Front row certainly, but the Irish second and back rows were a class above the English ones.
6 Nations Rugby
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Utter bollocks ratings. Clichés all round.Great result for Ireland my score for the team
G Murphy (Leicester) 7
T Bowe (Ospreys) 9 two great tries played very well (Geroge feckin hook take note !!!)
B O'Driscoll (Leinster) 8 capt, great game
G D'Arcy (Leinster) 6 not one of his best
K Earls (Munster) 8 very good game very lively
J Sexton (Leinster) 7 not a bad 6 nations start more of a threat than ROG
T O'Leary (Munster) 7 looked hard and a threat to England
C Healy (Leinster) 6 not bad in the scrum but still making stupid mistakes
R Best (Ulster) 8 good game from the hooker who has not really played many matchs resently good throwing and good in the scrum
J Hayes (Munster)8 100th cap and allways solid as a rock great lifter and at the breakdown
D O'Callaghan 4 (Munster)poor game i thought stupid mistakes and luck not to be sin binned !
P O'Connell (Munster)5 not a great game from this usual great man gave BOD a knee in the head !
S Ferris (Ulster)9 man of the match as far as im concerned knocked everything around the fringe and ran with the ball over the gain line all the time
D Wallace (Munster)7 not his usual great game didnt get the ball
J Heaslip (Leinster)8 very good with ball in hand and at the breakdown
lets here your then your gobshyteee !!!!
England team for the Scotland game
England: Delon Armitage; Mark Cueto, Mathew Tait, Riki Flutey, Ugo Monye; Jonny Wilkinson, Danny Care; Tim Payne, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole; Louis Deacon, Steve Borthwick (captain); James Haskell, Joe Worsley, Nick Easter.
Replacements: Steve Thompson, David Wilson, Courtney Lawes, Lewis Moody, Ben Youngs, Toby Flood, Ben Foden.
Slightly disappointed selections I would have started Fodan. IMO it's been a wasted 6N for England for me not learned anything we didn't know.
England: Delon Armitage; Mark Cueto, Mathew Tait, Riki Flutey, Ugo Monye; Jonny Wilkinson, Danny Care; Tim Payne, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole; Louis Deacon, Steve Borthwick (captain); James Haskell, Joe Worsley, Nick Easter.
Replacements: Steve Thompson, David Wilson, Courtney Lawes, Lewis Moody, Ben Youngs, Toby Flood, Ben Foden.
Slightly disappointed selections I would have started Fodan. IMO it's been a wasted 6N for England for me not learned anything we didn't know.
Yup, I wanted Foden to start, he looked very good last week, and deserved to keep his place, I'm a big supporter of if you play well you keep the shirt
Its another weird decision from England and Johnson. Armitage is a very good player but he's clearly not 100% and not in form I don't get this one. Fodan should be in he did more in that 30mins then Armitage is the whole 6N.
Anyone else coming to croker on saturday???
Ireland 11-3 up after half an hour. Playing against 14 men at the moment and dominating proceedings.
The lead would be more if not for Sexton being inept at kicking
The lead would be more if not for Sexton being inept at kicking
Another try makes it 16-3.
Sexton misses conversion by a country mile.
2 from 5 for the "boy wonder"
Sexton misses conversion by a country mile.
2 from 5 for the "boy wonder"
Hopefully Wales will come on strong in the 2nd half again
Wales back to 15 and put presure on Ireland immediately. Nearly cross the line but Ireland concede a penalty. Jones kicks it to reduce the deficit to just 10 points.
16-6
16-6
Sexton appears to have the yips.
england struggilng with the scots, in fact the scotts are the better team so far
scotland 6-3 england
scotland 6-3 england
just back from croker, ireland outplayed wales today and keith earls was excellent. We gave away silly penaltys but won comfortably in the end. Johnnhy sexton's kicking was poor but overall a good result.Plenty of work to do still.
Now come on Scotland...your due a win against the old enemy
Now come on Scotland...your due a win against the old enemy
England 15 Scotland 15
If that last 20mins didn't tell Johnson Flood and Fodan have to start nothing will.
If that last 20mins didn't tell Johnson Flood and Fodan have to start nothing will.
And as a fan of both games, that is why rugby league is a more enjoyable game to watch.
The IRB need to sort out scrums, I don't know how, I was a back, I have no idea what goes on in there. But they need to keep the time off until the ball is back in play, I reckon at least 15minutes was lost to resetting scrums tonight
The IRB need to sort out scrums, I don't know how, I was a back, I have no idea what goes on in there. But they need to keep the time off until the ball is back in play, I reckon at least 15minutes was lost to resetting scrums tonight
Yeah that was atrocious. I don't know what they can do but it really sucked the life out the game.
Wilkinson is done, I reckon. It's a hard one cos his kicking is so good but he offers nothing, it made a big difference having a fly-half with a bit of pace on.
Wilkinson is done, I reckon. It's a hard one cos his kicking is so good but he offers nothing, it made a big difference having a fly-half with a bit of pace on.
Ireland would have been far more comfortable if Sexton could hit a barn door. I'm sure O'Gara was cringing on the side lines watching another kick fly off toward the sideline.
BBC Sport - Rugby Union - England drop Jonny Wilkinson for Toby Flood
Wilkinson dropped for Flood about time. Good to see Ben Foden in for Armitage, also Chris Ashton get his chance finally he replaces Monye.
Wilkinson dropped for Flood about time. Good to see Ben Foden in for Armitage, also Chris Ashton get his chance finally he replaces Monye.
Shame for Tait, but his midfield partnership wasn't really working with Flutey, they just weren't getting over the gain line, Tindall should help with that.
But that's the first time I've not really disagreed with his team, would like Lawes to be involved, but hey ho
But that's the first time I've not really disagreed with his team, would like Lawes to be involved, but hey ho
I like to see Lawes aswell also maybe Youngs and Golding but at least its a better line up.
Borthwick out injured, Moody captain, Deacon starts. Palmer comes onto the bench, I suppose if they are going to only give Lawes a few minutes, better he play a full game for Northampton instead
If the Scots lose again it will be so unfair.
How long is it since a country drew consecutive matches in the 6 Nations?
CMON !!
fecked the english so im happy.
and its scary to think how close scotland came to a triple crown.
fecked the english so im happy.
and its scary to think how close scotland came to a triple crown.
England finally put up a good performance but lose.
Well deserved by France, England deserved feck all from that game. Whenever they created a half-decent chance they shat themselves and made an error.
I thought England were better France in that game shame Johnson didn't make these changes sooner. The BBC do need to get rid of Brian Moore with his non stop whinging. Anyway well deserved 6N championship for France.
I like Moore
What's happened to scrums? The last few matches I've watched, 9 out of 1every 10 - at least - has to be retaken. Sometimes about five times. What's going on? And what happened to the standard method of just randomly penalising one side if you can't work out who's doing it?
What's happened to scrums? The last few matches I've watched, 9 out of 1every 10 - at least - has to be retaken. Sometimes about five times. What's going on? And what happened to the standard method of just randomly penalising one side if you can't work out who's doing it?
England should have beaten ireland, scotland and france but didn't because their backs are hopeless. And how stupid is that by Brian Moore? I sometime wonder where these commentators leave their brains. He just keeps making school boy errors.