6N 2017: Ireland v England, 18 March

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IRELAND v ENGLAND
18 March 2017
KO: 17:00 GMT
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Touch judges: Mathieu Raynal (France) & Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Live on [BBC, RTE, DMAX, FR2, ITV (H)]

A. Head to Head

131 Played 131
47 Won 76
8 Drawn 8
76 Lost 47
1,079 Points 1,526

B. Recent Form

27 February 2016
Twickenham, London
21 – 10 to England

5 September 2015
Twickenham, London
21 – 13 to England

1 March 2015
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
19 – 9 to Ireland

22 February 2014
Twickenham, London
13 – 10 to England

10 February 2013
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
6 – 12 to England

17 March 2012
Twickenham, London
30 – 9 to England

C. Teams

IRELAND

Payne; Earls, Ringrose, Henshaw, Zebo; Sexton, Marmion; McGrath, Best (captain), Furlong; Ryan, Henderson; Stander, O'Brien, Heaslip,

Replacements: Scannell, Healy, Ryan, Toner, O'Mahony, McGrath, Jackson, Conway.

ENGLAND

Brown; Watson, Joseph, Farrell, Daly; Ford, Youngs; Marler, Hartley (captain), Cole; Launchbury, Lawes; Itoje, Haskell, B Vunipola.

Replacements: George, M Vunipola, Sinckler, Wood, Hughes, Care, Te'o, Nowell.

If we do win, the rain is a nice poetic touch.

Could we have lost to a Poopie team?

Care you tit

England finishing the stronger but they're running out of time...

Too many mistakes . Lineout I think Ireland have this.

Not over yet

Yeah Rory. You are a Frak dire team but it saved you.

Trel playing your normal games is annoying just being a tit and making comments like that against Ireland is different.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:Heaf - I can't even remember what happened when I made that comment. 

Sorry I'm lagging behind live play

Even more cracking kick.

Indeed Rory. I knew this would happen.

Awk, trebell is harmless enough.

Sorry 7.5 but really do feel the ref has saved a Poopie team here/

great kick

Ahhh that ball had to go. Not over just yet. Ireland could still implode...

Just very angry at the homer ref and our dire performance Rory. Ireland have played their game as I knew they would, fair play.

POM = MOTM

Rory_Gallagher wrote:Ahhh that ball had to go. Not over just yet. Ireland could still implode...

It's over now, congratulations.

They'll be numerous reset scrums now.

Congratulations Ireland you undoubtedly deserved the win.

England were never at the races, didn't fire a shot.

What was England's game plan other than to play position?

Quite frankly we bottled it.

Once again congratulations go to Ireland.

Brown you prick

Didn't go back for the knock on. Accept it yes but really.

Hahaha Mike Brown

Oh well. Step too far no good enough today.

What about the f-ing advantage?!

Nice geen. Be a good winner.

Well played Ireland

To be honest it's the right result : England have been fair value for winning the 6 nations , but not really good enough to deserve the slam.
Still some work to do ...and perhaps forget about the ABs for a bit...

It shows the danger in a soft win against a Poopie team like the Scots.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Didn't go back for the knock on.  Accept it yes but really.

Advantage over, I think.

Not a great performance from Ireland but a terrible one from England.

Worst England performance under EJ, totally bottled it. All the basic skills out the window, lacking physicality.

Some dirty tricks from Ireland and shambolic refereeing but not affecting the result.

Congratulations on winning the 6ns. You must be delighted

Well done Ireland, deserved win.

It was always going to be our hardest game and we didnt play as well as we could. Gutted but no complaints.

It was a good run that only 1 other team in the world have managed. Still a positive 6 nations again and I think the loss will help us in the long term.

Congratulations on spoiling the party Ireland! enjoy that Guinness

Yesss!!!
That's made even sweeter by posters like trebellend. The peurile kind that just can't take a beating.
We may not be world beaters but we just beat you.
Twit!!

Congrats Ireland for the win and England for the championship.

Was a bit disappointed by the lack of extra time

when did the new law come in saying you have to play the ball when your scrum is going forwards?

Congrats, England, on winning the 6N's

Well played Ireland the better team on the day. Really held on to the ball and kept England at bay.

