Come on Ireland!!!
Rugby 2019 Discussion
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Hullva start! Great rugby.
Electric start from England!
Feck!
Surely a neck roll in a ruck there though a few phases before!
Surely a neck roll in a ruck there though a few phases before!
90 seconds!
What a start by England!
What a start by England!
England dominating but their indiscipline is a good early sign, tbh.
You called it.
Yup that was filthy and seriously stupid.
Edit: looked worse live. In the replay he didn't actually catch his neck.
That was a very stupid decision to make
I can see England getting out of this yellow card period without conceding a score, but I hope it'll wear them out for later. Expect Ireland to score close to half time again.
Dirty again.
Can't see Itoje lasting the game without a yellow.
Dirty move there again
So that's how good teams look like.
Very ironic after all Jones's talk about kick and clap that England have worn the leather off the ball in this half.
Yessssssss.
Very surprised by England's lack of competing in the lineout.
Very surprised by England's lack of competing in the lineout.
Get in
Steely from Ireland, going for the corner and making it count.
Yessss! This is a cracking game so far
Wtf was that
Oooof.
ARGH.
Just like last night.
Just like last night.
We're actually competitive in Ireland, this is fun.
England's defensive line is impressive.
Yep, ye're doing well.
Loads of aggression, it's working very well.
Henshaw did well there.
Entertaining 1st half.
Hoping the 2nd is just as good
Hoping the 2nd is just as good
Good half that .
England are all over us. Knew it'd be physical but Ireland need to change something - they're targeting Henshaw and I think it's working
I thought about high balls just behind the defense, there seems to be room and it could reduce their aggression.
England much the better side in the first half, they've made use of Henshaw's uncertainty and have also had the better of it up front. Ireland wear teams down by going through phases and in recent years have had the edge on England at the breakdown but they've been clearly on top in that area so far.
Yea, we haven't used it enough which Horgan just pointed out.
Best game of the weekend, highest quality, intensity and skills. Early days but it looks the 2019 champions are going come from one of these two.
Horgan pointed it out very well - for everything Ireland planned for during the week, they're not actually reading the field and trying to find weaknesses as they play.
Our secondary is what will cost us this game if it stays the same.
Our secondary is what will cost us this game if it stays the same.
It looks like the Ireland plan was to try to target May, but he's doing well against the high ball at the moment.
Youngs is box kicking very well too.
We haven't tried it nearly enough though