Ireland vs Wales - Six Nations Round 2

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Date: Saturday, February 8
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 14:15 GMT
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (England), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

WALES TEAM TO PLAY IRELAND (Saturday February 8 KO 14.15 ITV & S4C)

15. Leigh Halfpenny (86 Caps)
14. George North (92 Caps)
13. Nick Tompkins (1 Cap)
12. Hadleigh Parkes (26 Caps)
11. Josh Adams (22 Caps)
10. Dan Biggar (80 Caps)
9. Tomos Williams (17 Caps)
1. Wyn Jones (23 Caps)
2. Ken Owens (74 Caps)
3. Dillon Lewis (23 Caps)
4. Jake Ball (43 Caps)
5. Alun Wyn Jones (C) (135 Caps)
6. Aaron Wainwright (19 Caps)
7. Justin Tipuric (73 Caps)
8. Taulupe Faletau (73 Caps)

Replacements:
16. Ryan Elias (10 Caps)
17. Rhys Carre (6 Caps)
18. Leon Brown (7 Caps)
19. Adam Beard (20 Caps)
20. Ross Moriarty (42 Caps)
21. Gareth Davies (51 Caps)
22. Owen Williams (3 Caps)
23. Johnny McNicholl (1 Cap)​


Ireland (v Wales):
15. Jordan Larmour
14 Andrew Conway
13 Robbie Henshaw
12 Bundee Aki
11 Jacob Stockdale
10 Johnny Sexton (capt)
9 Conor Murray
1 Cian Healy
2 Rob Herring
3 Tadhg Furlong
4 Iain Henderson
5 James Ryan
6 Peter O’Mahony
7 Josh van der Flier
8 CJ Stander

Replacements:
16 Ronan Kelleher
17 Dave Kilcoyne
18 Andrew Porter
19 Devin Toner
20 Max Deegan
21 John Cooney
22 Ross Byrne
23 Keith Earls

I’d say that Chicago game ranks below a World Cup warm up but above a Barbarians match. As an exhibition game, was that capped or a proper ‘friendly’? As I recall, there was a similar reffing style to a Barbarians game and a bit of a carnival atmosphere to get the Americans on board.

... it was a win.  
I don't care if a fire-eating, fat-lady-with-a-beard, tiger wrestling gymnast sang Nessus Dorma at half time or if a herd of darts playing elephants played an exhibition game after the full time whistle....

It was a win.

Sounds like Eurovision, Fly. Mind you, if the Aussies can join in, why not Chicago?

Having said that, not sure even the most die-hard fans of that tournament would want an 80 minute rugby game going on in the background.

There are standards to keep up.

Cyril wrote:Sounds like Eurovision, Fly. Mind you, if the Aussies can join in, why not Chicago?

Having said that, not sure even the most die-hard fans of that tournament would want an 80 minute rugby game going on in the background.

There are standards to keep up.

Oh they'd positively love some big sweaty boys in shorts, Cyril. Blushes of infatuation all round.