England (3) 13 / 10 (0) Ireland (Final Score)
England and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at
Twickenham, London at 18:00 SA Time (16:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 8 on TV in SA and BBC1 in UK.
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Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Danny Care (1)
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (2)
Ireland:
- Penalties – Jonathan Sexton (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Rob Kearney (1)
- Conversions – Jonathan Sexton (1)
Teams:
England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Jonny May, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Danny Care, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (Captain), 6 Tom Wood, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 David Wilson, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Dave Attwood, 20 Ben Morgan, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 George Ford, 23 Alex Goode.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Paul O’Connell (Captain), 4 Devin Toner, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Paddy Jackson, 23 Fergus McFadden.
Date: Saturday 22 February Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London Kick-off: 18:00 SA Time (16:00 GMT) Expected weather: Partly cloudy, no rain. A high of 11°C and low of 3°C. Winds from the South at 29km/h. Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Leighton Hodges (Wales) TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
Think I could cut a lonely figure on this thread whilst the Sharks/Canes match is on, but hey ho, I’ll keep the thread going!!!
For the 6N to stay wide open, England need to take this one, but all luck to the Irish to take this match, keep the Grand Slam open and take the cup
Game going to be won and lost with Farrell, methinks – Ireland are going to attack him all afternoon. Can he handle it? Previous matches say its 50/50
Players coming out
OIrish Anthem
and now for God Save The Queen
Newsflash – O’Driscoll has 31 more caps than the entire English squad, apparently!
Game on
Craig Joubert to blow
1st scrum England
….just outside Irish 22
GO ENGLAND! WOW what a strong scrum there by Ireland
Awesome powerful scrum by Ireland – ends in penalty for Ireland as England scrummed right off the ball
O’driscoll though a gap
Ireland playing so well at the moment but home ground advantage and England possibly having a stronger bench is what tipped the scale in favour of England for me.
Deft hands by Mike Brown
England inside Irish 22
England on attack not far out
…..5m
Strong carry by Lawes
….2m
TRYYYYYYYYY, Johnny May in corner
Vunipola is running at them too upright but May dots down anyway and checking with TMO
nO TRY HE lost it over the line
TMO, not given – butchered
Scrum Ireland 5m
Looks like an Irish hand knocked the ball out of May’s hand as he was going down to score the try
@ Bullscot:Very fast paced game so far, very little kicking – bodes for a good game
Great take by Nowell
Finally Ireland clear, England throw in on the Irish 10m
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