First few minutes should tell us if England are going to just absolutely smash us physically today or if we have a chance.
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It happened, I think that it was Clermont's doctor?
Remember the Twickenham mauling in summer 2019.
We scored first that day. Then..... well id rather not talk about it
Very cagey, scruffy start to the game here
Can't remember. He backed down because he shouldn't have spoken about his medical history like that, but he had a point.
Kinda disappointing to see Ireland run into touch tamely a couple of times.
So far England don't quite have that manic intensity, but still probably look the better team even this early on.
First harsh decision against Ireland of the day.
Harsh but probably right. Not the greatest start discipline-wise.
feck off already this has my blood boiling.
We kick needlessly sometimes, yet stockdale does that.
You'll be cracking open another can before too long.
I think they're realizing we're not going to be able to attack their lineout. They're doing better under the box kicks too.
Yeah, that one where Farrell just shepherded out Aki out was a strange one. You're right; very tame
Henshaw is in the form of his life. Carrying the team a bit, to be honest.
Henshaw in beast mode.
Pinpoint garryowen by Sexton to create that.
We'd be lost without him at the moment. Turned an aimless kick from Sexton into a penalty there.
I saw it as disappointing strategy that Henshaw turned around
No confidence in running the ball and Henshaw made something from it.Kilcoyne fecked, I didn't see what happened.
I saw it as disappointing strategy that Henshaw turned around
Maybe disappointing strategy but great execution. Came down with snow on it, a yard outside the 22.
True, I'm just expecting every kick to be aimless at the moment so initial reaction was disappointment in choosing the boot instead of running it. We were getting up a head of steam and kicked it away, luckily for a penalty that time.
feck YEAH!!
Really nice try. Earls skinning May there
Super finish!
Yes!!!!
Great try. What a step.
I think May totally misread that. Dunno why he assumed he'd go infield with so much space behind him with the way he was facing.
Dumb penalty to concede by Healy.
I'm happy that England haven't totally blitzed us. We're well in this so far.
Our defence has been excellent after being poor in the tournament so far.
We're doing very well so far but we'll have to really be in our game for the full match to win though.
And so has our scrum!
Nice another decision for us at scrum time.
Tadhg Beirne is another Irish player who's going to come out with their reputation enhanced in a disappointing campaign.
It's not looking like it's going to be one of those nightmare days where we get steamrolled though. England aren't anywhere near the level they were last weekend.
Yeah, quite subdued here from England. Give Ireland credit, but England haven't come alight yet. They put everything into that French game last week, but nowhere near it here.
That's a good point. They're not a team in a good place, just like us, and right now they don't look like they have two good matches in a row in them.
Interesting to see if they respond to this or fold.
WTF was that?!
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