Ireland v England - Six Nations Round 4, 9 March 2024

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Ireland supremely confident of having any answers to questions that England will pose, according to Bernard Jackman.

Stephen Jones wants lots of bish and bosh and no training.  Stuart Barnes wants Ben Earl in midfield.  Dallaglio wants them to get in some players faces and annoy them a lot.

Farrell doesn't know yet if he'll have Ringrose and Keenan back to consider for squad selection and thus the make up of his bench for 6-2 or 5-3.

Borthwick has two players back for his half-back partnership and the opportunity to continue with Furbank at 15.

No real shots have been fired yet but it's only Monday.

Teams

England
Furbank, Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Lawrence, Freeman, Ford, Mitchell
Genge, George, Cole, Itoje, Martin, Chessum, Underhill, Earl
Dan, Marler, Stuart, Cunningham-South, Dombrandt, Care, Smith, Daly

Ireland
Keenan, Nash, Henshaw, Aki, Lowe, Crowley, Gibson-Park
Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, Beirne, McCarthy, O'Mahony, vd Flier, Doris
Kelleher, Healy, Bealham, Henderson, Conan, Baird, Murray, Frawley

Cynical from POM, he knew it and he had no complaints.

Surely a penalty against slade playing the ball on the floor then back to the advanctage?

Get. In.

What a response from England from a poor start to to the half!

Yeah. Well we're getting the luck today.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Surely a penalty against slade playing the ball on the floor then back to the advanctage?

You really don't want England to win.

Ireland are really rattled

mountain man wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Surely a penalty against slade playing the ball on the floor then back to the advanctage?

You really don't want England to win.

You don't think it was playing the ball off his feet?why?

No 7&1/2 wrote:Surely a penalty against slade playing the ball on the floor then back to the advanctage?

I think we might have got away with that one yes ... but Ireland could have been heading for another YC with more repeated pens in the red zone ...

Two crucial plays from Underhill for those two tries; firstly the offload and then the one handed take at the lineout.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Yeah. Well we're getting the luck today.

No more than Ireland tbf

mountain man wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Surely a penalty against slade playing the ball on the floor then back to the advanctage?

You really don't want England to win.

You have to play the ball either immediate pass or release. He did that.

You're looking at this and thinking if only ford had nailed those kicks...

formerly known as Sam wrote:

mountain man wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:Surely a penalty against slade playing the ball on the floor then back to the advanctage?

You really don't want England to win.

You have to play the ball either immediate pass or release. He did that.

He lost the ball and regatherwd on the floor. You're not allowed to do that. He had released already.

Ireland have been unlucky with injury but England have been a revelation. Mitchell has been massively influential.
If he had played at Murrayfield then I think England would have been much better in attack.

Ireland picked that up from the wrong side after the counter ruck - surely offside?

sensisball wrote:Ireland have been unlucky with injury but England have been a revelation. Mitchell has been massively influential.
If he had played at Murrayfield then I think England would have been much better in attack.

Mitchell has been fantastic. The range and speed of his passing has given our attack another gear.

Why take Mitchell off?

No scrum pen either?

Heaf wrote:No scrum pen either?

For what.

The stupid thing about that is that Earl should have been penalised!

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Heaf wrote:No scrum pen either?

For what.

Ireland collapsing

What was the point of that kick?

Good to see the subs have come on with the intruction to kick more.

Cumbrian wrote:The stupid thing about that is that Earl should have been penalised!

But there was a neck roll before I think

Wasted kick by Care. Far too long.

Mr Bounce wrote:What was the point of that kick?

Getting nervous and reverting to type...

I still don't know why Mitchell was replaced

Must be tired? Mitchell though so much better

Ireland suddenly start to play again

Oh dear.

Fluffbank going nowhere, runs into a brick wall and gets turned over. Ireland go to the corner and manage to work the try. Absolute stupidity for the fullback.

Itoje captain then?know he was vice but it appears he's the guy.

formerly known as Sam wrote:Fluffbank going nowhere, runs into a brick wall and gets turned over. Ireland go to the corner and manage to work the try. Absolute stupidity for the fullback.

Can we start using Borethick now then?

Geez we milked that penalty. C'mon Daly.

No 7&1/2 wrote:

formerly known as Sam wrote:Fluffbank going nowhere, runs into a brick wall and gets turned over. Ireland go to the corner and manage to work the try. Absolute stupidity for the fullback.

Can we start using Borethick now then?

Cause after today you think he wants to play boring rugby?

Care you f*kcing idiot

Why kick that!!!!

FFS care kicks it!!!

formerly known as Sam wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:

formerly known as Sam wrote:Fluffbank going nowhere, runs into a brick wall and gets turned over. Ireland go to the corner and manage to work the try. Absolute stupidity for the fullback.

Can we start using Borethick now then?

Cause after today you think he wants to play boring rugby?

1 swallow and all that. But I think it works if we want to start using Fluffbank. Why not?

But I do have to say it's been great today 3 tries so far and a bonus point is actually much more than I thought we'd get.

Wow!!!!

Wow.

Wow.

Amazing!

YES!!!!!

Astonishing. What a win. Very, very, very well done to England.

Maybe Scotland really did stop England's Grand Slam?

GET IN

I do have to admit. I'm a bit annoyed as that secures Borethick a run of games until the AIs.

Mitchell man of the match?

Good match, exciting stuff.