Wales (3) 22 / 30 (23) Ireland (Final Score)
Wales and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations tournament at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff at 15:30 SA Time (13:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 & SHD4 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Wales:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Alex Cuthbert (1), Leigh Halfpenny (1), Craig Mitchell (1)
- Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (2)
Ireland:
- Penalties – Jonathan Sexton (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Simon Zebo (1), Cian Healy (1), Brian O’Driscoll (1)
- Conversions – Jonathan Sexton (3)
Teams:
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Andrew Coombs, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Craig Mitchell, 18 Paul James, 19 Olly Kohn, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Liam Williams, 22 Scott Williams, 23 James Hook.
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.
Date: Saturday 2 February
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 15:30 SA Time (13:30 GMT)
Expected weather: A largely dry and fine day. The roof may well stay open for this one. High of 8°C and a low of 4°C
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Pascal Gauzere (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Ciao a tutti!
Wales over 22
Can you believe it, after sustained attack, they throw it out – behind the wing again
@ Just For Kicks:
I saw it with mine own eyes and therefore I am forced to believe it!
Wales get another penalty, and at last Wales are on the board through Halfpenny
Hiya YT, long time no see, hows the Russian coming on?
Wales 3/20 Ireland
@ The_Young_Turk: Did you see Zebo’s touch of magic?
Wales strong on attack now, finally getting some sort of game together
@ Just For Kicks:
Haven’t had a Russian in a long time – too long unfortunately 🙁
How are things in civilisation?
Wales 7m out
3m out, but concede a penalty for not releasing, eish.
38@ @ Just For Kicks:
Missed it unfortunately, just logged on about 10 mins ago.
@ The_Young_Turk:Loving it at the moment – apart from the cold, that is, but the good Lord gave us fires, and some clever Chinaman invented matches, so we’re pretty happy. You? Have a good festive season?
Ireland get a penalty just before half time, and go for touch on Wales 22
Ireland still in possession, and get another penalty, and this time very kickable
@ Just For Kicks:
All good my side too, thanks. Give Beeanie my love.
Sexton slots it
Banana’s
Wales 3/23 Ireland
@ The_Young_Turk:Will do, she’s busy plucking some pheasants – good wife.
@ Just For Kicks:
Just don’t work her to the bone too soon. that way you can get a few more good years out of her 😉
Seriously tho’ she must be happy to be home.
@ The_Young_Turk:Very happy. We live just a couple of hours from her folks, so she gets to see them fairly often, and we’ve had a good chance to catch up with old mate we left behind 20 years ago, she has a good job that she is enjoying, and the kids are at a great school, so, yes, she’s in a good place right now. The dangers of farming in SA had really put the strain on her towards the end in SA, so it was a good move, I think
Players back out on the park again. Wales have some work to do this half, well behind the 8-ball at the moment
Sam Warburton really has gone quiet since the World Cup – Was he just a one horse wonder?
Ireland already deep into Wales territory and hard on attack
Ireland 1m out
And try to O’Driscoll Good stuff
@ Just For Kicks:
So you were in SA for 20 years? Didn’t think it was that long. Yes SA is a really beautiful country but it was/is unrealistic to expect the racial and economic problems to be overcome after 20 years. Conflict in most other places in the world have still not been resolved after centuries so it seems that it’s going to take at least for the apartheid generations to pass away completely in order for the “born free” generation to be able to move on.
O’driscoll has such vision. In the right place at the right time, simple try
Sexton slots the conversion
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