Ireland (0) 6 / 12 (6) England (Final Score)
Ireland and England did battle in the Six Nations tournament at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Ronan O’Gara (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip (captain), 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Mike McCarthy, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Declan Fitzpatrick, 19 Donncha O’Callaghan, 20 Chris Henry, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ronan O’Gara, 23 Keith Earls.
England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 James Haskell, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 David Wilson, 18 Mako Vunipola, 19 Courtney Lawes 20 Thomas Waldrom, 21 Danny Care, 22 Toby Flood, 23 Manu Tuilagi.
Date: Sunday 10 February
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT)
Weather forecast: Overcast with a 40% chance of rain. High of 4°C and low of 1°C with north-westerly winds of 35-45 km/h.
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Pascal Gauzere (France)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
Zebo off injured… Keith Earls on
Youngs bursts though a gap, England very hard on attack
Ashton passes out to touch, lucky for Ireland
Nice blindside break by Murray and Earls…
SAD NEWS: Stormers lock Eben Etzebeth has been ruled out for six to eight weeks after tearing ligaments in his left angle against Boland.
Ireland just outside the England 22… England gets it… kicked upfield
Penalty England, pulling a player back
Ireland steals the England ground ball… then gets a penalty againsts No 6 White
Difficult match in the weather conditions, we’re seeing a lot of kicking, as expected
Some good play there a few minutes ago by Alex Goode, not seen much of him up till now so will be interesting to see how he measures up to Rob Kearney
35 @ superBul:
gosh thats a big blow SuperBul
Good Ireland maul… goes to ground and they bash it up with forwards
Knock by Ireland, defensive scrum to England on their own 22
Ireland steals the loose ball after that scrum… England climb in and again gets the scrum
Some terrible handling errors, come on the ball can’t be that slippery for that drop by McCarthy
Strong second shove from England in the scrum, they get the penalty for an Irish scrum disintegrating
Lots of handling errors, both sides
Great run out left by Earls… Ireland hard on attack
Ball like a cake of soap as Ireland knocks on the ground…. mistakes, mistakes
Youngs relieves the pressure off England with a good line kick
Seems like problems wit my internet lost last comment about poor lineouts
England lineout penalty… actually coming in on the side just after the lineout ball goes to ground
Ireland have had bulk of territory and possesion just too many mistakes and Farrell gets his 2nd
England 6 / 0 Ireland
Heaslip knocks again as he fields a kick… 2nd one from him!
Sexton down injured as Ireland forces a scum on halfway
Hamstring done….. Sexton off injured
O’Gara on as the sub
Oh dear thats a big blow for Ireland losing Sexton
Then again with all his experience oGara may handle thsse conditions better
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