6N 2017: Wales v Ireland, 10 March

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WALES v IRELAND
10 March 2017
KO: 20:05 GMT
Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Live on [ITV, RTE, SC4, FR2, DMAX / BBC (H)]

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch judges: [tbc]
TMO: [tbc]

A. Head to Head

124 Played 124
50 Won 67
7 Drawn 7
67 Lost 50
1,477 Points 1,381

B. Recent Form

7 February 2016
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
16 – 16 draw

29 August 2015
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
10 – 16 to Wales

8 August 2015
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
21 – 35 to Ireland

14 March 2015
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
23 – 16 to Wales

8 February 2014
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
26 – 3 to Ireland

2 February 2013
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
22 – 30 to Ireland

5 February 2012
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
21 – 23 to Wales

8 October 2011
Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
22 – 10 to Wales

C. Teams

WALES 


Halfpenny; North, J Davies, S Williams, L Williams, Biggar, Webb, Evans, Owens, Francis, Ball, A Jones, Warburton, Tipuric, Moriarty.

Replacements: Roberts for S Williams (67), S Davies for Biggar (80), G Davies for Webb (67), Smith for Evans (67), Baldwin for Owens (72), Lee for Francis (70), Charteris for Ball (63), Faletau for Moriarty (67).

IRELAND


Kearney; Earls, Ringrose, Henshaw, Zebo; Sexton, Murray; McGrath, Best, Furlong, D Ryan, Toner, Stander, O'Brien, Heaslip.

Replacements: Bowe for Kearney (70), Jackson for Sexton (19), Marmion for Murray (46), C Healy for McGrath (59), Scannell for Best (80), J Ryan for Furlong (80), Henderson for Toner (63), O'Mahony for Stander (63).

See munkians reply, above.

TightHEAD wrote:If he was Welsh everyone would agree he is the 2nd best Ref........in the world.

He might as well be Welsh given he is from a town 10 miles from Wales and went to school in Monmouth, Wales.

And has an overinflated opinion of himself

If the roooooof is closed then the ball will be greasy with all that hot air in the MS. I really fancy Wales to win this.

TightHEAD wrote:If the roooooof is closed then the ball will be greasy with all that hot air in the MS. I really fancy Wales to win this.

Why would a greasy ball suit Wales? You just want Wales to win which is different.

Sticky fingers!!!!!

I think Ireland will win with a bonus point now.

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:If he was Welsh everyone would agree he is the 2nd best Ref........in the world.

He might as well be Welsh given he is from a town 10 miles from Wales and went to school in Monmouth, Wales.

Ireland isn't exactly far from Wales, England neither. Hmmm..

munkian wrote:

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:If he was Welsh everyone would agree he is the 2nd best Ref........in the world.

He might as well be Welsh given he is from a town 10 miles from Wales and went to school in Monmouth, Wales.

Ireland isn't exactly far from Wales, England neither. Hmmm..

Eh? There is a sea in between the two countries. Slight difference.

On a very rare bright day you can see Wales from parts of Dublin.

Pfft. The sea is just wet land.

Seas are bias-proof?

Scottrf wrote:Seas are bias-proof?

Maybe not the Irish sea.

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

munkian wrote:

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:If he was Welsh everyone would agree he is the 2nd best Ref........in the world.

He might as well be Welsh given he is from a town 10 miles from Wales and went to school in Monmouth, Wales.

Ireland isn't exactly far from Wales, England neither. Hmmm..

Eh? There is a sea in between the two countries. Slight difference.

On a very rare bright day you can see Wales from parts of Dublin.

Not exactly a vast expanse though is it ? The Irish were just Scots that could swim after all

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

Scottrf wrote:Seas are bias-proof?

Maybe not the Irish sea.

Pfffft, the Welsh sea.

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

On a very rare bright day you can see Wales from parts of Dublin.

This is why house prices remain reasonable

Gooseberry wrote:

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

On a very rare bright day you can see Wales from parts of Dublin.

This is why house prices remain reasonable

Scottrf wrote:

Gooseberry wrote:

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

On a very rare bright day you can see Wales from parts of Dublin.

This is why house prices remain reasonable

The alternative was " No wonder all your lot upped sticks to New York" but I figured that might be a bit offensive

Gooseberry wrote:

Scottrf wrote:

Gooseberry wrote:

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

On a very rare bright day you can see Wales from parts of Dublin.

