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Six Nations: England 13 Ireland 10

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John McMurtry

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And so we move on to match two in my Sunday morning marathon of woe with Ireland men losing to England at dear old Twickers by 13 – 10.

Following the impressive victory against Wales Joe Schmidt goes from “hero” to “slightly less impressive” after he was out-thought and the team where out-fought in this high intensity encounter.

[aside type=”Note” status=”open”] News Just In:  My old Munster mate James informs me we have an Irish win to celebrate with Irish Clubs beating English Counties 22 – 23 in Darlington last night. No Ulster club players involved so it’s not really an “All Ireland” win then James:-P [/aside]

The game kicked off at a frenetic pace with defences dominating in a loosely refereed match.

England went close on the 6th minute when Jonny May looked to have scored only for the replay to show that Andrew Trimble and Conor Murry had managed to knock the ball free in the act of touching down.

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4 responses to “Six Nations: England 13 Ireland 10”

  1. Garibaldi

    Bit late in responding to Saturday’s game, time to reflect, I suppose.
    So lets go back to last summer; It is becoming increasingly obvious Warren Gatlin’s decision to omit Brian O’Driscoll from the test team on the Lion’s Tour has been vindicated.
    The once great player is done, sad but true. Add into this mix his partner in the midfield, Gordon D’Arcy of a similar vintage, absolutely no gas in the centre backline – end of story!!!!
    Now, I concede they weren’t alone responsible for Ireland ‘s defeat. The fact is, if you hope to play test rugby and win you don’t go into a game with a well know handicap. That’s why, particularly in the southern hemisphere, these games are called test rugby.
    Unfortunately Irish rugby, (here, I include the media and most fans, North and South) in their hysterical reaction to Warren Gatlin’s dropping of O’Driscoll, have boxed themselves into a corner and now when the great man’s decline is apparent to all, the silence is deafening.
    It would’t happen in NZ.

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  2. Johnny King

    Too many unforced errors allied to poor kicking out-of-hand by Sexton. Ireland couldn’t seem to cope with the slipperiness of their back three.

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  3. Raymond Acheson on Facebook

    Our 10 didn’t have a great game but he doesn’t become a bad player after a single game.

    Hopefully we’ll bounce back.

    The Championship is wide open & I see that Ireland are still top of the log ????

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  4. Jonathan Smyth on Facebook

    Bit harsh,,,,good irsh performance…definitely played the better rugby…tried to throw the ball about..which in fairness was probably their downfall in the end….two well matched teams.

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