off.

Timoney did really poorly there as well not to clear that jackalling player.

Jump_In_Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119865065#Comment_119865065

Pretty sure he has always been able to play both positions

Clegg

Hansen did well to catch that. It wasn't a great kick and he didn't get much chance to run onto it.

Clegg

Farrell will be fuming with that. Far too much space left out wide.

Well well. Interesting. Let’s see the reaction

Clegg

Henshaw off after 4 minutes.

Disastrous

Larbre34

Henshaw needed a game. Thats a shame.

Timoney really fortunate to avoid a yellow there.

Sloppy start from Ireland.

Clegg

Timoney is very luck to not get carded for that.

Faugheen

Timoney very lucky to get away with just a penalty imo.

AdamD

Brainless and quite dangerous from Timoney there

starkid

absolute rubbish from Ireland

Clegg

JOB did well to hold onto that tackle after Baloucone and Carbery fell off their hits.

accensi0n

Heaslip is awful.

Strumms

How many times must Raynal warn Fiji at the lineout ?

Faugheen

'MoVe RiNgRoSe To ThE wInG'

Some good carries in that sequence from Timoney, Furlong and Treadwell, but thought we were fortunate. Fijians probably should have had a penalty after Loughman's carry, he looked isolated.

Clegg

Some good play there. Forwards running onto the ball every time and making metres after contact.

lawrencesummers

Fiji doing fijian things.

Their lack of structure and accuracy around set piece is was and always will be their problem.

We should maul over them here if we win this clearly; maul has Fiji in huge trouble early.

joedamuss

Treadwell is playing well

Strumms

Maul get pulled down again but a very blatant tackle off the ball too..

cards needed

Multiple penalties from the Fijians now in their 22; yellow surely incoming.

Great finish from Treadwell, who has started really well here. EDIT: Spoke too soon, looks held up.

If no try, should be a Fiji yellow.

Clegg

Don't think it was grounded.

lawrencesummers

Threadwell held up