RWC warmup - Ireland v Samoa
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Hugely impressive performance by Samoa so far.
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Again, Barnes gives a marginal penalty to Ireland.
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Ireland score off the lineout drive. These marginal technical penalties are going to kill sides who try to play Rugby in their own half in the next six weeks.
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Ireland ahead 17-13.
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Crowley takes forever on the conversation. Charged down. Still 17-13. Can Samoa go again?
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How do you have a conversion charged down from outside the 22?
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Another penalty to Ireland. These have shifted momentum in the game.
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Brave Samoan defence this.
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Irish number 8 clearly joins maul at the front and Barnes is oblivious.
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Held up. But Barnes gives Ireland another penalty.
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Jack Ryan dropped that one going over the line, I think.
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Ireland 17 Samoa 13 with ten to go.
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What (posh) English for ‘we’ve come to watch the players not the fucking referee’?
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Poor Samoan exit.
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Seven minutes to go. Ireland lead by four.
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Ireland going through the phases well but not doing much with it.
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At last a Samoan penalty. We haven’t seen one of those for a while.
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Irish player impeding defence and Barnes waves on.
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Last four minutes.
