Ireland vs Wales, 8th February 2014

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IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster), Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Dave Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster); Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster), Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) (capt), Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster), Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster).

Replacements: Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster), Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster), Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster), Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster), Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster), Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster), Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster), Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster).

WALES: Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues); Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Jamie Roberts (Racing Metro 92), George North (Northampton Saints); Rhys Priestland (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Racing Metro 92); Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Richard Hibbard (Ospreys), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Andrew Coombs (Newport Gwent Dragons), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Racing Metro 92), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues) (capt), Toby Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).

Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Paul James (Bath), Rhodri Jones (Scarlets), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), James Hook (Perpignan), Liam Williams (Scarlets).

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant Referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), JP Doyle (England)
Television Match Official: Graham Hughes (England)

   

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quinsforever wrote:gatland showing his complete lack of imagination with his subs

Are you Martyn Williams or Eddie Butler?

Sexton has been excellent, Barnes has got that totally wrong.

sexton. genuis.

Fupp sake O'Mahony, SHUT UP!!

North has been so quiet. In fact I can't remember the back going past Roberts off phase play.

Has cuthbert touched the ball?

Nothing in that IMO Barnes you fool

Good man Barnsey! Sick of all these players screaming at the ref, need to start dishing out more 10m's and yellows if needed.

Seems they employed Stevie Wonder as the touch judge!

Flip Touhy off, POM to lock!

Sexton is feicking class...

Owned the game.. Not a good game for the NEAUTRaL. But great game plan to win.

Darcy has done alright, must be the beard

Welsh try coming!

Huge overlap blown by Wales.

Whoa out of jail there!

Ha ha ha

Why no pen try?

Double movement, that was not clever from Wales.

Ah Mike Phillips is no Danny Care!

First times wales look to put it through the hands and they make so much ground.

Aw. I see crawling

Barnes is pure class

Really stupid as the try was coming for sure.

yappysnap wrote:Good man Barnsey! Sick of all these players screaming at the ref, need to start dishing out more 10m's and yellows if needed.

Quite right too.

Hope Dan Tuohy is ok... hard on him after he did so well last week.

its lashing it down there, not going to help Wales cause

Not sure he was crawling so much as falling flat. Unlucky.

happy birthday rodders

Did touchy go off with a blood sub?

This is were Ireland need to hang on and win by a point or blow it a la NZ.

Golden wrote:Did touchy go off with a blood sub?

Nope, looked like his arm or shoulder. Looked bad.

Thanks Quins.

North - muppet. schoolboy mistake

Darcy's got some competition coming on.


Look at that beard

Clueless Wales. Absolutely humiliated here.

Their heads are gone, big worry for everyone else who has to play wales as they will bounce back.

is Jake Ball D'Arcys love child?

rodders wrote:

Golden wrote:Did touchy go off with a blood sub?

Nope, looked like his arm or shoulder. Looked bad.

Thanks Quins.

Ahh unlucky for him. Happy birthday Rodders

flyhalffactory wrote:is Jake Ball D'Arcys love child?

Grand son more like.

Give it Preistland so he can kick it away

Lesson for Gatland don't upset the Irish

Every single decision we make seems to be the wrong one. We are ridiculous.

Heaslip has had a big game too, and Bestie - all the leaders have fronted up.

Like the good old days Griff

Wales have really not upped their performance from last week. Not a great sight if you're a Welsh fan.

MoM Sexton take a bow

glamorganalun wrote:Give it Preistland so he can kick it away

That's because when he passes it, his colleagues c0ck it up..... ala Dr Roberts had acres to do something with it.....

Great to see Schmidt using the bench to effect the match. Big difference from the last two coaches

We can't win it every year! 'Bout time someone else put in a shift  

Time to run the clock down ireland

The better team won hands down well done Ireland too late for Wales to come back .