This is why house prices remain reasonable

The alternative was " No wonder all your lot upped sticks to New York" but I figured that might be a bit offensive

No offense taken.

Makes a change

Has anyone else's 606v2 just gone space age?

Yes and I don't like it.

What on earth just happened

That's it, that's it I'm upping stumps and going home.

What the hell is this place? I think it's a disgrace that 606 are showing bias in hoisting the English colours. There's still two weekends left! Anything could happen.

[quote="TightHEAD"]That's it, that's it I'm upping stumps and going home.[/quote

Your on the wrong site Cricket is a different sport ]

SecretFly wrote:What the hell is this place?  I think it's a disgrace that 606 are showing bias in hoisting the English colours.  There's still two weekends left!  Anything could happen.

As IanBru said on the England v Scotland thread: the acid's kicked in!

Ah it's back to normal now. You go away for a few hours and the decorators go loopy.

Damn it I missed the 606 acid trip...

Anyway, IS THERE A MATCH ON TONIGHT ANYONE??????????????

No one cares about this game! Worst 6N ever. I blame the bonus point system.

Griff wrote:No one cares about this game!  Worst 6N ever.  I blame the bonus point system.  

Don't worry, this one doesn't really count. They only count if the year features at least two 9s in it (e.g. 1990 and 1999).

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

overlordofthewest wrote:Looks like I'm having to stay in Dublin til Monday.....anyone recommend a good pub with good atmosphere for the game Friday?

www.fxbuckley.ie/the-bull-and-castle/ -  Big screens, good food and craft beers. They show all the games upstairs. Restaurant downstairs. Probably my favourite.
https://www.samsbar.ie/ -  Nice bar but probably a little more expensive. Managed by former Leinster centre Eoin O'Malley so tends to show rugby and host teams.

What part of Dublin will you be in?

Just off O'Connel Street. Done a good reccie yesterday and ended up in the Woodshed. Seems OK and lively. Will check out those two in a bit. Plenty of time..... .thanks guns

IMO, Wales will simply be too strong for Ireland. We have the likes of Ken Owens, Scott Williams, Jonathan Davies and George North in our starting line up and the likes of Gareth Davies and Jamie Roberts on the bench. We should win comfortably tonight, IMO.

international198 wrote:IMO, Wales will simply be too strong for Ireland. We have the likes of Ken Owens, Scott Williams, Jonathan Davies and George North in our starting line up and the likes of Gareth Davies and Jamie Roberts on the bench. We should win comfortably tonight, IMO.

Now we know for sure that you're a parody account! Nice WUM.

funnyExiledScot wrote:

Griff wrote:No one cares about this game!  Worst 6N ever.  I blame the bonus point system.  

Don't worry, this one doesn't really count. They only count if the year features at least two 9s in it (e.g. 1990 and 1999).

Surely every 6 Nations in the 90's?

Still, see you all in 2099 then!

Griff wrote:

international198 wrote:IMO, Wales will simply be too strong for Ireland. We have the likes of Ken Owens, Scott Williams, Jonathan Davies and George North in our starting line up and the likes of Gareth Davies and Jamie Roberts on the bench. We should win comfortably tonight, IMO.

Now we know for sure that you're a parody account!  Nice WUM.

Fine use of 'the likes of', though.

Do Ireland get a complimentary try at the beginning for letting the roof close? Come on, don't be stingy - a little complimentary try between sometime friends and Pro12 arch enemies?

What do you think the thinking is behind us agreeing to the roof being shut? Just to give the welsh no excuses when we hammer them? (Fully expect this to be used against me if we loose)
Is it for fast to rain?

carpet baboon wrote:What do you think the thinking is behind us agreeing to the roof being shut? Just to give the welsh no excuses when we hammer them? (Fully expect this to be used against me if we loose)
Is it for fast to rain?

It forecast to be a green thunderstorm and to rain tries

You just know it's going to be a 9-9 draw after all this hype

We can blame the roof.
We can blame Barnes.
We can blame Paddy Wallace....oh no Wayne failed to make that one count.
We can blame Stevie Ferris....Wayne definitely made that one count.
We can blame Friday bloody nights, we never play on a Friday night.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:

Griff wrote:

international198 wrote:IMO, Wales will simply be too strong for Ireland. We have the likes of Ken Owens, Scott Williams, Jonathan Davies and George North in our starting line up and the likes of Gareth Davies and Jamie Roberts on the bench. We should win comfortably tonight, IMO.

