Wales vs Ireland - Round 5

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Teams TBA Thursday the 14th March

Referee Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant 1 Ben O'Keeffe (New Zelaand)
Assistant 2 Karl Dickson (England)
TMO Marius Jonker (South Africa)


Wales:

L Williams (Saracens); North (Ospreys), J Davies (Scarlets), Parkes (Scarlets), Adams (Worcester); Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), G Davies (Scarlets); R Evans (Scarlets), Owens (Scarlets), Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Beard (Ospreys), AW Jones (Ospreys, capt), Navidi (Cardiff Blues), Tipuric (Ospreys), Moriarty (Dragons).

Replacements: Dee (Dragons), Smith (Ospreys), D Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Ball (Scarlets), Wainwright (Dragons), A Davies (Ospreys), Biggar (Northampton), Watkin (Ospreys).



Ireland:


Kearney; Earls, Ringrose, Aki, Stockdale; Sexton, Murray; Healy, Best (capt), Furlong, Beirne, Ryan, O'Mahony, O'Brien, Stander.

Replacements: Scannell, Kilcoyne, Porter, Roux, Conan, Marmion, Carty, Larmour.

Ireland struggling but seems every breakdown the ref is pinging Ireland. Ireland need better disapline

13-0 nice lead. Though I remember Ireland beating us 30 odd nil one year and we fought back quite well. The Irish fight back after half time will be nerve wracking.

So Wales grand slam then.

So they go to the world cup as the Northern Hemisphere's main title challengers...carrying the flag for the 6n..

Evil professor Gatland and the Welsh League of Evil looking excellent today. Ireland have a lot to do.

Ireland aren't at it this year at all...

Bad kick from Murray

Not sure Ireland could make more mistakes if they tried.

Easiest game Wales have had

The ref just said..."my bad" !!!

Get him off the feckin pitch!!!

Ireland are already on the plane home, dreadful performance

Wales looking good for the win here ...

Ref has killed them too.

Bring back Wayne Barnes

What a take by Biggar

That didn't look like a penalty at the scrum to me. Wales got the nudge then Ireland drove back and Moriarty picked it up as Wales started to wheel under the pressure. To ping the Irish loosehead for going down is very harsh.

Very poor half from Ireland and a decent enough one from Wales, they have taken their points and gotten a decent lead now

Shifty wrote:13-0 nice lead.  Though I remember Ireland beating us 30 odd nil one year and we fought back quite well.  The Irish fight back after half time will be nerve wracking.  

And that score was flattering to Ireland.

16-0 still not reflective of the Welsh dominance.

16-0 at HT

Superb first half from Wales - what has happened to Ireland this championship?

Wales cruising to the grand slam!

16-0
Offer me that before the game at half time and I'd of bitten your hand off. The Irish fight back though is going to be horrible for Wales fans .

Awful tournament for the Irish, that half summed it up. Didn't adjust to conditions, didn't adjust to the referee, errors a-plenty and it's likely game over.

Did anyone understand what Sexton said, my lip reading skills aren’t great.

Hopefully ref will review his 1st half... Ireland in the red zone on the attack twice Tipuric and AWJ offside and lying over the ball

Wales good for the lead though too many silly mistakes from Ireland. Wales should cruise this in the 2nd half

Well i am very surprised that Ireland have not scored any points in the first half.

If Wales lose this now they should be a shamed of them selves.

It as been like men against boys at times.

As things stand Wales will win the Grand Slam.

Not the best welsh team ever but they are one hell of a unit.

Congratulations on winning the Grand Slam by HT.

GeordieFalcon wrote:The ref just said..."my bad" !!!

Get him off the feckin pitch!!!

And he looks like Stuart Broad.

Sexton said ‘whinge, whinge, whinge’.

If Ireland do give themselves a kick up the arse second half it will be an absolutely horrid 40 minutes for you Welsh fans but ace for us neutrals. For what it’s worth, Wales look good value at the moment.

formerly known as Sam wrote:

Heaf wrote:Difficult to say if it was accidental or not, looked worse in slow mo ... but if accidental is it a penalty?

As soon as you leave your feet and slide tackle another player it's a penalty. Definite kick out of the leg to catch Earles when he doesn't initially go to floor.

Wales attack has been pretty mediocre for most of the tournament but it's turned up today. Defence is excellent as per usual. Ireland haven't got out of second gear.

Seems you were right - should have been yellow ...

That wouldn't affect this game though heaf...

Probably not - but impossible to say.

Ireland won that scrum... penalty surely

Murray's kicking is pants today ...

Scrum time is interminable here

Seems Ireland peaked 6 months ago, they've been pretty dire today.

Can't wait to see what Gatland does with England if he can do a slam with this Welsh side, the guy is a magician!

Eddie Butler is a completely useless commentator. Doesn't even know why the referee is giving certain penalties, even though the referee is clearly explaining why.

Wales cruising.

ah jeez ref ... How can that be a penalty.. this Cr*P is ruining this game.

Congrats on the Slam Wales

Might as well switch off now if the ref is giving those.

The error count from Ireland is rather unusually high...

Another rubbish kick from Ireland - they've gone completely to pot now.

Are Ireland match fixing? Sexton can’t kick, Stander shins it.

Ireland are being out played un every department

Well played Wales well deserved Grand Slam Winners.

Even Murray box kicks are crap today

This is going to an afternoon for the Irish to forget, surely they are done now

The term 'damp squib' was invented for this very game. One of the most one-sided games of rugby I've ever seen.

So far this game is a sort of replay of the Wales win over England (30-3?) a few years ago, Wales have momentum and are getting he 50/50 calls because Ireland are under pressure and making mistakes.

Ireland at the moment do not  look like scoring any points at all.

Any one know if Ireland have been score less in the 6ns? Because the way they are playing this could well be the day.

Gareth Davies again... always giving away penalties.

Wales pressure has seen Ireland completely crumble.

Sexton is having a mare!