Thought O'marney  Played out of his skin. Well deserved Man of the Match.

I don't think England Thought it would be easy. But like i said Well played Ireland on a great win.

Well done Ireland. Definitely the better team.

I'm actually not too frustrated by that, we probably needed a loss. I think if the game was 5 minutes longer we'd have won, and I think that is pretty much the best Ireland can play. They'll be lots of talk of how it was a momentous underdog victory, but at the start of the tournament I made Ireland favourites, and playing them away was always a tough ask.

It's still another title and we're still the most consistent team for another year. Chin up England fans.

Fantastic winning run England, 18 on the bounce

Well done England on the 6ns.
But today you just didn't raise your game.
Here's to next year.
But it might not have been pretty but we won. Ooooooo yeah

Congratz to England they are deserved champions but didn't deserve the slam.
Dodgy against France and lucky against Wales, before finally losing to Ireland.

Hood83 wrote:Well done Ireland. Definitely the better team.

I'm actually not too frustrated by that, we probably needed a loss. I think if the game was 5 minutes longer we'd have won, and I think that is pretty much the best Ireland can play. They'll be lots of talk of how it was a momentous underdog victory, but at the start of the tournament I made Ireland favourites, and playing them away was always a tough ask.

It's still another title and we're still the most consistent team for another year. Chin up England fans.

In my mind that sounded more gracious than when I read it back!

Hood83 wrote:Well done Ireland. Definitely the better team.

I'm actually not too frustrated by that, we probably needed a loss. I think if the game was 5 minutes longer we'd have won, and I think that is pretty much the best Ireland can play. They'll be lots of talk of how it was a momentous underdog victory, but at the start of the tournament I made Ireland favourites, and playing them away was always a tough ask.

It's still another title and we're still the most consistent team for another year. Chin up England fans.

I'm sure we played better when we beat the best in the world

no complaints. A team on the up got stifled by a performance of limitless courage and limited ambition. As EJ has been saying to anyone who'll listen, it's a 4 year plan and there will be setbacks along the way. Of all the other nations who could have de-wheeled the chariot, thank God it was the Irish. Top fellers and refreshingly free from narky chips on shoulders. Have a great craic in Dublin and beyond tonight, you earned it.

CONGRATULATIONS IRELAND.

Great knowing the team we beat last week beats the World Class 2nd best team in the world and prevents the Slam which is the real prize, were it not for 1 dodgy kick we'd have done it first.

I wouldn't take it out on posters like trebell - they don't represent the majority of English fans on here by any stretch of the imagination. Plus his commentary was quite entertaining.

Congratulations on winning the trophy - still the winners, like.

SimonofSurrey wrote:no complaints. A team on the up got stifled by a performance of limitless courage and limited ambition. As EJ has been saying to anyone who'll listen, it's a 4 year plan and there will be setbacks along the way. Of all the other nations who could have de-wheeled the chariot, thank God it was the Irish. Top fellers and refreshingly free from narky chips on shoulders. Have a great craic in Dublin and beyond tonight, you earned it.

Hahaha best post so far. Check out the big L on your forehead

Really happy that Ireland won but it does paper over what a poor coach Schmidt actually is. Only injuries, again, forced him to play the correct players in their correct positions.

Hard lines England, thought you may get that in the end.

Munchkin wrote:

Hood83 wrote:Well done Ireland. Definitely the better team.

I'm actually not too frustrated by that, we probably needed a loss. I think if the game was 5 minutes longer we'd have won, and I think that is pretty much the best Ireland can play. They'll be lots of talk of how it was a momentous underdog victory, but at the start of the tournament I made Ireland favourites, and playing them away was always a tough ask.

It's still another title and we're still the most consistent team for another year. Chin up England fans.

I'm sure we played better when we beat the best in the world

Ha, yeah actually that's a fair point. It's a shame we didn't require you to play like that again.

Cheers , Rory. Wish I was in Dublin tonight with my big London accent - I can imagine the craic and I've love to have been part of it. Lest we forget, England are actually 6N Champions and won it a week early, both I think for the second year in a row. I'll take it!