England (9) 30 / Ireland (6) 9 (Final Score)
England and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at Twickenham, London 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 2 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (6)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Penalty Try (1), Ben Youngs (1)
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (1)
Ireland:
- Penalties – Jonathan Sexton (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 David Strettle, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Phil Dowson, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Mike Brown.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best (captain), 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Mike McCarthy, 19 Peter O’Mahony, 20 Tomas O’Leary, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden.
Date: Saturday 17 March
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Light rain showers expected. High of 13°C and a low of 6°C
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Garces (France), Neil Paterson (Scotland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
Anthems !
Game On!
VRYSTAAT!
Penalty England, at the first scrum
@ Loosehead:
Owen Farrell going for goal
Come on Poms! Geez, can’t believe I’m shouting for the poms but i’ve picked them to win by 2 on bru, so have to stoop this low
England 3 / 0 Ireland
@ The_Young_Turk:
Think they will win mate. Was another grand slam for Wales, so 6N crown theirs….preasure of Eng to win, so think they will gel better today.
I picked the Bleekbene to win by 5 on Bru…. not that it matters anymore… hehehe
Geez, eventhe Sharks / Reds game showed better quality rugby.
13 Minutes of Industry, without Industry….
Penalty Ireland, very kickable
England 3 / 3 Ireland
Smiles, do I win any of your moola if I top the bru?
Penalty England, near their own 10m line
15 @ The_Young_Turk:
Heck… you want 5 Cent?
Hahaha
@ grootblousmile:
How about one of your properties?
18 @ The_Young_Turk:
Nooooooooooooo!
18 @ The_Young_Turk:
What was your pick?
Totally forgot this game was on.
Go England for my bru..
Fluck me, Owens is worse than Walsh.
Penalty England, over
England 6 / 3 Ireland
@ grootblousmile:
England by 2
How about your dog?
Okay off to watch this game.
Cheers everyone.
Go Cheetahs for tomorrow.
24 @ The_Young_Turk:
You can have both, even if you don’t top the Pool…. hehehe
They’re stoepkakkertjies… and they belong to BonzaiHandbriekie… she’ll moer you!
@ grootblousmile:
No, I’m scared of your wife. I’ll pass on the brakkies then. What about a date with your young girlfriend of the Bulls cheerleaders.
27 @ The_Young_Turk:
Hey, I don’t have a girlfriend… nada, niks, fokoli!
Brian Moore just hasn’t improved over the week, has he?
So are we chatting yet or just talking about flipping rugby? 🙂
G O E N G L A N D !!!
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