6 Nations: England v Ireland - Our Favourite Bestest Neighbours - 17 March 2018

First topic message reminder :

I’ve always thought that England are a very good team and their fans are lovely and the most popular.

Feel free to add your own thoughts as we approach next weekend’s match as we travel over to visit them and celebrate with them.  And I’m sure that they’ll be as welcoming and fun-filled as they always are whenever we play them.  

As we all know, it’s only a game and sure it doesn’t matter who wins.....


Lovely England Team

Watson, May, Joseph, Te'o, Daly, Farrell, Wigglesworth, Simmonds, Haskell, Robshaw, Kruis, Itoje, Sinckler, Hartley, Mako

George, MArler, Cole, Launchbury, Armand, Care, Ford, Brown

Super Controlling Unbelievable Mauling Monster Yeti Irish Team

Kearney, Earls, Ringrose, Aki, Stockdale, Sexton Murray, Stander, Leavy, O'Mahony, Ryan, Henderson, Furlong, Best, Healy.

Reps: Cronin, McGrath, Porter, Toner, Murphy, Marmion, Carbery, Larmour.

Heaf wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Earls, you try saver

Great tap - but player in after dived straight on top of player on the ground ...

Looked like Kearney's knee made contact with Daly's head. No malice but if refereeing on the outcome (see Daly's penalty for neck role) then a penalty could and possibly should have been awarded to England.

kingelderfield wrote:I want to be wrong but I don't see us coming back from this.

If you are playing a team allowed to knock on to score twice, shoulder charge you in the face and drop mauls in front of their line and not concede penalty tries you are certainly right.

English front row schooled

We haven't really offered a lot. As I predicted its a very predictable attack.

Subs required now.

Lol if any English have the temerity to have a go at the Welsh for ref bashing I shall refer them to this thread. Hilarious

I'm keen to see Armand on the field.

Care Ford George Armand all need to come on now

tatterd wrote:Lol if any English have the temerity to have a go at the Welsh for ref bashing I shall refer them to this thread. Hilarious

They should try Glen Jackson before bashing this ref .

what was wrong with Farrell holding up the ball carrier, Ireland have been trying to do that for the last 5 years

tatterd wrote:Lol if any English have the temerity to have a go at the Welsh for ref bashing I shall refer them to this thread. Hilarious

How very dare you, back over the dyke you heaven!

Larmour to 13

Daly to succeed Brown

you can clearly see brown release, this refs bank account needs looking into

Hartley s had a good game today. I know the emphasis has been on the back row but it's the loss of form in our locks and the loss of youngs which had really cost us this tournament.

WELL-PAST-IT wrote:you can clearly see brown release, this refs bank account needs looking into

Well he didn't release at all and are you now insinuating that Ireland have bought this ref?

There's been nothing too bad in the officials mistakes happen. England have made more error s and that's why we're now battling against a tide.

WELL-PAST-IT wrote:you can clearly see brown release, this refs bank account needs looking into

Yep, neck roll on Farrell missed off the ball too

Some huge hits from Ireland - defence has been superb

Will Eddie Jones get his marching orders after today?

No 7&1/2 wrote:Hartley s had a good game today. I know the emphasis has been on the back row but it's the loss of form in our locks and the loss of Lawes (i presume) which had really cost us this tournament.

Not just the 2nd row, but their diminished contribution is noticeable.

At least the BR has not let us down in the is game! Only our limited half backs have compensated for that!

Get Launchbury and Armand on now

Very very good rdw. Shame we didn't see the 2 playmakers til late in the game. It's proved successful and I'd suggest it'll be back next game. Andy Farrell proving his worth again.

Very good try for Daly and England. I am always worried when Ireland try to defend leads.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Hartley s had a good game today. I know the emphasis has been on the back row but it's the loss of form in our locks and the loss of Lawes (i presume) which had really cost us this tournament.

Not just the 2nd row, but their diminished contribution is noticeable.

At least the BR has not let us down in the is game! Only our limited half backs have compensated for that!

Get Launchbury and Armand on now

Fair do's great handoff and pass by brown

Farrell is a rubbish goal kicker

Lack of 2 playmaker s will cause us problems king. I think jones wantedDaly more involved for that reason. It hasn't panned out like that

Ref missed the little England hand there.

Another England try in the next 5 minutes would make things interesting..

Farrell is a rubbish goal kicker!

Don Armand take a bow

Farrell goes directly to boot when should keep in hand

RDW_Scotland wrote:Another England try in the next 5 minutes would make things interesting..

Do you have money in that wallet?

Knock on their by the Irishman in the Daly mix up, again not spotted

eirebilly wrote:

WELL-PAST-IT wrote:you can clearly see brown release, this refs bank account needs looking into

Well he didn't release at all and are you now insinuating that Ireland have bought this ref?

Well he’s wrong because Ireland could only afford to buy Glen Jackson.

How many rucks does Earls hit in a game? A brilliant player.

That was so stupid from Marler. Could maybe even argue a yellow for a deliberate late hit.

there not their

That's about 70 min and 24 seconds too late for our locks.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Lack of 2 playmaker s will cause us problems king. I think jones wantedDaly more involved for that reason. It hasn't panned out like that

Daly is not an IC, OC Wing or FB

However Ford could have played without Farrell today given he's the better 10

Care taking a quick tap nowhere near the mark!

No 7&1/2 wrote:Lack of 2 playmaker s will cause us problems king. I think jones wantedDaly more involved for that reason. It hasn't panned out like that

Daly is not an IC, OC Wing or FB

However Ford could have played without Farrell today given he's the better 10

You want Daly dropped then I assume. At international level I'm a strong believer you need 2 playmaker s. We have some very good ones so I'm not too concerned whether it's ford Farrell or some combo with a slade or even mallinder at 15 should jones and Gustard think he's ready.

Shame for earls. Hope he can stick around for the bubbly. Or the black stuff which is serving me well!

If a tackler rips the ball back, is it a knock on?

That was ripped not knocked on surely?

But Farrell might, not unreasonably, have felt it was a free play, then the ref called advantage over MUCH quicker than in the extended play leading up to the Irish pen. When your luck's out, your luck's out. And now Ringrose has shouldered Daly flagrantly in the head as secpond tackler = no arms whatsoever. WTF????

No 7&1/2 wrote:You want Daly dropped then I assume.  At international level I'm a strong believer you need 2 playmaker s.  We have some very good ones so I'm not too concerned whether it's ford Farrell or some bimbo with a slade or even mallinder at 15 should jones and Gustard think he's ready.

For me, Daly at FB or wing is a no brainer at international level. The guy is proper quality.

No 7&1/2 wrote:You want Daly dropped then I assume.  At international level I'm a strong believer you need 2 playmaker s.  We have some very good ones so I'm not too concerned whether it's ford Farrell or some bimbo with a slade or even mallinder at 15 should jones and Gustard think he's ready.

You know my selection because I have the confidence to post one. Daly FB

At least the ref has been consistently awful

For me, Ryan should be man of the match. He was incredible in defence for Ireland.

Ah sorry. Misread that post as a sentence saying he's not any. I'd agree he's not an inside centre but I think he was seem as having enough about him to come in and play that role as someone like ben smith does. It's not happened today.