6 Nations round 5 - Ireland v Scotland

[HKCJ]

How the fcuk is that a penalty?

[Insane_Homer]

Ridiculous lineout penalty call.

[Big D]

What an awful call by the ref.

[charltom]

We've reached the bullshit penalties time of the match.

[Blackmac]

. Genuine competition at the lineout getting penalised.

[TheNatalShark]

Christ alive that's a poor call

[S/Lt_Phillips]

lol not even a pen there

Yeah, poor decision

[C69]

We've reached the bullshit penalties time of the match.

Gold watch for Carley?

[Sandstorm]

Carley has a night out in Dublin planned for sure.

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Scotland have completely shat the bed this match.

When Ireland get to 30, we can say that. So far, it's going better than expected

[Uncle fester]

It's ridiculous. Clear knock on and then advantage over after three passes across the pitch.

I'm confused.
Knock on advantage is always over quickly.

Only if you achieve some degree of advantage.

You got quick ball. It's up to you to use it.

[Blackmac]

Doris again.

[Uncle fester]

In case anybody in wondering, it is dry in Dublin at present (nice sunset) but it's been pissing rain all week so handling conditions are poor.

[C69]

I'm confused.
Knock on advantage is always over quickly.

Only if you achieve some degree of advantage.

You got quick ball. It's up to you to use it.

If you kick it away you ususlly lose it.
That call was dodgy as the line out pen

[Big D]

No urgency at all.

[Uncle fester]

Oh bollocks

[charltom]

We've reached the bullshit penalties time of the match.

Gold watch for Carley?

It happens quite often in Scotland matches. A referee takes against them and then all the decisions go the other way.

[C69]

In the Wales match that wasn't even a pen...

[Blackmac]

I'm surprised Carley isn't penalising Finn for separation of the elbow

[Sandstorm]

That’s a bit classy!

[charltom]

Nice!

[charltom]

Yet another "knock on" called that went backwards. Is that three so far against Scotland?

[Blackmac]

. That's was clearly backwards.

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Just like the Italy game, it's the hope that kills you

[C69]

. That's was clearly backwards.

yes it was

[Sandstorm]

. That's was clearly backwards.

Yes, but you don’t drop the ball in the last 3 minutes. Fatal.

[Blackmac]

Just like the Italy game, it's the hope that kills you

I don't think we ever had much hope to be fair. We were solid but I think the try flattered us scoreline wise.

[HKCJ]

Plenty of heart but a lot of stupidity again.

[Big D]

Congrats Ireland.

Can't fault the effort of the Scottish team.

[Blackmac]

. That's was clearly backwards.

Yes, but you don’t drop the ball in the last 3 minutes. Fatal.

Indeed but no less annoying.

[Insane_Homer]

Very poor performance from the ref. Some downright bizarre calls.

[salanya]

Fair dues Scotland, great defence.

Well done Ireland for holding on, but the team and performances regressed badly over recent weeks.

I never want to see Murray in an Ireland shirt again.

[Uncle fester]

Hard luck Scotland. Showed a lot of grit.

[C69]

Congrats Ireland.

Can't fault the effort of the Scottish team.

They have not had the rub of the green this 6N tbh.
Today was no different.

[charltom]

Just like the Italy game, it's the hope that kills you

I don't think we ever had much hope to be fair. We were solid but I think the try flattered us scoreline wise.

As did the first (the gift) flatter them.

[Uncle fester]

POM will be up in a minute to say nice things about Scotland.

[Biffer]

Well that was a lot better result than I think we were all anticipating, but it still manages to be incredibly frustrating and leave you with the feeling that we’ve fucked up a massive opportunity across the whole tournament.

[Tichtheid]

we got a lot closer that I thought we would on the scoreboard but the game itself wasn’t close

[Blackmac]

Very poor performance from the ref. Some downright bizarre calls.

It's hard not to be seen to be moaning but yes, some very frustrating calls. The one thing that really got me was Doris being able to fall or advance into an offside position at nearly every breakdown and just getting warned. It slows down ball or cuts out options every time and it's quite deliberate.

Any congrats Ireland. We would have needed more than a few ref calls to really be winning that match.

[Biffer]

Btw, according to the tv listings, the Scotland Ireland coverage on itv runs until twenty past seven before the England France coverage starts. How much of the next half hour do we think they’ll actually spend talking about England?