6N England v Ireland
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@Bones said in 6N England v Ireland:
34 mins, as clear an example of hands before the ball as you'd see from Ali. Absolute bullshit
He is the greatest. Oh wait, Aki
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@Billy-Tell said in 6N England v Ireland:
The Georgian ref is very good. One of the best in the NH
He's come a long way in his progress. Not shy in penalising Ireland for their cynicism in the red zone either which is finally nice to see.
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@antipodean I thought Ireland got away with a lot until the last couple of minutes.
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Like many of you, I’m old enough to remember when Ireland were the best team in the world and had really gone up a level since the RWC.
I’ll tell you what actually happened: They played some mediocre teams and won easy. Warburton is a great pundit but there’s the Springboks, the ABs … and then there’s everyone else. Lot of Irish and NH people think it’s one way, but it’s the other way.
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@Billy-Tell said in 6N England v Ireland:
@sparky said in 6N England v Ireland:
England recycling the ball very quickly and causing Ireland problems.
Robertson should store away quick ball off the top straight out to midfield. Ireland look in difficulty.
This. Short balls to pods, Ireland will eat it up. Quick, longer ball, they were wrecked
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@game_film said in 6N England v Ireland:
Like many of you, I’m old enough to remember when Ireland were the best team in the world and had really gone up a level since the RWC.
I’ll tell you what actually happened: They played some mediocre teams and won easy. Warburton is a great pundit but there’s the Springboks, the ABs … and then there’s everyone else. Lot of Irish and NH people think it’s one way, but it’s the other way.
Yup. Big dollarstore security guard energy.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in 6N England v Ireland:
@Catogrande said in 6N England v Ireland:
Well, that was unexpected, but very pleasant.
The Rugby or your one night stand?
A series of one night stands is just serial monogamy.
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@game_film said in 6N England v Ireland:
Like many of you, I’m old enough to remember when Ireland were the best team in the world and had really gone up a level since the RWC.
I’ll tell you what actually happened: They played some mediocre teams and won easy. Warburton is a great pundit but there’s the Springboks, the ABs … and then there’s everyone else. Lot of Irish and NH people think it’s one way, but it’s the other way.
So these mediocre teams, that would include SA, NZ, Aus, France, England, Wales (I can’t bring myself to include Scotland)? Yeah some mediocre teams right there.
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@antipodean said in 6N England v Ireland:
Pleased to see this diving bullshit go unrewarded, except to cement Furlong's reputation.
Would have had a look personally
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Well, I have to say that I never saw this result coming. England had looked disjointed, shoddy and poorly coached this 6N, and Ireland had looked the complete opposite. There will be plenty out there saying Ireland played poorly, or they missed this / that or whatever, but that would be pretty disrectful, as frankly speaking, England simply beat them playing rugby today.
IT's worth sharing some context on my annoyance with the Irish commentator which ITV had. It was such a love in on everything, and to be honest, it rubbed over to the rest of the comms as they fawned over absolute bullshit. Some pretty basic stuff (that you'd expect at this level) was often commentated on us "world class", "thats why they're the worlds best", "champion team" etc etc. It just went on and on and on, continuously. They must have showed the 6N table commenting how Ireland were wrapping it up with a week to spare about 5 times throughout the match, whilst ass kissing them.
All this whilst England were matching them in the physical stuff, making line breaks and playing with confidence. When Ireland looked like they might have gotten to an unassailable lead, England hit back right away. Yet, about 2 mins after, the showed the table again. It was fucked up coverage.
I literally got out of my seat and cheered when Smith got that droppy. Seeing those Irish faces like smashed meat pies again, was just beautiful.
Oh, and one last dig. When England were down with about 20 to go the one eyed twat said something like "Ireland have been in this situation before when they gave the All Blacks a 13 point head start so they know how to win from here".
Err. They lost that match, mate. Just like this one. And as for "gave the All Blacks that lead" ... hmmm ... Maybe your boys are simply not as invincible as you believe. The QF was mentioned a few times as though it was almost some complete anomaly.
Having said that, they are a superb rugby team, one of the best of the last few years.
But there is a difference between being one of the best, and the best.