Now we know for sure that you're a parody account!  Nice WUM.

Fine use of 'the likes of', though.

Perhaps he's Sean Fitzpatrick, who loves to talk about the likes of Ritchie McCaw and the Dan Carter's of this world.

SecretFly wrote:Do Ireland get a complimentary try at the beginning for letting the roof close?  Come on, don't be stingy - a little complimentary try between sometime friends and Pro12 arch enemies?

Should be given a 14 point head start with Barnes refereeing.

Pete330v2 wrote:We can blame the roof.
We can blame Barnes.
We can blame Paddy Wallace....oh no Wayne failed to make that one count.
We can blame Stevie Ferris....Wayne definitely made that one count.
We can blame Friday bloody nights, we never play on a Friday night.

Most unsporting of the Six Nations crowd. They're trying to rattle us coz they know we have that 'no Friday games' stipulation in our League contract.

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Do Ireland get a complimentary try at the beginning for letting the roof close?  Come on, don't be stingy - a little complimentary try between sometime friends and Pro12 arch enemies?

Should be given a 14 point head start with Barnes refereeing.

Which would mean we'd only lose by 1 point by the end of the game (15-14); - that would be a respectable loss enough under Wayne. I'll take it.

Does anybody know can Scotland overtake Ireland in the rankings this weekend and if so can Ireland (re)overtake Scotland next week by beating England.
Also can Australia be pushed out to 5th in the rankings by both Ireland/Scotland by the end of the 6 Nations?

Ranking permutations can get confusing sometimes.

Thanks

Ninjarugby wrote:Does anybody know can Scotland overtake Ireland in the rankings this weekend and if so can Ireland (re)overtake Scotland next week by beating England.
Also can Australia be pushed out to 5th in the rankings by both Ireland/Scotland by the end of the 6 Nations?

Ranking permutations can get confusing sometimes.

Thanks

Yes, yes and don't think so.

If Ireland lose and Scotland win then we get a huge boost by beating England. Likewise if Ireland beat England then they get the same boost the following week. Oz I think are too far ahead to be troubled either way, unless there are some insane points scored.

GunsGermsV2 wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Do Ireland get a complimentary try at the beginning for letting the roof close?  Come on, don't be stingy - a little complimentary try between sometime friends and Pro12 arch enemies?

Should be given a 14 point head start with Barnes refereeing.

One try for the roof closed, two tries for Barnes, one more for the Friday night fixture? BP already secured...

On the rugby, Wales are due one good 80 min performance this tournament aren't we? England was a good defensive shift for 60 or 70 mins. But could this THE game? We tend to play better the game after a big loss as Edwards gets the whip out and the words 'redemption' are ringing in the ears of the lucky players re-selected. I've read elsewhere that it is apparently doing Scotland a disservice to say that Wales 'had a bad day', but I disagree. There were a lot of unforced errors that could not be attributed to Scotland's great play that day so I think there is definitely room for improvement. We didn't lose while playing awesomely, essentially. And with that rollicking and 2 weeks of practice to put it right I'm getting more and more confident that we could pinch this.

To the pub, I.

Thanks Spoons. They have updated the ranking predictor for the weekend now;

http://www.worldrugby.org/news/229282

Griff wrote:On the rugby, Wales are due one good 80 min performance this tournament aren't we?  England was a good defensive shift for 60 or 70 mins.  But could this THE game?  We tend to play better the game after a big loss as Edwards gets the whip out and the words 'redemption' are ringing in the ears of the lucky players re-selected.  I've read elsewhere that it is apparently doing Scotland a disservice to say that Wales 'had a bad day', but I disagree.  There were a lot of unforced errors that could not be attributed to Scotland's great play that day so I think there is definitely room for improvement.  We didn't lose while playing awesomely, essentially.  And with that rollicking and 2 weeks of practice to put it right I'm getting more and more confident that we could pinch this.  

To the pub, I.

100%. This is a good Wales side and they have been strong since 2005. Could well be Ireland's toughest game of the tournament.