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).

It's not linespeed if you're behind the passer...it's offside.

Wales need some more grubber kicks

North has such a powerful drive.

nathan wrote:

Scottrf wrote:Barnes loves the Irish.

He did in that case

Do you mean the offside in front of the knock-on? (not given)  Think he got that wrong ...

Murrey will surely be subbed in a minute. He's struggling out there

Murray does a sexton...

Clearly Biggar has been told to 'play flatter' this week. And is following that instruction regardless of what else is happening.

Great first half. Sexton can't have any complaints there. He clinged onto the ball when going down

Why didnt Wales just run everything at Murray?

Great try by north.

Not much in it at half time.

JDizzle wrote:Clearly Biggar has been told to 'play flatter' this week. And is following that instruction regardless of what else is happening.

I feel for Biggar as he's been criticised all fortnight but if it's the game plan to play that flat then Sam Davies is your guy and it's staggering he wasn't picked to play this game

We played some great rugby at the beginning, with real pace and some good moves. Then we reverted back into the sponge, just a bit more aggressive this time round. Will we win this game of attrition? As I said before, I think Wales will win if we play like this. Gaps will be found, and Wales are more likely to exploit them.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:We played some great rugby at the beginning, with real pace and some good moves. Then we reverted back into the sponge, just a bit more aggressive this time round. Will we win this game of attrition? As I said before, I think Wales will win if we play like this. Gaps will be found, and Wales are more likely to exploit them.

Either way it's been a great game so far, real intensity

It's got narrow Welsh defeat, despite showing great intensity/guts/passion/fight written all over it. And Howler will praise it.

NH rugby at its most average. Come on guys up your game for f sake.

Nicely taken try

Best wing in the Midlands scores again.

That's better great try

Any minute now heaslip is going to realize he is in a rugby game and not a Friday night out

Scottrf wrote:Best wing in the Midlands scores again.

I hope Ireland play like this next week

Ireland started well but seem to have gone flat ...

Tipuric proving he's a better 7 at the breakdown than SOB and can pass a ball......

Heaf wrote:Ireland started well but seem to have gone flat ...

Reverting back to type.

Still time now Sexton is back on, hopefully he doesn't try and force it.

wasted position by Wales there - they were always going to get pushed into touch from there

Heaf wrote:Ireland started well but seem to have gone flat ...

Some of the kicking has been wonderful, and having Biggar passing to them helped, but there has been a lot of running around for no real result for Ireland

Sexton makes us look far, far better than we are.

FFS bring on POM

Think Barnes is having a good game.

Wales dont score again and Ireland gets a late late converted try.

Harsh on Biggar there

High tackle looked slightly harsh ... but given all the pressure for the last 10 mins Wales may not be too unhappy about giving away just 3

Drop goal the right option with 20 minutes to play. Okay Jiff.

Not sure Joe actually understands where things are going wrong

Why are Wales throwing floating long passes vs quick linespeed when they are in the lead.

OMG Joe takes off our best back row player for POM. This is a joke

Don't think Best will be going on the lions tour

nathan wrote:Don't think Best will be going on the lions tour

Halfpenny has been poor since his injury imo too.

How many times has Barnes let Wales crawl or get up from completed tackles?

These boys will sleep tonight!

nathan wrote:Don't think Best will be going on the lions tour

I never really got the fuss about him anyway

What a waste.

So, so, so stupid.

Scottrf wrote:What a waste.

But Barnes got it right

Both sides have blown lots of good positions tonight ...

lostinwales wrote:

Scottrf wrote:What a waste.

But Barnes got it right

The first referee in a long time to give that offence

Just the 30 seconds Zebo held on for.

Scottrf wrote:Just the 30 seconds Zebo held on for.

Barnes claimed no clear release from the Welsh, yet no penalty

Scottrf wrote:Just the 30 seconds Zebo held on for.

I've noticed he's allowed a lot of time tonight for holding on ...