Official Match Thread - England v Ireland

[petej]

Fuck, Curry is limping.

Was he hit by the irish player diving in off his feet?

[tc27]

Ohh FFFS now Curry off

[ScarfaceClaw]

Fuck, Curry is limping.

Was he hit by the irish player diving in off his feet?

Carrying the injury from training wasn’t he?

[JM2K6]

Went back anyway.

Eh? Dropped it onto his leg and forward. Always a knock on.

Wasn’t anything other than a knock on.

Just seen a replay of the red card. Seems slightly harsh. Face to face contact but didn’t seem like a deliberate or malicious incident.

And there goes Curry.

Doesn't need to be malicious. It was late, but more importantly he sprinted in upright and hit upright, and knocked the guy out. It would be farcical if it wasn't red tbh

[Torquemada 1420]

Just seen a replay of the red card. Seems slightly harsh. Face to face contact but didn’t seem like a deliberate or malicious incident.

And there goes Curry.

Intent has nothing to do with it though.

[Hal Jordan]

Avoided the doughnut, anyway!

[convoluted]

If they can avoid too many draining scrums, this might morph into a Gallant England epic.

[tc27]

Very solid 5 minutes from England. This is going to be a game

Ill have whats he's having

[Torquemada 1420]

Very solid 5 minutes from England. This is going to be a game

Ill have whats he's having

[JM2K6]

I do expect England to settle but the last 20 minutes will be carnage

[Crash669]

Have the Irish put money on England here?

[petej]

We’re going to get butt fucked.

I think I may have been unduly optimistic.

This is Karma for not dealing with the Salisbury poisonings more seriously. The seeds of Ukraine were down there Sefton

Totally tasteless and appalling. Please retract and delete.

[Hal Jordan]

Nowell is treacle slow.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Just seen a replay of the red card. Seems slightly harsh. Face to face contact but didn’t seem like a deliberate or malicious incident.

And there goes Curry.

Intent has nothing to do with it though.

Of course. I didn’t see what happened to the Swarmist afterwards but it didn’t look like a reckless attempt at decapitation.

[JM2K6]

When we can get some pace on it we look v dangerous

[salanya]

What happened to forward passes in rugby? Not a thing anymore?

[JM2K6]

Terrible by George

[petej]

This is Karma for not dealing with the Salisbury poisonings more seriously. The seeds of Ukraine were down there Sefton

Totally tasteless and appalling. Please retract and delete.

I plan to double down depending on how this goes

In the current state you are joking about chemical weapons.

[sefton]

This is Karma for not dealing with the Salisbury poisonings more seriously. The seeds of Ukraine were down there Sefton

Totally tasteless and appalling. Please retract and delete.

I plan to double down depending on how this goes

It’s like nobody has seen your posts before.

[JM2K6]

What happened to forward passes in rugby? Not a thing anymore?

Same as offsides I'm afraid

[Hal Jordan]

That maul was total wank. Ireland didn't budge.

[ScarfaceClaw]

This is Karma for not dealing with the Salisbury poisonings more seriously. The seeds of Ukraine were down there Sefton

Totally tasteless and appalling. Please retract and delete.

I plan to double down depending on how this goes

Just like your mate Vlad. Why am I not surprised.

[JM2K6]

That maul was total wank. Ireland didn't budge.

We are a lock down.

[ScarfaceClaw]

That maul was total wank. Ireland didn't budge.

We are a lock down.

Lockdowns in England finished weeks ago.

[salanya]

What happened to forward passes in rugby? Not a thing anymore?

Same as offsides I'm afraid

That would work if the ref hadn't just called an offside.

[JM2K6]

What happened to forward passes in rugby? Not a thing anymore?

Same as offsides I'm afraid

That would work if the ref hadn't just called an offside.

Not my point.

Lawes got wrapped in the air at that lineout. French refs.

[Torquemada 1420]

That maul was total wank. Ireland didn't budge.

We are a lock down.

Lineout numbers are even?

[JM2K6]

That maul was total wank. Ireland didn't budge.

We are a lock down.

Lineout numbers are even?

Huh?

[ScarfaceClaw]

Emoji puts his arms to doing something different from clapping and whooping to nail that maul from the Swarm line out. Sexton stays faithful to his true calling and walks towards his forwards with the full arms outstretched pose.

[Hal Jordan]

Anyone think we shouldn't be picking Lawes at lock?

[JM2K6]

7 forwards plus a winger and Furlong is getting an absolute pasting. Wow.

[tc27]

Can we just scrum for the rest of the match?

[JM2K6]

Ireland try it again and get pinged. This is really dumb by them - think they've let this go to their heads a bit. They just need to calm down and trust their defence. I hope they don't.

[Crash669]

7 forwards plus a winger and Furlong is getting an absolute pasting. Wow.

Am I missing something about how England are managing this? Given our scrum hasn't been outstanding recently, how are they getting such dominance?

[ScarfaceClaw]

7 forwards plus a winger and Furlong is getting an absolute pasting. Wow.

Irish forwards are getting minced here.

[Torquemada 1420]

We are a lock down.

Lineout numbers are even?

Huh?

Ireland don't have an extra player at the lineout just because you have a red. Your scrums have been fine so I'm not following your excuse for the maul. It was just poor body positions.

[JM2K6]

Poor miss

[salanya]

Line-outs don't need to be straight either.

Shocking match to be fair.

[Crash669]

Can we just scrum for the rest of the match?

Memories of this fixture in 2012 - BCM666 called it a manshaming on comms.

[Dogbert]

Its not often I say this (as a Scot ) but come on England !