6 Nations Round 4 - England V Ireland

Where goats go to escape
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C69
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pushed byr Irish hand?
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Tichtheid
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that'll need checking
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Early doors but England making me watch more than for many a year.
“It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!”
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tc27
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An Irish hand in that TBF but its close.
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He lost control and it went forward.
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Jim Lahey
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All England so far. They should be further ahead, Ireland really not at the races in dealing with the quick ball England are getting.
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petej
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Think England will run out of energy.

Edit: we raced into a lead against Scotland.
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tc27
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petej wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:14 pm Think England will run out of energy.
Yes England should have at least another 3 from the pressure.
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tc27
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Mitchell and Ford still not quite on the same wavelength
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England playing way better (and with pace) than the first three matches. Can't see them keeping it up and Ireland still odd-on to win. But great for the neutral, much more entertaining than expected
Left hand down a bit
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Commentator saying England started really brightly against Scotland on auto repeat.
No they didn't. They scored a try. So far this is much better.
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tc27
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PCPhil wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:17 pm Commentator saying England started really brightly against Scotland on auto repeat.
No they didn't. They scored a try. So far this is much better.
England doing far better so far my not giving away two plum try scoring chances with handling errors
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C69
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ouch all the good work gets nowt
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Jim Lahey
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How the fuck are we ahead? :lol:
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Very odd that D'Arcy is talking sense. England have gone into their shells again, after their best thirty minutes of rugby in years
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petej
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England are so conditioned to kicking the ball away. After all that England behind 8-9.
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ASMO
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Ford reverted to type, boot it from everywhere ...normal sefvice has been resumed.
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tc27
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Quite annoyed to be behind.
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tcc_dc
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as an Irish fan, no clue how we are ahead....England has been dictating the match....
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Just noticed Chessum is packing down at 8 on defensive scrums.
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ASMO wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:27 pm Ford reverted to type, boot it from everywhere ...normal sefvice has been resumed.
And a knock-on in midfield too, just for good measure
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ASMO wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:27 pm Ford reverted to type, boot it from everywhere ...normal sefvice has been resumed.
Wasn't originally like that but 10 years of being coached not to play.
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Think the reality is England couldn't keep up that pace and intensity. Now the daft errors are creeping in.
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Jim Lahey
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Thats a shocker from Furbank.
Potential momentum shifter.
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tc27
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Fucks sake thats a bad time to conceed position
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Tichtheid
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That was a wicked kick to catch
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Furbank...wtf
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tc27
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Going in 4 behind after that start is ominous
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ASMO
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Ahhh there you are England... how we have missed you.
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Jim Lahey
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Possession stats must be 80% England in the first half.
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Yeah I dunno how bad that was by Furbank, was a brutal kick to take and would've been a 50/22.

The blitz defence has coughed up a lot of seemingly soft offsides.
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Stranger
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Furbank does some good stuff but he fucks up a lot
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tcc_dc
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somehow...Ireland 12-8 at HT.....
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Oxbow
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Sigh, I was quite optimistic after 20 minutes as well.
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el capitan
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For all of that bright start, as I said after the first quarter it was still littered with errors and poor discipline in really bad areas. Ultimately we haven't been clinical enough, haven't nailed down the early dominance, couldn't keep up the pace of play which led to the game-plan tightening up and more errors creeping in. There were signs of life but no good just doing it for circa 20 mins. Need to regroup at the break.
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Played well. Didn’t take advantage. Ref seems to have favoured Ireland at the breakdown. Missed 5 kickable points. It’s the hope isn’t it
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Stranger wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:33 pm Furbank does some good stuff but he fucks up a lot
That's a very harsh assessment. The only real fuck up ws not taking the pass from Feyi-Waboso and even then that wasn't the most sympathetic he'll have tried to catch.
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He didn't need to catch it was going straight out
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BOD + leather gloves = twat
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